I know its overkill using the X24 , it is nice to use for the gas engine and LED controls.

Originally Posted by Karl Hibbs

Close , I just put a magnet on the firewall side of the cowl ring, I used a round one because its easier to use a drill. The magnet is about .400".

I like that idea Karl.

KARL....
on all my 50cc or above gassers I use DX 20 ch redundancy
receivers ....

since I have the DX 20 radio I might as well take advantage
of the telemitry as well so for me there is No need for a power
expander... Looking at your fuse I realize yours is missing
covering as well... I would strongly recommend that you
cover that wood... it will get soaked with exhaust remains...
once it does you it will be hard to get any covering or paint
to bond... give it a thought ..... I will be doing it soon...
I have been super busy at work .... and not had much time to work
on my plane since the holidays have kicked in... I am getting another
plane shook down for the Jan 1st Numb Thumbs Freeze Fly I attend
every year... to start off our new flying season.

Team, It is already sealed up and ready to fly, 28.32 lbs

Karl.. I am excited for you....
I have not worked on the plane with the holidays... in fast swing...
I am however having to work on a few planes and get them
ready for this years Freeze Fly....

I am wondering about the over all weight.... 28 lbs... thats
kinda heavy... can you give me any insight... as to why...
I would have thought it would have been closer to 26 lbs

It could be my cheap Chinese scales, I have heard a few different weights but there isn't much that can be removed. I will try it with a different scale and see if its the same.

Well It has 5 flights on it , and its a lot of fun. Had to reduce the throws from the recommended, a 3% down trim with full throttle , 45 degrees of flaps and it feels comfortable.

Originally Posted by Karl Hibbs

Team, It is already sealed up and ready to fly, 28.32 lbs

Congrats on your successful maiden!

Mine is 27,9 lbs so you are in the ball park..

How is your CG in the air? With the gear down my CG feels great on take off and landing. But when the gear go up, it is very neutral.

I can fly hands off inverts for a good distance before I need input, 45 upline I roll to inverted and it holds a line.

Ya the same here on the balance. What landing gear did you use?

Here are the Robart retract combo part #'s painted white. You can get them at Tower or Horizon. The website descriptions are very limited and they don't even show them under the accessories page. Received mine yesterday
Robart Main/Tailwheel Retracts Combo PNEUMATIC
ROBTF150F6FCB
Robart Main/Tailwheel Retracts Combo ELECTRIC
ROBTF150F6FCBE
Robart Mains/Tailwheel Retracts with Wheels/Tires Combo PNEUMATIC
ROBTFF6FCB
Robart Mains/Tailwheel Retracts with Wheels/Tires Combo ELECTRIC
ROBTFF6FCBE

Originally Posted by Karl Hibbs

Ya the same here on the balance. What landing gear did you use?

The stock Robart complete air set with white wheels.

This aircraft has been out for some time now and I'm wondering about some of the support supplies.

No main wheels listed
No monokote listed

Main wheels can be bought from ROBART... they actually paint
them white.. like the real plane...
as far as the ,monokote...
the listing for the colors are in the directions which can be
found PDF form... or in the original book....
are you needing the color product numbers ?

if you need some help with anything let me know .....

The Flat White (TOPQ0504) and the Flat Medium Blue (TOPQ0517) have been discontinued already. What the...?

Just finishing up my F6F. Had problems with the Robart Electrics, Robart shipped me a new set of actuators, this time with their name laser etched in the actuators. Seems to work OK, but haven't checked balance or test flown it just yet. DLE 61 for power. Retracts work fine with wing center section inverted for test nice and tight. With wing in normal flying position, retracts hang out 1/4 inch from the wells. Not sure why??