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Old 2007-06-01
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First Name: Stephane
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Tonight with Chris we finally got the Me109 airborne, for a few seconds at least. Still more problems with kinks in the fuel line, and overly long fuel tube line caused a lot of grief in starting th engine and keeping it runing. Once we fixed this problem, we managed to get it launched. Certainly no problems with power, and elevator throws were good, but unfortunately, roll authority was non-existant.

The fuel drawing problems are solved, but this aileron thing is turning out to be more difficult. I built them exactly as the plans called for (4 coroplast flutes wide) but that may be too small. Initial tries to fix it by shoving music wire (5/32?) down the flues of the ailerons does not appear to allowing the rigitiy needed. The fuselage is sound, but I may need to rebuild a new wing with larger ailerons and a better placed torque rod. Luckily, minus the painting, I can complete a new combat wing within a day

Thanks to Chris for all the help he's been providing!
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