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  1. Bivens

    84" Bigfoot

    Plane's strapped down in the trailer outside...but it's the covered screw-on plywood plate in front of the gear...has two large openings in it with a strip down the middle from front to back...just cut those two holes out...
  2. Bivens

    84" Bigfoot

    I just used the openings on the vented plate in front of the gear....and it's been working GREAT for me on my GT33 so far!
  3. Bivens

    103" Extra 330SC Building, Flying, and Questions

    You could take some TaildraggerRC harnesses and splice the signal wires together...but power from two ports in the RX. When first getting into dual servo or triple servo setups, there is a learning curve....we all had these questions at one point....the only two important ideas are... 1)...
  4. Bivens

    103" Extra 330SC Building, Flying, and Questions

    I use power safe RX's in 103's and 104's....work great...I use TaildraggerRC wiring in my wings and run the servos on their own channels.....or I've also built my own special "y-harnesses" for this application....the key is that you have to provide one RX power plug to every servo....but you...
  5. Bivens

    84" Bigfoot

    Glad it went well Fred...if you need one of us to sign off on your bigfoot check ride.... :)
  6. Bivens

    Fort Smith Arkansas Fly Low In Sept. 19-22

    Fred...the signature is classic. Sorry I missed it, I'll put it on next year's list fo sho..
  7. Bivens

    84" Bigfoot

    http://youtu.be/kNZ4OI4U2qU
  8. Bivens

    84" Bigfoot

    Yes, did plenty of that today myself...I like this plane a LOT. Very fun. I'm working on Video....
  9. Bivens

    Fort Smith Arkansas Fly Low In Sept. 19-22

    I maidened a 104 at the Grapevine FLI...:)
  10. Bivens

    84" Bigfoot

    Me too...dual 2s1800's up top on a ply tray...easy to swap and easy to Velcro in....if I hurry up and put a fuel dot on it I would not even have to open the door....
  11. Bivens

    Fort Smith Arkansas Fly Low In Sept. 19-22

    Did you say....late night FORTY tail dipping...:D
  12. Bivens

    84" Bigfoot

    Nothing an exacto blade can't fix with a slight trim along the top of the door. I did not trim mine, but it opens well and sticks to the wing as it should with the magnet and bolt door handle.
  13. Bivens

    84" Bigfoot

    If you get the hinges in so the door opens all the way up...use a steel cap screw for a handle in the hole that's made in the door...there is a nice magnet up in the wing to hold the door open for fueling, or battery changes....
  14. Bivens

    103" Extra 330SC Building, Flying, and Questions

    6" piece of music wire....string taped to it about 1" up on one end....keep the tape/string small diameter so you can drop it down through the hole you want to restore a blind nut into...
  15. Bivens

    MEDIA BLITZ! 3DHS Tennessee Fly-Low-In - August 15-18, 2013 Knoxville, TN

    Me too... I had a BLAST at RotorJockey's FLI last year in Missouri.....want to go back. I wish I could make it to Fort Smith...but not looking good for that right now..
  16. Bivens

    103" Extra 330SC Building, Flying, and Questions

    I knocked one out in my 120LX and used a 4/40 brass threaded insert from ACE hardware....a small brass bushing...threaded 4/40 on the inside....lag bolt thread around the outside...works very well. I've also successfully re-installed a blind nut in a 119 wing by running a string down through...
  17. Bivens

    3dhs 92" edge 540 !!!

    Thanks go out to UNITED RENTALS for sponsoring our light towers......easy to fly big birds with 4 towers...:)
  18. Bivens

    MEDIA BLITZ! 3DHS Tennessee Fly-Low-In - August 15-18, 2013 Knoxville, TN

    Oh....YOU did it too.... the pressure is on...
  19. Bivens

    MEDIA BLITZ! 3DHS Tennessee Fly-Low-In - August 15-18, 2013 Knoxville, TN

    You mean....Jared's "rental" 104... :) I'm really glad that Jared and Cindy made it....their help with the fish fry was really appreciated, and I think they both had fun cooking with me... Thanks for all of the pics...and videos....I think I'll try to fly around the trees this weekend...
  20. Bivens

    3DHS Tennessee Fly-Low-In - August 15-18, 2013 Knoxville, TN

    All of this is very nice to read, thanks to all of you that came out.... We will be on the books next year for sure....already planning...
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