RE: What is the
Lite ply is a generic term, It can mean 1. ply-balsa-ply 2. Ply-poplar-ply
Posted on: 8/27/2012 4:41 AM by Author "wickedpissa" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: lost my horizontal stab
The leading cause in flutter is not gap but linkage so is you have flutter look to you servos, rods first then gap
Posted on: 8/21/2012 5:41 AM by Author "wickedpissa" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: *** Ultra Sport Brotherhood ***
Ok so I have finally have gotten the funds together to buy the all the goodies for my US 60 I am going with a OS 75 digital Hitec servos Retracts - now my question is what size retracts should I buy, I fly off of grass, the grass conditions now are good, but I also fly in the winter when the grass conditions are bad I think that I have narrowed it down to a few choices 1,Robart 510RS 90 with Robart 650 struts 2, Robart 700RS 90 with, Robart 661 struts 3, E-Flight 90-120 Electric , with ???? struts what would be your recommendations
Posted on: 8/12/2012 1:28 PM by Author "wickedpissa" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Sig Kadet Covering ?
Please I really do not want to start another mono vs ultra debate, but as you stated that you are a newbie I will recommend ultra as it is more "user friendly" than mono, I personally use mono for the reason that I do not like the way ultra is semitransparent compared to mono. there is a learning curve to mono but practice you get better results every time, at least I did and I am now at the point where my projects are comming out pretty good. Still need more practice on the compound curve, That will be that same for you no matter what type of covering you choose, you will get better results the more you cover. My first covering job was on my trainer CG Eagle 2 and what a mess it was but I was proud
Posted on: 8/11/2012 12:54 PM by Author "wickedpissa" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Getting Sick of this!
You guys are going about this all wrong, still debating the same thing again. What the OP has a problem with is Internet sales and marketing. He has to understand how the Internet works, it works with "key words" the more you have that are in the "general" catagory of your item the more People that will have exposure to you item and the more likely you will sell the item. So to the OP's rant you will have to get better at searching or get used to weed through all the crap that you don't want.
Posted on: 8/9/2012 4:34 AM by Author "wickedpissa" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Four Star Forty dihedral
stock is 2°
Posted on: 7/9/2012 2:15 PM by Author "wickedpissa" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Four Star Forty dihedral
well yes, but by you post count I should not have to tell you the problems you will encounter if you remove all of the dihedral. If you are going to remove it you want to remove NO more than half. you also have to fabricate a new dihedral brace. my 4*40 3 years I think was lazer my hog bipe about 1 1/2 years ago was lazer.
Posted on: 7/9/2012 12:19 PM by Author "wickedpissa" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Big jump in kit prices at Tower
[quote]ORIGINAL: Turqui Weak dollar. Bottom line, also people are spending less and companies want to continue making the same amount of profits. Fewer sales,highier prices. [/quote] you got it half right, it is actually a weak china Yuan. China has been keeping the value of there currency undervalued for years and they just now started to cash in, china's exports are down, so they are now finally raising there currency to compensate for there loss in trade " WASHINGTON — The Senate, seizing on the argument that the American jobs crisis is partly China’s fault, voted Monday to move forward with tough trade legislation that would impose tariffs on some Chinese goods to punish Beijing for keeping its currency artificially depressed. " October 3, 2011 nytimes.com
Posted on: 7/5/2012 8:01 AM by Author "wickedpissa" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: goldberg chipmunk
here is the link for the PDF manual from Tower's site manuals.hobbico.com/gpm/gpma0952-manual.pdf you can print out the whole thing or if you know how to you can print slect pages and print page 35, that is the page with the guides, and then just cut them out
Posted on: 7/3/2012 2:22 PM by Author "wickedpissa" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Next kit suggestion
the reason that I recomended a 4* was that you can easly go off plans and mod the plane and have fun with it before and after pics
Posted on: 6/16/2012 6:36 AM by Author "wickedpissa" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: CG Chipmunk tail wheel
I used a sulivan tail wheel and I think a 4-40 rod from the bracket to the rudder and then soddered the rod in to the wheel collar
Posted on: 6/16/2012 6:27 AM by Author "wickedpissa" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Next kit suggestion
get a Sig kit they are great, I had the 4* 40 (RIP) and I loved that thing I am now building a Hog Bipe. The cool thing with a 4* it is a relatively quick build and very easily modified air frame that you can have lots of fun flying and building it.
Posted on: 6/11/2012 5:13 PM by Author "wickedpissa" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: SIG's Website
[quote]ORIGINAL: Radical Departure From here it looks like they forgot to renew the domain name. Surprising how many companies forget to do that, including Microsoft. A few years ago they did that.. awkward! [/quote] from whois Domain Name: SIGMFG.COM Registrant: Sig Manufacturing Co., Inc. Record expires on 02-Jun-2021 Record created on 03-Jun-1998
Posted on: 6/4/2012 1:48 PM by Author "wickedpissa" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Goldberg Chipmunk ?
I have that plane with a saito 91 at 7.5 lbs dry and it flies great. I do prefer a four stroke over a two stroke. I use a 14x8 MAS S-2. The 82 will work but there is a crazy sale at hobby people now for a Magnum 91 for like 130 bucks
Posted on: 6/2/2012 8:38 AM by Author "wickedpissa" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Monokote....Never Again
OK, here is my take on the ultra vs MK debate, ultra is easier to work with but does not look as good. MK is harder to work with but looks better. The opacity of MK is very nice, and when compared to ultra, ultra looks almost transparent. My point is if I am going to spend a lot of time building I use MK and spend time covering, because the guys cannot see the inside craftsmanship only the outside
Posted on: 4/18/2012 4:36 PM by Author "wickedpissa" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Hog Bipe Build - 2009
my hog had a crash and the Interplane struts cracked, I believe that they are made out of 1/8 popular ply (light ply) I have in spare lumber 1/16 birch ply. do you think the switch would be ok? I have been flying my Hog over a year now and it is my favorite plane. I did at first have a lot of problems with nose over, because my CG was set all the way forward until I was used to the plane, when I started to move it back the nose overs stopped. I have a saito 100,and it has so much power I could almost hand launch (though I would never try it).
Posted on: 1/8/2012 8:26 AM by Author "wickedpissa" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Sig Hogg Bipe Question + show us yours!!!!
Astro Hog -1957 the hog bipe was Designed by Harold Hester and his web site is http://www.haroldhester.com ask him but he did not retire from the Army until 1977
Posted on: 3/23/2011 10:14 AM by Author "wickedpissa" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Sig Hog Bipe Cowl
badger I am concerned about using self tapping screws with a glass filled mount, but I really like you idea about reversing the screw and nut, I think that will work. thank you PS that is (was sorry) a beautiful hog
Posted on: 1/26/2011 6:11 PM by Author "wickedpissa" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Sig Hog Bipe Cowl
my covering is deep red, true white, black,monokote and they do not make deep red lusterkote anymore so a fiberglass cowl will not match the covering, I am on the fence about even building a cowl but I will keep this thread open for a few days and see any one has ideas. I know that fixed cowl is a pain but I have not built one yet and the only problem that I am having is how to remove the engine after cowl is built
Posted on: 1/26/2011 3:20 PM by Author "wickedpissa" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Sig Hog Bipe Cowl
no the cowl that I want to build is fixed. something similar to the one on fubarhill / sighog/ pg5 at the top here and here
Posted on: 1/26/2011 2:44 PM by Author "wickedpissa" in the forum "Kit Building"
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Sig Hog Bipe Cowl
maybe some one can help me with this problem. here is what I have I am building a Sig hog bipe with a Saito 100, i want to mount the Saito at 90º and build a balsa cowl over the top, I have a GF engine mount with nylon locknuts for the engine to mount, how to get to the back of the engine mount to hold the locknut? or do I have to use a different style of mount/bolts for this application if so what do I use? I have not yet built it but from mockup it would seem be very hard to get the lock-nuts after the balsa cowl is built
Posted on: 1/26/2011 12:41 PM by Author "wickedpissa" in the forum "Kit Building"
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