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January 28th, 2010, 08:54 PM
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Heres another 6or7 year hangarqueen I resurected last fall and flew around 30 hours in. not a pretty restoration, but runs and flys well now. Very airworthy.
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March 2nd, 2010, 11:25 PM
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Nice Challenger. Maybe this summer I can post pictures of my CH II completion.
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March 3rd, 2010, 09:56 PM
Re: HQ's

Wrong forum and totally unrelated, but does angling the antennas back like that actually reduce drag or is it just aesthetics?

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March 3rd, 2010, 10:57 PM
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Angling the antenna back reduces the strain on the mounting.
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March 4th, 2010, 10:54 AM
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The angle will reduce the frontal area FOR A GIVEN ROD LENGTH.
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March 5th, 2010, 02:08 AM
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Thanks.

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