my retracts are loose when fully up on my 1600 spitfire , they dont quite seam to close up tightley in the wheel wells , is there a way of adjusting them tight without damage to the servos please
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Originally posted by bobolos View Postmy retracts are loose when fully up on my 1600 spitfire , they dont quite seam to close up tightley in the wheel wells , is there a way of adjusting them tight without damage to the servos please
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My post from the other site... the rondel are not water slides.
No, they are all different, not duplicates. One sheet with small nomenclatures like "don't walk" are waterslide, roundels and the tail tricolor are dull stickyback, and the side squadron are stickyback but with a over clear that you peel off after application (or before if you want). Someone said Callie is making the waterslides in her awesome stickyback with clear over. I suggest getting those
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Yes they're sticky back with no sticky! Will Callie supply to the UK?. I'm going to ask for a replacement from Motion with sticky glue. Or I could apply my own contact adhesive.
As for why change the prop, there is no reason. Never in 40 years used a 4 blade, but it's an amazing bit of engineering and very reasonably priced. With no spare I'm concerned about breaking it.
Not sure about foam planes, most of my friends are traditional and don't think much of them. Do you think they'll be impressed when they see this one fly?
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Originally posted by Jeffco View PostAny advice about assembling the wing to fuselage. I've ordered a foam model stand to use on site. But I have fitted the receiver in the fuselage with three 10cm extension leads for ailerons, flaps and gear. Plus the plug for the strobe light. Is there a better way?
Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: FL/FW: Mig 29 "Cobra", A-10 Arctic, F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet, F16 Wild Weasel, F4 Phantom & Blue Angel, 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, Olive B-24, Stinger 90, Red Avanti. Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 60" Extra 300 V2, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, MXS Green, & Demonstrator. FMS-1700mm P-51, Red Bull Corsair. E-Flite-70mm twin SU-30, Beast Bi-Plane 60", P2 Bi-Plane, P-51.
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Originally posted by Jeffco View PostYes they're sticky back with no sticky! Will Callie supply to the UK?. I'm going to ask for a replacement from Motion with sticky glue. Or I could apply my own contact adhesive.
As for why change the prop, there is no reason. Never in 40 years used a 4 blade, but it's an amazing bit of engineering and very reasonably priced. With no spare I'm concerned about breaking it.
Not sure about foam planes, most of my friends are traditional and don't think much of them. Do you think they'll be impressed when they see this one fly?I solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
You'll never be good at something unless you're willing to suck at it first.~Anonymous~
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Originally posted by Jeffco View PostYes they're sticky back with no sticky! Will Callie supply to the UK?. I'm going to ask for a replacement from Motion with sticky glue. Or I could apply my own contact adhesive.
As for why change the prop, there is no reason. Never in 40 years used a 4 blade, but it's an amazing bit of engineering and very reasonably priced. With no spare I'm concerned about breaking it.
Not sure about foam planes, most of my friends are traditional and don't think much of them. Do you think they'll be impressed when they see this one fly?
regards Paul
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Originally posted by Jeffco View PostFinally, would a 18x6 2 blade prop work? Or 18x8? The 4 blade is 16x6.
have fun, Paul in W Yorks
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Thank to you all for the advice. I'll let you know how I get on. Paul, I'll PM and phone you if necessary but your description of what to do is very clear.
I've not checked CG yet, but will let you know how it is with my Admiral 5000 battery set as far forward as possible. This is my first 6 cell prop plane, as I bought these batteries for the Avanti.
Chichester club has a hard runway so nosing over won't be such a risk. But I can't fly right now otherwise I'd have had it finished by Boxing day.
I have some of the foaming type Gorilla glue which I use to re-stick gear boxes, and I may try and get some to flow in via small drilled holes.
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Well, it been a while since I posted as work has been crazy busy and I’ve been spending some time doing RC Trucking which is also massively fun.
Now I’m on holiday I finally got my aces of iron pilot and the cockpit kit in! You can’t see much of the detail in the cockpit kit in the photos but if you peer really closely through the glass in person you can........
Overall, I’m really pleased with the extra detail it adds. Just need to rebalance as I’m not too sure what effect it’s had on CG and I’ll be able to take to the skies again. enough talking, here’s some pics .
Happy New Year everyone!
Regards
Kurt
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