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    72" Extra 330SC

    I got one good flight out of my 72 today. It was doing some great walls, did one of my best knife edge spins, and was loving it. Second Flight I got a little disoriented and stalled it close to the flight line. Definitely got the Sphincter muscle tightened up. Unfortunately it destroyed the...
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    Inexpensive servos is today's market

    Have been using some Power HD 8309TG's in my 30cc birds. I forget what we paid for them, they were under $30 a piece. These were purchased from Troybuilt when they first came out. So far they are still holding center well, have good speed, and torque.
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    3DHS 70" Velox

    Well, I wound up with a 70 velox with quite a bit of nose damage. I'm wondering if it's worth saving or not. I've seen planes repaired from worse shape, but just wanted to see what you all thought. Aside from a mb kit, I will also need to get a new cowl and canopy.
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    72" Extra 330SC

    Hey guys, in searching for a budget minded servo I came across the hitec 5665 and wondered how they would perform in this plane. They are on tower's website for $46.99.
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    3DHS 87" Extra 300 SHP

    Made sure there was no sub trim, going to check the servos tomorrow. Right now I have them running through a y adapter, may end up running both on a separate channel
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    3DHS 87" Extra 300 SHP

    Got it balanced. One a123 battery in front of the rudder servo and one beside the fuel tank, then the 4.8v ignition pack in the motor box. Now I just have to figure out why one aileron has more travel than the other one when both are set at the same rates in my radio
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    3DHS 87" Extra 300 SHP

    Guys, just got around with balancing my 87 using the rope around the wing tube method. When picking the plane up, it is extremely tail heavy. I even went as far as two placce my two a123 batteries all the way up in the motor box and it still came up tail heavy. Anybody else have this issue...
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    3DHS 87" Extra 300 SHP

    I've heard a lot of good things about the wolverine and badger switches from fromeco. What is the advantage of running one of these versus just using two standard receiver switches hooked up to two batteries and then hooked up to the receiver? Does it have something to do with the batteries...
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    3DHS 87" Extra 300 SHP

    I've just about got my 87 ready to go. The only thing I am having some trouble on is getting my throttle servo set up. I have it directly behind the fire wall. The problem that I am having is getting equal travel in both directions. I am consistently getting like 60% on the closed side, and...
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    60" Laser-EXP

    I want this plane. That is all.
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    71" AJ Slick Building, Flying, and Questions

    PM'd you my address. I'm a good sized southern boy that ate a lot of pinto beans and cornbread, would need a 3x Tee shirt
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    71" AJ Slick Building, Flying, and Questions

    Man those look like they would work great. How much you want for them?
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    71" AJ Slick Building, Flying, and Questions

    I was wanting to see if some of you could help me out. I bought a 71 slick at a fly low in for a good price, the only catch was that it did not have any hardware with it. Not that big of a deal as far as the bolts, screws, etc. goes. What I do need help with is the control horns. I am going...
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    72" Extra 330SC

    New throttle servo setup, I still have to screw the horn on and trim the control rod, but I'm much happier with this setup.
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    72" Extra 330SC

    Thanks Gyro, that helps greatly. I have moved my servo and have pretty much copied your setup exactly. Works great!! Now I just need to throw my tank back in, and get it back in the air.
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    72" Extra 330SC

    Here is my current setup. When I had the other dle on there, it was using their supplied short phenolic arm which is why the linkage came out higher. The problem with that setup was that the choke and throttle would bind up on each other. I believe I can just cut a slot lower on the firewall...
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    72" Extra 330SC

    Gyro, Do you have a picture that shows how you have your linkage set up on the throttle end? Using that slot in the bottom of the motorbox looks like it would be a lot more convenient than where I have mine mounted currently.
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    72" Extra 330SC

    Thanks Gyro. I don't know on the spacing either. I tried with no spacers, and my spinner rubbed the cowl. I then took the spinner off thinking maybe it would help to run without and the prop rubbed on it. Put in one washer, still rubbed. Do you have any washers between the firewall and the...
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    72" Extra 330SC

    Hey guys, have a few questions. First off, have any of you had to use quite a bit of washers to space a dle 30 out to clear the cowl with a spinner. I started with adding one washer between the motor and the standoffs, and wound up with 3 washers on each standoff to clear the cowl. Also...
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    48" Edge 540 Building, Flying, and Questions

    Where did you get the sheathing and what size is it?
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