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Are you looking for that awesome wing-to-fuselage joint?      Well it is easy to accomplish so get your supplies ready   Buy some ZAP Finishing Resin… and then obtain micro balloons… a cup to mix them in…and lastly, cling wrap or similar. Start by installing the horizontal stabilizer squarelyContinue Reading

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So the last couple days I have been working on covering the ARF so I can assemble an ARF. Seems odd to have to do so much just to get back to “go”. I guess that is what custom liveries require. Anyway I first did the wing. Top and bottom,Continue Reading

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The Robart gear has been disassembled, painted white, cleared, reassembled and reinstalled into the wing. The tailwheel and its gear doors have been built and pockets made and installed to accept the hinges during final assembly. All the servo hatches were installed and set up for surface mounted aileron andContinue Reading

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I mounted the wheels. I sorted thru about 6 pair to find some to use. The ones shipped with the kit are awful. Dubro 5″ inflatable were the easiest to do. I have more scale ones but these fit easy. I was studying the overall shape and decided that theContinue Reading

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I’m replacing the abs exhaust stacks with printed ones. Trying to get the placement correct. Still looks low. The cowl fits the backplate and the engine is in the right spot. Seems there may be too much slope in the top of the cowl and the spinner shape is notContinue Reading

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Details ,details , details. After attaching the stacks to the cowl I opened up the “exhaust pies to flow air by drilling them out with a 7mm drill. Also added a second slot behind the first on the bottom of the cowl. The exhaust outlets along with the sixty-four 1/8″Continue Reading

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I’m replacing the abs exhaust stacks with printed ones. Trying to get the placement correct. Still looks low. The cowl fits the backplate and the engine is in the right spot. Seems there may be too much slope in the top of the cowl and the spinner shape is notContinue Reading

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During the racing days of Warbirds in St. Louis I had a practice racer that I flew constantly doing laps and making left hand turns. It was a modified Jemco fun scale Mustang that was modified with a sheeted wing and had an OS .40 Rear exhaust engine and a Macs Muffler. It was done in the race colors of Leroy Penhalls #81 Reno racer from 1969-70. Continue Reading

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We had a beautiful day for racing…thank you Lord! Put out the call for workers early to ensure we had judging positions filled.  Had great response.  Terry Houts was my backup starter…thanks Terry you did an outstanding job.  The following volunteers made the race a tremendous success; Lap counters: Curt McIntyre, KerryContinue Reading

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Back to Home Our runway repairs, led by Dave Brown, began a week before with several individuals helping make the saw cuts. Then, on the Thursday the 5th, Dave Brown, Ralph Doyle, Terry Houts and Rich Taylor removed all the asphalt and moved it down by the road to theContinue Reading

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A work party for runway is scheduled for the weekend of October 7th and 8th. Covered pallets of 42 80-pound bags of Sakrete each will be delivered totaling approximately 245 bags. Need strong individuals to help move bags to the concrete mixer. Continue Reading