RE: Are the new Thunder Tiger 40s actually 46s?
Capnduane What kind of RPM's are you getting with a 10.5x4.5 on the TT.
Posted on: 8/28/2012 2:36 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "Club 40"
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RE: 2012 RCPRO Club 40 National Championship Race
Is there going to be time to do some flying say on friday or saturday before the races?
Posted on: 8/28/2012 10:03 AM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "Club 40"
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RE: 2012 RCPRO Club 40 National Championship Race
Just out of curiosity, what size prop do most people run on the TT pro .40 on a sky raider? I am at 3500 ft elevation and i know going to Waco will make a huge difference. I just want to know so i will have an idea of what prop to run.
Posted on: 7/13/2012 4:16 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "Club 40"
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RE: Are the new Thunder Tiger 40s actually 46s?
Wow thats impressive for just a .40 sized engine on those planes.
Posted on: 7/12/2012 3:45 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "Club 40"
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RE: Are the new Thunder Tiger 40s actually 46s?
Gunfighter, We have used a radar gun on a Sky Raider with a .46, it was clocked between 85-90 mph with O.S 46 AX in a level flight not on the course. The only reason we run the .46's is the elevation is 3500 ft so we tend to go with the bigger engines for our planes. Now correct me if im wrong but isn't the speed limit for the club-40 100 mph.
Posted on: 7/12/2012 3:03 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "Club 40"
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RE: Wanted FliteLine Scooter 2
if you contact Eddie Taylor at lazer works in Wichita Falls Tx he can cut you out a 'short kit' i know its not complete kit and he cuts them out as a built up wing. My uncle has built 6 of them so far and they fly really well. The biggest difference is the wing does not have any dihedral but im sure you could built it into the wing with no problem. Or if you go to eurekaaircraft.com you can buy a set of foam wing cores for 25$ -35% plus ship. I know its high for foam wings but its a option.
Posted on: 7/12/2012 2:49 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "Q-500 Racing"
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RE: Are the new Thunder Tiger 40s actually 46s?
Here in Amarillo we race our Sky Raiders with a .46 sized engine. Our last moths race we had a L.A. Racer in on the mix with a TT 40 and was lapped three time with in 10 laps. The next round the L.A. Racer took off first and was cutt in half by a Raider with a .46 and crashed. If you are going to be racing both .40 and .46 in the same heats be careful and let the .40 take off last. But there is a big difference in speed between the two engines. Limiting the prop to 11-5 11-6 may still leave the .46 to a advantage by pulling harder coming out of the corners. I think it would be better to keep all engine the same displacement so people have nothing to complain about.
Posted on: 7/12/2012 1:26 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "Club 40"
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RE: 2012 RCPRO Club 40 National Championship Race
Ok well thats all i needed to know thanks again and hope to see ya at the race.
Posted on: 7/8/2012 7:55 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "Club 40"
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RE: 2012 RCPRO Club 40 National Championship Race
Thanks Ken and Oldbob, I appreciate the info and will go ahead and mount the canopy above the wing and call it good. I don' t want to be illegal and cause any fuss at the waco race. Now that we have that cleared up is it legal to install ceramic bearing in the engine.
Posted on: 7/8/2012 4:05 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "Club 40"
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RE: 2012 RCPRO Club 40 National Championship Race
Ok i know you are supposed to assemble the plane per instructions, but as far as the canopy goes it does not give you a specific mounting location. Is it legal to move the canopy back so that the rear mounting hole of the canopy is on the first wooden brace after the solid section of the fuse?
Posted on: 7/7/2012 5:45 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "Club 40"
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RE: Club 40/46 Race in Amarillo, 2013
Well i talked to the guys who could show up at the races this past weekend here in Amarillo. I asked them if they would be willing to run a .40 engine instead of the .46, and nobody had a problem with changing IF we host a big race. So now we don't have to worry about running .40 an .46 together it will all be even and fair and a little tighter competition.
Posted on: 6/18/2012 8:35 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "Club 40"
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RE: ViperDog Build Thread
Hey Scott the plane looks great. You need to bring it down to arks on Feb 18th for the races.
Posted on: 2/11/2012 9:06 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "Q-500 Racing"
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RE: Viper Q500 engine
I would try at least a 9x8 or 9x9. The engine will unload once its up and going and with the extra pitch you will get some good speed so long as the engine will get on the pipe.
Posted on: 2/11/2012 8:32 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "Q-500 Racing"
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RE: Rossi engine
Thanks for the info i will deffenently keep the porting tip in mind for a few extra rpm. Im sure this engine will be plenty to have fun with on a q500.
Posted on: 11/14/2011 1:38 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "Classic RC Pattern Flying"
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RE: Rossi engine
Thanks Jim, I have looked over this info before and it gives me a good idea for the stock engine. Not really sure if there is any difference between a 27r45 and a 197r45 other that the distributers. Axe with the 27r45 and SG with the 197r45. Any how i am really wanting to know what kind of performance gains the vp mod will give the engine. I can not find any info on rpm/prop number with the vp mod. So i was hoping somebody might have some experience with the vp mod.
Posted on: 11/13/2011 10:40 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "Classic RC Pattern Flying"
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RE: Rossi engine
I know this is a little off subject but i am looking at getting a rossi 45 with the vp mod 197r45vp. The website does not give any usfull info for prop sizes and/or rpm. I am wanting to run this engine with the q500 jett pipe on a GP viper. Does anybody have any experience with this engine so i can get a little usefull info.
Posted on: 11/12/2011 9:46 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "Classic RC Pattern Flying"
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RE: Skooter II Remember this model
I know this is a old thread but if you still want a skooter II there is a place to get a kit. The kit is not complete i believe you get the fuse tail feathers and ribs. You can get the ribs made for tail dragger or trike and it does not have dihedral. Contact Eddie at www.lazer-works.com
Posted on: 8/30/2011 10:02 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "Profile and Fun Flying Planes"
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RE: Texas Racers - Alvin Club 40 Race, Sept 3
I agree on the winning part. Do you guys time the races at all or do any kind of "brackets" for the winners of each race?
Posted on: 8/24/2011 6:51 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "Club 40"
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RE: Texas Racers - Alvin Club 40 Race, Sept 3
The course is a two pole set up. I believe there are 10 people in the skyraider class if i counted right. Not a real big class but not bad for not racing in two years. It is a one day thing, for right now were just racing for fun but if we can get enough people to come out it would be awesome to have a big event but thats all in time i guess. But like i said its just for fun as of right now and i'm just trying to get more and more people bitten by the racing bug.
Posted on: 8/24/2011 1:39 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "Club 40"
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RE: Texas Racers - Alvin Club 40 Race, Sept 3
Dont know if anybody is from the Amarillo area but ARKS has started up the pylon racing again. We race on the 3rd weekend of each month we have raced for the last 3 months and have had good turnouts. We have 3 classes,Skyraider box stock with stock 46 engine,you can remove baffle and replace bearing thats all. Open class where you can fly what ever you want to from a .25 size to 50% what ever you fell comfortable flying but no tuned pipe, sport mufflers or race purpose engine like jett,nelson nothing that hot. If it does have a tuned pipe,sport muffler or "race" enigne you will be in the unlimited class where you run what you brung and hope it's enough. I am trying to get the word out so the people will hopefully like to come out and race. Thanks
Posted on: 8/23/2011 8:58 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "Club 40"
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RE: Great Planes Combat Corsair and Mustang
Alright i guess i'm leaving the dolly at the house. Hopefully i will get this thing done and test fly it with in a few weeks and try to report back with my results. Thanks everybody
Posted on: 8/23/2011 2:31 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "RC Combat"
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RE: Great Planes Combat Corsair and Mustang
Thanks, i really think its going to fly fine but i do have one more question. Are these planes a hand full to hand launch especially with shortened ailerons? The guy also made a dolly to set the plane into and added a servo and receiver to be able to taxi out and take off and i'm kinda iffy about this. Do you think it would be better to just hand launch this thing or should i try the dolly?
Posted on: 8/23/2011 10:24 AM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "RC Combat"
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RE: Great Planes Combat Corsair and Mustang

Posted on: 8/23/2011 12:01 AM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "RC Combat"
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RE: Great Planes Combat Corsair and Mustang
Thanks for the info everybody. The plane i have is the mustang not the corsair just to clear that up. Im having my doubts about this but i really want to try it just to make people look at me like i'm nuts. Im putting a webra 50 gt with a tuned pipe that weighs i believe 11.5oz, now thats .8oz more than the os 25 fx so i'm not worried about the extra weight adding more stress to the plane. But just to make sure i am going in and bracing up the firewall and glass the wing just to make me feel better. Now the plane's tail feathers have been covered in 64th ply and "anti flutter tips" on the top of the rudder and outside of the elevator. The guy i bought this from had another mustang that was unmodified that he blew up from flutter at about 150mph so he took precautions "cant blame him". Servo's are all hs85mg so hopefully that will help with the flutter. So that is the plane, now what do guys think.
Posted on: 8/22/2011 11:48 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "RC Combat"
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RE: Great Planes Combat Corsair and Mustang
I just got one of these plane and it has several modifications, the canopy it has been lowered and stretched, ailerons shortened, belly pan shortened,wing span shortened. I am not into combat but i do love to go fast and would like this thing to scream and i mean like 150 mph. Do you think this airframe would stay together at speed like this.
Posted on: 8/19/2011 10:20 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "RC Combat"
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RE: Scat Cats !!
wmicky i have been trying to get ahold of loan star balsa for a couple of months now and have not heard back from my phone calls or emails. Do you know any other way to get in touch with these people?
Posted on: 8/11/2011 8:41 PM by Author "skooterII" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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