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Originally posted by BreakX101 View Post
the F-4 front gear are full metal even the bracket. i wonder if it will work on the a-10....
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Originally posted by gravity tester View Post
You got good eyes, Sam. Must be that bird DNA. LOL Yes, there are definitely some hairline cracks in the old one but it won't be used again. As to the wear over time, I get that for sure and expect it. However, I noticed that the original had the gap/slop/play from the beginning, as did my first. The new replacement just seems to be buttoned up a bit better all around. I am putting the new one in using two plates (benefits of having a donor plane) and filler in the old mounting holes to shore that area up.
@LeftyAce: Welcome! Do you fly at the field near Ft. Collins then?
@DirtyDee: I am feeling ECM inadequate. Ha ha ha.
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Dan and anyone else with cracked flanges on the nose unit, I used a soldering iron and "plastic welded" over the cracks on both sides of each flange, top and bottom. I can say with certainty that my welded unit, with the thicker aluminum plate, did survive a bronco landing and snapped strut pin. The flanges are intact and with a replaced pin, will be reused again.
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Hi all
Im going to maiden my A-10 tomorrow at our club field (paved). I feel good about everything so far except cg. Ive heard everything from 76mm to 90mm. I’ll be flying with Roaring Top 6s 5000mah’s and Admiral 6s 4500mah’s (new style) for now. Is there a concensus on cg or should I be ok anywhere between 80-86mm? I heard one guy on here or the other group who balances his A-10 on its tail so it sits there just barely when tipping it back with batteries installed, (like a lot of us did on the 80mm FW F-86), but thats seems wrong to me for this plane.
thanks
(nervous) Jim
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Originally posted by Dirty Dee View PostCool. looks very slick in all silver :Smug:Pat
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Originally posted by Shogun View PostI heard one guy on here or the other group who balances his A-10 on its tail so it sits there just barely when tipping it back with batteries installed
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Originally posted by Dirty Dee View PostI think he means the plane is sitting on the gear, you push down on the tail of the plane so the nose tips up into the sky, and touch the vertical stabs to the ground
Tail Sit Test from Hondajet (post 5530)
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...9#post36909946
Jim
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