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Hi ray Welcome aboard. Changing from the spring gear would require a
LOT of work. You'd have to disassemble most of the fuselage floor to
install the attach points for the gear. You didn't say if you have
split flaps or flaperons but either way it's pretty easy to look out
the window to see where they are. The truth is they aren't really
very effective anyways. ------Original Message------ From:
raymondo@dcsol.com Sender: mike.davis@dcsol.com To:
rebel-builders@dcsol.com ReplyTo: rebel-builders@dcsol.com Subject:
[rebel-builders] New member with rebel Sent: Aug 7, 2011 2:24 AM

Hi all My name is ray and I live in Seattle and recently bought a
Rebel in California and flew it up north to Arlington. I have been
lurking on the board and searching the archives to glean specific
knowledge about these planes which I have coveted over the
years.n-2293c has the spring gear and a 290 with a 4blade warp drive
prop.I had spoken to Bob Patterson about this plane and he thought it
might have issues and I sort of cooled it for a while but did take
the plunge as it was the only rebel I was going to be able to afford.
It flys good and the motor makes good power,all is well for now. My
main ? to the group is what is the current thinking about landing
gear,and is there a source for some real hardy bungee gear and how
big a deal would it be? I have more ? of course and am trying to hook
up with Steve Sloan who is on the field and highly recommended as a
person and Rebel guy but have not caught up to him yet. I,m
practicing my landings w/o flaps for now as I only have a simple up
down switch and no indicator,this is the current # one thing to fix
and I hope to figure out exacly what I need to make the flaps
practical to use. I better stop here...Ray

You can always look up the mods that Alister (Alistair?) did in the
archives. Also a photo there I believe. IMO his spring gear is now
better than bungee gear even if the bungees are replaced with die springs.
Ken

On 8/7/2011 2:56 AM, drewjan@cabletv.on.ca wrote:

Hi ray Welcome aboard. Changing from the spring gear would require a
LOT of work. You'd have to disassemble most of the fuselage floor to
install the attach points for the gear. You didn't say if you have
split flaps or flaperons but either way it's pretty easy to look out
the window to see where they are. The truth is they aren't really
very effective anyways. ------Original Message------ From:
raymondo@dcsol.com Sender: mike.davis@dcsol.com To:
rebel-builders@dcsol.com ReplyTo: rebel-builders@dcsol.com Subject:
[rebel-builders] New member with rebel Sent: Aug 7, 2011 2:24 AM

Hi all My name is ray and I live in Seattle and recently bought a
Rebel in California and flew it up north to Arlington. I have been
lurking on the board and searching the archives to glean specific
knowledge about these planes which I have coveted over the
years.n-2293c has the spring gear and a 290 with a 4blade warp drive
prop.I had spoken to Bob Patterson about this plane and he thought it
might have issues and I sort of cooled it for a while but did take
the plunge as it was the only rebel I was going to be able to afford.
It flys good and the motor makes good power,all is well for now. My
main ? to the group is what is the current thinking about landing
gear,and is there a source for some real hardy bungee gear and how
big a deal would it be? I have more ? of course and am trying to hook
up with Steve Sloan who is on the field and highly recommended as a
person and Rebel guy but have not caught up to him yet. I,m
practicing my landings w/o flaps for now as I only have a simple up
down switch and no indicator,this is the current # one thing to fix
and I hope to figure out exacly what I need to make the flaps
practical to use. I better stop here...Ray

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Hi Ray!

Welcome to the group. As you've found out, it's a valuable source of info
(and entertainment at times).

And a big thanks to Mike Davis for all of his work running this thing!
Craig W

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken" <klehman@albedo.net>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] New member with rebel

You can always look up the mods that Alister (Alistair?) did in the
archives. Also a photo there I believe. IMO his spring gear is now
better than bungee gear even if the bungees are replaced with die
springs.
Ken

On 8/7/2011 2:56 AM, drewjan@cabletv.on.ca wrote:

Hi ray Welcome aboard. Changing from the spring gear would require a
LOT of work. You'd have to disassemble most of the fuselage floor to
install the attach points for the gear. You didn't say if you have
split flaps or flaperons but either way it's pretty easy to look out
the window to see where they are. The truth is they aren't really
very effective anyways. ------Original Message------ From:
raymondo@dcsol.com Sender: mike.davis@dcsol.com To:
rebel-builders@dcsol.com ReplyTo: rebel-builders@dcsol.com Subject:
[rebel-builders] New member with rebel Sent: Aug 7, 2011 2:24 AM

Hi all My name is ray and I live in Seattle and recently bought a
Rebel in California and flew it up north to Arlington. I have been
lurking on the board and searching the archives to glean specific
knowledge about these planes which I have coveted over the
years.n-2293c has the spring gear and a 290 with a 4blade warp drive
prop.I had spoken to Bob Patterson about this plane and he thought it
might have issues and I sort of cooled it for a while but did take
the plunge as it was the only rebel I was going to be able to afford.
It flys good and the motor makes good power,all is well for now. My
main ? to the group is what is the current thinking about landing
gear,and is there a source for some real hardy bungee gear and how
big a deal would it be? I have more ? of course and am trying to hook
up with Steve Sloan who is on the field and highly recommended as a
person and Rebel guy but have not caught up to him yet. I,m
practicing my landings w/o flaps for now as I only have a simple up
down switch and no indicator,this is the current # one thing to fix
and I hope to figure out exacly what I need to make the flaps
practical to use. I better stop here...Ray

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Hi ray Welcome aboard. Changing from the spring gear would require a LOT
of work. You'd have to disassemble most of the fuselage floor to install
the attach points for the gear. You didn't say if you have split flaps or
flaperons but either way it's pretty easy to look out the window to see
where they are. The truth is they aren't really very effective anyways.
------Original Message------
From: raymondo@dcsol.com
Sender: mike.davis@dcsol.com
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
ReplyTo: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: [rebel-builders] New member with rebel
Sent: Aug 7, 2011 2:24 AM

Hi all My name is ray and I live in Seattle and recently bought a Rebel
in
California and flew it up north to Arlington. I have been lurking on the
board
and searching the archives to glean specific knowledge about these planes
which I have coveted over the years.n-2293c has the spring gear and a 290
with a 4blade warp drive prop.I had spoken to Bob Patterson about this
plane
and he thought it might have issues and I sort of cooled it for a while
but did
take the plunge as it was the only rebel I was going to be able to afford.
It
flys good and the motor makes good power,all is well for now. My main ? to
the group is what is the current thinking about landing gear,and is there
a
source for some real hardy bungee gear and how big a deal would it be? I
have more ? of course and am trying to hook up with Steve Sloan who is on
the field and highly recommended as a person and Rebel guy but have not
caught up to him yet. I,m practicing my landings w/o flaps for now as I
only
have a simple up down switch and no indicator,this is the current # one
thing
to fix and I hope to figure out exacly what I need to make the flaps
practical
to use. I better stop here...Ray



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You can always look up the mods that Alister (Alistair?) did in the
archives. Also a photo there I believe. IMO his spring gear is now
better than bungee gear even if the bungees are replaced with die springs.
Ken

On 8/7/2011 2:56 AM, drewjan@cabletv.on.ca wrote:

Hi ray Welcome aboard. Changing from the spring gear would require a
LOT of work. You'd have to disassemble most of the fuselage floor to
install the attach points for the gear. You didn't say if you have
split flaps or flaperons but either way it's pretty easy to look out
the window to see where they are. The truth is they aren't really
very effective anyways. ------Original Message------ From:
raymondo@dcsol.com Sender: mike.davis@dcsol.com To:
rebel-builders@dcsol.com ReplyTo: rebel-builders@dcsol.com Subject:
[rebel-builders] New member with rebel Sent: Aug 7, 2011 2:24 AM

Hi all My name is ray and I live in Seattle and recently bought a
Rebel in California and flew it up north to Arlington. I have been
lurking on the board and searching the archives to glean specific
knowledge about these planes which I have coveted over the
years.n-2293c has the spring gear and a 290 with a 4blade warp drive
prop.I had spoken to Bob Patterson about this plane and he thought it
might have issues and I sort of cooled it for a while but did take
the plunge as it was the only rebel I was going to be able to afford.
It flys good and the motor makes good power,all is well for now. My
main ? to the group is what is the current thinking about landing
gear,and is there a source for some real hardy bungee gear and how
big a deal would it be? I have more ? of course and am trying to hook
up with Steve Sloan who is on the field and highly recommended as a
person and Rebel guy but have not caught up to him yet. I,m
practicing my landings w/o flaps for now as I only have a simple up
down switch and no indicator,this is the current # one thing to fix
and I hope to figure out exacly what I need to make the flaps
practical to use. I better stop here...Ray

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