Projects 2012
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January 31
- Mike Winklepleck
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SU-26
I bought an
old Carl Goldberg Sukhoi SU-26 kit plane that was in need of some
repair and was missing the landing gear. I decided to go big and
found Jeff E. had a Super Tigre 3000S motor for sale. While this
motor is not my first, second or third choice I could not pass it up
due to its condition and price! Thanks Jeff!
The
motor is heavy and double the size recommendation for the plane but
what the heck! In order to put this big motor on Chick had to
beef up the firewall and he mounted a larger motor mount to handle the
engine size. As he was going through the plane he noticed several
areas of concern (weak firewall, stress fractures in the wing and the
elevator rubbing the tail).
He currently
is working on the plane and I hope to have it out and in the air soon.
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January 18
- Jeff Engel
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CAP 21
Its almost ready for flight. But weather
and a good day to fly are a long way off.
Jeff
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January 17
- Bill Broich
Corsair Parts
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CorsairTail
Linkage.
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An update
on the Corsair kit I received for Christmas, and brought to the club
meeting. The tail surfaces are completed, and the fuselage is over half
done. All of the control linkages for the elevator, rudder and tail
wheel are all contained within the fuselage. Nothing is exposed.
Building is moving
quickly. The last kit I built was in 1969, and I was 15 years old. A
lot has changed. My only tools were discarded single edge razor blades
and good old ambroid glue. Now, x-acto knives, saws, dremel tools and
CA glues. It almost builds itself.
Will provide
another update when more is done.
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January 5
- Jim Corbett
Airframe from Chuck Jenkins Dec 2008
RTTF 12-19-11 Maiden
flight 1-3-12
Chuck
Jenkins commented "I am not sure but
I think it had a .15 in it. Jim Sherlock gave me the plane some time
back. Think the
name was Princess"
Wing Span:
41” Length: 33.5”
Wing Area :
400 sq in
OS .15
w/Muffler Prop: MA 8x4
CG – initial
2.4"
Dry
Weight 34.9 oz
Control
surfaces: Ailerons, Elevator, Rudder
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Building HISTORY
12-18-11 -
Installed Servos - two 18G in wings, 9g for throttle, two Tower 3000s
for rudder and elvevator.
Installed Turnigy9
Rx and 900 ma NiCad bat. OS .15 with Muffler, MA 8x4 prop and 1
1/2" DuBro Red spinner.
12-19
Installed Sullivan
R-4 Standard Round 4 oz fuel tank (attached with foam tape), filter and
hoses. Foam taped the Rx to the bottom of the fuel tank. Added .4 oz of
lead to nose, CG aprox on spar. Dry Weight 34.9 oz.
Flight testing HISTORY
12-19-2011 - OS
.15 started and ran OK (on the ground). RX out of range at about
30 feet. Either bad RX or where the antenna is near the Engine is
a bad spot. Need to test, and maybe swap to another RX.
12-22 - Ground
tested at field, range aprox 50' on the ground - BAD
12-23 - Removed
Rx. Installed the one from Extra260 - Antenna taped to bottom of fuse
(inside). Will try again.
1-3-2012 - Range
check ok, taxied to each end of field and back. Enough power, take off
nice. In the air it needed trim on elevator, aileron. Flys well.
1-5 - Messed with
needle adjustment, flys faster now, lands nice.
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January 1, 2012 - Marty Wittman
I
just got done scratch building another Energizer. You may remember the
other one with the bunnys on it and a G26 gas. I flew it for 8years and
then it died.
Because of a new radio that had a problem I was not aware of. The
Energizer is one of the best flying airplanes I have ever flown.. So I
built another one.
I put
a crrc RP26R in it that runs great. I flew it today (1-1-2012) at
Cottage Grove Pollar bear fun fly. Good turn out and had fun. It can in
at 9 lbs 14 oz.. The thing I like about this plane is that it even
makes a poor pilot look good!! Suuuure it does.. ha ha..
When PIGS FLY ! ! ! ! ! Marty
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