Hello everyone! Guys, I know it's been a few days since I last posted ... I'm not all that much for writing /responding everyday. But be assured, I want to thank you all for the great information and support.
First, to Chuck: Man, I am in your debt
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! That extension arrived yesterday and fit perfectly on my OS 46 and I have no doubt that it will fit on my OS 61 if things begin to look like "nasty power" becomes the order of the day. I see from Bob's post that the plane in the photo may well have had a .60 for its powerplant. Chuck, although I do my best to keep a dedicated "build log" for anything and everything I build since about 2013, I haven't shared the logs and my notes with very many folks unless it was one that I specifically built for a customer or one that I subsequently sold and the buyer wanted to see my notes and build photos
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. Guess what I'm saying is, I can't promise I will or won't, but I will, most probably, post some pictures of the final outcome
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Next, to Bob: I really do appreciate your research into Mr. Gonzales
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. Regrettably, Ms. Angie at the AMA Membership Division, didn't turn up any information for him either and given the way NY has grown since that period and assuming he never relocated, I fear finding him may well be searching for the proverbial "needle". Given your information, I suppose he would be somewhere around 76 to 78 years of age but it sure would have been a real treat to find him still building and doing well
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Now to Trostle: As noted above, I received the extension from Chuck and it's a nice fit for my available engine selections
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. I can certainly appreciate yours and Chucks thoughts toward lightening the balsa blocks. That was one of my first considerations and I can see the benefit of Chucks suggestion to add flaps. No doubt they would be a nice addition. As for the retracts, man, both you and Chuck must live close by or feed off each others brain waves,
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.!! I'll see what can be done based upon the units available (at reasonable prices). I did make this modification to my Brodak Bearcat, kit CLB-30, using some E-Flite 15-25 sized electric retracts. Both the engine and retracts are 2.4GHZ controlled. It was a bit simpler, I believe, because the Bearcat seems to be a slight bit larger, allowing a bit more room to work. But believe me, I will give serious consideration to y'alls recommendations
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Guys, I thank you all
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