Getting Ready For Spring

Saito 90R3 Radial just back from Horizon.

Tom

Pretty cool Tom, what are you putting it in?

Wow does that thing sound good!!!! You're gonna have to put some wings on that saw horse tho, and it looks like ya have a floor jack for landing gear

Oh yea, what ya puttin it on????

Hi Guys:

I have a Hangar-9 "Sopwith Camel". These WWI SNJ's (Short Nose Jobs) can be a real challenge but the combination is so "right" I couldn't go any other way.

Sorry for the long run at idle, I was checking to see if it was going to load up. I have my home made glo ignitor adjustable of course and it was "ON" during the test. I had it go to "OFF" at about 4000 RPM. Don't want any deadsticks on the SNJ.

The saw horse landing gear (floor jack) is pretty heavy so I didn't go for the optional retract system Dave.

Now where did we put that snow blade for the mower ?

Tom

Hey Tom, That in a sopwith camel will be perfect, great combo!!! Can't wait to see that one! Retracts wouldn't look right on that plane anyway

I have one that is electric. A bear to land.

Hey Roger:

Did you have to add nose weight or were the batteries enough ?

Yeah these SNJ's are hard to land. I think as with most biplanes these things are best landed with good speed on. If going for a three point stall landing it is a good idea to have spare airframe parts.

Dave the retracts would have been ok except they come up like a Grumman F3F and the big old wheels kept wanting to come out the top of the cowl.

Tom

Hey Troy:

Just an aside, why does our icon sometimes lay over the text ?

Tom

teeceeveecee wrote:Hey Troy:

Just an aside, why does our icon sometimes lay over the text ?

Tom

I thought that was just my work pc, I don't know why, I just hit refresh and it is ok again.

No nose weight. Just a 5000 6 cell. Mine you have to land slow otherwise the wheel tracking is horrific and it will flip over.