Bullet Bob wrote:

Nothing that detailed...or nice.  I'm still the master of the single point landing so I fly foam.  I do have three balsa models, two trainer types and am just finishing a little Sig kit.  I let my friend test fly them but until I feel there's a chance I can bring 'em home in one chunk I stick to foam.
That is a real beauty, Rudi.   My test pilot and I went to the "Warbirds Over the Rockies" meet last Sept. in Denver.  I'll drag out some pix...I'm sure there's a Mustang in there...and post 'em in the next day or so. 
Very sorry to hear that you broke that beauty.  My son gave me a T-shirt for Xmas:  "Build It - Fly It - Crash It - Rebuild It"  My story.

There's also a couple of other RC guys on here...BobC and Corky...maybe others.

Jr. (the one that came to the Clinton Bash) has some foam birds.  He also has a buddy box and lets all the neighborhood kids fly right next to him (and occasionally, me).  One of the foam birds has a bunch of LED's built in it, and we fly at night.

My employment is considered "essential" so I travel (3 miles) to the office daily. There's 3 of us here, all over 60.... I support the other 30 younger folks that work remotely.
 

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Rudi wrote:

Bullet Bob wrote:

Rudi wrote:

Yeah Bob, the t shirt says it all, rc models are all terminal.

The guy that ramrods that meet in Denver has an F104...about 10' long and turbine powered.  The word is that he has about $60K invested in it (he's a local Ford dealer).  If I can make it load one of these days I'll post the video of it taking off.  Totally awesome except during that flight it suffered a flame-out and crashed.  His response when we talked to him was, "if you fly these things and never crash...you really ain't flying."  There were four other crashes of really nice models flow by guys who really know what they are doing.  Made me feel a little better about my abilities.

BB

 
If you hone your skills on inexpensive arf’s you will develop confidence, eventually.
My issue was that at the time the radio’s, 27.255 mega hertz, were not reliable and that their performance did not match my building skills.
I could accept my goof ups but not the radios failures.
You tube has some great videos on RC, I like watching them and reminiscing.

Thanks for the encouragement, Rudi.  I get a kick out of building 'em.  Nothing real sophisticated but building is building.  One of these days I'll get to where I fly 'em.

 

Ron68 wrote:

Bullet Bob wrote:

Rudi wrote:

Yeah Bob, the t shirt says it all, rc models are all terminal.

The guy that ramrods that meet in Denver has an F104...about 10' long and turbine powered.  The word is that he has about $60K invested in it (he's a local Ford dealer).  If I can make it load one of these days I'll post the video of it taking off.  Totally awesome except during that flight it suffered a flame-out and crashed.  His response when we talked to him was, "if you fly these things and never crash...you really ain't flying."  There were four other crashes of really nice models flow by guys who really know what they are doing.  Made me feel a little better about my abilities.

BB

I once built a model that flew with control lines. I had flown some other assembled control line models, so I sorta knew how they worked. Well, the normal engine for this was a .049 with standard length control lines. Like a new hot rodder, bigger was better. I installed a .051 TeeDee engine - and a long range fuel tank. It turned up way more rpms than the .049. I took off with it and it was a screamer. I did everything wrong. Lines were too short, engine too fast, too much fuel. I got so dizzy trying to keep up with it (even with multiple loops both directions to let me catch my breath) I finally fell down and augered it in. Lesson learned.
 

Thanks Ron...what visual.  LMAO!!

Bullet Bob wrote:

Ron68 wrote:

Bullet Bob wrote:

The guy that ramrods that meet in Denver has an F104...about 10' long and turbine powered.  The word is that he has about $60K invested in it (he's a local Ford dealer).  If I can make it load one of these days I'll post the video of it taking off.  Totally awesome except during that flight it suffered a flame-out and crashed.  His response when we talked to him was, "if you fly these things and never crash...you really ain't flying."  There were four other crashes of really nice models flow by guys who really know what they are doing.  Made me feel a little better about my abilities.

BB

I once built a model that flew with control lines. I had flown some other assembled control line models, so I sorta knew how they worked. Well, the normal engine for this was a .049 with standard length control lines. Like a new hot rodder, bigger was better. I installed a .051 TeeDee engine - and a long range fuel tank. It turned up way more rpms than the .049. I took off with it and it was a screamer. I did everything wrong. Lines were too short, engine too fast, too much fuel. I got so dizzy trying to keep up with it (even with multiple loops both directions to let me catch my breath) I finally fell down and augered it in. Lesson learned.
 

Thanks Ron...what visual.  LMAO!!

.051 TD Cox  wow been a while since I heard that.  It brought back memories when I was about 10 years old bench running aTD .049. I carelessly reached for the needle valve at the back of the gas tank, the prop cut the tip off my finger, it never missed a beat, I had to throw a rag into the prop to stop it before running like hell to the local docs office.
 

I make little wooden boxes during the cool/rainy weather!
I once watched a couple of RC cars these fellas had running in an empty parking lot. Man were those little engines scream'in! They cranked them up by spinning a tricycle wheel and setting the car tire on it.
I guess most guyz use battery powered RC cars now?! The lil gas engines seemed like more fun
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.051 TD Cox wow been a while since I heard that. It brought back memories when I was about 10 years old bench running aTD .049. I carelessly reached for the needle valve at the back of the gas tank, the prop cut the tip off my finger, it never missed a beat, I had to throw a rag into the prop to stop it before running like hell to the local docs office.
 

IDK but I guess we were 13 years old at the time. My buddy and I built a sled, basically an A-frame engine mount on top of two runners that were about 3/4" wide and 18" long. We mounted a Fox .35 on the A-Frame swinging a 12" diameter nylon pusher prop. No controls, no nothing. Just start the engine and let her rip down the street. It was friggin cold and the engine did not want to start. I was hand flipping the prop when it finally started and I managed to get my middle finger, right hand, back into the whirling prop. Damn near cut the finger off. My first trip the the emergency room happened that day as they sewed my finger back on at the second joint. 

RV6 wrote:

Damn near cut the finger off. 

Education is not free.

Ouch!

"Sometimes we got cut or burnt.  That's how we learned that things were sharp and hot." - Hank Hill

I try to let me own kids do stuff the way I used to.  Of course the other day it meant my oldest comes into the house saying "Dad my 4 wheeler won't run".  I said "It won't run, or it won't crank".  He said "It cranks, but it won't start.  I just put gas in it".  So I look at it, it tries to run, but keeps petering out like its running out of fuel.  I open the tank, full.  I start to think what could it be, then that sickening feeling creeps up in my gut and I take the gas cap off again and have a wiff.  Doesn't smell like gas.  "Son, go get me a screwdriver and that empty gallon jug from the shed".  "What happened dad, I just put gas in it."  "No son, you put Diesel in it".  Ugh, fortunately it has a tank less than a gallon in size.  BUT, unlikely he ever does that again as I taught him the difference in smell between gas and Diesel, as well as to see if the can has something written on it in Sharpie like "50:1" that's gas, but not for his 4 wheeler.