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Legionair, Pod and Boom construction from the 1970’s
available in 100 inch, 132 inch and 140 inch versions
Cecil Haga designed
Pod and Boom construction from the 1970’s
available in 100 inch, 132 inch and 140 inch versions
Rudder , elevator, and spoilers
The 140 was available in 1978 and the 100 was flown by Cecil at the Soar Nats in 1976
Mods needed to my Yellow 140 so I am Happy
- removed metal skid and double sided tape , added neoprene
- removed releasable tow hook and added a new standard L-Type hook
- removed three square shaft futaba servos and added Jr servos and new tray
- removed assorted decals, not a big fan of those
- removed on off switch in Canopy filled switch actuator hole and painted Canopy Blue
- pulled junk plastic clevises of push rod ends, these aren’t for my sailplanes
- Have to move elevator horn more rearward to get more down movement as
I like to use Sullivan Gold Clevises and they are longer then the plastic
ones. - CA the ends of the spoiler dialcord and loop around pushrod posts on spoiler servo
- Pulled old switch from canopy, gonna fill the hole in the canopy, and
paint blue. - cut new servo tray and secure two forward mounts into
fuselage to attach servo tray to - make a link with two collars of Music wire for the Dial cord spoiler
servo connection - Remove battery tray with wire loop , just CA’d in. not a fan
First couple hand tosses this afternoon Aug 22nd, it flies
Next I will send up the line :):)
1896 G 66.8 oz With some extra weight 21 G in the nose that may get removed as I move the CG back
Update August 23 2016
A few pictures showing my customizations, visibly missing some decals and the Canopy is blue
Breeze out of the west , south west all day perhaps 20 km/h and above. Legionair is ready to go but not in this stuff.
Swirling and nasty and when it arrives here in my little bowl it twirls.
Sometime around 6 I t0ok the winch out and laid down the line etc. It wasn’t very pretty yet but perhaps in an hour or so.
At 7 I was up for it, however I’m launching about 90 degrees to the wind as it’s making it’s evening warm air shift to the south. Oh well it’s light I can deal with that.
Got out with two launches 2 – 3 minute flights, sun low in the sky and into my eyes.
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