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Zort86 I will be along with you step by step. I have tried and tried to get started on mine but I just haven't got around to it yet. Maybe when you get started on yours I will have found the time to get started on mine.

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Okay, I opened the hole up on both sides of the struts. One hole in the strut is routed out and the other is not. There are not any blind nuts on either side of the strut. However there are eight blind nuts in a bag that is with the struts.
Do the blind nuts install in the routed out side or the other. I figure they go in the routed out side but just trying to make sure.


Thanks again

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Yes, the routed out side.

We did not have any of these for a year, I guess the builder forgot how they built them before.

TF

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Hi, I finished my Wild Hare CAP 232, with the modified mid wing. All I can tell you, is that it lands like my Edge 540, nice and slow. I have a FPE70cc in it. it weighs 26lbs. This is the 91" wing span. I have now 9 flights on it, and all it needed on the first flight was one clic of right ailoron. Here is a very short video of the landing. The JDRF on the wing is for awareness of Junior Diabeties. It is the Junior Diabeties Research Foundation.
http://ca.youtube.com/user/bigplanes1

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Did anyone else have this problem? The Catman and I are building the last to WH Bipes Tom had. Catman is a little ahead of me and he's run into this...

We know the cabans are wrong you should have two short two long, Tom's working on getting that corrected, but look where the wing is when the struts are on, is that correct?

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Rich,my cabane's are the same.mine when i laid them down side by side two are shorter but the holes on both are the same distance apart.the short ones go in front to allow the wing to drop to get your -1 degree with out the top of the cabane hitting the bottom of the top wing.
what i did was to fasten the rear of the cabane to the rear hole on the wing, and yes this made the cabane lean forward. then i set the leading edge to the -1 degree and drilled a new hole in the mounting rib.then went to the struts and set the wing to the -1 degree.
i don't know if this was a correct way to do it but my wing can just be laid in place with out any binding or twisting at all. and i have the correct incidence top and bottom all the way across the wings. and i ended up with about a 1/16 gap at the rear of the struts because of the -1 degree of the top wing.

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hi, did u cross the wires on the pull pull rudder, or just ran them straight back??
Jim

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You're choice, but striaght back should hit the slots either dead on on real close to that.

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yep,straight back work real good for me.

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OK, now I'm confussed.[X(]
I have this servo arm for the rudder, and the rudder tiller arm is going to be like this. Am I using the correct arm? and does the bent part go forward or backwards in relationship to the fuse?

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Can those pics be any smaller?:D

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Rich,thats the same arm i used in mine,the bent part faces the rear.
mine is done i'll get a fnish weight when i ballance it.
MT 57 - J&A pitts-mejzlik 23-8
4-hitec 625's
3-5985's

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closetguy
Thanks.
I'm using a MT57 with a MT canister. I'm using a zero drop header cut to about 8".
I'm using 4 Futaba S3152s in the wings, a HS5955TG on the rudder. I may use one HS5955TG on the elevators, or a may use 2 HS5985MGs.

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well i got the CG set at 6-5/8 and that is with a 2300 a123 and the ign.2400 5-cell AA in the tail just in front of the stab.also i have a 3-1/2 ultimate spinner and a 23-8 mejzlik.
BEST news is it came in at 16lbs.1oz. with the MT57
if i would have went with a da50 it would be under 16lbs.

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Wow!! That's a good weight:D The original release came in between 17.5 and 18.5 pounds depending on the engines and equipment used. Good job!

The SWB rudder tiller you have is perfect for the application. Since the rudder linkage connections are ahead of the rudder hinge line your offset arm will assist in maintaining tighter cables. Don't be concerned if they are not tight on both sides during rudder travel. One side going a little loose is normal and not problematical.

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yep, i had to do a dobble take and put it on the scales twice. this time i had my wife ballance the plane on the nose on the postal scale,just so i could read it easier, i didn't think i was reading it rite the first time.you know i never had much of a problem with the pull-pull,i always keep the same length arms on both ends and center the eyelets on the hinge line and they seem to stay snug on both sides.
now all i half to do is WAIT for the weather to get rite for maiden.
also this is one of the BEST QUALITY built planes that i have had in a long time!!!

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closetguy

You put the ignition battery all the way back by the stab? What about the A123? Did you build a hatch in the rear for the battery access? Got any pictures?

I put the canister in today, I used a zero drop header I had laying around, it fit perfectly. I ran some carbon tow across the cross piece then covered it with some silicone tubing for heat protection.

I mounted the ignition box next to the canister, I'll put some aluminum coated foam board between them to reflex any radiant heat.

I'm leaving the bottom open, but with a cover with some louvers in it to make it less conspicuous.

I left out the gas tank floor and ran two 1/4" balsa stick to hold the tank instead of all that lite ply.

My carb servo is next to the side of the fuse, I made a servo saver out of a EZ connector, two wheel collars and some fuel tubing, I don't know if it's need but it can't hurt. The choke servo is toward the inside, I like it because you can use it as a engine killer if you have to.

Has anyone found the landing gear attachment point to be weak?

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Rich, i had to put both batteries RX, a123 and the igni. 2500 AA 5 cell in the tail, just in front of the stab.the hole is already cut out in the bottom fuse to make it a little lighter,it's 3-1/2" on one end and 3-1/4 on the other and 5" long.then i made a hatch to fill the hole and used the covering that i cut out of the same area to cover the hatch.
the engine weighed 3lbs. 6ozs. and i put on a J&A pitts that weighed 8ozs. so there is a 4lb. engine. i guess that is the reason? i am going to weld the pipe back on the stock 57 pitts muffler and use that,i lost 500 rpm's with the J&A. were you able to find the pre-drilled holes in the ailerons for the control horns,like they are in the rudder and elavator?
i am a computer DUMMY and don't know how to post pictures.

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I looked quickly, but didn't find any yet.

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Catman came up with the idea of joining the two servos in each wing with a Y connector, putting one wing on channel 1, the other on channel 6. Anyone see a problem with doing it this way rather than splitting it up as left and right ailerons? It makes it so each wing only uses one connector when hooking up at the field.

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As long as they center up and trim out well, why not? That was the manufacturer suggested method for the original GP Pitts.

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The only thing you lose with this method is the ability to use aileron differential. Probably not a real loss on a plane like this.

As I recall on one of the early test planes I actually ran all 4 servos off of one channel, a Y cable into two more Y cables. I don't recommend that but I did it.

TF

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i just used 4 channels 1-7 for the lower wing and 5-6 for the top.that way you can center the servos and do most anything you want to do with them.
we just got 4" of snow so i might be using the wheel pants for ski's on maiden:D

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Where's global warming when you need it?:D

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LOL Rich