Originally Posted by sensei

I actually thought about that, but the Greeves are light and work pretty good, besides it will get me in the air much sooner.

Bob

You can always build your own later on.

I'm watching!!

Originally Posted by sensei

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.

Bob

Bob,

Where do you source the material for your builds? Are you also using basswood stringers for fuse trusses?

Thanks

Originally Posted by sensei

The target weight goal for this platform is 43 lbs. The 170 on pipes should haul the freight around pretty good at that weight. I have flown a few Carden's at that weight with 150s on stock exhaust that flew well and my 3.3 CA yaks at 44 lbs. on 150s with pipes that had very good vertical. I guess the calendar will tell the story.

Bob

I have my 120" QQ Yak at 40 1/2 lbs on a 170 on Greeves and it has great power. I would try to stay closer to the 40 pound mark though, much more and its going to start hurting for performance.

Cant wait to see this!

I purchase all my plywood from Aircraft Spruce & Specialty and my balsa from Specialized Balsa LLC.

Bob

This is going to be sweet! Can't wait to see that thing doing harrier rolls! ;-) It'll be like a 55% foamy! lol

Man if it was 55.5% I think it would have been cooler.
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HAHA.. JUST Kidding.
Can;t wait to see this one.
And choosing Matt and the boys to kit it was a good decision. Matt is a good guy!
He should make ya proud!

Bob i will be watching this thread....too
They are always inspirational.

riz

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Can't wait to see it fly!

JP

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Thanks guys, I think this is going to be a fun build.

Bob

Well at least Mike has something to talk about now.
A 170 on pipes will have no problem at all. I've seen a bunch of 43% Cardens build average weight that 170's fly very well.

After seeing the vid of the 40% that came in at 22 lbs I think a 33% 260 at 15-16lbs is the kit I want.

Hey Bob, I see you are having fun with this project. You are a big Maestro, I learn a lot with your buildings, thanks. Maybe after this one, the Aerotechs can produce you the 80% kit!! I'm waiting for that one very much!
Thanks for sharing all your experience with us,

Alf.