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Recent content by john Derstine

  1. john Derstine

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    hope you picked up all the pcs, that's the most important thing. then what I did on my repair was to jigsaw puzzle it back together, dry, carefully align everything, ( wing stab, laterally and horizontally) then make new parts where required. zap it together with CA then go in with carbon tow...
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    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    And the proof is in the putting, video of the re maiden, needed some up elevator trim otherwise flew straight as an arrow.
  3. john Derstine

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    quick and dirty, I just picked up all the pcs and CAed them back together, the front windshield was smashed on the left side, , no replacing that so I just used clear packing tape. If it flies straight and true I may make an effort to further replace the windows, but can't do much about the...
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    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    no wing damage except the fiberglass tip which I just CAed back together. Windows were in pcs, I found most, and just CAed them back together, not fancy repair.
  5. john Derstine

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    crashed mine again after two years, was debating whether to fix it, but since I cant get another I proceeded. ready to fly this weekend. lots of carbon tow. the new 2 meter turbo electric looks interesting not foam!
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    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    welcome to the club, sorry about that nevertheless. mine was repaired last year after clipping that pole on approach, and I've been flying the heck out of it the last few months since we got a new field. here is some inspiration to get her fixed.
  7. john Derstine

    Big Bushwheels 14"-16" for Carbon Cub 55%

    Hes a manufacturer in Europe check out his FB page and website: http://www.badan.cz/en/
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    New Product Dancing Wings 30cc Savage Bobber

    you would think., but the shop owner is Chinese Filipino and he refuses to float a price for fear he will undercut himself, but he is sitting on three planes. it's the culture here.
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    New Product Dancing Wings 30cc Savage Bobber

    The dealer got an early shipment and gave me a sneak peek, but to date has not quoted a price, have no idea why other than he said DW has not released a suggested Retail price yet.
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    New Product Dancing Wings 30cc Savage Bobber

    accessories
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    New Product Dancing Wings 30cc Savage Bobber

    tail
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    New Product Dancing Wings 30cc Savage Bobber

    wings
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    New Product Dancing Wings 30cc Savage Bobber

    Well it's finally here in our local Hobbyshop, actually the Philippine distributor for DW. Not seemingly out in the US, and here there has yet to be determined the retail price as DW has not informed same, a little weird, but stock has arrived and I got a sneak peek. I am very impressed from...
  14. john Derstine

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    It's back! My LHS is taking orders for the Timber 110, the Horizon site still lists it as unavailable, but here in Asia at least it's available again.
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    New Product Dancing Wings 30cc Savage Bobber

    Press release from DW models today, corrects the wingspn to 2.33 meters 92 inches. the rest you will have to translate yourself :) " Although we developed the 1.0M Bobber and 2.33M Bobber at the same time, the 2.33M bobber released the second version of the information 3 months late. As far as...
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