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<P>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. </P>
<P>Aeroslave pipe is my current fave tho, and Lance and Gray give GREAT support for them. </P>
<P>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. </P>
<P>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. </P>
<P>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. </P>
<P>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. </P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif">All that said, it IS an excellent-flying plane! </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif">Hope all this helps! </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif">Rick </P>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>"Anthony Romano" <anthonyr105@hotmail.com></I><BR>Reply-To: <I>NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org></I><BR>To: <I>nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</I><BR>Subject: <I>[NSRCA-discussion] Brio RX setup</I><BR>Date: <I>Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:48:23 -0400</I><BR>>The Mac's headers work fine and are easily available. I can't remember what<BR>>rise but they only make two. Just get the bigger and you should have plenty<BR>>of room. Replace the bolts for the header since the ones that come with the<BR>>header are a little short and are prone to stripping the threads.<BR>><BR>> When you get the engine replace the bearing with a SS one. It will just<BR>>save you a time later. I pay up and buy the EFI bearing from Tower since I<BR>>have never had luck
with bearing house "equivalents". Also, order and extra<BR>>drive washer key way and spacer from Tower these parts are just too easily<BR>>lost. Replace the o -ring under the carb with a thicker one from the<BR>>hardware store.<BR>><BR>> I have used both pipes and the Aeroslave just fits but works fine. If you<BR>>go with the ES get the short one. I think it is the 2c140s9.<BR>><BR>> Make installing your elevator setup your last step. Both of mine were VERY<BR>>tail heavy with an RX even after replacing the rudder on #2.<BR>><BR>> Glad to hear yours is straight. Hope your stab socket was glued in<BR>>correctly. Check your wing adjusters to make sure you get the correct<BR>>incidence without maxing them out. Wish I could go an extra half turn on<BR>>mine.<BR>><BR>>Reinforce your landing gear mount as shown
on RCU. Mine was so loose when I<BR>>opened the box I had to remove it and re-glue. As luck would have it, it<BR>>came loose on Sunday sidelining me again.<BR>><BR>> Check to make sure your floor is glued in and the nomex is continuous. My<BR>>first one had so many holes I added a layer of glass to prevent the Nomex<BR>>from becoming fuel soaked. It might be worth glassing the joints of the<BR>>floor w/ some 1/2 ounce glass and thinned finishing resin at least closest<BR>>to the engine.<BR>><BR>>If you are an not an NSRCA member join and check out some of Rick Wallace's<BR>>(D1 AVP) columns from earlier in the year as he published a lot of our<BR>>experiences assembling Brio's w/ RX's.<BR>><BR>>Good Luck<BR>><BR>>Anthony<BR>><BR>><BR>> >From: Kelly Regan <kelly.regan2@verizon.net><BR>>
>Reply-To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><BR>> >To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><BR>> >Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] cost of electric - now engine choice<BR>> >Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:32:40 -0400<BR>> ><BR>> >Thank you again everyone,<BR>> ><BR>> >I have a few more questions about the 140 RX...<BR>> ><BR>> >What is the part number for the Macs header that will work<BR>> >with the Brio? What about the OS header?<BR>> ><BR>> >Pipes, I was confusing the ES Composites and the Aeroslave composite<BR>> >pipes.... is 2C140L9 the correct pipe to fit the Brio from ES?<BR>> >What about the pipe from Aeroslave? what about the pipe from OS?<BR>> ><BR>> >Pipe mounts, what should I be looking
for?<BR>> ><BR>> >Besides central hobbies, any other place I should be looking for a<BR>> >good price on the 140RX, headers, or pipes?<BR>> ><BR>> >Keith,<BR>> >I am assuming you are KeithB on RCU, if so I have read your entire<BR>> >thread on building the Brio a couple of times... After seeing you<BR>> >pictures and how you had to relocate the wing tubes I started<BR>> >measuring...<BR>> ><BR>> >Everything on the plane I purchased is really close, I even set up a<BR>> >transit and looked things over.<BR>> ><BR>> >--<BR>> >Kelly Regan<BR>> >Visit the Georgetown Branch: http://mysite.verizon.net/vze6uror/<BR>> >Freestate Aeromodelers: http://www.freestateaeromodelers.org/<BR>> ><BR>> >_______________________________________________<BR>> >NSRCA-discussion
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