Hi Guys,

I was out again today and got another flight on my Cessna.

Everything is working great, I finally got an exact weight by putting it on my digital scale.

I don't want to scare anyone but my actual AUW "All Up Weight" is a whopping 9 Lbs 9 oz's !!!

Yikes, that's 9 oz's heavier than I thought !

Still flies like a dream though !

Just a little note to let you guys know that Nitro Models has this plane back instock.

I ordered another one as a backup or for spare parts.

All the best,

Sam

Here's a few pictures from a Fly-In a couple of weeks ago:

Tracon,

Please accept the following as being is jest.

I thought the plane was real, that was until you put yourself in the picture and everyone saw how small the plane really was. They are probably thinking, my goodness, it's just a model.

You're a good looking guy, but, I suggest that you upload pictures of yourself without the plane..maybe insert an girlfriend or something...I, for one, would really like to keep on thinking that the plane was full scale......It is that good....if you know what I mean.

Al

Haaha too funny Al !

Glad you like it...you gotta get one !

Sam

Al

Your Nuts.....Love your sense of humor...LOL

Tracon,

Ya know, you and Freddie (Coastwatcher) are really making me sick. Here I was sitting and thinking "boy, I can really knock these kits out and make them look OK in the process" then you guys come along and burst my bubble.

You take a inexpensive ARF, do some mods, convert it to electric, and make the darn thing look like it just came off the Cessna production line. I can't do that, I wouldn't know where to start. I have seen many a Cessna in my day, but, I don't remember what one looked like when brand new and I couldn't even think of what mods would need to be done to make it look scale. Heck, all I remember is that I'd better re-do the front seats or the thing will not bring a good price when it's up for sale. LOL

Now Freddie (Coastwatcher) Freddie takes a problem ARF warbird kit, works on the darn thing for months to make it right, does the mods to make it more scale, paints a polished aluminum spinner, teaches the people at Lowes how to match colors, then even gets a pilot figure that looks like he is doing a pre-flight inspection before taking it on the mission.

WHAT'S NEXT? I'M SPEECHLESS.

I throw away a P-38 kit that needs some work to fix the engineering defects and think I did the right thing.....dah...I might have allot to learn.

Al

Love the plane...details they provide in the kit is amazing. I had one of the earlier cloned "CMP" versions that is available just about every where else but it crashed on takeoff due to the CG being wrong. The weight kind of scares me honestly and I am debating trying another one but would like to fly it on a 4 or 5s system. I might try even moving the servos further forward if possible but am not sure how much weight could be saved and still make CG.

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Tracon,

Check out post 33. It's a Goldberg Cub on Goldberg 36 inch floats, it's ready to go this weekend with an onboard camera.


http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...=731569&page=3

Al

Tracon, where did you put the CG on the Cessna? It'd be great if you could measure in metric too, saves me getting the conversion wrong...

To play it safe I went with the furthest forward 65 mm..

I added 6 oz of lead don't forget...

Hi Tracon (and all)

Seriously considering a UK conversion of the CM Pro to EP and reading this with interest!

Which Robart strut have you upgraded to...the C182HA9? Thought this was for 90 size? Whatever it is, looks nice scale on ur model

Would you be willing to lend a helping hand during my build if I went ahead....this will only be my 3rd build of an ARTF!

EDIT>>>>Doh! Just noticed the C182HA9 is for the larger Hanger 9 version....so question still stands....whichs strut did you use for this bird?

Cheers


Steve

Originally Posted by Stranex

EDIT>>>>Doh! Just noticed the C182HA9 is for the larger Hanger 9 version....so question still stands....whichs strut did you use for this bird?

Cheers

Originally Posted by TRACON

Hi Guys,

Finally got a chance to get out tonight to try out my new Robart 654 Nose Strut...

This thing is GREAT !!!

Post # 5 at the top.

Cheers,
(the other) Steve

I have this kit and hoping the flaps will really slow it up, especially on landings - the flaps is the main reason why i got it.

I too will use the robart nose strut because i find the struts are amazing. I have them on my TopFlite Cessna 310 as part of the retract gear and ground handling and landings always astound me.

my god who makes that its perfect i want one. ive got the TF skylane that will be elect soon!

found the sitE! less thAN 150.0O WOW!