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| Author: | jaybird [ Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Corsair ready for flight |
Just finished a Hangar 9 Corsair. I don't go for accurate detail...just a decent looking plane that I'll fly the crap out of. It has a Thunder Tiger .60 2-stroke and JR components. If the weather is decent tommorrow I'll probably put the 1st flight on it. 
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| Author: | mustangdriver [ Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:45 pm ] |
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Looks great, good luck. |
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| Author: | PhantomAce08 [ Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:53 pm ] |
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Where do you fly at? |
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| Author: | jaybird [ Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:58 pm ] |
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Thanks Mustang D. Phantom, my dad and brother both have private airstrips, so I just fly the rc stuff (as well as the real stuff) from either one of their properties. I have, however, flown rc's from several different AMA club fields in the past as well, such as Balsa Bee's in Alliance, and Short Circuits in Ellsworth. |
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| Author: | mustangdriver [ Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:26 pm ] |
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I was thinking about getting a Hangar 9 aircraft. Do you think it is a good model? |
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| Author: | jaybird [ Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:40 pm ] |
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Yes. I've done Kyosho and Global kits before, but in my opinion this was the best kit yet. It was very straight forward with good components. I like the engineering Hangar 9 did. I guess I'll learn about the handling characteristics soon enough! |
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| Author: | mustangdriver [ Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:00 am ] |
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Good luck. I am thinking about either the P-40 or the P-51. |
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| Author: | PhantomAce08 [ Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:13 pm ] |
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jaybird wrote: Thanks Mustang D.
Phantom, my dad and brother both have private airstrips, so I just fly the rc stuff (as well as the real stuff) from either one of their properties. I have, however, flown rc's from several different AMA club fields in the past as well, such as Balsa Bee's in Alliance, and Short Circuits in Ellsworth. I was just curious, there are some guys who fly stuff every Saturday and Sunday about 5 minutes from my house in Coventry. Just wondering if you were one of them! 
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| Author: | jaybird [ Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:30 pm ] |
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The first flight went great today. I posted some video footage here: http://www.airshowbuzz.com/videos/view.php?v=5f6ef9eb |
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| Author: | Connery [ Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:07 pm ] |
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Hanger 9 has some good stuff, but the Corsair has been known to have a weak join between the firewall and the fuselage. Recommend epoxying some tri-stock to the back side of the firewall to tie it to the fuselage a lttle better. |
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| Author: | jaybird [ Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:10 am ] |
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Well, just an update because it's a wintery day and I've got nothing better to do..... I put about 40 to 45 flights on it up until October, and then the "sh*t happens" rule took effect. Basically I tried to fly it on a very windy day and it quickly dipped a wing on takeoff and when the wingtip hit the ground, it sheared the left wing off at the gull section, and broke the fiberglass engine cowl in a few spots. I contemplated just buying a new wing assembly, but then decided to buckle down and fix the existing pieces. About 50 hours of labor later (hey, it's better than watching tv!) she successfully flew again. I put some hard G's on it just to elimate any future worries, and it held together and performed great. Since I had to repaint the cowl, I decided to paint a checkerboard scheme. I can't find the crash picture, but here's a pic of the wing structural repair underway.After this photo I replaced the ribs, re-sheeted, and re-covered: 
Then, here's the finshed product: 
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| Author: | jaybird [ Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:24 pm ] |
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....and my other 2 RC planes for the heck of it: 
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| Author: | mazdaP5 [ Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:53 pm ] |
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Mad dad always said, there are two different kinds of RC planes: those that crashed, and those that are going to crash. |
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| Author: | jaybird [ Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:26 pm ] |
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A little more video at : http://www.airshowbuzz.com/videos/view.php?v=032a2977 |
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| Author: | jaybird [ Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:56 pm ] |
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I guess referencing MazdaP5's post above would be appropriate! The right wing decided to depart the airplane during a hard pull to the vertical. The airplane made a big flailing arc over the house and hangar, and came to rest in a corn field. I blame the builder, which of course is me, for not properly bonding the main spar. Oh well, I got 60 or so flights out it. Nothing a few hundred bucks won't fix. 
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