I am building an old L-19 kit, it is my first Musciano model andthe wing looks a lot smaller than what I am used to. Will it fly better with a Pee Wee .020 or a Baby Bee .049 it has a spacer in the kit for the smaller engine. Thanks T.J.

     The L-19 has an 18" span and about a 3" chord or 54 square inch wing area. Pretty standard. If you want to use the .020 you will need to lighttn it up some otherwise you will be much happier with the Babe Bee. In most contest a black widow is the engine of choice.
Larry
Black Hawk Models

Robert,

     I don't think you mean "Profile" fuselage, the kit you are showing has a "built-up" fuselage.
     While many of the block fuselage kits show an optional spacer and .020 engine, I would still go with the Babe Bee and build light.
Larry

Larry, your right, thanks for helping me to stay on track. I had that pic filed under profile, Didn't bother to double check it. The picture I have of the instructions clarifies what you say.

T.J., Since it is the built up version, I say go with the Pee Wee to start off with and shorter lines. Then try the .049 and weigh the difference. You would want to make the spacer removable of course.

Robert

Thanks for all the input guys, it is just like the one in the picture of the kit. I have had this since I was a kid, my cousin started on it but I don't know when he gave up on it. It was a fairly complicated build for an impatient 10 year old so I am glad I didn't mess with it then, 25 years of welding and fabricating have definitely helped with all the reverse engineering I have had to do so far to make up for missing pieces. I have made drawings of all the pieces so I can duplicate it if I like how it flys. I am building this as a memorial to my Dad and am going to paint it up USMC style as he remembered them from when he was in Korea. I hope to have it done for memorial day so I can fly it at the cemetery and then it is going to hang in front of a picture of my Dad "the worlds best 1/2 A pit man" from the ceiling in my office. I have recently gotten back into models after finding all my stuff hidden away in the attic at my folks house while helping my Mom clean up I had no Idea any of it was still up there my Dad boxed it all up and put it away at least 25 years ago, I am glad he did now I am going to fly with my daughter like my dad did with me.Thanks again for letting me reminisce and have a second childhood,T.J.

Yeah Doc , I met her mother and was getting my private pilots liscence, I met her mothers lawyer and she became my ex-wife I became ex-pilot, Now I am back to C-L , shoulda stayed single and flying C-L I woulda saved a fortune!  T.J.

The stab ALWAYS needs to be ONE piece, with the body slit to receive it.

When hand-making a 1/2A from bulk wood, I like to make both the stab & elevator from a single piece of wood, sand it to final shape, then cut the hinge line.  This is a lot easier than handling two or three small parts.

Larry if you dont mind it in 1/4's and have a fax I will send it to you tomorrow just send me your Fax. T.J.

I will see how it scans and try and E-mail it first. T.J.

My Daughter and I have made a replacement leading edge and duplicated some missing ribs and have the wing all glued up, It was pretty cool when I let her pull all the pins out of the sheetrock (I had to loosen them up a little before she got there , she is only and pick up the wing, it was like a bulb went on in her head and I think she is starting to believe that this pile of balsa bits might actually become an airplane! T.J.

Hey Ron, I was wondering because I just got a pee wee in a group of engines off Ebay . I never had one before and always wanted one as a kid, one of the kids in my 4H club had one on a Goldberg Stuntsman 18 and it flew pretty well, none of us had any understanding of trim or balance back then if they survived the first tankful we considered them good if not they usually got worse after we glued them back together! This Pee Wee needs a new rod and piston assy. It had a big 6-3 prop and spinner assy on it and judging from the firewall still attached to it I think it was used to get an R/C glider up in the air, it musta been working its guts out trying to get it to altitude! I figure about 20 bucks in parts and she should be good as new, and the little bugger is so darn cute, might just hafta get a Swordsman of my own or maybe a Black hawk EZ Trainer to run it on. T.J.

Bill, you are correct on prop sizes, except I think the 4.5 is just 2" pitch.

I didn't know there was a built up wing version of the L-19.