Wildthing
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Well really we don't have many, trying to keep it simple and fun. Now Shredder with 3 motors might be outlawed
What Did You Fly Today
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Wildthing
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Piotrsko
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Well for starters, coroplast for everything FB, 1/8 or 1/4 plywood for everything else, aluminum or carbon arrow shafts for wing spars, 1/16 music wire in corrugations just because. Intent is to shred opposition props on impact and not suffer damage. Switch to master airscrew or top flite prop and take an efficiency hit because I've never broken one and they cut just as good. Combat style elevator protected by rudder extensions. Miss anything?
Wildthing
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I had thoughts of doing one in coroplast , might just have to go get a sheet or two of it. The last couple Barons I did put .042 music wire into the leading edge when I folded the wing, it did save the wing from being sliced in two. I have been running the 10X5 APC props as a rule, very good thrust and I get about 6 to 7 minutes flying time and I cut a wide swath. Most of the other guys with same motor are running 8X6 , no where near as fast as I am but they go way longer. You might have to draw me a picture of the combat style elevator and rudder.
I’ll keep on working on the identical halves figure 8’s. I can tell I’m improving, but I still am a long way from perfect halves. I’m unable to fly this weekend but I’ll probably be able to Monday, weather allowing. I would give left aileron to get it to fly level and bring it around to land using rudder.
speedbirdted
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pond baby maiden today... It's too cold to fly off water so that will wait until spring. For now it's a wallhanger.
Wildthing
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Is the water frozen ???????
speedbirdted
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Is the water frozen ???????
getting close! Didn't want to have to get into it in the event of an oopsie.
BATTLEAXE
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That looks like the perfect snow and ice bird, like it's right out of the movie "Frozen" It's Olaf's plane!
Wildthing
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That is the only thing that keeps me away from water even on hot summer days, the retrieval when not prepped for it. Usually I will make sure I have some of the neighbors kids handy for the oopsie.
speedbirdted
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That is the only thing that keeps me away from water even on hot summer days, the retrieval when not prepped for it. Usually I will make sure I have some of the neighbors kids handy for the oopsie.
I usually keep a kayak handy for solely that purpose. Carrying the larger planes back with it is another story though...
Hoomi
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Finally got back out to the flying field after nearly a month and a half. Two flights each with the Scout and the Stinger, and one flight with Air Hooterville. I thought about putting the Storch up for her maiden, but I waited until the breeze died down this afternoon to head to the field, and the angle of the Sun this afternoon was such that I was getting the shadow side of the planes through a lot of the pattern. Even with the bright colors of both the Scout and Air Hooterville, they were fading into the partially overcast sky. I figured that drab foamboard brown of the unpainted Storch would be worse, possibly making it very difficult to keep track of the plane's orientation.
Five flights, and no mishaps.
Five flights, and no mishaps.
Hoomi
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The Storch is the regular size, with the nearly five foot wingspan. I'm toying with the idea of buying some dollar store foamboard and making a second wing for it, with LEDs installed for night flying.
Hoomi
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One of the big things that keeps me away from water, is that there isn't that much water around here in Baja Arizona!That is the only thing that keeps me away from water even on hot summer days, the retrieval when not prepped for it. Usually I will make sure I have some of the neighbors kids handy for the oopsie.
Wildthing
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Just a tad south of me
sundown57
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I didn't fly anything today. But it's ok because I could have if I wanted to. You see thanks to men like buzzbomb, His son and I'm sure many other veterans both in this forum and not, I get to live in ( arguably ) the greatest country on earth but for sure one of the freest. So id like to take a second out of my laid back day and just say ( Thank you all for that ).
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