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  1. Yowzilla

    3DHS Planes Picture Thread

    With about 200 folks at the Tejas RC AirShow, I was ready to maiden the 3DHS 92" Edge....
  2. Yowzilla

    Which electrical connector do you prefer, and why?

    Again...glad I could help.. GYRO - wonder if I am up for tip of the month....maybe win some vinyl stickers for the Edge....? just joking...
  3. Yowzilla

    Which electrical connector do you prefer, and why?

    I guess it is common knowledge in the Heli world and not so much in the plane world. If I think about it, it makes some since. Helis over the past 3-4 years have been mostly High power / capacity Lipo powered and the bullet connectors are a must. So wood as a bullet fixture is not as a new...
  4. Yowzilla

    3dhs 92" edge 540 !!!

    Craig, I got an email out to you with my standoff dimensions. The extra length of the GP-61 vs. DA must be where the extra HP comes from. just joking ... Well I did the cowl and worked hard on the throttle linkage. I need a threaded 4-40 rod and could not find one at hardware store. So I...
  5. Yowzilla

    3dhs 92" edge 540 !!!

    Your mount must be about 32mm thick. Mine was 1.5" or 38mm. 6 mm did not sound to be a big difference to me when purchasing stuff but the gap between the spinner was huge and I would need to cut more of the cowl to clear the motor. So I am going to stay around 32mm.
  6. Yowzilla

    3dhs 92" edge 540 !!!

    GYRO , You win...quickly... I was looking at your build post and you put the standoffs between fire wall and the ply mount. I am assuming the firewall is the softest. I put mine between the engine case and the ply. The solid engine should keep the standoffs at 90 degrees all the time and the...
  7. Yowzilla

    3dhs 92" edge 540 !!!

  8. Yowzilla

    3dhs 92" edge 540 !!!

    A lot of action and quite a bit of learning. 1. The GP-61, 3DHS 92" Edge and a Blazing Star 1.5 stand off will not work for me due to spinner - cowl offset of over 15mm. I used 1/4"-20 bolts initially because they fit the blazing star offset and the holes in the template. All said and done...
  9. Yowzilla

    3dhs 92" edge 540 !!!

    Well...I got side tracked with the fill tank...I could not resist the Secraft pump looks sweet and wanted to get it on the gas tank. The filter material is interesting and looks like the chips from all the machining. It looks like the stuff you want to keep from going in your engine. That...
  10. Yowzilla

    3dhs 92" edge 540 !!!

    Supper neat job... I dig the carbon fiber sheeting on deck. I see a lot of guys painting the motor box. This is my first gasser and no one at my fields does this. I there real justification or more visual. I am at the point where I need to make the call. I have the paint in hand..it is a...
  11. Yowzilla

    3dhs 92" edge 540 !!!

    I did a quick search but did not find any clear posts on Prop drilling. I got one of the guides for a DLE55 that I am 90% sure will work with my GP-61. Is prop drilling such a no brainer that it is hard to screw up? I have the following questions: Balance prop before drilling? Drill both...
  12. Yowzilla

    Which electrical connector do you prefer, and why?

    I use EC5's on all the 10S lipos and am slowly converting to EC3's on all my 3S and 2S. With that said you need a high temp iron to solder these pain free. Also try to understand what a cold solder joint looks like, I learned when a brand new PL6 charger had a cold joint on input and it...
  13. Yowzilla

    3dhs 92" edge 540 !!!

    T minus 3 hours before I get off these flying tin cans in the sky and get back to my Edge. Wireless on planes does keep the world small. Passing the time reading on 3DRC at 34k feet.
  14. Yowzilla

    3DHS 48" vyper

    I have been all over the map with lipos over the years but found a brand that is rock solid. I fly 600 size helis and a battery was being pushed on ReadyHeli so I tried one of the 10S 4400 mah Thor's almost two years ago. Measured with a 308Duo the mOhm's are still below 7 per cell after 50...
  15. Yowzilla

    3dhs 92" edge 540 !!!

    Here is a pic of your 4.25" spinner mocked up on the cowl.
  16. Yowzilla

    3dhs 92" edge 540 !!!

    I have a full write up over on the other forum. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2056939 But here are some of the pictures from the build so far..I am still in Florida for a few more days so not building....
  17. Yowzilla

    3dhs 92" edge 540 !!!

    Mine did the same. I did not see any miss alignment of the hinges at all. But what I did to fix it was to use a very thin pry tool to push the hinge rod into the balsa. If you look close at what is causing the pop it is hinge rod popping from one side to the other. By pushing the rod into...
  18. Yowzilla

    3dhs 92" edge 540 !!!

    Glad to see you get a second one......I am surprised the fuselage box fit in a van. I had to borrow a truck to get mine to the house.
  19. Yowzilla

    3dhs 92" edge 540 !!!

    So I saw today that I was at 86 degrees when you guys were in the upper 30's....Nice 50 degree delta in only 200 miles. The game is over now...we are getting colder fast now...
  20. Yowzilla

    Gp-61

    Well I will just need to stat the build to see if the 6mm difference between aluminum standoff and your 32mm will be enough for me to nix the cool standoff.
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