Great Planes Extra 300S

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10 years 4 months ago #2598 by AlanF
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DaveBright wrote: Pleased it went well Alan


Thanks Dave, You wouldn't believe how nervous I was before the first flight.

While you're here - considering the weight etc of the plane we elected not to do a stall test, we thought we'd leave it to someone who would have to skill to recover an awkward situtation and would be willing to give it a try - just a thought like :whistle:

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10 years 4 months ago #2599 by AlanF
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Stuartmck wrote: Alan, it flew well and looks good. Get finishing! Also, thanks for your help with the other matter, i.e. lending your model. It is actions like that which make this club what it is.

Stuart


Thanks Stuart, Considering the help I've had from the club so far I'm glad to have had the opportunity to give something back.

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10 years 4 months ago #2600 by AlanF
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simondean wrote: We'll done, after the time invested in building and sucessful flights it all paid off. Looks a good model.


Thanks Simon, There's a bit more work to do to finish it off and it looks like my building accuracy needs a bit of attention but overall I'm dead chuffed.

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10 years 4 months ago #2601 by flyingpete
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Alan
Have a look at carbon copy,they sell off the shelf cowls and spats for most models ;)
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10 years 4 months ago #2610 by JonTappin
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Really happy to hear it went well Alan, sorry I wasn't there to see it. Good effort!!
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10 years 4 months ago #2612 by AlanF
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flyingpete wrote: Alan
Have a look at carbon copy,they sell off the shelf cowls and spats for most models ;)


Thanks for the info - one site (can't rememeber which) seemed to have the right cowl but turned out to be for the GP 40 size arf. There's a US site that does cowls and spats but the postage is prohibitive. Funnily enough I've been looking at FreeCAD software with a view to creating a 3d model of the cowl and printing out some xsection formers to create a foam plug - don't know whether it's do-able yet.

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