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Dumas Kit #1803, Pietenpol Air Camper by BillParker. Viewed 1208 times.
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| BillParker | 25-Sep-12 22:09 | |
| BillParker | 25-Sep-12 22:10 | | HOUSE of BALSA PIETENPOL AIRPLANE KIT Wingspan: 65" |
| BillParker | 25-Sep-12 22:10 | | Build Fotos: http://www.parkerinfo.com/ap95.htm |
| BillParker | 25-Sep-12 22:10 | | Okay so I win an auction for this thing a year ago, sold and bought as being "complete and ready for construction," (destruction?) and when it gets here, it's a box af sticks, scraps, and some rolled plans. Not complete, at all, and no assembly insructions what-so-ever... Fortunately, I've been doing the Easy Built madel thing so I ain't scared... But I digress... Broken hearted I stick it up on the top shelf and forget about it. So I managed to build that Piper Cub, with it's laminated tail feathers and wing tips, and the GeeBee has tunred out quite well, so feeling ten foot tall and bullet proff, I haul down the beat up old box. Turns out, that if you don't want to build this thing for R/C, but maybe "roundy round" (that's U-Control for y'all ain't from Texas) maybe the parts are here. Seems that whomever tried to build this thing, and made a hash of it, started with the fuse first, so all the plywood fuse formers are gone. Looks like he was cutting his plywood with a razer knife from the few parts left in the box. I studied the plan for a few days, went down the LHS and got some 1/4" sticks and planks, and got going...
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| BriandKilby | 26-Sep-12 10:22 | | that's a big u-control, do you have some that big? it might take off with you holding on! what size engine are you going to put in it? |
| BillParker | 26-Sep-12 12:08 | | This thing is really alot lighter than it looks, and I have an .09 in stocks... I'll try it, and if it won't pull her around the circle, we'll look into more horsepower... |
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