[NSRCA-discussion] Brio RX setup

Mon Sep 25 05:38:14 AKDT 2006

Another ditto on Aeroslave....I had a pipe failure after 98 runs....
Lance & Gray will treat you right:-)  They are very concerned with
getting the product as good as it can be.  These guys are competitors
who know what downtime means to a pattern flyer.

Chris White

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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Rick
Wallace
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 11:20 AM
To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Brio RX setup

Anthony has it right as usual; one note: the ES Medium pipe will fit
fine in the Brio; you won't need the short one. The Long will be too
long. 

Aeroslave pipe is my current fave tho, and Lance and Gray give GREAT
support for them. 

I found the need for extra cooling holes in the pipe enclosure to the
tune of several square inches of holes at the rear of each side of the
pipe tunnel. WIthout these holes the engine and and pipe would get WAYYY
too hot. WIth them I've had no problems. 

Agree about making sure the pipe floor is fuel proof. I put a layer of
silkspan and thinned epoxy on mine (Thanks, Ron L for that idea!) and
have had no issues, but the nomex as installed was REALLY full of
pinholes. 

Your landing gear should have THREE bolts on each leg. My fuse came w/
TWO holes per side, and it took about three sets of broken gear and some
looking at others' setups to figure out the extra needed hole. 

I also didn't like the dowel-type hold downs for canopy and cowl and
went w/ 4-40 bolts / blind nuts for both - three in the cowl, four in
the canopy. Keeps the rattles at bay. 

All that said, it IS an excellent-flying plane! 

Hope all this helps! 

Rick 

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	From:  "Anthony Romano" <anthonyr105 at hotmail.com>
	Reply-To:  NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
	To:  nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
	Subject:  [NSRCA-discussion] Brio RX setup
	Date:  Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:48:23 -0400
	>The Mac's headers work fine and are easily available. I can't
remember what
	>rise but they only make two.  Just get the bigger and you
should have plenty
	>of room. Replace the bolts for the header since the ones that
come with the
	>header are a little short and are prone to stripping the
threads.
	>
	>   When you get the engine replace the bearing with a SS one.
It will just
	>save you a time later. I pay up and buy the EFI bearing from
Tower since I
	>have never had luck with bearing house "equivalents". Also,
order and extra
	>drive washer key way and spacer from Tower these parts are just
too easily
	>lost. Replace the o -ring under the carb with a thicker one
from the
	>hardware store.
	>
	>   I have used both pipes and the Aeroslave just fits but works
fine. If you
	>go with the ES get the short one. I think it is the 2c140s9.
	>
	>   Make installing your elevator setup your last step. Both of
mine were VERY
	>tail heavy with an RX even after replacing the rudder on #2.
	>
	>   Glad to hear yours is straight. Hope your stab socket was
glued in
	>correctly. Check your wing adjusters to make sure you get the
correct
	>incidence without maxing them out. Wish I could go an extra
half turn on
	>mine.
	>
	>Reinforce your landing gear mount as shown on RCU. Mine was so
loose when I
	>opened the box I had to remove it and re-glue. As luck would
have it, it
	>came loose on Sunday sidelining me again.
	>
	>   Check to make sure your floor is glued in and the nomex is
continuous. My
	>first one had so many holes I added a layer of glass to prevent
the Nomex
	>from becoming fuel soaked. It might be worth glassing the
joints of the
	>floor w/ some 1/2 ounce glass and thinned finishing resin at
least closest
	>to the engine.
	>
	>If you are an not an NSRCA member join and check out some of
Rick Wallace's
	>(D1 AVP)  columns from earlier in the year as he published a
lot of our
	>experiences assembling Brio's w/ RX's.
	>
	>Good Luck
	>
	>Anthony
	>
	>
	> >From: Kelly Regan <kelly.regan2 at verizon.net>
	> >Reply-To: NSRCA Mailing List
<nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
	> >To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
	> >Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] cost of electric - now engine
choice
	> >Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:32:40 -0400
	> >
	> >Thank you again everyone,
	> >
	> >I have a few more questions about the 140 RX...
	> >
	> >What is the part number for the Macs header that will work
	> >with the Brio?  What about the OS header?
	> >
	> >Pipes,  I was confusing the ES Composites and the Aeroslave
composite
	> >pipes....   is 2C140L9 the correct pipe to fit the Brio from
ES?
	> >What about the pipe from Aeroslave? what about the pipe from
OS?
	> >
	> >Pipe mounts,  what should I be looking for?
	> >
	> >Besides central hobbies, any other place I should be looking
for a
	> >good price on the 140RX, headers, or pipes?
	> >
	> >Keith,
	> >I am assuming you are KeithB on RCU, if so I have read your
entire
	> >thread on building the Brio a couple of times...  After
seeing you
	> >pictures and how you had to relocate the wing tubes I started
	> >measuring...
	> >
	> >Everything on the plane I purchased is really close, I even
set up a
	> >transit and looked things over.
	> >
	> >--
	> >Kelly Regan
	> >Visit the Georgetown Branch:
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze6uror/
	> >Freestate Aeromodelers: http://www.freestateaeromodelers.org/
	> >
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