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Casey,
I just put a DLE-55RA on my 190 for its new owner. It required 10lbs of lead 3" infront of the firewall to get it balanced! Removing the retractabel tailwheel would probabl eliminate 2lbs of nose weight.

If the nose weight would of been moved aft 6", the needed nose weight would of doubled!

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Regardless, it is gonna be a rough year for the allies at Love-air! With the TA 152, hopefully a new Stuka, a new DR1 triplane, and all of the weapons you are stockpiling. Should be fun.

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Since Ram has the fw190 construction line already started, i am starting on the horton line:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps053b5b73.jpg

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TEN POUNDS OF NOSE WEIGHT??? get outa here.. for real?. omg I shudder to think what I'm going to need. Le Sigh.

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Bob,
Yep, 10lbs! The radial weights twice that of the dle, and even it required 5lbs of lead. That said, the dle55rs could be completely enclosed within the cowling (minus the plug cap and exhaust stacks) with some proper baffeling and cooling fin modifications. When i get around to building one of jose' TA152's, ill be using the RA. But that may be awhile since ive got to build the airframe for these:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...R6/null-43.jpg

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That pilot looks pretty good. Kind of an Aces of Iron Rip off. Chinese are good at that I guess.

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Lol....yup. And with Mike building the gs TF 190(even though as your hated electric).....there will be another Sith to take to the skies to shoot down all the infidels :)

I have a 60 size kit built me-109 with an os 120 in it....Im thinking of just giving it to Fred to get yet another AXIS apprentice :)

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Invert, are those the gear for the DO335?

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Ok I know this Isn't a 30% but it is a Pica aka Dave Platt , Just thought some of you would like to see the functional exhaust system made from copper elbows screwed and JB welded into a billet plate which is then riveted to a one inch square alum tube assembled with JB weld . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwZ5OFGIFk8 Heres another closer view http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UnhrqFTCfk Cowl was chewed up by a spinner gone rogue ..

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Yeaap

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Man, you do such beautiful work; I look forward to hat build. Will you post it here? I'm sure a lot of people would love to see it. Especially me.[8D]

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Ready for action

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Try that again

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Yea ill post it. Ive already got guys asking me for one, as i plan to mold the fuselage as a single seater, but also do the 2nd seat bulge as well. Vertical stabs will be molded into the fuse.

It will be based off the Don Smith plans, so everything else (wing/stabs) will be built from his plans. I am hoping to come up with a driveshaft that will be useable with the DA/DLE 55 engines for the rear prop.

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Komet turbine power 1:3.5 scale

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Nice thread

I have pictures of my two Fw-190's

The first is a Meister, now 11 years old, came to me in a round-about way. Jeff Quisenberry (whom I did not know then), framed it up, sold it to a friend of mine who did nothing with it for two years, then traded it to me for a used, but very nice, custom racing bicycle.

I finished it and painted it and fit it with all the goodies, including a BME-62 twin engine (no, they don't make them anymore).

It's still going strong, a few dings and upgrades along the way, including Sierra gear and 2.4 radio. Pictures 3 and 4 show it flying 3 months ago

Not nearly as sexy as my AirWorld 190. Paint job by wulf and his friend Chuck. Cadillac of a Flyer, but the sexy Moki radial was crankier than I am smart and after several dead-stick struggles I lost it over the thicket in Owatonna two summers ago.

Flight characteristics of both are great. I'm sure there's another one in my future. Not with a Moki, though!


mt

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For you Bf 109G fans the latest issue of Flight Journal has a nice spread on the Evergreen Aviation and Space museum example.

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It's been a very trying day but I finally have the rivets on the wing:D I have a few more details which I've ordered and then this beast will be ready for paint. Now I can get back on the Platt while I wait.

I ordered two packs of 11400 rivets which includes 6 sheets of 1900. I have two sheets left..

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Looks like an excellent museum. Do they have any Axis planes?

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zipnz1;
"I just popped the mold off of my revamped 1/3 me-109 fuse plug.
Should have my first glass fuse in about a week."


Wow.. thats sweet....

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Do you mean other than German like Italian or Japanese? No they have an Me 262 and the 109G only.

http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/

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A couple pics of the KMP D-9, Canopy on and then dreaming of the finsihed project, taped on my turbo scoop and antennae.

Marc

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Heres some of my meister 190,30lb. da85

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Nice, I've always admired you bird from the magazines but never knew which kit it was from the pictures and the little details they gave. Can you tell me HOW you kept a 102 inch FW190 at 30 lbs?

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Ramstein44, It can be done, keep the tail light,I used contest balsa in the rear and no retract tail wheel,I made a fiberglass piese for the turtle deck and front of the vert. fin to get rid of the balsa blocks,I have built three meister 190s this way and they all were in 30lb.range.