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I will keep that in mind. Google maps says about 3 hours. Were we are right now there is a hobby shop about 20 minutes away, Very little plane stuff. 90 mints away is a pretty good hobby shop. Flying is about 40 minutes away.
Kansas City is fairly good size. About 150000 pop. Likely a decent hobby shop.
I will keep that in mind. Google maps says about 3 hours. Were we are right now there is a hobby shop about 20 minutes away, Very little plane stuff. 90 mints away is a pretty good hobby shop. Flying is about 40 minutes away.
Kansas City is fairly good size. About 150000 pop. Likely a decent hobby shop.
There's a nice little RC shop in Springfield MO. called Sleeth Hobby, they have some ARFs, a few kits and all kinds of RC hardware. There's always a few complete RC planes on consignment. I bought a H9 P51 complete with Saito 82 from there.
Hobby Town is well, Hobby Town. Not much for us there.
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I just ran an early 120-s with a G-Sonic 15 x 8, I started out with a Xoar 15 x 8, ran it up to 6,600 and was leaning the HS needle. All of a sudden the engine accelerated but tach remained at 6,600. Luckily it was still rich enough that it didn't over speed, it had ground out the back of the prop and the front too.
Saito120-s with the push in intake pipe
Prop============Graupner G-Sonic 15 x 8
Plug-------------------------------------Taipan 4c
Fuel============Wildcat 10% 18% full syn.
Exhaust=========Stock beer can style
Max rpm=========8,970
Idle rpm==========2,150
A little side note, I forgot to put a piece of fuel line on the vent, even at 4,000 rpm the carb drank the stuff as it came out.
I ran the 12-s on the right today, with the left muffler on it. The right muffler is a fixer upper I don't entirely trust.
Saito120-s with the push in intake pipe
Prop============Graupner G-Sonic 15 x 8
Plug-------------------------------------Taipan 4c
Fuel============Wildcat 10% 18% full syn.
Exhaust=========Stock beer can style
Max rpm=========8,970
Idle rpm==========2,150
A little side note, I forgot to put a piece of fuel line on the vent, even at 4,000 rpm the carb drank the stuff as it came out.
I ran the 12-s on the right today, with the left muffler on it. The right muffler is a fixer upper I don't entirely trust.
The greater Kansas City area has a population of over 2M. The only hobby shop I've found there that carries RC stuff is Hobby Haven in Overland Park MO. As with most hobby shops these days most of what they have is geared toward electric, Eflite foamies etc. Some building supplies there.
There's a nice little RC shop in Springfield MO. called Sleeth Hobby, they have some ARFs, a few kits and all kinds of RC hardware. There's always a few complete RC planes on consignment. I bought a H9 P51 complete with Saito 82 from there.
Hobby Town is well, Hobby Town. Not much for us there.
There's a nice little RC shop in Springfield MO. called Sleeth Hobby, they have some ARFs, a few kits and all kinds of RC hardware. There's always a few complete RC planes on consignment. I bought a H9 P51 complete with Saito 82 from there.
Hobby Town is well, Hobby Town. Not much for us there.
Ken
Has anyone ever heard of a place where these tachs could be sent for repair? Mine just stopped working suddenly. The sensor is clean and the solder joints look good. There doesn't seem to be any physical reason why mine stopped working. I sure do love that tach. I think I spent about $129 when I bought mine.
Thanks,
Bob
Thanks,
Bob
Bob,
Got the Fromeco about an hour ago. Found a cold joint on the quad op-amp chip. Re-flowed the solder on all legs of that chip and the tach is now working well . I will return ship tomorrow,
See you all later, fly time!
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Thanks, JesseOpen!!! A MILLION Thank You's for that.... I obviously missed that joint and I appreciate your finding that..
I had given a look myself, but obviously my eye is not trained anywhere near as good as yours is. It'll be great to have that tach back in working order. I've had it for years. I'll nickname it Lazarus, for being brought back from the dead!!
Thanks again for saving this unit for me!!
Bob
I had given a look myself, but obviously my eye is not trained anywhere near as good as yours is. It'll be great to have that tach back in working order. I've had it for years. I'll nickname it Lazarus, for being brought back from the dead!!
Thanks again for saving this unit for me!!
Bob
Is it possible to erase a week from one's life? This week has been absolutely worthless. Sick Monday, Tailer flat Tuesday, wrong tire arrived Wed, tire shop closed today for who knows what reason. No work accomplished this week.
Took the P51/ FG21 combo to the field yesterday, 15 knot 90° crosswind never died off so didn't fly. Back to the field today and plagued by electrical gremlins so no flights again.
Took the P51/ FG21 combo to the field yesterday, 15 knot 90° crosswind never died off so didn't fly. Back to the field today and plagued by electrical gremlins so no flights again.
I will toss in some round aluminum bar , I know you will be making some
Here are some pics and a video of some tails. Consider a Big Boy tail with a longer, larger diameter outlet pipe. The bigger OD/ID allows for more and larger portholes in the baffle. Sounds great and looks nice.
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The greater Kansas City area has a population of over 2M. The only hobby shop I've found there that carries RC stuff is Hobby Haven in Overland Park MO. As with most hobby shops these days most of what they have is geared toward electric, Eflite foamies etc. Some building supplies there.
There's a nice little RC shop in Springfield MO. called Sleeth Hobby, they have some ARFs, a few kits and all kinds of RC hardware. There's always a few complete RC planes on consignment. I bought a H9 P51 complete with Saito 82 from there.
Hobby Town is well, Hobby Town. Not much for us there.
There's a nice little RC shop in Springfield MO. called Sleeth Hobby, they have some ARFs, a few kits and all kinds of RC hardware. There's always a few complete RC planes on consignment. I bought a H9 P51 complete with Saito 82 from there.
Hobby Town is well, Hobby Town. Not much for us there.
I have a cast front but it is 13mm for the FA-125/FG-20-21
Need to tap it out to 14mm so I can pass it along with the 150.
Do you need the thru bolt? (Notice I didn't bank if you needed the long screw) I picked up a few if you need some.
Be nice to see pics once done.
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Thanks Gary, now I have some ideas to to shoot for. You sent me a few long bolts in the box of goodies. And blue tinted gonads to go with them.
The Robin Hood 25 came yesterday, a very nice kit. It's made in Dayton, Ohio.
The Robin Hood 25 came yesterday, a very nice kit. It's made in Dayton, Ohio.
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Old School Model Works : Sunday Fighter (Bristol Spadport) kit
The original: https://www.airplanesandrockets.com/...march-1974.htm
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Looks like the OS FS 20 is more than adequate power for the Robin Hood 25 .
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...E6&FORM=VRRTAP
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...E6&FORM=VRRTAP
Mike
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