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

Snoopy1

Snoopy1

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Alky6 said:
Started the next project. Repairing the EF 60” extra. Flying in high winds for just a little bit too long and the battery gave up and couldn’t get it back to land it. Blew out the landing gear plate. EF has a wood kit for the motor box for about $22 and had most of the pieces I needed. Just some repair of a couple of frames further back and hoping this goes back together rather easy. We’ll see..

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I did not know that EF did this and that the parts were available. That puts EF in good position for me to take a closer look at their stuff in the future. Unfortunately I to bang up a plane every now and again.
 
Jetpainter

Jetpainter

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tailskid said:
I've been playing with a H9 60cc P-51.....one problem after another (Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr). Don't know why but at first the retracts didn't work, then they did.....then one quit, then the other one. These are those E-Flites. So with that put aside I'm finishing up the rest of the model. If he wasn't a friend, I don't think I would ever finish this bird.....one problem after another. Tonight I found the air scoop doesn't fit nicely on the wing nor does it mate up with the fuselage, so some more modifications are in order....
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A Hangar 9 airplane that doesn't go together well, call me shocked! ;)
The 60cc P51, the 60cc P3 Revolution, and the 120cc Extra 300X are all severely lacking in the quality control department.
 
AKNick

AKNick

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Jetpainter said:
A Hangar 9 airplane that doesn't go together well, call me shocked! ;)
The 60cc P51, the 60cc P3 Revolution, and the 120cc Extra 300X are all severely lacking in the quality control department.
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My LHS buddy has a H9 P51 60cc in the box, wants me to put it together to hang in the shop. Sounds like a good idea considering the level of quality for a non-airworthy machine.
 
AKNick

AKNick

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Snoopy1 said:
Ok boys how do like this during the last summer my flying buddy had DLE35RA. It never ran well and shook the plane pretty good and just cold never get a good tune. Anyway about six months later I am repairing his Vactor 30cc and I told him I need a spinner to set engine and cowl. He drops the spinner off and while working with it I put the spinner on the workbench and spinner just rolls hard to one side I look at do it again and standing there saying to my self it should not do that. Anyway to make a long story short look at the picture and see what I had to do to make the spinner balance. While doing it, it is so bad that you start doubting yourself and start checking everything but no that is what it needed to balance.
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Are those BB's gonna stay there!?!? curious if the prop is indexed in a way ou can replace them with a CS machine screw and some washers stacked on it instead?
 
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