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Blackhorse Macchi 200

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17 Feb 2014 10:30 #31 by Geoff dales

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Paint was still wet by the way

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17 Feb 2014 11:13 #32 by Geoff dales

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Postys just been with some servos :cheer:

these are the tower pros I ordered for flaps and rudder

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17 Feb 2014 11:39 #33 by Tony F

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And what lovely electric motor is going in this....

I do like electric...

Looking really nice Geoff....bet this is going to look lovely in the air.

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17 Feb 2014 13:06 #34 by Geoff dales

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Sorry Tony thats a bit like eating quorn chicken fillets or meat free bacon

my smart phone is more clever than me

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17 Feb 2014 13:14 #35 by Tony F

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Geoff dales wrote: Sorry Tony thats a bit like eating quorn chicken fillets or meat free bacon

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Lol fair enough....worth a try though...might of persuaded you....enjoy your real bacon and chicken Sir...lovely looking model though...All I can find on YouTube is the 200 or 205....is this a new beasty Geoff ?

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17 Feb 2014 15:56 #36 by RobC

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I was looking on Google earlier and found the wikipedia link - did you know that the left wing was longer than the right one to counter prop reaction, and that the ailerons were coupled to the flaps to give full span flap effect?
It's main fault seems to have been a tendency to flat spin, cured by some clever so and so nailing ply to the wing surface, changing the section. Italian engineering at it's best :S

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19 Feb 2014 08:00 - 19 Feb 2014 08:06 #37 by RobC

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Google found a couple of links- BH Macchi , and general Macchi 200

Sorry - second link seems to have gone wrong!

What engine are you using Geoff? A search on RCU comes up with the septics finding 120 four strokes enough - amazing as I thought they would have gone the other way with 50cc petrol.

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19 Feb 2014 08:25 #38 by Geoff dales

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hi rob im using a dle 30 :evil:

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20 Feb 2014 14:38 #39 by Geoff dales

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Back to doing a bit today. Bought a new pc Tuesday so ive been fiddling with that and wife went to bed early last night as shes got a chest infection . I started to watch tv and woke up on the settee freezing at 1am

Anyway ive added the horns this morning and got them painted using humbrol 165 which seems a reasonable match. I thought they would look better in grey than having big black bits waggling about.horns are the usual Blackhorse moulded items that they use on larger models are are well up to the job

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20 Feb 2014 16:20 #40 by Geoff dales

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and painted

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20 Feb 2014 16:42 #41 by Ex-Member

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that looks so much better now Geoff.

cant wait to see how you get on with the rest of the model.

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20 Feb 2014 20:53 #42 by Geoff dales

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Bit more done tonight. Aileron horns fitted and painted and also rear of firewall / cowl ring.ive also painted the inside of the wheel wells and doors green. Some of it might look a bit rough round the edges but it's hidden in the wing joint but I've painted it to minimise the risk of seeing bare wood

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21 Feb 2014 11:17 #43 by RobC

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Geoff, do you intend using the supplied air retracts? If so what do you use to split the pipes for removing the wings? I'm sore tempted to go electric, except a decent set of electrics is around the £200 mark.

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21 Feb 2014 11:38 #44 by Geoff dales

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Going to order some quick connects from fighter aces plus a schrader fill valve and some more piping some its colour coded

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24 Feb 2014 20:10 - 24 Feb 2014 20:27 #45 by Geoff dales

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I sprayed one of the tail plane halfs in satin fuel proofer yesterday and the result is just what I was looking for. Photos below are of one half sprayed the other not for comparison

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