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jack saved my but ! Heres the story. I build a tfgs p-47 4 years ago and flew it all the time. It was heavy at 30 lbs due to my first glass job. In a loop the wing joiner let go and i managed to land the plane with the wings flying off on landing. No damage to any of the on board equipment. I rebuilt the plane using monokote( dont freak out) and the new plane weighed 24 lbs.
Heres where jack comes in I was going to fly the bird on a 24 inch prop using my g-45 for power. Jack e-mailed me and told me to cut the prop down to 20In. I did so and the broAdest part of the blade is at the tip. I test flew this morning the p-47 was airborne at half power and at full it was mighty fast!!! I have so much power with this prop.
she tached out at 7600 and the maiden went off without a hitch. Now im putting guns and panel lines on

Thanks Jack that big prop may have done me in

tIM

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lucky lucky[X(]

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Wow, a 24" prop on a little G45, good thing he said something, a good rule is to ask here before you do it. It costs nothing and saves you money.

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little! to me its huge my first gasser! i love it. Pete when is your maiden I made the rotating landing light work using a minimag bulb and reflector. two AA batts power the thing.
The prop looks funny but it pulls like a b itch

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tim got any piccies of that landing light setup?

mate you need to read the destruction man well - instruction manual ! They have all sorts of good info in them like what size prop to use ! :D

cheers
Peter

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I broke my prop moving the lawn mower and didnt have enough to get a new one. so I used the old one I like the preformance so much I may cut more down.
I dont have a camera so no pics how about a pic of your new wife . Also see any of those deadly trap door spiders? pics?

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If you really want a nice prop, try an 18x8-14...I run this on all of my G-45 warbirds.

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trap door spiders? mate those are wussy cats, not even venomnous. Now the funnel web spider and the Taipan snake are a little different, both are the deadlisest of their kind. Oh and both inhabit suburbia so you have to watch out for your kids.


ok a pic of the new wife attached too - she also flies too!

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can she fly warbirds? ever see a funnel web? pics would be cool just say its nose art so the mods dont pull it.


very nice pic shes pretty!!!

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mate she can fly anything! Yes she is a good sort isn't she, think i'll keep her hehehe ;)

Yes I lived on a property that was infested with the damn things - they are very agressive spiders and will rear up and attack without provocation.

Same for the Taipan

pics attached