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Guillows Series 400 - FW 190 by BriandKilby
BriandKilby	caught eight rainbow trout on the truckee river outside of reno.
BillParker	Funny... I go to Reno, I stand around in a Casino.... You go to Reno and you stand around in a...

Guillows Series 400 - FW 190 by BriandKilby
NiteSeer	Looks like fun. gonna eat it?

Guillows Series 4000 - Cloud Buster by simpleflyer
simpleflyer	A closeup of the opposing throughts at 'A3' formed by the overlapping strips in the previous picture. 'B3' shows an edge view. The platforms on the fuselage slide through these spaces.
pfinn	Nice. Do you think that having this pretty much indestructable wing attachment may lead to breaks further out along the wing? But still, excellent idea and excecution. By the way, the strongest gussets have the grain running along the edge opposite the joint being reinforced (in this case the hypotenuse).
simpleflyer	Thanks, Phil, for your comments. To date, I have not had any major wing breaks in the outer portions of the wing when using the sliding wing mount and the 'heavy duty' wing center section. This was one of the primary reasons for going to removeable wings on the swing control models. In addition to the portability of the model, we discovered that by making the mounting system so that the wing was moveable it sustained less damage in collisions. The sliding wing mount is designed so that the wing is free to move forwards as well as backwards. So far, in nearly all of our collisions we get either one of two conditions. (1) The model hits nose first and the fuselage tends to stop abruptly and the wing moves forward before breaking. (2) The outer wing hits first and stops and the fuselage tends to slide forward. Usually the damage to the wing in either condition is in the outer portions and is relatively small.
pfinn	Super!

Peck Polymers Peanut Piper J3 by lukebozek1
lukebozek1	This came out very nice and square. When they say to check the frame as square they mean it. This does not show the final version with four repairs and four areas of reinforcement that I did. This was the easy part of the build.

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BillParker	Dumas Kit #309, F8F-2 Bearcat	Build	08/09/10 04:21 View Build Thread
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After record downpours in some spots in the Houston area, more heavy rain is forecast for today as the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine remain in the region. The rain gradually will taper off later this week, and the weekend is likely to be mostly dry as a strong ridge of high pressure builds above the area and the storm moves further north. Areas south and west in the Houston region were among the hardest areas during the downpours Tuesday. Hobby Airport received 2.83 inches of rainfall, a record of the date, according to the National Weather Service. The old record was 2.67 inches, which was set in 1956.
BriandKilby	Guillows Series 400 - FW 190	Reference	07/09/10 19:11 View Build Thread
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caught eight rainbow trout on the truckee river outside of reno.
BriandKilby	Guillows Series 400 - FW 190	Reference	07/09/10 19:09 View Build Thread
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BriandKilby	Guillows Series 400 - FW 190	Reference	07/09/10 19:08 View Build Thread
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BriandKilby	Guillows Series 400 - FW 190	Reference	07/09/10 19:08 View Build Thread
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back from nature.
simpleflyer	Guillows Series 4000 - Cloud Buster	Flying	07/09/10 15:57 View Build Thread
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The flight pic shows the prominent drooping nose, so we call it the 'Droop Snoot' :o)
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