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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: nopoop on July 30, 2003, 11:11:13 PM
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Been exploring alternative life styles and found one that might be up the old ally.
AN OLD CODGER R/C DUDE !!!
I studied up, hit the field and "absorbed".
First thing I realized is there is a particular style of dress when doin the R/C thing.
I went out and bought some kaki shorts and sandels. The most important item of apparal seemed to be those "straw" type hats that golfers wear. With the holes in them so the lack of hair shows through ?? YOUKNOWTHEKINE.
Started hangin out with the codgers and learned the lingo. Glow plugs and CG's, frequencies and fuel mixtures...
Jeez I got thousands of hours flying sims and once upon a time I was a real honest to goodness real plane renter..
Cake.
Sent away for one of those "Ready to fly" trainers with a 6 foot wing span with the engine pre-run, ready to go. Put it together. Got my "Field box" with a power panel, starter, fuel pump..
We ain't messin around here..
So the time has come, planes ready to go, field box is on the curb out front of the house..
I slip in..to THE shorts, sandels and the hat..
Properly attired I stroll out with my plane..
Brother John straddles the beast so it won't move, and using all these thingies with wires and stuff I bought..
I BROUGHT IT TO LIFE !!!!!!!
WHOOT !!
I ran it though the paces, full throttle, slam it to idle and it's purring like a kitten..
Jeez this is GREAT !!!
So feeling full of myself with MY plane purring like a kitten I says to Brother John..
"Let here go, I'll taxi her around.."
It went well for four or five seconds...but the throttle was too high and .. then I got mixed up.
There was an altercation with the neighbors car...
I'll keep you posted..
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Nopoop,
If you dont already have an instructor lined up and if you arent too far from Ione. I'll help ya out for free. I've trained about 30 guys to fly RC. Still got all my fingers too, In spite of that Graupner 3 blader on the YS 120 in my Raven. ;)
prillr aka fli
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In the news today from Japan:
SAGA -- A famer lost his leg Wednesday in a freak accident when a radio-controlled helicopter he was operating came crashing into him, police said.
The injured man, Narichika Aoki, was operating a crop-dusting helicopter over rice paddies in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, when he suddenly lost control of the aircraft shortly before 8 a.m.
The helicopter flew straight into the 35-year-old man and cut off his right leg with its rotor blade, police said.
Complete story at source:http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20030730p2a00m0dm024000c.html
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Originally posted by fullback
In the news today from Japan:
SAGA -- A famer lost his leg Wednesday in a freak accident when a radio-controlled helicopter he was operating came crashing into him, police said.
The injured man, Narichika Aoki, was operating a crop-dusting helicopter over rice paddies in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, when he suddenly lost control of the aircraft shortly before 8 a.m.
The helicopter flew straight into the 35-year-old man and cut off his right leg with its rotor blade, police said.
Complete story at source:http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20030730p2a00m0dm024000c.html
Wait! I saw this in a movie once... where all the machines come to life and try to kill the humans at a truckstop diner. Had Emilio Estevez in it. I think it was based on a Stephen King story... what's the name...what's the name... can't recall. Sorry.
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Maximum Overdrive
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Fli good to see ya here. Still lining up an instructor at the local field. Just wanted to get familier with starting and driving it around on the ground so I wouldn't be a COMPLETE geek at the field. Hopefully this weekend poop will fly..
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OK then,
If ya wanna practice go get Tower Hobbies "Real Flight"
R/C Simulator. The 1st Time I thought I'd just "taxi around" to practice........I ended up with a Goldberg Falcon 56 Mk2 that was AIRBORNE! Can you say Insta Solo??
I landed it without damage (with a little luck) and promptly packed it back up till I could hook up with an instructor.
Fli
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3 things poop.
1- You almost make that hobby sound appealing
2- Great dogfighting with you around 95 tonight. Hooligan, Apache too.
3- Thank you for the addition to my sig.
If you need some compound for your neighbors car, let me know.
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Muck that was a pretty good fight goin on there. Those two fields and the fields opposite in the "smile" produce some good ones.
Lotsa reversal and overshoot work. Now if I can just get 50's mounted on that Spitty V I'll be able to pop'um on the go-though..
Hoolie gave me homework.
Good fun.
Fli, I could of swore I saw a Prillr in that fight ??
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You are right nopoop - that was great at 95.
You guys sure know how to find the furballs. Its gotten to the point that I log in and do a goto for you or Apache or Lazs and it puts me at the shortest funnest fight.
-S- the BKs for saving me the research time!
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Back in the day of my RC flyin, I bought my first scale P-51 Mustang...it was beautiful. Paid 500.00(1979 mind you) and installed the radio.
Now I had flown for a couple of years, but never a tail dragger. My bud told me he would train me....said to meet him at an ultra lite field we flew out of. Told me to only practice taxiing the plane around until he got there.
So that's what I was doing until I got a little fast and thought to myself...hey, I can do this. I added power, the tail came up...I pulled back, firewalled it....snap!!! Into the ground it went.
I sold it to my friend that very night for 250.00.
Moral of the story is this....get help:)
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Originally posted by muckmaw
2- Great dogfighting with you around 95 tonight. Hooligan, Apache too.
Oh yeah.. that's how it starts.
"Maybe just a little taste".
"Gee, I think I'll try some of that again".
"Certainly has an interesting flavor, doesn't it?"
How quickly and subtly it can come to RULE YOUR LIFE.
Run away! Run away!
That's the DARK SIDE you're fooling with there chum.
It will quickly surround you, embrace you.... OWN you!
"FUR! FUR! MORE FUR! I must have FUR!"
;)
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Had a friend that spent a grand on a helicopter. He busted it up pretty good on his first try and sold it to me for $500. I repaired it for less than $50 and tried to teach myself how to hover. I can easily see how one of those could take a leg off. Anyhow, two crashes later I sold the radio for $100 and wrote the rest off as a learning experience. I shoulda stuck with r/c gliders. Someday I'll get back into it.
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Originally posted by Toad
Oh yeah.. that's how it starts.
"Maybe just a little taste".
"Gee, I think I'll try some of that again".
"Certainly has an interesting flavor, doesn't it?"
How quickly and subtly it can come to RULE YOUR LIFE.
Run away! Run away!
That's the DARK SIDE you're fooling with there chum.
It will quickly surround you, embrace you.... OWN you!
"FUR! FUR! MORE FUR! I must have FUR!"
;)
"What a strange person"
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Actually, I logged 1 hour less this month in fighters than bombers.
This is nothing new for me. Somtimes I just need a quick fix, and don't have time or energy for a 1 hour bomber mission.
Anyway, the "Dark" side will not be a problem for me after the number of times I had my arnold handed to me last night.
If they make a fighter with guns that fire backward, I'll be in great shape.;)
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Flying a fighter is not necessarily furballing.
There's lots of guys that have a very high K/D in fighters that aren't worth a hoot in a true fur. Generally speaking, these guys have no idea about the power of pure fur. They think they know, but they don't.
It's Luke's worst nightmare and a thousand times more threatening than Darth's most dire warnings make it out to be.
Once it gets in your blood, there is no known cure.
AH2 may fulfill you're kinder, gentler "mission oriented", " I need to have official rank" side.....
but fur appeals to the basest, lowest level of man's cruel nature...
beware the Dark Side!
:D
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nopoop, im head trainer for our club, been flying rc for 30 years.
Bring it to texas be glad to teach you to fly.
And welcome to the RC world. It's about going out and chewing the fat, with an ocasional flight.
HiTech
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I may pick up a kit this fall and solicit yer help in learning to fly the thing Hitech.
Any recommendations for someone with r/c glider experience but no powered experience other than crash and burn in a chopper?
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AKIron,
Look at the Sig Kadet line of trainers. They fly slow and steady and are great trainers.
If you dont want to build, there are any number of great ARF Trainers available.
Fli
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Im into nitro r/c cars... was breaking in the engine at half throttle had a glitch in the controller and watched my baby go to full throttle and run smackdab into a toyota landcruiser. She couldnt have been going more than 50mph the 2 speed transmission just shifted a few seconds prior to the collision... She sure was fast tho...
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Thanks Deviant, I'll check 'em out. I do want to build, that's at least half the fun. :)
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I just love watching my friends spend near a thoudsands dollars. Build a model over 6 months watching them pant with antcipation on flying it. Fly the model then crash it the 1st day. then model sits on work bench for years. Serious cash cow hobby.
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Originally posted by hitech
It's about going out and chewing the fat, with an ocasional flight
That's it in a nutshell. Was in a huntin club for years, chewed alot of fat, played alot of cards, never shot a thing. Not to mention the cheap beers...Shot at alot of empties tho..Had a BLAST doing it.
I'll be in Texas next con HT, will chew the fat. By then it will be gathering dust or I'll REALLY be a R/C dude.
My kaki's will be faded...
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Got an Rc last year from my GF for my Bday. Went out into a field after watching the video and an hour of methodical preaching from my brother. 10 minutes of flight and lost contact, ended up htting a school building and shattering. First and last flight. Was fun while it lasted.
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Originally posted by AHGOD
Got an Rc last year from my GF for my Bday. Went out into a field after watching the video and an hour of methodical preaching from my brother. 10 minutes of flight and lost contact, ended up htting a school building and shattering. First and last flight. Was fun while it lasted.
same here.. those schools should be torn down....what were they thinking building a school in the middle of a field! :D
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LOL Jamusta
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THE POOP FLYS !!!!!
Minor flesh wound to the left bicep...
Great fun, I think I'm hooked.
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details details POOPY
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Hey Deviant.......AH flier here in Pine Grove..........actually started in WB about 5 yrs ago.........taking time off from AH until AHII comes out.........used to fly in VF101 in WB. Never tried RC but have watched them several times on the way to SAC.
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Nopoop, do you get a free anorak when you join an R/C club? :eek:
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Speaking of R/C helicopters, a work colleague of mine saw a club exhibition. He expressed an interest, thought he'd like to buy one. So he asked about joining. They said sure come and we'll instruct you etc. He asked how long it would take to learn to fly an R/C helicopter properly. 'A year' he was told! He was staggered. You could learn to fly a full size chopper in that time with a fixed wing licence thrown in for good measure.
I toyed with getting into R/C flying as a teenager. But had no money. In the end all I got was a six foot span balsa glider costing an amazingly low £10 sterling. No radio control but it flew a couple of times before diving into a 3 foot wide drainage ditch. Six feet into three feet won't go.
In the end I got into full size flying and never looked back. Coincidently yesterday a copy of 'Model Airplane News' came in the mail. I don't know if it was a freebie or a mistake. Looking through it, what caught my eye is the new 'schoolyard scale' models. Electric powered, 30 inch span costing as little as 50 bucks. I particularly liked the P51's and the F86 complete with ducted fan. Even an A10 with two ducted fans. I'm intrigued. They are worth a look. I can't be bothered with all those gas engines, glow plugs and all that hoi polloi. I want instant gratification. :p
By the way here's an accident report involving a runaway R/C aircraft and an airport landing. Amazing stuff, scary too. Worse than tangling with neighbour's car. :eek:
http://www.transport.ie/viewitem.asp?id=3606&lang=ENG&loc=1288
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Love this thread!!
Got into Slope Soaring one year and was really getting into it deeply, when I decided to Build a P-51 "Slope Soarer" For those who dont know...these are R/C planes..Without Engine and can only be flown in EXTREMELY heavy wind...LOL
Well, a northen came in early one day, just enough to get the Pony up to speed and keep it alive for a while with the cliff thermals....
1st flight, great.....all alone...cool wind, pony flying great.
2nd flight...got a couple cars watching me now...pressure on to land it at high speed with people around...doing good.
3rd flight...Kids everywhere watching...lot full, PONY KICKIN TAIL, WINDS UP to 35+ now....Any and every manuever working...KIDS loving it ..."getting cocky now"
4th flight....hands sweating...talking to people, kids begging for me to up it again....One last toss into the wind....Pony nose down to the water gaining speed.....roll out to ridge and thermal....up to speed, and play time....listening to the kids screaming...doing every move the kids want...."HEAD the size of a pumkin now"
Beep Beep Beep...low battery time to bring it in......1st pass...too many people watching in landing path, kids everywhere....scanning for place to bing this Pony in HOT. Landing spot picked out...trouble. Have to take it over ridge, behind a house and over the road to get the only available piece of land to put her down without killing anyone....so downwind she goes....moving FAST NOW...over the house and the Pony catches a thermal..nose up she goes...LOSS OF ALOT of speed ...shes coming down.....SHORT of final! Approach looking good....losing alt and speed fast now... got to set her down...not going to make a "perfect" landing. wheeew, down on the street, 2 lanes mind you, no traffic.....thank goodness!!!!!!!!!
Remember the 2 lanes?
Son of a $#@%^$#@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2 lanes of traffic and JOE BLOW looks right at me...smiles and NEVER changes lanes!!!!!!!
Farewell Pony.....2 servos, and battery pack, reciever....:D
This still haunts me...and I remember the driver and the car...
could this be you? LOL:D
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Originally posted by gofaster
Wait! I saw this in a movie once... where all the machines come to life and try to kill the humans at a truckstop diner. Had Emilio Estevez in it. I think it was based on a Stephen King story... what's the name...what's the name... can't recall. Sorry.
Yeah I liked that movie too. Loved the ending radio report; "The UFO was destroyed by a Russian weather satellite which happened to be armed with nuclear warheads". LOL, "just happened".