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  1. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    Those look like real nice pieces of equipment.
  2. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    Flew four flights today, the fans cool the engine down in 10 minutes, ready to start. Works great, thanks again Nick.
  3. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    I'm using grade 8 1/4" bolts 4" long to fashion my axles, 130000 psi yield. The wheels are Dubro 5 1/2" foam tires, the wheels are very close to full scale tire proportions. The gear struts are 3/8" x .065" 4130 tube. I have a 3/8" spacer between the strut and the wheel. This space was left...
  4. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    Thanks Nick! I still need to terminate the wires other than that it is ready to go. $17 total. Had the 3S 2200 battery on hand from the baby Cherokee several years ago. I was surprised to find all three cells were within .02 volts of each other, might be 6 or 7 years old. Had a hard landing...
  5. TonyHallo

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

    Bill Cunningham from RCM fame?
  6. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    Flew four flights today, allowed the engine to cool between each flight. Each time after cooling the engine starts on the first flip and runs great, I tried to restart after the first flight, no dice. It takes about 10 and 1/2 minutes to fly my routine, then wait about 50-60 minutes. Today...
  7. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    Wouldn't you expect the cylinder to cool faster than the piston? It runs fine, just doesn't want to start if it is cooling down. I have the fans in hand and looking for the aluminum sheet, I hope to pick it up today on the way to the field.
  8. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    Have the engine installed and just about ready to fire it up. Working on the tail brace wires now. The initial weight and balance indicated a tail heavy condition so I decided to replace the stainless steel tail brace wires with titanium TIG filler wire. The wires on the top are the original...
  9. TonyHallo

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

    The Kadet was a great learning tool for both building and flying. The build instructions were great and detailed all the steps to complete the model. I covered mine with Monokote and it was powered by a Fox .40, another favorite smell, burning glow fuel! One of the club members recommended...
  10. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    Correct
  11. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    I have two temp sensors on each cylinder and they rarely get over 230f. It takes close to 9 minutes to fly the routine I'm using for the scale contests. I use full throttle twice during the routine, once during the climb in the Wing Over a short blast on the Overshoot. Other than that it is...
  12. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    While I'll be, never heard of it, thanks Nick, might just make one. The kits are designed for 4" and 6" spinners, the plane doesn't have a spinner. Edit Just ordered two 50mm cooling fan on Amazon, $13. I think that the fans will be mounted to a sheet of 1/16" aluminum that will rest to the...
  13. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    That gets expensive! No, full image. Made it to the field yesterday for one flight, got rained out. The landing gear seems to be better, still need more work. Something odd about the engine, it starts cold and runs fine but after landing it will start hot but once it starts to cool it will...
  14. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    I had discussion with Bill (AKA Gorilla Toast) and Mike Barbee at the scale event last week. Someone ask Mike about his landing during the Romania FAI contest and he said the secret is firm landing gear. I have 50lb/inch springs in my gear and both Mike and Bill felt it is too soft. After...
  15. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    Here's a before and after of the Cub Hub. I don't know the photos came out different size, I used the same procedure to resize them?
  16. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    Where's the chips? I make a mess! Nice work Steven.
  17. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    Put the yellow color on the parts. Even these small parts took over an hour to paint. The wings are back together and in the aircraft carrier. I added the backfire tube and the fuel drain tube to the cowl and need to reinstall. I decided to drain the oil catch bottle while the cowl is off...
  18. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    Thank you David. Hope to paint today and put it back together. Need to practice more.
  19. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    The span vents didn't look right based on the three view so I pulled the enlarged three view down from the rafters and measured. The measurement indicate it should be 3/4" in diameter rather than the 1 1/4" so two more were made. I plan to attach these with two sided carpet tape. Right or...
  20. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    Thank you Mike.
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