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    Hi Martin, You've made a lovely job of it. Great colour scheme as well. Very impressive. I was pleased to see the results of your maiden, it gives me encouragement for when I test mine. I built an Airsail Chippie nearly a year ago and have delayed test flying due to other commitments. But, with the summer coming (here in NZ) there should be no more excuses. Out of interest mine weighed in at 3.4 kg (7.5 lb) including all r/c gear and a bit of nose weight to bring up the CG.
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    Thanks Martin.
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    Another thing... While I had the motor running out the field the motor got VERY hot. What's the general feeling about cooling with the Chipmunk? There isn't much cooling.
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    I have to say that I get a bit nervous with remote applications because it is all something else that can go wrong. But needs must be. I'm on the west coast of the North Island of NZ so was sheltered from "Pam" as she slid down past the east coast and out to sea. But the Chatham Islands got it pretty bad. That's as close as I ever want to be to one of those nasties!
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    Took the Chippie out to the club field on Sunday for it's maiden and ran into a couple of problems. It had a fuel leak somewhere and the accessibility to the plug was trickier than expected. It worked OK on the bench but trying to locate the plug driver onto the plug through the hole in the cowl was a real shot in the dark. So back home I found the fuel leak in a split tube going into the carb, and I fitted a remote plug into the cowl on the same side as the remote fuel filler. When the weather clears I'll give it another go. We've just had a narrow brush with cyclone "Pam" ; nothing too serious - poor old Vanuatu copped the worst of it.
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    You are absolutely right, Danny and John. All I had to do was look up my own blog about page 2! It was ZK BAP. So sorry about the mix up. The advice is still good though, also I have had to add about 13 oz of ballast in the nose to get the CG right. This brings the final auw to 7.5 lb. This now gives it a new wing loading of 23 oz/ sq. ft. - still acceptable but the extra weight would more usefully have been employed using a bigger motor. All worth thinking about for the new projects out there. David
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    Thanks Andrew, I would definitely relocate the u/c forward. Danny's advice came at a good time during my build. I had to cut new grooves in a new block, but it was before i had got the painting stage so it wasn't too disruptive.
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    Thanks, Andrew. Yes, a video. Must try to remember that one. Colin, thanks for the flap settings, good to know. With my Tx unfortunately I only have the gear switch/channel to use for the flaps so they will be full up or full down. Hence my going for the coarser setting. After it's maiden I can make adjustments if needed.
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    Thanks for your comments and kind words Danny, Colin, John and Bill. It may be a while before it's maiden but will definitely post a report on it when it happens. And, yes, I will certainly be using the flaps - I have watched full size DH1s on YouTube and the flaps don't seem to extend very far, maybe 30 deg? Anyway that is what I have set mine to for starters. I see Pete Lowe is writing up on his Airsail kit so will be interested to follow that one up. BUT, did you notice that his elevators are inside the tips? What's that all about? David
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    At last, it is finished!!! All that is left now is for the R/C gear to be installed. This just means the rudder, elev. and throttle servos in the fuselage, hooking up to the Rx and batt pack and installing a switch in the side. Also I have yet to install a remote fuel filler into the side of the cowling. So, there it is - a years work! AUW with R/C gear but sans fuel is 3.1 kg (6.8 lb) which gives it a wing loading of 21.5 lb/sq. ft. The preferred wing loading for any model is 26.0 or less. So I am very pleased with the outcome. I didn't go overboard with detail, just a fuel filler station in each inner wing and some W&D paper strips to simulate the wing walk to break up an otherwise plain surface.
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    Good idea, William. The result makes the mix even murkier! It seems that WZ 879 was in a batch of 40 manufactured by deHavilland and was the last batch ever made. Photos I found 1. definitely do not have the registration number under-side. 2. the underside roundels are large and the same as the upper. The photos commonly have a white X on the fus side and a black X on the fin. This is opposed to the white 80 on the airsail model. So all I can surmise is that the Airsail Chipmunk is a bogus machine (?) Anyway, as I have mentioned before I do not intend competing with it so the accuracy of markings doesn't matter. As an aside for ALL Airsail Chipmunk builders - note that the supplied decals are not resistant to lacquer thinners. Having put the decals on over the colour lacquer I took the precaution of testing the corner of a small decal with thinner to see if it was affected. The answer is YES, it will dissolve the decal. Why I mention this is because I will give the whole model a couple of coats of AAA Clearcoat to 1. fuel proof it and 2. bring up a shine. I have had to mask all the decals before applying the clearcoat.
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    That's a lovely model, William. Also a very appealing colour scheme - might have used it myself if I'd known about it! David
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    Thanks for the pics, Martin. The top pic shows the numbers to good effect. I notice that they are much larger than the Airsail decals (in proportion). I don't suppose it matters much if it's not going in a competition. I can only drool at Mick Reeves competition model.
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    Hi Bill, Thanks for your kind words. I agree with you that the large regos would be for the under-wing. but of all the photos I have of WZ 879 they were not used on that particuler a/c. Oh well, since I've got them I might as well use them. No-one but you and me are going to know the difference and the under-wing regos will help this myopic flier with a better orientation!. I'm really not sure about the medium roundels and since I have already applied the large ones on top it looks like they will be on the under-wing. By the way, we thoroughly enjoyed your presentation at the last club night - a real eye-opener. David
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