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Offline bob149

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« Reply #15 on: June 22, 2005, 04:31:37 AM »
Styrker would be a bit fast for a beginner i wouldve thought ....
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« Reply #16 on: June 22, 2005, 05:08:07 AM »
not for novice..but something to look forward to.
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« Reply #17 on: June 22, 2005, 05:12:13 AM »
yep yr right there , would like one myself  hehe they look fun :D , u seen the pony they do? very nice
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« Reply #18 on: June 22, 2005, 05:25:07 AM »
There are a couple of videos on that link as well.


http://www.parkzone.com
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« Reply #19 on: June 22, 2005, 05:29:16 AM »
Yea ive seen it ..want one ....
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« Reply #20 on: June 22, 2005, 09:27:59 AM »
Hang,

Thanks bud, that's just the info I was looking for. I know me. If I get into this stuff I know I'll be pushing myself to get faster and more maneuverable planes in short order or atleast after I stop destroying the plane by the second flight. :D

I think the wingdragon or wind dragon will be the way I go. I hope I can find one locally as I rarely stay in one place long enough to start odering stuff. This is a kick as I am getting pumped about flying again. It only took a little over a year since I sold my Comanche for that to happen. :lol

Guys keep the advice and info coming!
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« Reply #21 on: June 22, 2005, 09:56:52 AM »
I'll throw in my two bits.  If you're serious about making RC a hobby, it's better to start off with a high quality radio.  Get a good computer controlled 7+ radio.  Most on the market are capable of storing memories for several different airplanes, meaning you can use the same radio on 5 different planes.  As you progress in skill you only have to purchase a plane, engine and servos since you already have the transmitter.
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« Reply #22 on: June 25, 2005, 06:30:14 PM »
Well I picked up a Slo-V and went to the flying field. I was able to talk to a local club's trainer and get a bit of advance help. I have a couple flights now and still have an airplane. It is very sensitive to wind so I didn't get very much flight time. The darn thing IS slow but spooky in it's responses to inputs. At one point I completed a loop. I didn't intend to loop it but the wind caught it and flipped the nose way up. Now it's going to be a grind to figure out how to get it up and down without hurting it. :eek:
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« Reply #23 on: June 25, 2005, 09:59:50 PM »
LOL.. took a big setta gnads to show up at a R/C field with a park flyer set up on surface frequency band! Glad yah did tho.. sounds like you got some decent help. Don't let the big pattern most R/C guys fly rattle yah.. most 'park flyer' flying is done 'in close' rather than 'out there'.

You'll have a blast! Pick your times to fly based completely on wind.. early morning and dusk are good times to step outside and toss it. I flew a Slo-V indoors at a local high school gym.. it's plenty agile enff to fly it under a street light in a shopping center parking lot. :)

It's a mite feeble on a 6 cell (7.2v) pack.. does much better with a 7 cell (8.4v) pack. I had a guy that was a ukie pilot, never tried R/C before. Stuck him on the pitchers mound at a little leauge field with a park flyer and told him to fly it around himself.. he had it knocked first flight.

Good luck!
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« Reply #24 on: June 25, 2005, 10:17:22 PM »
Got the 7 cell battery and it makes a big difference on flight length. I'm going to try to find a big open field somewhere close so I can play with it a bit and get used to it without having a bunch of other flyers watching.

There was a guy on the field that showed up with a scale P51. The wingspan was about 6' and hew was using a 4cycle overhead valve engine in it. He did some nice passes by the stands and gave us all a heart attack when he almost stalled it on landing short of the runway.

The field is on a small hill top. The runway is about 300' long but not flat. Each end of the runway has a steep dropoff with trees. One end is very close to a lake about 60 feet below and the planes in the pattern are flying over water on approach. The trees make it look like the plane is going to settle into the tops before it makes it to the runway. There was a little wind shear at each end too.

There werer 2 guys with electrics there. One was a semi scale P47, fast but not too maneuverable. The other guy had a profile 3D plane and made it look easy doing a lot of inverted low passes and flying into and out of the gaser plane pattern accross the runway on one end. He did pretty well other than needing a hand to launch his bird. He flew from crutches and had just one leg. One of the other guys said he usually flies helo's.

No one said anything negative about the electrics. A couple other guys said they were getting far more common now and that there was a decline locally in the nitro flyers numbers. At least there was a big difference in frequencies so the electrics didn't bother the other planes a bit.
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« Reply #25 on: June 25, 2005, 10:32:13 PM »
Yer on the path! Mosta my electrics didn't have landing gear.. why mess up the aerodynamics of a 6 minute flight for a 2 second takeoff or landing. ;) "Landing gears is fer overweight gassers that need some defense against a muffed landing approach."

I sense yer circling the hook now.. I predict that after yah get a coupla solo flights under yer belt (without a peanut gallery) you'll have found a new highly satisfactory way to kill time and annoy yer wife.

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« Reply #26 on: June 25, 2005, 11:00:59 PM »
Best Trainer:

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXMU53**&P=0

This is a real wood/covering model, with a quality OS engine, quality Futaba FM radio.

All for $279 - really quite amazing.
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« Reply #27 on: July 05, 2005, 05:42:08 PM »
Don't mean to violate rule 13 again.  I wanted to respond to this before, but didn't have the time to research what I wanted to show you.

I was first successful with the Dynaflight "Piece 'O' Cake glider for .049.  Flew it till I crashed it and patched it, over and over.

Then, the Clancy design of the "Lazy Bee."  What a really fine, slow, forgiving trainer airplane, available Ready To Fly.  You can go electric or gas.  I can't recommend it enough. You don't have to build it up, and you can go gas or electric.  And I did it on my own.

This was my first real success.  I still have it after about 11 flights.

The chord on this wing is ridiculas. It flies on a .15 gas motor - not to bad if you have a little space.  The good thing is that it was originally made for electric.  Check it out, bro.

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« Reply #28 on: July 05, 2005, 06:16:57 PM »
Here's a goal for you:

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