I'll call it mini me

[Wild Bill Kelso]

My latest project. She sees her first race in a few weeks in Sacramento. Built it up from a stock Dymond F8F ARF. Span 48" (Clipped from 53") wing area 495 sq inches, and will be powered by a RCV .91 Sleeve Valve engine.

[matt]

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making airplane noises with it yet?

friggin' sweeeeeeet

[Wild Bill Kelso]

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making airplane noises with it yet?

friggin' sweeeeeeet

No buy Merlin the cat thinks the fuse is a new place to play. The only noise I hear out of that thing is when he gets stuck.

[matt]

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AAAAAAAHHHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

no seriously i know how bad that sucks.

[AAFO_WSagar]

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Sweet.. you even have the "old" tail version with "the sticker".....

Lookin like maybe we'll see the colors flying there again soon...

Stay tuned...

[Race 29]

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FNG,
Very cool!! I thought only old Sea Furys used sleeve valve engines though?!!

Let me know the date's you'll be in Sacramento. I live about 5 minutes away from the field on Florin rd. I'd love to see that baby fly!

Race 29

[Wild Bill Kelso]

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Sweet.. you even have the "old" tail version with "the sticker".....

Lookin like maybe we'll see the colors flying there again soon...

Stay tuned...

I was wondering if you would catch that.

[Wild Bill Kelso]

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FNG,
Very cool!! I thought only old Sea Furys used sleeve valve engines though?!!

Let me know the date's you'll be in Sacramento. I live about 5 minutes away from the field on Florin rd. I'd love to see that baby fly!

Race 29

I hope to put a hurt to those guys on the 9th. They left another HUGE loophole in the rules this year. They measure wing area from centerline of the fuse. A Bearcats wing ends at the fuse. So in a nutshell I get a smaller wing and a bigger engine size allowed to me. The ding dongs have allowed me to count the belly pan as wing area. I love grey areas!!! I always find them. My hope with the sleeve valve is that it will rev higher, and it's very compact so it will fit inside the cowl 100%.

[matt]

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mike, you'd make a great t-6 crew chief. hehehe

[spacegrrrl]

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I hope to put a hurt to those guys on the 9th. They left another HUGE loophole in the rules this year. They measure wing area from centerline of the fuse. A Bearcats wing ends at the fuse. So in a nutshell I get a smaller wing and a bigger engine size allowed to me. The ding dongs have allowed me to count the belly pan as wing area. I love grey areas!!! I always find them. My hope with the sleeve valve is that it will rev higher, and it's very compact so it will fit inside the cowl 100%.

Actually it is pretty typical to include the wing area that is "in the fuselage". As a matter of fact I'm not sure I've ever seen rules that do it any other way. When I wrote the SWRA rules and eventually the SARA rules I know that is how I had it calculated.

At any rate, fly fast, turn left! :-)

Michele

[Race 29]

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Now I know I'm going to be there. I've GOT to see that a$$ whoopin'!!!!

Race 29

[Wild Bill Kelso]

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Now I know I'm going to be there. I've GOT to see that a$$ whoopin'!!!!

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I could stuff it in too ya know. I know that Critical Mass was hard to keep on top of for ten laps.

[matt]

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ya, especially when grumpy old men are yelling at you, hehe

[Wild Bill Kelso]

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ya, especially when grumpy old men are yelling at you, hehe

I love how he still flys right through the aerobatic box on approach, and then bitches about a Decathlon pulling a vertical move RIGHT past him. My favoite tool at Stead!

[matt]

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well, he has to fly in that way because his aft end is too big to fly in any other way.