Mike, very cool! I doubt Sam or Luke will ever forget these days!! The boys did a super job and they couldn't have done it without a great coach!

My wife wrecked it once and I fixed it best I could. I know I have a warp in the wing, I put it there because it makes it fly straight.

I found the engine had a little left thrust and a little left rudder and a little down thrust. I fixed all of those and it flys much better. I also twisted the elevator so the left side is down more.

Now in tight maneuvers I can see the top of the wing with down and the bottom of the wing with up but it's even in both directions and very slight. I think this means I have too much tip weight. I can see a patch where I added more to try and fix the outboard tip being high in level flight but it didn't work which is why I had to warp the wing. I'll lay it belly up and see how much weight it takes to balance and report back.

Thanks,
MM

You launch. No you launch. No you launch. I have a back problem. I have a back problem. I have a back problem. Where's the young guy, the fifty year old.

OhhKay, how do we turn it off.

Great job Sam and Luke I am glad its getting good use. Keep after it and you will have a life long hobby. From the man on the computer.

Brodak is now 3 weeks away!!! Who's going to be there? My grandfather, Mike Chiodo and I will be getting there Sunday night the 9th and be flying from Monday on.

Uniontown is a bit more built up than Waynesburg is. The Econolodge we stayed in the first year I went was not the greatest hotel ever made. My grandmother said the air conditioner sounded like a cement mixer, and she was right.  The next year we stayed at the Holiday Inn in Uniontown and it was like the Taj Mahal compared to the previous year.

We'll be at the Holiday Inn this year! Can't wait to see everybody out at the field!

If it's stuck good..  you would have to remove the head, and hopefully the piston is either up top or midway.  Heat the engine where the piston sleeve is with a heat gun, then carefully push down on the piston with a deep socket or a rod about the same dia as the piston.  This method usually works without damage to other engine parts..  of course remove the plastic venturi, and whatever you do.. don't force it by turning the crank, you might end up with a broken con-rod.

It's the small details that go unnoticed.

1/32 ply as a filler piece.

Before & after.

It'll get silked.


Charles

Removing the plastic venturi would enable your old method to work well enough.

But give it a shot of diesel fuel as the ether is miscible with castor oil and the kero is wonderful at flushing things out out.
That and being selective with a heat gun can work wonders.