I built a Jetco Sabre Jet and a Nobler.  Wrecked them both and put the two together with the stab and wing placement same as the Nobler but it looked more like the Sabre.  Point is it was the best flying stunt ship ever!  Power was a K&B 35 Green head. 
Won 2nd in Sr Stunt at the 1958 Midwestern States Championships in Kokomo Ind.  1st was the defending Nat Champ and I cant remember his name-flew an Ares. 
That hybrid Sabre would take the wind like no other and I always did better at contests where it was real windy.  I bought a kit a few years ago to try to replicate it but Im just too old to do it now.  Guess Ill sell the kit!

So you basically had a bashed Nobler?
Could the guy flying the Ares be named Billy? LOL.

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Got a phone call once, a weepy pathetic sounding young fella calling me "Grampa". He said he was on the E. Coast and needed money as he was in a car accident, damaged his car, and was in jail. I led him on for awhile, chastized him for his bad driving habits, asked how bad the car was damaged, what he ran into, etc. Finally told him he must have the wrong number, because I don't have a grandson. LMFAO    Steve
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Hahahahaha I did almost the same thing..................only I told him that he was sitting on me couch and I got a "Click"!  Dumb ass.

Jerry

I'm in the 2.0" > 2.25" camp also, but I preferred the standard Dave Brown "slicks"...wide contact patch helps keep the wheels on top of the grass instead of sinking in. If you ever fly on pavement, Dave Brown wheels are the best. I put bigger wheels on the Twister I eventually gave to Tim Wescott, and those suckers bounced like a bunny on pavement. Narrower Dave Brown Electric wheels (narrow ones) worked much better on pavement. I think the type of "rubber" is important, but also the fact that there's less "rubber" is a big plus. If you can find a 2.25" wide wheel with very little "rubber", it could work for both. Maybe start with 2.5" or 3.0" and turn their diameter down.  Steve

Now that I have the Nobler ARF wing open, I have a couple of questions.

1. Adjustable lead-out centerline in relation to CG:  I currently have a somewhat beat up Nobler that I fly with the CG at 2.5" from the wing LE at the fuselage. This CG location seems pretty good in the air. This is also the kit recommended CG location.

At this CG location, the centerline of the kit fixed lead outs are a full 2-1/16" behind the CG which is a lot. My first thought is to center the new adj lead outs say 3/4" behind the CG. Then I can adjust the lead out position north and south from that point about 1" either way. So, my question is if the 3/4" centerline location behind the CG is OK, or is there a better location based on others flight experience.

2. New 4" bell crank forward lead out line:  The front lead out line is under the wing sheeting and behind the spar webbing. This will make it difficult to see if the new front lead out line will interfere with the wing ribs or other wing parts. Any experience or suggestions are welcome. In light of question 1 above, the front lead out at the wing tip with be much farther forward compared to stock.  (The rear lead out is fully accessible so no issue if and minor rib trimming is needed.)

Thx in advance.

Colin

   I am a rarity compared to some these days, in that I still have my land line. I have had that phone number going on 50 years and just HATE the idea of not having it!! My wife only recently got a cell phone, so if I wasn't home, she needed a way to call police of fire departments if needed. She has one now, but I still don't want top part with it. I used to be listed in the regular phone book also and have been getting sales calls for many years. With caller ID, I can see the number or even the person calling and if I don't recognize it, I just don't answer. If it's anything important, they can leave a voice mail and I'll return the call. I like to have some fun with them sometimes, when I did get sales calls. Especially carpet cleaning companies. After they gave their speech, I would ask, "Can you get blood out?" and they would say "Of course we can!" enthusiastically! Then I would ask further, " A LOT of blood?" That was usually followed by the sound of them hanging up!!  I used to get a lot  of sales calls from the local newspaper selling subscriptions and they would always call at dinner time. I gave the lady an earful once, telling here that I had been subscribing to the paper for "X" number of years, and in this day and age of computers, you would think that you could weed out the people that already subscribe and not disturb us at dinner time !!! Then I told her that if I got ONE more sales call from them, I would cancel my subscription!! And I never got another call from them after that!
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    Dan McEntee