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Offline Hangtime

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« on: June 20, 2005, 10:39:20 AM »
Finshed.. at last. My first big 'stringbag'. Now I'm ready fer Rhinebeck!

Balsa USA Kit, span; 80". Weight 17lbs, power, Zenoah G-38.  Documentation, 60 Squadron, November 1917, Billy Bishop's SE5a.



Flys and sounds just freakin GREAT!

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« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2005, 10:40:42 AM »
Wow, that looks pretty danged sweet!
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« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2005, 10:44:03 AM »
A friend of mine's gotta DR-1 in the same sale.. now I can dogfight his mangy butt.

"'Red Baron, my ass!"

Muahahhahha!
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« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2005, 10:47:34 AM »
Wow! That's beautiful. I'd ball it up in 30 seconds :)
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« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2005, 10:57:38 AM »
Have to admit it looks awesome and I am jealous.
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« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2005, 11:04:50 AM »
Way cool Hang.

I gotta ask. Where the heck do you keep all these planes?
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« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2005, 11:06:44 AM »
Oh and I always thought this was a "Stringbag"


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« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2005, 11:10:12 AM »
That is beauty!...Got all summer to fly it now eh?..Nice timing!:D
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« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2005, 11:25:57 AM »
WOW vvveerrryy nice Hangtime, it looks really great!
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« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2005, 11:35:11 AM »
Outstanding job hangtime.. WTG :)

Midnight has a point tho... the swardfish was nicknamed the stringbag if i remember it correctly.
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« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2005, 11:43:49 AM »
wow...me likey.  That would look GREAT hanging in my office, but I wouldn't dare ever fly it.  :)
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« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2005, 12:13:34 PM »
Looks nice!

Man after my own heart, choosing the Se5a :)

You need the streamers on the outer wing spars, would be awesome.  If i had one i would quite simply have to get it in Ball's, McCudden's or possibly Mannock's markings

found a pic of one with the ribbon on the wing spars:-



Se5's are beautiful.


When he uses the term "Stringbag" i think he is referring to a biplane.  The Swordfish did have it as a nickname, but i guess that was probably due to a biplane being such a rarity when WWII came round and it adopted it as its name.
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« Reply #12 on: June 20, 2005, 12:20:56 PM »
Looks great Hangtime, I'm envious.

I have a question regaeding all electric RC planes. Does anyone have an idea where a rank beginner should go for that type of equipment? I am interested but don't have the space or resources to do the more traditional "gas" powered models. Since I'm a full time RVer I have limited space, storage and will need to find smaller places to fly so the all electric is likely my best choice.

I need recomendations as to what to get and what to avoid. I'm also on a very small budget.  :(

Any help would be appreciated, and thanks in advance.





Note, that at no time did I confuse Hangtime with Ripsnort. Any claims I did are libelous lies lkely started by some person who lives on a small Island and snorts too much salt water......

PS any claims I edited my original post to make any corrections are also fabrications likely to be from some pink short wearing salt water snorting islander and should not be believed!
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« Reply #13 on: June 20, 2005, 12:31:57 PM »
Did Mav just call Hangtime Rip?



Yes, I believe he did.

:)
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« Reply #14 on: June 20, 2005, 12:36:15 PM »
Damn Mav, what did Hang ever do to you that was so bad? ;)
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