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Offline Hangtime

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« on: August 03, 2002, 08:33:46 PM »
Fairchild M-62 as flown at Wright Field, Sept 1939. Done outta the DynaFlite PT-19 kit.. 90" wing, 19 lbs. Zenoah G38 for power, B&B smoker, 6 servos.

Got 5 shakedown sorties on it so far.. two dead stick landings; one damn near fatal 'awshit' and 2 sweet 3 pointers. Got all the bugs worked out (i hope like hell i do, anyway) now and it's time to start pushin the envelope.

Takin it to Floyd Bennet Field tomorrow for a warbirds meet to really start wringin it out.. any bets on weather or not I bring it back in one piece? ;)
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« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2002, 08:38:42 PM »
'nuther shot
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« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2002, 08:40:07 PM »
...and functional oleo strut gear... (thank god) ;)
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« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2002, 09:40:35 PM »
looks like lil hangtime can fit into the cockpit while daddy shows him a ride.  it's HUGE!!!!

Don't fly that thing near any buildings hang :)

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« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2002, 09:49:31 PM »
Man, you sure do nice work. I really like that one. Looks like a super flyer, too.
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Offline mason22

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« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2002, 12:27:13 AM »
did the cat's chute get packed?  :D
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Offline easymo

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« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2002, 02:14:33 AM »
Looks like a lot of work went into it.
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Offline SirLoin

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« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2002, 02:32:08 AM »
Nice..!

Bigger is better..:)
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« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2002, 05:23:53 AM »
I fail to see any cat-straps in that cockpit :confused:

Oh, this is just a test ride, right? :D
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« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2002, 08:49:10 AM »
Damn fine job Hangtime!  She looks sweet!

What type of RC box ya got?
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« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2002, 10:55:21 AM »
Nice:D
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Offline Hangtime

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« Reply #11 on: August 07, 2002, 07:18:04 AM »
Skuz, it's flyin on a Fatoooooba Super 7, but a standard 5 channel box could fly it. It grooves really well, but feels 'heavy'. Not too surprising... this is also the first bird I've built with wingloads over 25 oz to the foot. Chop the thottle, it plummets fer the pavement with aclarity. :D

Fuzz and the Goof both distrust it hugely... for an entire evening, every time they got close to it to investigate I'd snatch up the Tx box and start jostling the controls wildly. They think it's possessed. Muahahhahha!
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« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2002, 07:30:26 AM »
Hangtime are you one of the old geezers who flies cubs and sits on the bench all day complaining about the 3D pilots?

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« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2002, 08:03:20 AM »
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Chop the thottle, it plummets fer the pavement with aclarity. :D
 


Very well modeled then, I'd say.

Looks very nice Hang. Come to Nebraska, I'll get you a ride in a real one.  :)
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« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2002, 01:43:11 PM »
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Fuzz and the Goof both distrust it hugely... for an entire evening, every time they got close to it to investigate I'd snatch up the Tx box and start jostling the controls wildly. They think it's possessed. Muahahhahha!


atta boy hang!
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