3696 roll call-what's been built so far?

You got a cool electric WWII combat rig? This is the place to show it off!

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Lee Liddle
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Post by Lee Liddle »

That would be scary
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Post by Dane McGee »

Good looking fighter.
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Post by boiler »

You guys are doing such nice finsh jobs, I'm embarassed to bring my planes into a scrap with your's. It would be a shame to put a blemish on them.
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Post by crash_out »

I'm really interested in the one piece airframe...i think it makes it stronger overall, and that unless there is some serious contact with something else, the planes don't get much damage.
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Call me silly...
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Post by Lou Melancon »

The IAR 80 is a really good looking fighter. If Richard won't pick up a transmitter (even though he travels with George) you guys might work on Lester's dad, Earl, who is a pretty good RC pilot.
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Post by Ed Kettler »

I flew against Lee and Lester yesterday (after scaring off a pattern guy[}:)]) and the IAR was very competitive. Lester needs to do some re-engineering of his battery installation, otherwise he's good to go.

His design is pretty rugged ... he snapped my wing panel in a midair. I don't recommend using 1/2 ounce fiberglass and Polycril after this episode, as the FG seems to have not made much of a difference on wing strength and is time consuming to apply. I'll have the bird repaired tonight or tomorrow.
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Post by Lee Liddle »

Yep it was a fun day. We got in about 5 heats, but the last couple were without Ed due to the mid-air. The IAR was very competitive even though it is about 31oz. With the short nose, Lester had to add 5oz of weight just behind the motor to get the CG right. He`s planning two more with a few mods to the battery installation and adjustments to help hit the CG more easily.
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Post by THend »

I don't feel too bad then with a P40 at 30 oz..[:D]

Just glued the front end back on today after an interesting touch and go yesterday...

Yeah, it has wheels... but the rest won't[:p]
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Post by Dane McGee »

Another from Texas Flugwerks:



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Post by Lee Liddle »

Looks like a good target for my Corsair.
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