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04-02-2008, 06:07 PM
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| Bad-ass Super Contributer!   Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: High Desert California, USA Age: 46
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 |  Great Planes NEW 38% Extra
Yes... I said GREAT PLANES!!! Can you imagine Great Planes has a 38% Extra ARF!??!?! Do not for a second discount what an incredible job GP has done with this project. This is the most complete ARF this author has had the privilege to Assemble. All you need to complete this model other then radio, batts/regs, switches and servo extensions..... is tygon fuel tubing! This plane comes with EVERYTHING! All the hardware is good stuff. It even includes the spinner and the wheels! At the time I started this assembly thread, I had not yet acquired servos. So there may be a bit of deviating from the assembly sequence of the included instruction manual,but it goes together so easy, that won't cause any confusion. (You can assemble pretty much from the pictures! lol ) You can see the plane HERE Download the manual HERE and see the Great Planes Vid HERE;
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04-02-2008, 06:08 PM
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| Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: High Desert California, USA Age: 46
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| Re: Great Planes NEW 38% Extra
The plane shows up in two big boxes... packaged well.. even to withstand the forklift drivers at UPS! lol Once you get the outer boxes off.. this is what you got..... |
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04-02-2008, 06:13 PM
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| Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: High Desert California, USA Age: 46
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Well... there are several composite items..... Main Gear is Carbon, Cowl and Wheel Pants are composite... and the paint looks to be extremely well done! The covering is the best I have ever seen... better then I have the patience to do myself..... applied very well... no iron scratches!! Incredible how complete the hardware is... includes tail wheel and rudder rack!!! Note.. everything has been prehinged at the factory! ('Cept the rudder for shipping) |
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04-02-2008, 06:15 PM
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| Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: High Desert California, USA Age: 46
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| Re: Great Planes NEW 38% Extra
How about a preglued canopy, dash and Painted Composite Pilot in the ****pit?!?!!? COmes with Fuel Tank and DA 150 Engine stand-offs and mounting bolts! Nice filleting on all the glue joints also.... |
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04-02-2008, 06:16 PM
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| Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: High Desert California, USA Age: 46
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| Re: Great Planes NEW 38% Extra
And the final remaining items... notice the wheel pants have the holes drilled and "T" nuts installed.... (Blind Nuts for those of you east of the Rockies lol) Also... look how long the hardpoint is inside the wheel pant.. this wood core is within the lamination... these should not crack out and look junky like most Wheel Pants end up! Here you can see the beautiful Carbon Main Gear Strut as whell as the Fairings and Pants... real DUBRO WHEELS... not the Easy-Flat Foamie junk! |
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04-02-2008, 06:47 PM
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| Super Contributer  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: N. California
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|  Re: Great Planes NEW 38% Extra  So far so good! I'm watching this build thread closely. Looks like we might have a winner here, the hardware certainly looks first rate, CF gear and tubes, I'll be interested in how this baby flies!Thanks!
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04-02-2008, 08:56 PM
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| Bad-ass Super Contributer!  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tucson, baby! Age: 33
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| Re: Great Planes NEW 38% Extra
The tube is a 2 pound piece of aluminum, not CF, but did you notice the CF cowl??? There is a CF tube available for it through Desert Aircraft or TBM, though that would save a pound. |
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