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  1. Alky6

    Rant......Pre assembled fuel tanks.

    Wow! That brings back memories of my family's livestock transportation business. Glider kits, yes. Early kenworth chassis were assembled in our shop with old Cummins 200's. Then transitioned to freightliners with Detriot 318's. Then to 8v92's then to Cat 10L and 12L. Quite a transition from 1940...
  2. Alky6

    **sticky** Understanding Lithium Polymer Batteries

    Terry and Ortho: I usually swap out my LiPo (2S) RX packs when they get to 7.6-7.8 volts (3.8-3.9v / cell). Ortho, no foul on going that low. With my elecric powered planes I routinely pull the batts down to the nominal cell voltage (3.7v) then recharge at 2C. My Glacier LiPo's are good for a...
  3. Alky6

    German DA Dealer and DA MODIFIER?!?! 6 Cylinder?!?! 4 Cylinder DA-140?!?!

    very interesting how they indexed each set of siamese cylinders. Hard to tell in the photo but it looks like the middle set is about 90 deg ahead (or 270 behind) of the front set, and the rear set looks to split the difference between the two. Must have had some crank failures that they figured...
  4. Alky6

    Reza has been here for a week and he's already giving stuff away! RED LINE OIL!

    Being a die hard alky guy, I was also a die hard castor oil user. That is until I tried Red line oil. No looking back. Red line has great film strength and protects those critical components from uneccessary wear. It also has an unprecedented tolerance to heat. Now, if they could just get it to...
  5. Alky6

    IMAC Terryscustom 35% MXS-ST Prototype

    Woohoo. Can't wait! School will be back in session soon!
  6. Alky6

    IMAC Extreme Flight 78" Extra

    +1 on the tip! Getting very close!
  7. Alky6

    VVRC 40cc Twin

    Sweet. Love mine on my EF78 Extra! Have it on the 2into 1 header and can. More power and quieter. Just a little heavier, but for IMAC, no problem.
  8. Alky6

    IMAC Extreme Flight 78" Extra

    You are good to go. Probably much closer than most. Well done. :way_to_go:
  9. Alky6

    IMAC Extreme Flight 78" Extra

    When I did mine I dry fitted then marked them with a sharpy where they line up against the outside of the rudder. That way when you install you just make sure the lines are shown evenly on each side. Then I double checked fore and aft by making sure the center of the holes were at the leading...
  10. Alky6

    IMAC Extreme Flight 78" Extra

    I believe Valley View RC has the 21x8 xoar. I don't recall if they are beech or laminated. You may have to call and ask for it, as the last time I spoke with Tim he said he had a bunch ordered in but they were not on the web site.
  11. Alky6

    IMAC Extreme Flight 78" Extra

    Nice! I am using this one for IMAC practice and will use it for my first IMAC contest coming up soon. Mine is powered with a VVRC 40cc twin. It is a great airframe! Will follow your progress! -Paul
  12. Alky6

    IMAC JTEC 2.7m Extra 300CS

    Talking with Al Young this week, they are working on a new prototype scale airframe. It is the Ashcraft DR-109 (radial version) with the round fuse. Pretty flipping cool! Should add some great variety to available kits to build for somethig different! Here is a link to the ashcraft page and some...
  13. Alky6

    IMAC JTEC 2.7m Extra 300CS

    Catching up on some progress. Got a wing sheeted last week. Adding carbon (using the .007" laminate from ACP) and glued down with weldbond adds an incredible amount of rigidity. Only a 1.375 oz penalty per wing. Pretty awesome. I vacuum bagged the wing and it came out great. I will add caution...
  14. Alky6

    Sport BH 50% YAK55M

    Very Cool!
  15. Alky6

    IMAC Dietrich 42% Slick rebuild.

    Must feel good to get back at it!
  16. Alky6

    IMAC Terryscustom 35% MXS-ST Prototype

    Loving the educational experience! Keep it up and thanks!!!
  17. Alky6

    IMAC JTEC 2.7m Extra 300CS

    lol. Yep! slabs are a lot of fun! My mojo25 recently met its demise....LOL. Ton of fun right up to the point it met a tree. Tree won.
  18. Alky6

    Sport 30% Edge 540 Pete Marshall Plans with Laser Cut Short Kit

    sub'd. Looking forward to watching the progress!
  19. Alky6

    IMAC JTEC 2.7m Extra 300CS

    Harko - you building now? Show us some pics!
  20. Alky6

    IMAC JTEC/ Radiowave 3.1m competition series

    Nice! Good luck in Arizona!
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