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Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
12-29-2007, 04:26 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

BAAAAD BOY!! WHOOPS! Hit the send before I was ready. I have a Sterling Stinson kit I've had, it seems like forever, but I tried to sell it, with no takers, even tho' it is a classic! But I love...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
12-29-2007, 03:57 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

BOY!! Keep that pace up, and you'll be test flying Wednesday!! I'm somewhat of a turtle, myself! But I have fun, just the same! Lee W. Palm Beach.
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
12-25-2007, 02:30 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

GEE!! A modeler with true intelligence!!! Lee
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
12-25-2007, 01:52 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

TWO RINGS!!!! You trying to set a bad example for the rest of us????? Lee W. Palm Beach
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
12-20-2007, 09:37 AM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

GAD!! How did I do that, uploaded the pics TWICE?? Forgot to mention, "Little" engine next to MX-50 is a ST-2500!! Lee
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
12-20-2007, 09:35 AM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

I agree 100% on the 50 cc size. I have a 50cc glow (convertable to gas) Atlas MX-50, which I've had for about 15 years now, and guard jealously, as they are no longer available. I flew a 90", 26...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
12-16-2007, 05:16 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

In about 32 years of building P-51 and other retract systems, (I've never used plastic) I have to agree with Brian. The structure can cause more problems than the gear. In many cases, the...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
12-07-2007, 11:51 AM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Hi Mike. a toein of 1 deg is sufficient. Thats per leg, so if the total between the wheels is 2-3 degs, it should be perfect. Excess toein can be just as bad as toeOUT, which is an absolute...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
12-03-2007, 12:24 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Very true, Mike. It would be whatever you could sneak in! I'm going to our club meeting tonight, and will see if I can find a plan! I always learn from all these things! Lee
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
12-03-2007, 10:20 AM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Hi Mike. It's clearer now, as I read both your and snaers comments. Because of the difference in yours and his builds, the discrepancy is probably due to "tolerance accumulation" during building. ...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
12-02-2007, 04:31 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Hi Michel. I looked at that pic and enlarged it. It is definitely hitting the back end of openings, if I understand the problems. I have probably missed some things, as I haven't read the whole...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
12-02-2007, 03:31 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Hi Michel. My late Irish blacksmith Grandad always said,"there is no such thing as a stupid question, if you need the answer! Under most circumstances, that little displacement would have little...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
11-28-2007, 10:23 AM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Hi Mike, Tom et al. Have a few cents to toss in here. Having built custom retracts for 32 years, I have run into some problems along the way. The primary problem here is with Top Flite, not doing...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
11-26-2007, 07:48 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Hi Upton. Enon Valley?? I'm from Freedom, and when I was in high school, 1944, I had a pen pal, John Hillman, whom I later met in person after I got out of USAF in '48. I actually flew my '47...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
11-18-2007, 07:54 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Hello guys. Excuse my off-topic entry, but I have been trying to put my new email address in here, and can't seem to find an entry on the system home page! Any suggestions? This old one is...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
11-14-2007, 09:19 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

By the way, as of tomorrow, this old dial-up address will go away! New one, hi-speed, is [email protected]. Lee
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
11-14-2007, 09:17 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

TUSCALOOSA!!! Gee, and all this time I thought it was an imaginary place!! Lee Robinson W. Palm Beach
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
11-14-2007, 08:15 AM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Hi Countryboy. Thanks so much. I just looked at the pics and see why! That original system was easy for the designer (didn't have to think too much!). Your change is definitely better, but...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
11-13-2007, 07:12 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Hi Mike et al. Why do you think I always want to spread the load across at least 4 ribs? I haven't seen these plans, but from what people have been saying, it sounds like a piece of horshoe-shaped...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
11-12-2007, 11:55 AM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

May I butt in? I have used hard maple motor mount bearers for about 50 years, as I like to spread the load across at least 4 ribs. You can also drill and tap the wood with the threads for the...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
11-04-2007, 07:51 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Colder, and getting more so!!! Maybe I could bottle some of our nice Florida warmth and send it your way!! NO--wait--that might shortchange me!! Lee Robinson West Palm Beach, FL
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
10-20-2007, 09:13 AM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Hi guys. At the risk of "impalement", a small commercial; I have been building custom retracts & fixed gear for 31 years, and haveprobably built more P-51 sets than any other single plan. Once...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
10-19-2007, 04:40 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Look at BobHs' tail pic. Enlarge it, and starting at the right side of the guys neck, follow the curve around and up! Lee
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
10-19-2007, 04:35 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

That is the front end of the dorsal, so go to the rear end, where it joins the vertical fin. Thats the corner they are referring to. Lee
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
10-19-2007, 01:37 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By Robinaire

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Hi Goose. Looking at that pic of the real one, the dorsal is the long sloping section from forward on the fuse to the fin itself. Where they join is the small, squarish radius they are talking...
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