25% Bill Hempel Xtreme Decathlon

[Bartman]

D-Man said

I'm sure you could but that would end up bowing the strut.
Besides... using the nylon seems to have fixed the issue... I've been hammering the airframe and everything is holding up great!

Cheers,
D-Man

that was kinda what I was asking, if they would reach without really bowing the strut.  generally speaking, the white plastic zip-ties aren't UV rated so the plastic will dry out and break eventually, fwiw.

nice plane though, Decathlons are a favorite of mine.

 

[Louis Simon]

Hello guys, I just ordered one of these and I am anxiously waiting for it to arrive. I really like the grey, 2wella, what did you use to paint the grey?

Now that you guys have had these planes for a while, how about an update on how they are doing?

 

[Judge]

What did these come out weighing all up? I have one arriving tomorrow but I have not seen any real life weights posted by anyone.