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Chester Chaplaskie's Thunder Bird 45

 
Getting the pictures of  airplanes powered by unthrottled Cox engines can be interesting.  Zoom!

Graphics cut to my Coreldraw file by Jeff Stern, E& M Custom Lettering

The model balanced at 1/2 inch behind the spar with no ballast and weighs 13.7 ounces without the flight battery.  It flies at neutral trim on the elevator.  Right rudder trim
is needed during the climb going back to neutral when the fire goes out.  SAM legal weight for Texaco is 14.9 ounces, met with a 800 mah Lipo and regulator installed.
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