Originally Posted by ghoffman

Do you think the DLE-30 will require relocation of the firewall?

i looked at that and im seeing that it may need to be on 2.25 inch standoffs. Im not positive on this but i will double check it tonight. it does not appear that the firewall will need to be hacked open either as there is a generous hole in the center for my velocity stack

I ask because the Mintor 38 is virtually identical to the DLE-30 length wise. I had short standoffs on the Syssa with part of the carb inside the engine box.

Originally Posted by Keener

I ran a 18x6 on my syssa,78 xtreme flight xtra. First flight. I thought it made a lot of noise but wud not go anywhere. It was turning 8 grand.

What prop? I ran a Vess 18X6 on mine a little bit too... If you're looking for a speed demon, you may want to change props.. both the 18X6 and 18.5X5.5 are slow props... but they both pull well from a hover...

Originally Posted by robbinsp

i have watched some of your youtube vids. i was impressed with your combo. you seem to be able to handle flying it well too!

Thanks, I love the plane/combo, but I tend to treat it like a Colombian whore... lol... It's been my steady throw around plane for several years...

I think the EF Extra is one of my best planes, and after seeing how the Mintor 38 pulls around another friends plane, this is going to be a lot of fun.

so i spent a couple hours and got the fuselage up on its gear and hinged the control surfaces. also had to see what my new blingy vinyl is going to look like. it will have to get more I think!

Bummer...
Here I thought someone actually had a DA35 (prototype ect) in one of there planes....

Originally Posted by Chris Todd

Thanks, I love the plane/combo, but I tend to treat it like a Colombian whore... lol... It's been my steady throw around plane for several years...

That means it will be a perfect fit for "double wing tube" Robbins

Originally Posted by terryscustom

That means it will be a perfect fit for "double wing tube" Robbins

Double Wing Tube??? How'd he get that nickname?

Doing stuff like this, I assume??

oroville fun fly.wmv (6 min 59 sec)

fifty,
you and i would have a blast together flying our high stress aerobatics! that poor 3dhs velox sure bit terra firma hard! insane video.

one thing i noticed immeadiately about the extra is that the shear webbing is incredibly robust and the ribs are cut from dense wood! that helps my cause. the fuselage also has carbon stringers. i wonder if there is any CF hidden anywhere else?

Originally Posted by robbinsp

fifty,
you and i would have a blast together flying our high stress aerobatics! that poor 3dhs velox sure bit terra firma hard! insane video.

one thing i noticed immeadiately about the extra is that the shear webbing is incredibly robust and the ribs are cut from dense wood! that helps my cause. the fuselage also has carbon stringers. i wonder if there is any CF hidden anywhere else?

I don't know, but there must be something magical in there... there's no other explanation for all the abuse my plane has taken... Last weekend, the the plane broke for the first time(in the air, I've broken it on the ground a couple times...lol)... one of the aileron hardpoints came loose... I think that's due to the plane sitting in the middle of a lake for a while in 2010.... many many hard flights later, this finally happened... lol

I hope we can meet up at an event or something... you headed to Nall this year?

I WISH! maybe next year.

Originally Posted by robbinsp

i need to do some light machining so it wont be ready. sorry: youll have to fly in the rain with all your friends!



might wanna prop up a bit.

So your saying I will have to fly alone?

im saying youll be flying with me if it ever gets nice out again!

We got spoiled there for a little while. I hope that nice weather comes back.

AWSOME plane & thanks EF !!!!!!!!!!! I flew mine last weekend and steller performance !!!!!