{"id":1506,"date":"2014-12-31T08:15:30","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T12:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foresthaveninn.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1506"},"modified":"2015-05-21T06:56:14","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T09:56:14","slug":"paragon-build-tgs-colors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/foresthaveninn.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1506","title":{"rendered":"Paragon Build , Red and Yellow 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"P1170210-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

May 20<\/p>\n

In the box and ready to go with the Aquila Grande<\/p>\n

\"P1170303-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Update April 26 2015<\/p>\n

Wings have been covered, the Paragon wing is at the right , appears as a one piece wing. However tip panels are removable<\/p>\n

\"P1170156-001\"<\/a> \"P1170155-001\"<\/a> \"P1170154-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A Nice example of a Paragon<\/p>\n

\"para\"<\/a><\/p>\n

and another<\/p>\n

\"paragon1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I posted this pic(yellow and red), as I noticed the up sweep on the underside of the wing tips. :):)<\/p>\n

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wrap joiner boxes<\/p>\n

add alignment pin to tip panel<\/p>\n

servo operated spoilers 5 bays wide,\u00a0 app 12 inches<\/p>\n

tip panel joiners, add CF<\/p>\n

Removable elevator\/ fin and rudder<\/p>\n

tip panel washout 3\/16″<\/p>\n

Bolt down wings, two bolts 1 front 1 rear, heads recessed, or 1 bolt at rear and pin at front, still debateable<\/p>\n

White fuse<\/p>\n

white fin and rudder,\u00a0 red transparent wings with yellow band, right wing<\/p>\n

all transparent red elevator<\/p>\n

HS-5055MG\u00a0 spoiler servos<\/p>\n

HS-5085MG\u00a0 Rudder and Elevator servos<\/p>\n

Read on a Thread<\/span><\/p>\n

— full width vertical grain balsa shear blocks to be placed between the spars in the entire inner panels.<\/p>\n

— kit supplied with 1\/16 ply\u00a0 rather then 3\/32 balsa\u00a0 ribs for\u00a0 inboard panel<\/p>\n

Anything else??<\/p>\n

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Note:<\/strong><\/em> Some longer lines on the plans have a bow in them.\u00a0 These RCM plans have been copied and reprinted and somehow twisted slightly during this process.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jan 21<\/p>\n

The kit is here complete with for servos..<\/p>\n

All well backed, the only thing I can add is the ribs damaged one side of the 1\/16″ sheeting.<\/p>\n

I will replace the Plastic control rods with SS 1\/16″ cable..<\/p>\n

-add plastic control horns and Sullivan Clevises<\/p>\n

\"P1160765\"<\/a>\"P1160766\"<\/a>\"P1160767\"<\/a>\"P1160768\"<\/a>\"P1160769\"<\/a>\"P1160770\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jan 23<\/p>\n

Horizontal stab 1\/8 x 1\/4 and 1\/4 x 3\/8 balsa sticks a a bit of spruce to stiffen things\u00a0 up<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong><\/em> I had to use a straight edge to place trailing edge stab, the lines have a curve to them.<\/p>\n

\"P1160772\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"P1160774\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"P1160775\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Vertical stab and fin , same construction as horizontal stab with a spruce fin post<\/p>\n

\"P1160776\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"P1160777\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Balsa and ply pieces for fuselage<\/p>\n

\"P1160779\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Formers two of these are the same width, so I can set them at 90 Degrees to the side, and then pull in the front and rear, I’ll mark the centers at the bottom and then I can set everything over a line or two.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> <\/em>The center line on the top view of the fuse is crooked, use a straight edge to draw a straight line, and then place some marks on the plans in the former locations for the widths of the fuse at that point.<\/p>\n

\"P1160780\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jan 25<\/p>\n

\"lawren\"<\/a>Lawrenctown Bluff N.S. Where fellow fliers often toss their planes<\/p>\n

HOMEWORK<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wing spars<\/strong><\/p>\n

They are spruce 1\/8 x 3\/8 and all get cut at 29 1\/2″ length for the 120″ wing Paragon, both inboard and tip panels<\/p>\n

The ribs are nicely done, and I have noticed on the tip panel that the pitch between ribs (w16 – w17)\u00a0 is not 2 1\/2 “:)<\/p>\n

This may have to do with the 100 Inch version as w17 has the 100″ mark on the plan, or one line is mis- drawn by the width of the rib 3\/32”<\/p>\n

I like to mark the spars for both wing panels with a rule for this pitch.<\/p>\n

Spar width<\/strong><\/p>\n

The spar width is not 3\/8 ” they are wider nearly 1\/32″. Not a problem as I can run them thru the saw and cut them to 3\/8″. Another option would be to widen the notch in the ribs to suit. I will choose not to do that as I may sand more towards the front or maybe the rear of the notch. I’d rather use the accuarate notch width and location as a reference.<\/p>\n

I could also just push the spars into the notch , however I have seen in the past where this can crush the ribs.<\/p>\n

\"P1160788\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"P1160789\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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I’m a little puzzled with the height of the last three ribs at the trailing edge.<\/p>\n

They are a lot lower then the rest of the set, and I rather thought they would get progressively narrower as I made it to the tip\u00a0 to suit the change in thickness of the trailing edge.<\/p>\n

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\"P1160791\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The\u00a0 tip panel is coming together, I’ve added the notches in the LE app. 1\/8 ” deep .<\/p>\n

Also tapered the TE stock as per drawing it’s narrower back to front at the tip.<\/p>\n

\"P1160792\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jan 26<\/p>\n

Leading edge stock, It would have been nice If there were 2 pieces that weighed around 24 G.<\/p>\n

\"P1160794\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"P1160796\"<\/a>Parts and piece for the tip panel join as well as setting the dihedral and polyhedral angle. Two templates are provide to set the join angle for the root ply ribs, they are shown on the plan, both appear to have the same angle, yet the corresponding angles on the plans are different, and shown as being different.<\/p>\n

Also of not is the four spar box sides are also at a different angle then the rib template.<\/p>\n

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I’m going to clear this beforehand as I want a clean tight panel join.<\/p>\n

My plan is to elevate the panel as required per plan and then figure out the angle to lean the ply root ribs.<\/p>\n

Also going to fabricate a new joiner with cf and a couple pieces 1\/16 birch ply.<\/p>\n

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\"P1160797\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here the plans call out the corresponding templates and their intended use<\/p>\n

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\"P1160799\"<\/a><\/p>\n

wing tip panel build continues<\/p>\n

\"P1160801\"<\/a>\"P1160802\"<\/a>\"P1160804\"<\/a><\/p>\n

1\/8 x 1\/8 turbulater spars in place, sheeting between root rib and 1st rib will be added later, a spar box is added and requires wrapping.<\/p>\n

Trailing edge tip is elevated above board to add the 3\/16 washout per the build instructions..<\/p>\n

Sheeting is later fitted between spars, leading and trailing edges and turbulater spars, I hope the wrapped spar box finishes up nicely as the balsa sheet does not cover the spars<\/p>\n

Tip panels weigh app 63 G each, actually .8 G in the difference<\/p>\n

\"P1160805\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jan 27<\/p>\n

I’ve assembled the ribs that need the additional notch for the spoiler sub spar<\/p>\n

\"P1160823\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Holes and slots added for the spoiler servo wire<\/p>\n

\"P1160824\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Notches added for spoiler blade clearance<\/p>\n

\"P1160826\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Left main panel<\/p>\n

\"P1160827\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Right main panel<\/p>\n

\"P1160828\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jan 30<\/p>\n

Wing panel join tip to main panel, I made sure I was square with the layup of both panels , and that pays dividents when it came to the panel join.<\/p>\n

For alignment, straight spar I’ve set both panels on a level<\/p>\n

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\"P1160830\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"P1160833\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Left main panel<\/p>\n

\"P1160831\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Spar box sides with filler, have to cobble together 4 of these<\/p>\n

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\"P1160835\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Joiners, 2 x 1\/16 ply as well as a inner filler of .010 CF<\/p>\n

As it turns out the 1\/8 ” wide tip panel joiner was correct, but neither of the two templates provide where at the correct angle for setting the two ply root ribs ay the polyhedral join.<\/p>\n

\"P1160832\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Inboard joiner box on right panel, still needs to be wrapped<\/p>\n

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\"P1160836\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jan 31 2015<\/p>\n

Seems like I have been working at the joiner boxes for days.<\/p>\n

Tip panels root rib in place, it’s been elevated 1\/16″ for the underside sheeting which I’ll add later<\/p>\n

\"P1160837\"<\/a><\/p>\n

While waiting for some glue to set , I shaved off some leading edge material from one of the main panels.<\/p>\n

\"P1160838\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Joiner box sides for tip panel are glued in here<\/p>\n

\"P1160839\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Turns out someone else had already built spar joiner boxes like I have.<\/p>\n

Oh well \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"mirage<\/a><\/p>\n

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Feb 13<\/p>\n

Tip blocks, are a little larger then needed.<\/p>\n

\"P1160846-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tips glued in place<\/p>\n

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\"P1160847-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Three choices for hinges that I have here for the rudder and elevator:)<\/p>\n

\"P1160848-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Ply shear webs are not wide enough, the balsa ribs where replaced by 1\/16 ply ribs in the kit in a number of locations at the inboard end of the center panels and as a result the webs are missing a bit of meat<\/p>\n

\"P1160850-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Thankfully I’ve got plenty of 1\/16 ply so I cut some new parts, 16 of then all together<\/p>\n

\"P1160870-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Feb 17<\/p>\n

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Snow, seems like February is all about snow, the last storm left us with over 2 feet, and I still have to clear the lane up to the Chalets<\/p>\n

\"P1160929-001\"<\/a>Mar 12<\/p>\n

Back to the Main panel, and balsa shear webbing. This is a key area as I’ve added openings for spoilers, and the leading edge of the opening needs a piece of balsa added. The tops of the balsa shear webs will not work,<\/p>\n

\"P1160990-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Mar 13<\/p>\n

Tip panels shear webbing, and inboard end sheeting<\/p>\n

\"P1160994-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Right tip<\/p>\n

\"P1160995-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mar14<\/p>\n

spoiler servo install, as well as spoiler bay sub spar<\/p>\n

\"P1170024-001\"<\/a> \"P1170022-001\"<\/a> \"P1170003-001\"<\/a> \"P1170002-001\"<\/a> \"P1170001-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Mar 17<\/p>\n

with most of the work done on the inboard panels, I proceeded with the join.<\/p>\n

Trailing edge and leading edge as well as spars are trimmed up for a nice fit, the epoxy is added and all the work is done on a 4 ft level<\/p>\n

One tip is raised 4 3\/4″ and all went together really well<\/p>\n

\"P1170025-001\"<\/a> \"P1170026-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mar 18<\/p>\n

Spoiler blades stops<\/p>\n

\"P1170027-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Root ribs at dihedral main panel center<\/p>\n

\"P1170028-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Spoiler blade stop in position underside<\/p>\n

\"P1170029-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Load beam location, forward of main spar<\/p>\n

\"P1170030-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Removal of two ribs at load beam location<\/p>\n

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\"P1170032-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Cleaned up ready for installation of load beam<\/p>\n

\"P1170033-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Mar 21<\/p>\n

Nylon screws, I will use these later to secure the horizontal stab to the fuse<\/p>\n

\"P1170034-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Filler sheet<\/p>\n

\"P1170039-001\"<\/a> \"P1170043-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Turbulator spars one side of center panel<\/p>\n

\"P1170044-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Mar 22<\/p>\n

Load spreader, 1\/8 ply and a piece of beech to give then moth a strongback.<\/p>\n

The 1\/8″ ply is keyed to fit into slots in the fuselage side.<\/p>\n

\"P1170055-001\"<\/a> \"P1170050-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

1\/16″ balsa filler sheet , center panels tips<\/p>\n

\"P1170049-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Mar 24<\/p>\n

Fuse plan detail.<\/p>\n

TIP<\/p>\n

add a straight line down the center and line the formers up with it.<\/p>\n

\"P1170056-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

rearmost former<\/p>\n

\"P1170057-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"P1170058-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

forward former and 1\/2 tri gussets<\/p>\n

\"P1170059-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

nose block . 3\/4 tri gusset here was not found in kit<\/p>\n

\"P1170060-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"P1170061-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mar 25<\/p>\n

Canopy frame, and supports.<\/p>\n

Canopy will get secured with magnets to fuselage<\/p>\n

\"P1170062-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mar 27<\/p>\n

wing hold down Technique<\/p>\n

I spend a lot of time prepping and marking centerlines here.<\/p>\n

Nice to have everything come out straight and of course level wings<\/p>\n

\"P1170090-001\"<\/a> \"P1170089-001\"<\/a> \"P1170088-001\"<\/a> \"P1170087-001\"<\/a> \"P1170086-001\"<\/a> \"P1170085-001\"<\/a> \"P1170083-001\"<\/a> \"P1170084-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mar 28<\/p>\n

I finished up sheeting the center panel, at the wing panel join and moved on to other Fuselage parts.<\/p>\n

A shiny new tow hook and channel arrived today in the mail, what an opportunity to add that to the lower fuselage sheeting.<\/p>\n

\"20150327_145334-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The plans show a wood screw type L hook as a suitable arrangement for a tow hook however I was never a fan of those.<\/p>\n

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\"P1170096-001\"<\/a> \"P1170095-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I fabricated some 1\/8 ply parts to connect the channel to the fuse bottom<\/p>\n

\"P1170094-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mar 30<\/p>\n

The fun part is here, sanding and finishing.<\/p>\n

\"P1170100-001\"<\/a> \"P1170099-001\"<\/a> \"P1170098-001\"<\/a> \"P1170097-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mar 31<\/p>\n

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Wings and more wing.<\/p>\n

They are very light, or that’s what I believe, just north of 21 Oz<\/p>\n

and\u00a0 fragile to sand,<\/p>\n

\"P1170109-001\"<\/a> \"P1170108-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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April 01<\/p>\n

\"P1170113-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Horizontal stab mount with a plate and four screws. The fin will be bolted to the stab from the underside.<\/p>\n

\"P1170112-001\"<\/a> \"P1170111-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Adding the bottom rear balsa sheet..<\/p>\n

One side a a slight warp , about 1\/8 to 3\/16 inch over it’s length so I had to hold things square when I glued the bottom sheet on<\/p>\n

\"P1170110-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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April 1<\/p>\n

\"P1170117-001\"<\/a> \"P1170115-001\"<\/a> \"P1170114-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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April 02<\/p>\n

\"P1170119-001\"<\/a> \"P1170120-001\"<\/a> \"P1170121-001\"<\/a> \"P1170122-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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April 7<\/p>\n

Not a lot of visible progress at this point.\u00a0 I have done some work on sanding everything<\/p>\n

– fitting plastic canopy to the frame<\/p>\n

– building servo tray<\/p>\n

– reinforcing areas on vert and hori. stab where horns set<\/p>\n

– sanding bevels onto one edge of tail feathers.<\/p>\n

– sanding and shaping fuse for paint<\/p>\n

– prepping wing center panel for layer of FG cloth<\/p>\n

\"P1170123-001\"<\/a> \"P1170124-001\"<\/a> \"P1170125-001\"<\/a> \"P1170126-001\"<\/a> \"P1170127-001\"<\/a> \"P1170128-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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April 19<\/p>\n

After the second coat of paint..<\/p>\n

Some pinholes are starting too show and they will need to be filled<\/p>\n

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April 24<\/p>\n

\"P1170150-001\"<\/a> \"P1170151-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I set then on the scale right after I covered them 102.3 Grams each..<\/p>\n

That’s quite remarkable.<\/p>\n

\"P1170152-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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April 27<\/p>\n

Spoiler servos and access hatches<\/p>\n

\"P1170159-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Vertical fin and a splash of white.\"P1170158-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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April 28<\/p>\n

\"P1170160-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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April 29<\/p>\n

After 117 Hours of building I can see the end of the road.<\/p>\n

For anyone who’s ever built a plane and put in these hours , there is a sense of attachment somehow..<\/p>\n

However this Paragon is gonna go into a box and head west.<\/p>\n

I’d like to take the time to fly it, but then it won’t be new anymore..<\/p>\n

Here are a couple pictures of the horizontal and vertical stab.<\/p>\n

I still need to cover the fixed part of the hor stab, and add the hinge.<\/p>\n

I was fortunate to have enough red , last night I thought I wouldn’t have enough and thought I may have to add some blue or orange! :):)<\/p>\n

\"P1170162-001\"<\/a> \"P1170161-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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May 04<\/p>\n

Some more assembly work, soon this will be a standard ARF<\/p>\n

\"P1170193-001\"<\/a> \"P1170194-001\"<\/a> \"P1170195-001\"<\/a> \"P1170203-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

With it’s stable mate for the last few months, an Aquila Grande<\/p>\n

\"P1170206-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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May 06<\/p>\n

Balanced at center of spar<\/p>\n

Weight 1575 G<\/p>\n

Including:<\/p>\n

Receiver 38G<\/p>\n

Eneloop 107G<\/p>\n

Lead 179G<\/p>\n

1575 G\u00a0 ———–\u00a0 55 . 6 Oz<\/p>\n

Wing Area 1080 Sq In or 7.5 sq ft<\/p>\n

Wing load of\u00a0 7.4 oz\/sq ft<\/p>\n

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\"P1170213-002\"<\/a> \"P1170212-002\"<\/a> \"P1170211-002\"<\/a> \"P1170209-002\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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 6,570 total views,  1 views today May 20 In the box and ready to go with the Aquila Grande Update April 26 2015 Wings have been covered, the Paragon wing is at the right , appears as a one piece wing. However tip panels are removable A Nice example of a Paragon and another I posted this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1506","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/foresthaveninn.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/foresthaveninn.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/foresthaveninn.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foresthaveninn.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foresthaveninn.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1506"}],"version-history":[{"count":100,"href":"http:\/\/foresthaveninn.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2332,"href":"http:\/\/foresthaveninn.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1506\/revisions\/2332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/foresthaveninn.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}