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  1. BalsaDust

    Sport PAU 27% Pitts Challenger Build/Review

    Glad it flys. Looks awesome in all the GSN swag as well.
  2. BalsaDust

    Welders Help

    Is it an auto darkening helmet? If so it probably has an adjustment for how dark it gets. If its just a standard one look up the manufacture and you should be able to get a darker lense for it.
  3. BalsaDust

    Gluing removable stabilizers

    Hope there's video of the maiden flight.
  4. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Thank you sir. If you look closely you can see the kadet hiding in the background. Been working on it a little at a time. The older wood in it I don't want to soak with ca so I have been using wood glue and having to clamp every joint so it takes time. It's almost done though. Went from being...
  5. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Got the second all covered. Started on it at 12:30AM and finished up around 8:30AM.
  6. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Yes it is. Didn't realize it until after I cut it up one night at work. Thought it was just steel as it was so dirty I could t tell and it was dark where I was cutting it. Get it out into the light and was like hey that's brass not steel. Started trying to clean them up and make them pretty but...
  7. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    All the sheeting along the bottom of the plane was pretty well fuel soaked. Pulled it all off and glued in new stuff. Since I'm not super worried about weight on this plane I used a piece of really hard 1/16" balsa I had. Stiffened up the fuse quite a bit.
  8. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Looks awesome. Now get it in the air and get it on video.
  9. BalsaDust

    GSN Members! Vote Here/Now, Pick A Winner!

    I voted.
  10. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    The wing is massive on the kadet. Gonna try it convince my buddy to convert it to gas though and get rid of the slimmer on the nose.
  11. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    These made it into my shop this morning. Belong to a flying buddy. The avistar is just getting stripped down and recovered to look like an L-4 grasshopper. The kadet he asked me to repair it (the fuse needs a lot) and take creative liberty on covering it. Should be fun.
  12. BalsaDust

    Awesome night for my daughters first solo!

    That's awesome brotha. Great getting kids involved and having a good time.
  13. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    those are awesome looking.
  14. BalsaDust

    Gluing removable stabilizers

    Tell me about it. I gotta get swervos in there now.
  15. BalsaDust

    Is expo really needed.

    Yup I'm a pincher as well (actually kinda of a mix between the two as my thumb is still on top of the stick with pointer finger at the front of it). It was pretty much the way I was taught but I have found that when I tried flying with my thumbs that if I was trying to say use right rudder I...
  16. BalsaDust

    Matt Chapmans new ride for 2015! BAD ASS!!

    I was reading somewhere that it looks likes they are making a slightly newer version of it as the cowl shape changed a bit. Still has the cheeks but a little more streamlined. I wish he would have gone with a Edge or and MSX over the Extra but whatever makes him happy is best.
  17. BalsaDust

    Matt Chapmans new ride for 2015! BAD ASS!!

    Looks nice but the cap is cooler. Those elevators look tiny.
  18. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    That's what its all about right there.
  19. BalsaDust

    Is expo really needed.

    It may have just been in my head but I had flown a couple of my planes without expo when I got back in the hobby and they were a handful. This guys planes just flew smooth as silk and it was only 30 seconds into the flight and I was comfortable with them.
  20. BalsaDust

    Is expo really needed.

    After attending my first probro yesterday I'm convinced that expo may not really be needed in our planes. It's all in your setup. One guy that was thee let me fly a couple of his planes. If he had not told me I never would have know there was no expo programmed into the radio. He has all his...
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