Nice Beeg. Is that paint or some kind of film?
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Originally posted by Grossman56 View PostPretty Danged impressive Bob!!! Doesn't look like she lost any of her great handling tendencies either!
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Originally posted by Beeg View PostPaint. The "International Orange" is Behr house paint. The white is Rustoleum spray can.Live Q&A every Tuesday and Friday at 9pm EST on my Twitch Livestream
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Originally posted by Grossman56 View Post
Yellow Frog Tape works great, you can stick it to your shirt or pants to reduce the tack if you want.
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If anyone has amazon video, you should check out episode 10 of "The Flightline". There is lots of beautiful footage of 2 Bearcats flying formation for the first half of the episode, gives me something to aspire to emulate when I'm out flying later. The show title is also strangely fitting for this model :). Also, ditto on the frog tape. It still isn't perfect, even when triple-tacked on a shirt, but its the closest that I've gotten. Used it for masking the shark mouth, insignias and camo on my FMS P-39.
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Flew 2 flights on the Bearcat today after installing an eagle A3 gyro. With my 16" prop, the Bearcat was flying great in zero wind, but the coupling torque and wind made it difficult to fly smoothly. With the gyro added, it flew gorgeous. Didn't even notice that it was windy. Flew in 7-10mph winds, and still made some of my best landings yet. It goes back on the regular flier list now!
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I used the HSD Skyraider 1 piece prop. Borntoolate over on RCG used the 1400mm Corsair prop without issue as well, but it will require the hub as well. The stock hub is too small to fit the 1400mm blades. I upgraded to the FMS 580kv 4250 motor w/85A ESC, and I believe BTL used the 650kv motor from the FMS 1400 P-40B.
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Originally posted by F106DeltaDart View PostI used the HSD Skyraider 1 piece prop. Borntoolate over on RCG used the 1400mm Corsair prop without issue as well, but it will require the hub as well. The stock hub is too small to fit the 1400mm blades. I upgraded to the FMS 580kv 4250 motor w/85A ESC, and I believe BTL used the 650kv motor from the FMS 1400 P-40B.
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Originally posted by F106DeltaDart View PostFlew 2 flights on the Bearcat today after installing an eagle A3 gyro. With my 16" prop, the Bearcat was flying great in zero wind, but the coupling torque and wind made it difficult to fly smoothly. With the gyro added, it flew gorgeous. Didn't even notice that it was windy. Flew in 7-10mph winds, and still made some of my best landings yet. It goes back on the regular flier list now!
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Originally posted by Mad Baron View Post
F106DeltaDart where did you install the gyro in your Bearcat? There is very little room in fuse and I would like to install a gyro in my Bearcat but I don't see any extra room in the fuse to install it.
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Thanks for the pics of the gyros. I will dig into my Bearcat and install my gyro. Took my Bearcat to my club meeting last night and it was a big hit everyone really looked it over and asked all kinds of questions about it one of the guys said he would give me 150 for it of course I said no!LOL We have a good bunch of folks we have a great time weather its at the meetings or at the field.
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