Well, I have the kit, I have engines. But when I dug out my box of 1/2A and smaller engines to start my building project I find my .049, .020 and even my .010...
I saw one FFer who drilled a hole in the side of the tank and ran a piece of fuel line through the hole to the pick up. It worked fine. L8R Dan amcfromamac ...
Second reply: there also are some Cox engines made for CL models that have no tank, just a white plastic back-plate and a fuel nipple and a very good needle...
Though properly adjusted Dakotas can handle gobs of power -- I flew one once with a Cub .099 up front ! -- our major problem today is keeping our little...
I've tried back-to-front propeller installations on Dakotas and Sioux, but didn't like them much -- especially for Dakotas. That design relies partly on...
I recently re-kitted my beautifly red trimmed Baby Bee powered Dakota. After many sucessful flights and one quick mis-launch repair job, my little bipe caught...
Hi, My name is Al and I am new to this group. Has anyone flown a Dakota with Control Lines. I fly CL and I have one electric RC, which I haven't flown yet. The...
Hi Al: The first time I ever saw a Dakota it was flown as a control line plane that a kid built at a hobby show in Los Angeles. But, I have no details of ...
Hello, Dakota lovers everywhere: David was right: his dad DOES have something to say about high-powered Dakotas. First, let's talk about the engine. Babe Bees...
Hello All, Here's a couple photos my friend Jim Giblin took the final day of my red trimmed Dakota. He wasn't there to record the crash site and that's a good...
Hello, I'm Ed Toner of Brick NJ. I'm a 75 year ROF, and I have the BMJR DAKOTA on my cork building board. I built the DAKOTA way back in 1957 (if momory...
Welcome to the group Ed, I've seen a few models with the bottom of the wings covered. There's a reason why it was designed "not to be covered" I know for one,...
I could probably write a few thousand words on the Dakota's airfoil and its "special properties". Briefly, though : I developed that airfoil at a time when, ...
Joe, What is your assessment of the Dakota kit produced by BMJR or is it Easy Built? I seem to recall one of those companies currently selling it, but I may...
The Dakota kits being made by BMJR are quite good. Some minor glitches in the first couple of production runs caused flight problems, but those have been...
Thanks Joe, for the reply. I will be getting one of the BMJR kits in the near future. Nick ... From: Joe Wagner To: dakotastories@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
I am so pleased to find this group! My father bought a gazillion of these about 30 years ago. He would build them and we would all go to the desert and fly...
Hello and Welcome, Thanks for your story. Tell your dad, I think when we get our airplanes high enough, those flyboys up in heaven reach down and grab them to...
... airplanes high enough, those flyboys up in heaven reach down and grab them to fly too. ... messages is the address. If not, they are online for sure. If...
At a very recent flying weekend at Lost Hills, CA. my friend Zack lost his Dakota OOS. We were there to trim a few new airplanes before the up coming contests....
Well, I have paid for it, but I haven't gotten it yet. I finally got around to ordering a fullsize Dakota kit made by BMJR and sold by PennValley Hobby...
... one ... am ... in ... Nick, I'm always curious when someone builds a Dakota, what will you use for power? One of these days I'll get a kit too but will...
Dan asks me what I intend to power my new Dakota with? Actually, that is an excellent question.... that I haven't answered yet. To be truthful, I have some...
... that is an excellent question.... that I haven't answered yet. To be truthful, I have some old Cubs, Cox Pee Wee or Baby Bee, and an old Wasp, so my...
i like to build a couple Dakotas one free flight and one r/c using the OK cub .049 in the free flight one and the cox sure start in the r/c one but i don't...
Actually, I think some one has done an r/c version of the Dakota. Maybe it was even in a magazine, but I'm not sure. Maybe it was just mentioned in a column...
... the OK cub .049 in the free flight one and the cox sure start in the r/c one but i don't know how good the r/c one would fly as anyone ever converted one...
hey Steve do you have any pics you can share so i can get an idea how to covert one to r/c thanks ... Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make...
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