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Offline dtango

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« on: June 28, 2007, 12:32:42 AM »
My Dad went out and got an RC airplane recently.  We decided to take it out for it's maiden flight recently so the grand kids, grandpa, and I went out to a local high school to give it go.  My wife happened to tag along since she was playing around with new lens for her camera.  Here's what she captured:

Prepping the Plane:



Noob Dweeb Pilot (ah, reminds me of my first time in the virtual skies!):


Slipping the Surly Bonds!!!





Turning over the field...


Dang, where did that goalpost come from???!!!  It must have cheated!!


"It's dead Dad", says youngest son


I think I'll give him the controls the next time!!!


The plane survived the crash amazingly.  However the impact severed the wires to the motor.  Fortunately with a little stripping of wire and soldering we repaired it.

Oh, and we did better the next time we took it up!

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Offline evenhaim

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« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2007, 01:15:47 AM »
hahah looks awsome tango ;), i started flying rc with a tiger trainer, then moved on to some more advanced biplanes and now i recently purchased an advanced p51 model with retractable gear and other features etc( similiar to this one http://cgi.ebay.com/NIB-84-5-Top-Flite-P51-D-Giant-Scale-RC-Kit_W0QQitemZ140131392090QQihZ004QQcategoryZ19164QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)... my cousin flys the jets like the knagaroo series hes a jet dweeb ;)
nice post:aok
« Last Edit: June 28, 2007, 01:20:25 AM by evenhaim »
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« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2007, 01:35:36 AM »
one word - duraplane.
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« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2007, 05:49:23 AM »
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hahah looks awsome tango ;), i started flying rc with a tiger trainer, then moved on to some more advanced biplanes and now i recently purchased an advanced p51 model with retractable gear and other features etc( similiar to this one http://cgi.ebay.com/NIB-84-5-Top-Flite-P51-D-Giant-Scale-RC-Kit_W0QQitemZ140131392090QQihZ004QQcategoryZ19164QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)... my cousin flys the jets like the knagaroo series hes a jet dweeb ;)
nice post:aok


That is friggin awsum! please don't show me more ways to waste money and time,lol.

But that looks really sweet!
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Offline thndregg

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« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2007, 07:32:35 AM »
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one word - duraplane.


My duraplane did well until a freak side blast of wind shoved my duraplane to the left on take-off and smashed it into the door of an old out-house. :huh
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« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2007, 07:45:45 AM »
Man your kids are getting older. :) Tango.
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