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Tail Glued on
Here is how I glue on my tail. Masking tape and drill holes on the root for a good key. Also scratch away at some of the paint with the tip of a file. Holes also drilled in the root of the tail plane
Now got to go and do some Christmas shopping |
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My TF 50cc spit uses a 5", so the 4 3/4" is too small. In the pic, you can see the 3 blade on the HK spitfire. Also...wheels...I bought these: http://www.robart.com/products/4-12-...aluminum-wheel Expensive, yes. But....not nearly as bad as Glennis |
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How to save nose weight
I did not like the arrangement for the tail wheel so I decided to make my own system which operates off the rudder as is done in many other planes. I weighed the two systems and mine is over 2 oz lighter at the tail. Given the long moment arm on this plane this could save me as much as 3/4 of a pound of nose weight.
Simply made out of some 3 mm wire a wheel and a collet I had laying around Dennis |
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Thanks for the offer Kahlog.. but I only intend on using a 2 bladed spinner. Nice Wheels! but after talking to my buddy Dennis(another Dennis) he swears that the ones that BigPlums is using are more than adequate and that he uses similar but bigger on his much larger planes. But! they will take a beating on paved runways. Not a problem for me since I fly mainly off of Sod.
Yes I did measure the cowl and see that 4 3/4 spinner would be best. Dennis I tried to fly the Boomerang Sprint today, but I forgot to set the Winter parameters for the turbine and she wouldn't start But I dont think I will have any trouble with the skis I got from HK. They seem like a perfect fit. All I have is this photo for now. My buddy is uploading a vid for later on. |
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Found a CF 4.75" Spinner here.. Free shipping http://www.ebay.ca/itm/221336276797?...84.m1497.l2649
Turns out its the same place I bought the Wing Tube. Wish I had of done better research before they shipped the tube. |
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In case anyone didn't know, you can get a full cockpit for this plane here:
http://www.dbalsa.com/cockpits/kmp-spitfire88.htm |
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It's not mostly vacuform plastic. There are 3 aluminum plates that form the base of the cockpit and how it attaches to the canopy/cockpit area. Then there are a bunch of resin cast instrument pieces, a dashboard with bezeled dials, etc plus resin flight yoke. The only vacuform parts are the cockpit sidewalls a chair/base along with armor plate.
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Beeton........for once Lake Erie has almost the same amount of snow as you guys up north in the snow belt. Got whomped Saturday night. Spent all day Sunday digging out. The sod farm I fly off doesn`t plow the lane into the field during the Winter so hard to get out and fly off snow.
I notice you have skis on your turbine. I started flying off snow 40 years ago in Sudbury and have always used pontoons on snow. In my experience ski tips dig into the snow if they hit a wind riffle or a footprint. Pontoons fly better off snow than water. They are not bothered by uneven snow. CN Rail has a gravel pit north of Sudbury that is 40 feet deep and 1/2 mile long. Supplies the ballast for tracks in north east Ontario. We got down in there on a sunny March day out of the wind and flew with pontoons. Had contests to see how far a plane could slide after landing. Guess a jet turbine would look wierd on pontoons. Good luck with your skis. Bill |
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