Tim Morton
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Mixed units .. 😃 reminds me of a situation where a large multinational company used psi/m as a pressure gradient
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Great info I want to change from my Futuba 8FG and am interested in the X10. I was wondering about ergonomics. Being a thumbs flyer how easy is it to access switches? Thanks
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yep - absolutely makes sense now Plummet. I hade that problem with loose dowels on the wing and U/C and on one of the rebuilds / repairs I used some thin ply to support it. so far so good... My tail plane dowels are still okay - no rattle anyway. I have worn out the underside of the fin though (the tail skid bit ) and the plane became impossible to taxi (or really even take off - it would just immediately veer off to the right due to it being worn / broken / shredded / whatever). So this repair job actually started with me removing the tail to fit a tail wheel and whilst I was at it I thought I'd have a go at straightening the horiz. stab too. I'll post another pic of the before and after
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Good idea Plummet - but the warping is more a twisting than along the length if that makes sense? Even the elevator has taken on a nice curve... I've not had any problems with keeping the surfaces at 90 degs. Could you explain that a bit please (or some photos if you have) I heated it this morning (with a heat gun on low) and sandwiched it between two flat heavy boards. Hopefully that will straighten it a bit. I was thinking / hoping possibly some bullet tape may help
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Hope this thread isn't dead... I've had a Prangster for years and every now and then it comes out - it's a good plane. I've replaced all sorts of things over the years - engine mounts, control runs, undercarriage, and have just changed out the radio from 35 to 2.4 gives you an idea of it's vintage... But one issue which has been gradually getting worse is the correx tail has started to warp. It's got quite bad and is affecting flight now. Any ideas of how to fix this? Replace is an option but I didn't really want to do that, besides it will only happen again. Any advice ? thanks
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Many thanks Guiseppe - I've got a love affair going with all things Fly Baby at the moment. I have just restarted (after a 3 year lay-up) building the ¼ scale monoplane one (Eraldo Pomare design - RCM&E 1984) so need to finish that. Wing is 90% complete so hopefully over the next month or two I'll get the rest done. I've a Boddo Mills twin which may be a little underpowered but I'd like to try it anyway - so I'll definitely add it to the build list Thanks again
