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Offline John Castle

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This took a little longer than expected...
« on: February 23, 2009, 10:12:13 AM »
My first intentions were to make this a quick cut, glue and paint plane but in the spirit of control line craftsmanship I got carried away. This Eindecker is built from Dick Sarpolus plans and covered with dope==> Silkspan==> dope==> primer==> Rustoleum. It's powered with a Norvel .061 AME, 3/8 oz. tank and a 5x3 prop. If I had it to do over again I would use stouter wire for the landing gear as I needed to add some nose weight anyway and I'm sure that this gear will bend flat when landing. Lots of fun in any case; I just hope it last for a few flights. :)


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Offline John Rist

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Re: This took a little longer than expected...
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2009, 12:16:43 PM »
Nice looking Eindecker.  I sorta like Eindeckers I sorta used to have one  It wasn't a 1/2 A but Eindeckers look good in the air!  Unfortuinatly my ran out of air and is no more.

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Offline ray copeland

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Re: This took a little longer than expected...
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2009, 12:27:46 PM »
Looks great John!  Probably won't be much flight time on 3/8 oz. with that ame,, but you better hold on tight with anything shorter than 45 foot lines!!  y1
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Ray from Greensboro, North Carolina , six laps inverted so far with my hand held vertically!!! (forgot to mention, none level!) AMA# 902150

Offline Bill Adair

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Re: This took a little longer than expected...
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2009, 03:13:45 PM »
John,

Very nice airplane!  H^^

One thing I don't like about the later Norvel engines, is that long extended needle valve. Even with your very deep fuselage it hangs out there far enough to snag, on those inevitable inverted landings. I've heard that the needle is also rigid enough, to bend the spray bar in a crash.

The AP Wasp .061 needle, even though it's from an R/C carb, screws right in to the Norvel spray bar. The AP needle is a bit thinner than the Norvel, so I'm not sure it will screw in far enough to work on the Norvel. Anyone tried that?

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Offline ray copeland

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Re: This took a little longer than expected...
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2009, 03:40:31 PM »
One option on the needle valve would be to cut it off shorter and bend a 90 with a couple of pairs of needle nose pliers, should be easy!!  y1
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Offline Larry Renger

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Re: This took a little longer than expected...
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2009, 09:56:29 PM »
Cool model, I don't know why, but anything WW1 - German Aircraft seems appealing.  Their WW2 stuff is great too, but the taste of the political side of that war kind of puts me off (Me-109 and Stuka overcome that, however).
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Re: This took a little longer than expected...
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2009, 05:57:04 AM »
Just cut the extension off that needle valve altogether; the knurled knob is all you need for adjusting. I never understood the purpose of that extension except perhaps to protrude out of a cowl.   
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