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  1. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Have the parting boards removed and ready to start the upper half of the cowl. No rush only sufficient resin for the tooling coats. More on the way sometime next week. The bottom lay up was 2 tooling coats, 1 layer 1 1/2 ounce cloth, 4 layers of 4 ounce cloth, 1 layer of 40 ounce cloth, that...
  2. TonyHallo

    Electronic Carburetor/Roto 85 FS Install

    Had a little extra time today before going to a late lunch with old friends. Decided to see see if the engine would run. The solenoid is normally open so without power its wide open. Flipped the engine over at high trim with the controller off, no choke, after 15 flips or so it started, shut...
  3. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Have the cowl mounted on the parting boards and two cats of tooling coat applied.
  4. TonyHallo

    Sport Racing plane for 3 cylinder Kolm engine.

    Hey, that's progress! They were not going to make themselves!!!
  5. TonyHallo

    Sport Racing plane for 3 cylinder Kolm engine.

    From the guy on year 8 of current build!!!!!!
  6. TonyHallo

    Boost Tabs

    Boost tabs work, there's no question about it. Back when I stated flying giant scale, I used Futaba S148 servos, 48 in-oz of torque, they worked, there was no 3D, surfaces were much smaller than today. Had I known about boost tabs then I would have used them. Today on the same size aileron I...
  7. TonyHallo

    Boost Tabs

    Welcome to GSN.
  8. TonyHallo

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    You got to take that GP38 decal off!
  9. TonyHallo

    For Sale Weatronic BAT 64 brand new, never used

    Top of the line stuff here, I only read about Weatronic products, never seen one. Acquired by Power Box in 2016 and some of their technology ended up the the Power Box CORE.. Thank you for posting and I hope it ends up with someone who will appreciate it.
  10. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    While running the engine the spark plug wire came off one cylinder, I thought it wasn't pushed on far enough so I pushed it back on, after coming off the second time discovered that the temperature sensor wasn't allowing the plug cover to go past the hex. The plug gasket fits into a counterbore...
  11. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    As promised, a short video.
  12. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Take the fuselage outside and work on it! An IPA, a little MEK and have at it.
  13. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    The headlight recess was cut free and positioned closer to the vertical plane and the adjacent corners were filled with Bondo. A 3 1/2" 1/16" thick steel disc was installed at 3 degrees down to define engine center. When it's all said and gone it will be a little closer to the full scale. I...
  14. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Work on the Cherokee has slowed to a crawl so I decided to rework the cowk for the next build. The front of the cowl is incorrect, the headlight recess is pointing down at 20 degree angle while the actual cowl is closer to flat has shown below. I saved the plug that was used to make the mold...
  15. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Ran the engine yesterday and today. The idle was unreliable and there was a flat spot all through the middle range. Swapped out the carb today for the Walbro WT962 that was on the Roto 85 FS in the Champ, if that didn't work I had planned to replace the Saito ignition with a RcExl unit. The...
  16. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    I have built a test stand out of 10 gage steel plate that accepts this engine and the Roto 85. This will get mounted to a movable work stand for the next run. Sunday and Monday are forecast in lower 50's, so plan to get a run then.
  17. TonyHallo

    Electronic Carburetor/Roto 85 FS Install

    My search for a servo that has high operating temperature was a failure so I decided to use a Savox SV1250MG servo, same servo used on the GP178 EFI engine. It's rated at 111 in-oz of torque at 8 volts, it is referred as a micro tail rotor servo, the case is smaller than the standard size Hitec...
  18. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    You can get both the Aerothane and Ranthane color cards from Aircraft Spruce,just pay the postage
  19. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    The idle isn't where I want it yet. I have it mounted on a flimsy board so it shakes quite a bit. It's running on 15 to 1 fuel right now, after another tank I will reduce the oil to the recommended 20 to 1. There's quite a bit of smoke coming out the exhaust. The right cylinder hisses on...
  20. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Got a run on the engine today, wish I would have done so yesterday, it was 60f. Today it's 24f! The starter works great on 4S. Today I added an and switch to the logic to turn the starter off above 1200 rpm, on a warm restart it's running in a few revolutions.
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