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	Flyin'Tim Site Supporter	Joined: June/05/2019 United States Posts: 76 IP Logged
Posted: January/13/2020 at 10:05pm		Quote

This is my Der Jager. Built from BUSA kit, powered by RCGF 55, covered and painted in Solartex graphics by Callie Graphics and finished this last summer. I won the best civilian scale built up at the Albuquerque Roadrunner Classic this past fall. Unfortunately most of the pics I have are during the build and have not received the pics of it flying from the photographer at the meet yet. I will have it out at our scale meet in May. 2020 San Juan All Scale Classic in Farmington,NM. Maybe I'll get some more pics then. (my Top Flite P-51 in the background

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	Bill Diedrich Basic Member	Joined: December/11/2017 United States Posts: 3 IP Logged
Posted: April/28/2021 at 8:07am		Quote

Getting ready to build the Balsa USA Der Jager, beautiful plane you have there. Question what did you do on the

Spandau guns? I have ordered the Balsa USA quarter scale gun kits as the third scale seamed a little to big for this

aircraft..

Hope tp hear from you soon....Thanks

Bill Diedrich

Ventress, Louisana

	Flyin'Tim Site Supporter	Joined: June/05/2019 United States Posts: 76 IP Logged
Posted: April/28/2021 at 6:22pm		Quote

Mine are 1/4 scale Williams Brothers kits. Cowl, wheel pants and turtle deck are still available from Fiberglass Specialties. Cowl is available in both versions, with engine cylinder blisters or without. Biggest challenge for the build is the cabane struts. Mine are modified with a plate brazed to the top that attach to the wings. This plate helped getting the incidence correct for the top wing. Plans only show two dimension but the bends in the wires are three dimensional. Good luck with the build and feel free to contact me if you have any issues.

Tim

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Primarily Scale Warbirds and Bipes:
33% Stearman, 33% Pitts Challenger, 33% Der Jager, 1/5 P-51, 1/6 P-47 x 2, 1/6 AT-6. Ziroli Hellcat, 1/6 Rare Bear ........and many more

	Bill Diedrich Basic Member	Joined: December/11/2017 United States Posts: 3 IP Logged
Posted: April/28/2021 at 7:03pm		Quote

Thanks Tim, that's what I thought the guns looked like, ordered them from Balsa USA, have had the short kit & fiberglass parts for almost

four or five years, just never had the time while I was working to get around to it. I will be making a jig to do the cabane struts, to make

certain they are correct, might do as you did braze a steel plate to the top for extra strength also.

Thanks for answering my post will be doing a build either here or on one of the other forums if time permits.

Bill D.

	Bill Diedrich Basic Member	Joined: December/11/2017 United States Posts: 3 IP Logged
Posted: May/03/2021 at 6:06pm		Quote

Tim how did you hide the servo wires for the upper wing servos? Did you use a

sperate servo on each aileron top and bottom or just 2 on top wing and slave the bottom?

Thanks,

Bill D.

	Flyin'Tim Site Supporter	Joined: June/05/2019 United States Posts: 76 IP Logged
Posted: May/03/2021 at 6:42pm		Quote

Bill.

I just used servos in the top wing and slaved on the bottom because the top has the larger ailerons. An old builder friend of mine told me he had problems with flutter on his originally by mounting servos in the bottom wing and slaving the top. The servo wire is hidden on the cabane using a piece of half round plastic and a flush mount plug (charge plug) mounted in the top wing for easy wing removal. Pretty clean set-up and no issues with flutter. Hope that helps.

Tim

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Primarily Scale Warbirds and Bipes:
33% Stearman, 33% Pitts Challenger, 33% Der Jager, 1/5 P-51, 1/6 P-47 x 2, 1/6 AT-6. Ziroli Hellcat, 1/6 Rare Bear ........and many more

	Johnboy151a Site Supporter	Joined: January/16/2011 United States Posts: 152 IP Logged
Posted: June/23/2022 at 9:50pm		Quote

Did you find it the be a little tail heavy when using the balance location on the plans?

	Flyin'Tim Site Supporter	Joined: June/05/2019 United States Posts: 76 IP Logged
Posted: April/24/2023 at 12:20pm		Quote

Picture in flight from last year.

I have made some modifications since this photo.

I just took it to Gunsmoke last month and finished 3rd in Expert with it.

More pictures to come.

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Primarily Scale Warbirds and Bipes:
33% Stearman, 33% Pitts Challenger, 33% Der Jager, 1/5 P-51, 1/6 P-47 x 2, 1/6 AT-6. Ziroli Hellcat, 1/6 Rare Bear ........and many more

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