Columbo Anderson 38% Extra
06-08-2005, 08:39 PM
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RE: Columbo Anderson 38% Extra
My Son had one that was lost to a radio failure. It was a great flying airplane, with a DA150, with in cowl
mufflers. He saved the wings, tunnel and tail feathers. He bought another kit of this plane and will soon
have one flying and a short time after that, a back-up. He is weight conscious, and lightens his planes as
much as can be done without weakening the airframe. Nine 8611's, 2 Elevators, 4 Ailerons and 3 logged
together for Rudder. Two standard servos for throttle and choke. There's a kit for sale on this site, and if
I were able to handle a plane of that size, flying, storage and transporting to flying site, it would be sold by
now.
I don't offer you an guarantee that it will be THE plane for you, but it stands a great chance of being just that.
If you'd like a couple of pics, e-mail me with your e-mail address, and I'll send you a couple.
Gerald
mufflers. He saved the wings, tunnel and tail feathers. He bought another kit of this plane and will soon
have one flying and a short time after that, a back-up. He is weight conscious, and lightens his planes as
much as can be done without weakening the airframe. Nine 8611's, 2 Elevators, 4 Ailerons and 3 logged
together for Rudder. Two standard servos for throttle and choke. There's a kit for sale on this site, and if
I were able to handle a plane of that size, flying, storage and transporting to flying site, it would be sold by
now.
I don't offer you an guarantee that it will be THE plane for you, but it stands a great chance of being just that.
If you'd like a couple of pics, e-mail me with your e-mail address, and I'll send you a couple.
Gerald
06-09-2005, 12:34 PM
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RE: Columbo Anderson 38% Extra
I currently have one of these that is a couple years old and it flies really well. I currently have it for sale as I don't fly it much anymore. I have a 3W150 on standard mufflers, dual 8611's per ailerons, 1 8611 per elevator and a Seiko on the rudder. Very light plane and a good buy. I cheated and added large counterbalances to the elevators which seems to be the norm.
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06-09-2005, 04:27 PM
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RE: Columbo Anderson 38% Extra
Rockyaged,
That kit you mention is the one I am looking at. I live about two hours away from where the seller is. I sent the guy an offer yesterday for his full asking price, Im just waiting for a reply. I am flying a WH 35% Extra right now and it does fine but I have had bad luck with this plane (NOTHING to do with the plane just crazy stuff like, running out of gas in a hover, a kid running over it with a bike, hanger rash, etc.) Its just time to move on to something NEW, and bigger is better!!
That kit you mention is the one I am looking at. I live about two hours away from where the seller is. I sent the guy an offer yesterday for his full asking price, Im just waiting for a reply. I am flying a WH 35% Extra right now and it does fine but I have had bad luck with this plane (NOTHING to do with the plane just crazy stuff like, running out of gas in a hover, a kid running over it with a bike, hanger rash, etc.) Its just time to move on to something NEW, and bigger is better!!
