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Old 08-09-2009, 08:01 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I have been building up a kit for this over the last two months, and this afternoon, I finally got to work on the build for a couple hours, felt great. The weight of this motor box at this stage is very close to the weight my 40% Carden at the same stage of completion, the real difference is the choice of material made for this airframe.

The span will be 164", length, 144" power plant, DA 170cc.

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Keep it coming Sensei , we are all watching you work your Magic again ...
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Looks good. What type of material/wood and thickness are you using for the motor box structure and firewall? Dean
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Looks good. What type of material/wood and thickness are you using for the motor box structure and firewall? Dean
Hello Dean,

The material is 3/32 aircraft grade Bass plywood it is almost the weight of light ply, and has almost the trength of Birch ply, I have been using it for some time now, works great.

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Thanks for all the support guys, with a little luck; the guys at Aerotech might be kitting this one when my flight test is complete.

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Now all I gotta do is get you to do a 33-35%.
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