I agree, as there have been times I actually needed some sooner than later and wasn't willing to wait for the shipping since I was flying the next day. Having a local source can be a good thing, especially in a rush. Below is a link to Hobby Lobby's 40% off coupon that expires Oct. 1st, but they usually post another after that with a renewed expiration date.
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Interesting. I use Foam-Tac when I don't want the expanding qualities of Gorilla Glue or when I'm reinstalling a control. Other than that, its White Gorilla glue. I also use a water atomizer to wet the other piece when using G Glue, it works great as an excellerent. But, again, its what works for you, both products will get you back in the air again,as I've learned from personal experience!!
Grossman56Team Gross!
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Oh my, what a fantastic piece of work. Makes me bow my head in shame that I cannot do something like this. I did manage to upgrade the retracts on my F4U, V1 using the P 40B retracts. These work great for this modification. I also up graded the motor with the same one in the P40B. What a difference with the motor and a Hobby Wing 100 ESC. I already had the Aspire sound system in place. The guys at the field cannot believe the realism now. It no wounder these retracts are often out of stock. I have an extra pair for future modifications.
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Originally posted by BadBob View PostI just discovered something I didn't notice before with the nose gear. I was putting on the new Dubro low bounce tire and see that my nose gear assy. has more than an acceptable amount of slop. I took it out again and checked the set screws, hoping I missed the flat spot, but no, that isn't the cause as the whole assembly has this play in it as you can see in the video. I'm going to have to disassemble the whole unit again and see what's causing this. Video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af_M...ature=youtu.be
Bob Duncan
The only real helicopter is the CH-47 Chinook. The rest are just sling loads!
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I just had my first flight with the FlightlineRC suspension struts from Motion. Two thumbs way way up for functionality and look. The struts don't compress when the plane is in ready to fly condition (two 3600mah 4S LiPo's), and take just enough pressure on the airframe to compress them. As I taxi over large bumps and/or uneven surface, I can see them compress a bit to soften the load. The landings are even easier than before, and it settles in nicely. I went around to try additional landings that were more rough to see the difference compared to the stock stiff wire struts in regards to bouncing, and the suspension struts helped with that as well. So, they're absolutely worth the price and effort to install for not just functionality, but the looks department improves drastically as well. In addition, the weight didn't shift at all in my case, so my battery placement remains identical, which is good because I can't move them back any further. LOL. As a side note, I added the fuel tanks and took a flight to analyze any trim changes, and the nose pitches down with them installed, so some elevator trim was needed to correct (about 4 clicks for me), and a tad bit of additional left roll was occurring as well, so I trimmed that out.
Also, instead of posting pictures and information on the suspension strut install all over again, it's already posted from a week ago on RCgroups (linked below):
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showp...postcount=5389
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Thanks T-Cat for the review and the install info on the FlightlineRC struts. You sold me on getting them.
Of course now that I am ready to pull the trigger they are Sold Out again. Oh well, did the email when back In Stock thing.Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.
R. A. Heinlein
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You're welcome :). I think you'll love the FlightlineRC suspension struts. The compression rate of the springs are just right (opinion obviously). The additional weight is marginal with a plane this size and with a wing span it has that it goes unnoticed. They look great, perform great, and are fairly priced. Clearly they did their homework when engineering these. There are some little things like I mention in the review during installation of the nose struts that were overlooked from a design standpoint (maybe it was just mine, but doubtful), and then it would have been nice to go even more scale with main gear T-links instead of straight eleos, but that stuff is nothing major by any means.
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Originally posted by T-CAT View PostThanks Lon. Man, those struts are looking awesome! Did you just install them, or have you had a chance to try them out yet?Lon
EFlite F-16 80mm, EFite DRACO, EFlite Night Radian, E-Flite P51 1.5m
Freewing A-10 80mm, F-86 80mm, F-15 90mm, Avanti. FMS DHC-2 Beaver, Fliteline P-38L ,HSD HME-262, HSD F86.
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I finished painting my wheels (that came with the suspension struts) silver today to get rid of the white color that stands out way too much on this plane. It is no doubt a better look, and the paint went on thick so it only took a couple coats to get full coverage. Once it dries and I get a chance to get it out into the sun, or for another flight soon, I will try to remember to take some pictures.
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Originally posted by T-CAT View PostI finished painting my wheels (that came with the suspension struts) silver today to get rid of the white color that stands out way too much on this plane. It is no doubt a better look, and the paint went on thick so it only took a couple coats to get full coverage. Once it dries and I get a chance to get it out into the sun, or for another flight soon, I will try to remember to take some pictures.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=...verlay&first=1Bob Duncan
The only real helicopter is the CH-47 Chinook. The rest are just sling loads!
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Originally posted by T-CAT View PostThat's actually the exact plane I was basing my wheel painting off of :). The silver doesn't stand out as much and mends well with the strut color thankfully. It's definitely the look I was hoping for, which is a bit more subdued and traditional.
Bob Duncan
The only real helicopter is the CH-47 Chinook. The rest are just sling loads!
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