My first racer

[rcign]

Your user name have anything to do with this ? Matchless Typhoon G80 TCS, 600ccs of TORQUE...

[Matchless]

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	Your user name have anything to do with this ? Matchless Typhoon G80 TCS, 600ccs of TORQUE...

You got it buddy! You're probably the first person to actually guess correctly where that came from....

I grew up restoring British Sportscars (Triumphs, MG's) and early Japanese bikes, but I always wanted to build a BitSA or a Matchless, or even a Norton.... I owned a Triumph 650 for a short bit, but never rode her......

[rcign]

Bought mine new in 1960...Serial # 60/80TCS something....Tore up the desert around Phoenix for years, turned 87 mph @14.8 at the drags with a giant knobby rear tire and a 4 inch reverse cone megaphone on the end of the pipe...YEE HAW....

[Matchless]

Yee Haw is right!!!!!! Very cool.

[Canardman]

Well, been blowing my wad on this thing!

Airframe----------------$40
Servos -----------------$120
Engine------------------$110
Header & pipe---------$110
Miscellaneous crap ---$100

Having the fastest plane at the field ---- pricele...wait...about $500.

[Sparky69]

Ralph and Matchless,
I didn't post but I knew that it had something to do with the Motorcycle. And I am not a motor cycle guy. My brother had a Bultaca that he dumped in the yard and mom had a fit!
Sparky

[WangoTango]

Canard,
When I saw the first set of pics I thought it looked familiar.... Your bird looks to be a Prather Lil' Toni.
As far as props go..... I have a stash of Re-Up's that are the old "toothpick" style. Eight inch diameter and weird pitch amounts that depended on the temperature of the day. In one of your earlier posts you were saying "how do I get the servo wire through the wing?" Well, ya don't. The aileron servo sits upright in the center of the wing and you use torque rods from a single servo to activate the ailerons. Is that motor a ST .40 (With an "X" on the side of the case? It says you are up in Waco. Ought to be a ton of folks in the Waco/ Temple/ Dallas area that has a bunch of this stuff in their "archives."
WT

[Canardman]

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	Canard, When I saw the first set of pics I thought it looked familiar.... Your bird looks to be a Prather Lil' Toni. As far as props go..... I have a stash of Re-Up's that are the old "toothpick" style. Eight inch diameter and weird pitch amounts that depended on the temperature of the day.

I just want it to be fast. Racing is out of the question, as I am about 10 years too late

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	In one of your earlier posts you were saying "how do I get the servo wire through the wing?" Well, ya don't. The aileron servo sits upright in the center of the wing and you use torque rods from a single servo to activate the ailerons.

I don't suppose you could go into more detail there,could you....please

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	Is that motor a ST .40 (With an "X" on the side of the case? It says you are up in Waco. Ought to be a ton of folks in the Waco/ Temple/ Dallas area that has a bunch of this stuff in their "archives." WT

It is a ST .40 X. Got it NIB from a guy in N. Texas.

[WangoTango]

Canard,
I'll walk you through it. I'll send you a PM here in a minute.
WT

[Canardman]

Thanks W-T. My buddy has the wing right now and is cutting the ailerons out for me. When I get it back, I'll give you a call.

[rcign]

WHEN you get hooked on racing, check out usrainfo.org...
There are a bunch of our racers is Texas who would be glad to help out if you want to try it...

[Airbus Driver]

Find a Nelson .40, Purpose built Race engine.