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  1. Bartman

    Sport Bud Nosen (!!!) 1/4 Scale Citabria Build! Woo hoo!

    105" is the full span but I'm going to clip the wings and go for the clipped Cub vibe. Not sure how much to clip yet but I can almost guarantee it won't be full span. It would make sense too with the clipped wing to go to a DLE 30 or something like that but I'd like to use the engine I have...
  2. Bartman

    Sport Bud Nosen (!!!) 1/4 Scale Citabria Build! Woo hoo!

    Wow, the software here is pretty trick ;) ....it's pointing out to me that there's a Bud Nosen Citabria for sale in the classifieds.....let's see, it's Bipenut53 Let's ping him... @Bipenut53 how does your Citabria do with that 26cc engine up front? he hasn't logged in about a year and a...
  3. Bartman

    Sport Bud Nosen (!!!) 1/4 Scale Citabria Build! Woo hoo!

    Power is going to be a Zenoah G-26 with electronic ignition. That should be pretty scale power. Citabrias had anywhere from 115 hp (7ECA) up to 180 hp (Super Decathlons, 8KCAB). Nowadays, you can get an Extreme Decathlon with 210 HP. Middle range Citabrias had 150 hp and a fixed pitch prop...
  4. Bartman

    Sport Bud Nosen (!!!) 1/4 Scale Citabria Build! Woo hoo!

    Horizontal stabilizer is on the bench and the suds are out of the fridge! It's a nice Yards Tavern Porter tonight which is as awesome as awesome can be. The only thing that could make this night better would be Olivia Newton John singing to me while I build! :lol2: I'm going to take some...
  5. Bartman

    Sport Bud Nosen (!!!) 1/4 Scale Citabria Build! Woo hoo!

    Okay Chris, happy now??? :dancing-chicken: I'm a long time fan of Bud Nosen, not for any reason other than when I was a kid I used to see his full page ads in Model Airplane News and I thought he MUST be a bad ass to be building these huge planes, especially the Mustang! So while I wait to...
  6. Bartman

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Decathlon with Cub gear? :way_to_go: Looks great
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