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- From: potter@watson.ibm.com (David Potter)
- Newsgroups: rec.models.rc
- Subject: Re: Gold Addition Corsair.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.205819.33851@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 20:58:19 GMT
- References: <seanm.2xqf@terapin.com>
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- Sean,
- you are building my next plane, so i am anxious to hear what you like,
- and don't like about this particular kit.
-
- In article <seanm.2xqf@terapin.com> seanm@terapin.com (Sean McCaskey) writes:
- >
- > Well, winter building season is here. Time to get the glue out.
- >
- > I have a nice TopFlight F4U Corsair to build. I have buiilt and flown
- >plenty of planes. I can handle the hot ones and tail draggers, but this one is
- >going to be my first semi-scale war bird with retracts. I have a few
- >questions....also I would like any hints/kinks anyone who has built this beast
- >might have experienced.
- >
- > 1 Engine choice. I prefer 2 stroke, and it calls for .60-.80. I know a .60
- >will be to weak if I build it with retracts. Will a .Super Tiger .90 be too
- >much?
- >
- > 2 What sort of retracts should I use? I know they have to be 90 degee
- >rotating, but the mechanicals I have seen don't always lock down. What about
- >numatic? Are they reliable?
-
- Last summer I saw electric retracts on a scrtach built P40. They were
- really neat! They go up and down very scale like, not so fast as air,
- and more reliable than mechanical as long as the battries hold up.
- I can nor remember the name of them, but i might be able to find out?
-
- > 3 (Last one) What sort of finsh is best? I don't want to plastic wrap it as
- >it always make the planes look like a plastic toy. What about light fiberglass
- >and paint? Will this make it alltogether too heavy?
- >
- > Thanks!
- >
- > ---Sean---
- > seanm@terapin.com
- > No man is a failure who has friends.
-
- Please keep me posted on your experince with this classic war bird, I love
- Corsairs and hope to get my TopFlite F4U Corsair kit next month.
-
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- * tuktusiuriagatigitqingnapin'ngitkiptin'nga, David Potter
-
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