"Ed Cregger" <ecregger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Anyone here ever build the old 1960's Sterling PT-17 R/C biplane kit?
>
> I saw one of these fly back in the late sixties or early seventies. It
was
> powered by a Fox .78 (two glow plugs) and it sure looked real in the
air.
> I've always wanted one of these kits. Lo and behold, a radio (ham)
friend
> sold me his kit and it is awaiting assembly.
>
> Maybe I'll give YouTube a gander and see if anyone is flying one there.
>
> Ed Cregger
Had one, though after looking at the odd wood in the kit, I sold it to
someone
that had to have one, maybe the guy you got it from.
Since then, I have learned that you had to sand the living crap out every
former,
tail surfaces, ribs. You had to lose about 2 pounds from any of their
kits.
You also had to match any identical parts with the same weight of balsa,
fuselage
sides, doublers, wing ribs, and wing tips .
I once built one of their kit fuselages and it came out looking like a
hunter's bow.
BUT, once built properly, they flew great.
Harry
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