I’m close to having mine done and may be able to get the 120 in the air this weekend if my mufflers come in by Friday. I’ll be cutting the cowl venting tomorrow, setting the throws in the PowerBox and getting the wiring looking neater.
The 70cc size (I have the red version) fits neatly in my Armada on one side in back of the driver seat with the 2/3 second seat and driver side 3rd row seat down. That allows 2 passengers or a 120cc size plane (without stabs on) to go with me. I’ll need to see if the Mamba 120 will fit height wise because of the top center wing and it’s tall stance.
The Mamba 70cc flies great. A very fun plane to fly. You can do mild or wild equally well. I expect the Mamba 120 will fly just as well or better due to the foiled fin & stab, relatively larger control surfaces and its larger, heavier size. Besides, this one will have smoke on it just like my 50% Model 12 had!
Anyone else close on their builds?

Dale

Originally Posted by DaleW2

I’m close to having mine done and may be able to get the 120 in the air this weekend if my mufflers come in by Friday. I’ll be cutting the cowl venting tomorrow, setting the throws in the PowerBox and getting the wiring looking neater.
The 70cc size (I have the red version) fits neatly in my Armada on one side in back of the driver seat with the 2/3 second seat and driver side 3rd row seat down. That allows 2 passengers or a 120cc size plane (without stabs on) to go with me. I’ll need to see if the Mamba 120 will fit height wise because of the top center wing and it’s tall stance.
The Mamba 70cc flies great. A very fun plane to fly. You can do mild or wild equally well. I expect the Mamba 120 will fly just as well or better due to the foiled fin & stab, relatively larger control surfaces and its larger, heavier size. Besides, this one will have smoke on it just like my 50% Model 12 had!
Anyone else close on their builds?

Dale

There’s some heights for ya. The reason I own a minivan . Flies great...see previous post

You’re all bad influences on me... the 120 really looks SWEET!!! I love my 70 and is probably my favorite all around airframe. Yes, mild or wild, all in one package (I could very easily make a smart a$$) comment here, but I will refrain)!!

I need another plane like I need a hole in my head, but.... I can’t stop looking at this... Yellow please....

Could you provide the total overall length and landing gear width?

Originally Posted by madinpensacola

There’s some heights for ya. The reason I own a minivan . Flies great...see previous post

Originally Posted by William_Burkert

Could you provide the total overall length and landing gear width?

Overall length from the end of the non removable rudder to the tip of my spinner is 96 inches. The spinner brought it to 96 inches overall. With the spinner removed it loses 4 inches and is 92 inches to the front of the prop.
Landing gear width from the outside of the wheel pants is 31 inches.

Thank-you. Now I can begin planning a transportation/storage case. I will travel with hstab’s and wings removed and plan on an inside minimum dimension of 31”W x 96” x 31”H. I will add an inch or two just to be safe. Is your height shown above with the wheels on?

This is my Mamba 70cc case.

Originally Posted by madinpensacola

Overall length from the end of the non removable rudder to the tip of my spinner is 96 inches. The spinner brought it to 96 inches overall. With the spinner removed it loses 4 inches and is 92 inches to the front of the prop.
Landing gear width from the outside of the wheel pants is 31 inches.

Originally Posted by William_Burkert

Thank-you. Now I can begin planning a transportation/storage case. I will travel with hstab’s and wings removed and plan on an inside minimum dimension of 31”W x 96” x 31”H. I will add an inch or two just to be safe. Is your height shown above with the wheels on?

This is my Mamba 70cc case.

Yes. Ready to fly. 4.5” wheels.

Originally Posted by William_Burkert

Thank-you. Now I can begin planning a transportation/storage case. I will travel with hstab’s and wings removed and plan on an inside minimum dimension of 31”W x 96” x 31”H. I will add an inch or two just to be safe. Is your height shown above with the wheels on?

This is my Mamba 70cc case.

trade the mini truck for a full size van or pickup/shell. that's a lot of box hanging in the wind

Originally Posted by William_Burkert

Thank-you. Now I can begin planning a transportation/storage case. I will travel with hstab’s and wings removed and plan on an inside minimum dimension of 31”W x 96” x 31”H. I will add an inch or two just to be safe. Is your height shown above with the wheels on?

This is my Mamba 70cc case.

Dude,
You need a bigger truck or a smaller airplane. I vote for the bigger truck.

Originally Posted by danimach

Dude,
You need a bigger truck or a smaller airplane. I vote for the bigger truck.

I also use the crate for storage as it keeps it safe when not flying. I never store any plane inside once it has been gassed. I do the best I can with what I have.

Can anyone post a picture of where u routed your throttle servo wire. I'm not a fan of cutting little slots to pass the servo wire through.

You can barely see it but I drilled a hole with a grommet aft of the servo and routed it over to the left side of the plane and back. I'm using a PowerBox Mercury controller located in the same space they recommend for the Aura.
I also put holes in the side panels for the ignition and smoke pump as this is how I have done on many other planes. FI recommends the pump be placed on the CG so I may have to move my main batteries back just a bit on either side of the PB.

Dale

Thx Dale, that helps. I'm not a fan of drilling in the motor box or firewall but on this one, seems to be the only way.

Originally Posted by DaleW2

You can barely see it but I drilled a hole with a grommet aft of the servo and routed it over to the left side of the plane and back. I'm using a PowerBox Mercury controller located in the same space they recommend for the Aura.
I also put holes in the side panels for the ignition and smoke pump as this is how I have done on many other planes. FI recommends the pump be placed on the CG so I may have to move my main batteries back just a bit on either side of the PB.

Dale

Hey Dale, You may have addressed this after your photo was taken, but in your last photo showing your smoke pump I can see that you are missing 2 zip ties. One on the Tygon input line from the crap trap filter, & one on the high temp output line reducer adapter small end.

Yeah, I know. I didn’t have the fuel & smoke tank ties on either. I was hoping to have my mufflers yesterday or today but Chief tells me they won’t be in until mid October (!). I did get my Bad Dog smoke nozzles in but once again have to wait on the mufflers.
I’ve got all the connections either wired or zip tied now and I’m figuring out where to mount my PB switch & display. I am also waiting on a blue fuel dot from EF to go on the left side. The red dot is already in on the right side. Once I get that in I can permanently mount the center wing section to the cabanes. FI calls for red loctite on those bolts.
Anyway, I won’t be flying this thing until mid October so I guess I’ll just have to settle with flying my Red 70cc Mamba! Going out tomorrow to do that.

Dale