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Offline Dave Edwards

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2018 Fox and Perky Speed
« on: November 26, 2017, 11:11:06 AM »
Build is nearly complete for new Fox and Perky Speed planes.  Fox speed uses a box stock fox 35, hope to break 90mph. Perky uses a F2D engine (Fora) looking for 110mph.  Should be a step up from my 2017 entries.  More pix to follow.

Offline Dave Edwards

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Re: 2018 Fox and Perky Speed
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2017, 11:12:33 AM »
Fox pix

Offline Dave Edwards

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Re: 2018 Fox and Perky Speed
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2017, 11:13:25 AM »
Perky pix

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Re: 2018 Fox and Perky Speed
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2017, 01:14:52 PM »
     I would sure like to know how you made your bends in the LG legs with the alum. tubing on them. To get good bends in my .25" LG wire I have to use a medium size vise and a hammer to get decently shaped bends and if I used a alum. tubing it would have to be 1.5" shorter than the LG leg because of the size of the vise?
Eric

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Re: 2018 Fox and Perky Speed
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2017, 01:30:55 PM »
Yeah!

The landing gear attachment on inverted Perkys has always been something of a mystery to me.  And it still is.
Paul Smith

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Re: 2018 Fox and Perky Speed
« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2017, 02:01:36 PM »
The trick to bending 1/8" music wire is to instead use 3/32" instead :).  I can use pliers and get good bends. Makes the aluminum fairing easy because I can do all the bends except the last one, attach the fairings and then make the last bend.  I know some people soften the wire, bend and then reharden but I find my results to be unsatisfactory.  The 3/32 is more springy but that is ok for these events.

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Re: 2018 Fox and Perky Speed
« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2017, 02:22:03 PM »
Looking good Dave.  You're about 4 months ahead of my build for next year.
Jim Vigani

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Re: 2018 Fox and Perky Speed
« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2017, 03:29:29 PM »
Both looking WICKED!   TS

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Re: 2018 Fox and Perky Speed
« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2017, 06:23:31 PM »
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