Bought myself a Bill Hemple 38% Super Decathlon last week... waiting for it to be delivered!!! then all the fun begins!!

Will run a build log here...

See photos attached!

Purchase pictures

Cool, Its on my " Giant scale planes to convert to electric list " what was the landed cost to QLD ?

Originally Posted by BingWing

Cool, Its on my " Giant scale planes to convert to electric list " what was the landed cost to QLD ?

I got the kit through Perth RC who are now the Aussie distributors for Bil Hemple Models.. Brian was awesome.. and very helpfull.. have to check with Perth RC for current pricing + shipping..

Love the shape o the Hemple Decathlon.. much more true to scale than the other ARF Decathlons around at the moment... cant wait to get this bad boy on the building bench... hoping it will be delivered today!!

Sweet ! keep the pix coming !

It has arrived!! I dont know how I will make it through the afternoon at work... want to get home and tinker!! :-)

Looks like my little man is taking care of it for me!!

Unpacked!! damn she's big!!

Expensive afternoon today... plenty of mocking up done tonight..

Im interested to see how the windsheild is installed along with the doors etc. They never look THAT big in the pix do they haha..

i'll drag the windshield out tonight and get a photo or two...

As for the size.. as a guide.. that bench it's sitting on is 3m long.. and it takes up the majority of it!! heh heh heh heh cant wait to get some work done this weekend!!

Coolio.... if your weather is anything like ours in Sydney its a GREAT day to build !

Had a really good weekends worth of building... got all the control surface servos mounted, wired and hidden... mounted the EQ6 Turbo.. Mounted the engine and started putting together the control horns...

Really liking this kit.. there are a few little blemishes that make you raise an eyebrow once or twice.. but in general the fit and finish is pretty darn good!

One of the things that peeve me when building is having heaps of excess servo extension cabling laying around inside the fues.. so this time round I decided to go with full custom extension leads with the Booma RC do it yourself kit... I am really happy with the results... took a few test plugs (not used in the aircraft) to get the technique down pat.. but after that they were a breaze.... and look good too!! each cable is optimized with the minimum length required and no mess... HAPPY DAYS!!

The motor needs re-jigging... set it out as per the cross hairs on the fire wall and it looks like it will need to go up and right about 3mm each way to match the cowl...... thats a headache for another day... heh heh heh heh

I am also glad I bought another bottle of CA.. going a bit overboard with wicking joints... but hoping that will save me a few headaches later!

Looks great ! Love the pix with your little ones ! They must think Dads " finally " building them a plane ;-)