Good day at the field.
Had fun flying -- except the BrightStar refuses to snap-roll properly.
The best I can get is a sort of out-of-alignment flick. Oh well.
Norman brought out a new aircraft. *Another* Extra-300S! There were
three of them there today, and three more under construction that I can think of! Got me so ticked off I had to come home and drink an entire Sunny-Apple! Here it is:
http://www.BarbadosRC.org/gallery/norm-extra.jpg
Last weekend we were at the cliff, where we had a load of fun.
What have you to report about youri "Honey Bee" heli?
I havn't done any RC flying in 25 years. I had a futaba 2-channel that went into several gliders. The always got racked-up on their maiden flights. They were fun to build tho.
gryphon o aka darryl perry o cyberia bbs o cyberia.darktech.org o mystic/ln
http://www.BarbadosRC.org/gallery/norm-extra.jpg
Nice model!
What have you to report about youri "Honey Bee" heli?
I've hovered a bit in the living room of my house, but need more space (and better weather) to really try it out. Mean-while, I'm practicing with the si (which I got working with my brother's help). :-)
gryphon o aka darryl perry o cyberia bbs o cyberia.darktech.org o mystic
I'm not sure what this is, but I'm pretty sure it needs attention!
What have you to report about youri "Honey Bee" heli?
I've hovered a bit in the living room of my house, but need more space (a better weather) to really try it out. Mean-while, I'm practicing with the (which I got working with my brother's help). :-)
Photos, please!
I'm not really into helis, but I've always said, if I can have one that flies inside, and I can send it to the kitchen for extra ice-cubes, well THEN......
Photos, please!
I'm not really into helis, but I've always said, if I can have one that flies inside, and I can send it to the kitchen for extra ice-cubes, well THEN......
Next time, I'll definitely have the camera ready. The weather's been great lately. :-)
ground (clumsiness, not malice) and bust the side of the fuse -- not bad, just
a little clamping and some CA -- but I had to say it happened when i landed it
because otherwise the kid woulda got a licking!
Gusty conditions at the club, with the wind variable in force and
direction. A spot of rain from time to time to screw up your flight-plan. And worst of all, a *passle* of heli pilots!
A guy named Mike from USA was down here and put on a fairly impressive display of 3D heli flying, given the conditions! I *may* have the odd photo, but I'll have to wait to see what comes outta the camera.
I got the Safety Officer to cast an eye over my rudder repairs, and then prepared to fly. There were about six false starts. Wind suddenly
picking up. Rain beginning to drizzle. A blasted heli leaping into the air! Then finally, I got the Fokker out on the flight line, and lined her up.
Throttle up. The model rolled forward less than ten feet and *LEAPT* into the air! :-) "You guys thought only a heli could do a vertical takeoff,"
I asked? Much booing and hissing from the rabble, but it was booing and hissing in a respectful tone of voice! "Let us see a vertical landing,"
one little man squeaked! Much laughter!
Conditions were tricky. The gusting makde it difficult to maintian an overall smooth flight, but the guy Mike came over and we talked quietly as
I flew. He said he'd never seen a tripe fly before, admitted that he lept 'losing it' in the air. I made several low passes, but there were a
number of times when she would feel a gust and roll over on her side. I decided to cut short the flight after about six minutes.
The sun was in a bad location for a landing by then, so I was making my
base leg at an angle, out of the south-west, and turning 45 degrees on
final at the last moment. First attempt wasn't too successful as she ballooned up right as I turned on what would have been a final aproach, so
I abandoned the landing and called the go-around. Second time round I
came in low, and reduced throttle to little more than a tick-over. As I crossed the threshhold, I thought I'd get it down like grease, but she balloned a bit so I went with it and aimed for a touchdown at about the halfway mark. Again, she balloned, so I held it on the edge and aimed for
a touchdown at the three-quarter mark. By this time, it was crawling
along with the nose up and the tail-skid reaching down for the grass and
the magnum keeping it afloat! Knowing that if I didn't get down *now*,
I'd have to bang the throttle open and go around again (with my fingers crossed that the magnum would take the sudden throttle without a hiccup).
I held the model straight and eased the throttle back, until the skid touched the grouns and an instant later the mains wer down, for a nice little landing with a roll-out of about *six*feet*! I turned to Mr.
Squeaky Voice and said "Vertical enough?"
Thunderous applause! How do you beat that? You *BLIP* the throttle with full rudder an aileron on and spin her around with a roar, for a very impressive taxi back to the parking apron. As the applause continued, I trimmed back and hit Throttle-Cut. The first time I've ever got *any* aircraft with a fixed tail-skid to turn for me, and a triple-tall, triple- topheavy, Big Red Fokker it was and all! Time for a quiet celebration!
Anyone seen my iced water? :-/
(One of the heli boys had a camera going. If I get my hands on the video I'll post it for download.)
I hate flying, seats to small, no cocktails, bad movie.
Angus McLeod wrote to Corey <=-
Re: Flying
By: Corey to Angus McLeod on Sat Dec 03 2005 20:34:00
I hate flying, seats to small, no cocktails, bad movie.
Lucky for you that you weren't flying on this particular aeroplane.
Seat small and made of basketwork, no cocktails, no movie either. Very draughty, very cold, and so much castor oil vapour from the engine that you get diarrhea just from breathing. The smoke from the Maxim/Spandau guns gets in your eyes, and the empty brass cartridges hit you in the teeth. Zero space for hand luggage, if it rains you get wet,
*absolutely* no smoking, and when you finally get to your destination,
no Jet-Bridge will be waiting!
Gusty conditions at the club, with the wind variable in force and
direction. A spot of rain from time to time to screw up your flight-plan. And worst of all, a *passle* of heli pilots!
A guy named Mike from USA was down here and put on a fairly impressive display of 3D heli flying, given the conditions!
I *may* have the odd
photo, but I'll have to wait to see what comes outta the camera.
I held the model straight and eased the throttle back, until the skid touched the grouns and an instant later the mains wer down, for a nice little landing with a roll-out of about *six*feet*! I turned to Mr.
Squeaky Voice and said "Vertical enough?"
Thunderous applause! How do you beat that? You *BLIP* the throttle with full rudder an aileron on and spin her around with a roar, for a very impressive taxi back to the parking apron. As the applause continued, I trimmed back and hit Throttle-Cut. The first time I've ever got *any* aircraft with a fixed tail-skid to turn for me, and a triple-tall, triple- topheavy, Big Red Fokker it was and all! Time for a quiet celebration!
Anyone seen my iced water? :-/
(One of the heli boys had a camera going. If I get my hands on the video I'll post it for download.)
Lucky for you that you weren't flying on this particular aeroplane. Seat small and made of basketwork, no cocktails, no movie either. Very draughty, very cold, and so much castor oil vapour from the engine that you get diarrhea just from breathing. The smoke from the Maxim/Spandau guns gets in your eyes, and the empty brass cartridges hit you in the teeth. Zero space for hand luggage, if it rains you get wet, *absolutely* no smoking, and when you finally get to your destination, no Jet-Bridge will be waiting!
So I can hope for some voluptuous stewardess?
Angus McLeod wrote to Finnigann <=-
Re: Re: Flying
By: Finnigann to Angus McLeod on Sun Dec 04 2005 10:51:00
Lucky for you that you weren't flying on this particular aeroplane. Seat small and made of basketwork, no cocktails, no movie either. Very draughty, very cold, and so much castor oil vapour from the engine that you get diarrhea just from breathing. The smoke from the Maxim/Spandau guns gets in your eyes, and the empty brass cartridges hit you in the teeth. Zero space for hand luggage, if it rains you get wet, *absolutely* no smoking, and when you finally get to your destination, no Jet-Bridge will be waiting!
So I can hope for some voluptuous stewardess?
Of *course* you can!
You won't actually GET one, but you can HOPE....
A guy named Mike from USA was down here and put on a fairly impressive display of 3D heli flying, given the conditions!
Oh, Mike?!? I know him! Yeah... :-)
I *may* have the odd
photo, but I'll have to wait to see what comes outta the camera.
Cool.
But it's photos of the Fokker in flight that I want to see. :-)
Wow, you had my heart pounding by that point. So how much of your success wi the Fokker to this point has been just good luck? :-)
What sort of females could I be hoping for - island-wise?
Re: Re: Flying
By: Finnigann to Angus McLeod on Sun Dec 04 2005 19:13:00
What sort of females could I be hoping for - island-wise?
There was a letter in the paper a while back from a New Yorker who had
just spent a month in Barbados. He claimed that he had never seen such an enormous collection of horrendously ugly women in his life.....
What sort of females could I be hoping for - island-wise?
There was a letter in the paper a while back from a New Yorker who had just spent a month in Barbados. He claimed that he had never seen such a enormous collection of horrendously ugly women in his life.....
Yeah they sure dont look like the woman in the commercials. I have had fun w traveling to some of the places that they advertise on TV. The only beautifu woman in Barbados are in magazines on the bookshelf...
If you live in Barbados Im sorry if I offended you. If you want to prove you are beautiful then send a pictures to kevinwetzel@gmail.com and I'll judge. Maybe there is somebody there that could prove me wrong....hehe
Re: Re: Flying
By: System to Angus McLeod on Sun Dec 11 2005 05:04:00
What sort of females could I be hoping for - island-wise?
There was a letter in the paper a while back from a New Yorker who had just spent a month in Barbados. He claimed that he had never seen suc enormous collection of horrendously ugly women in his life.....
Yeah they sure dont look like the woman in the commercials. I have had fu traveling to some of the places that they advertise on TV. The only beaut woman in Barbados are in magazines on the bookshelf...
I wouldn't go *that* far. There are always some stunningly beautiful
women walking around. Unfortunately, there are also a number who (like
the Telco Rhino) you wouldn't touch with a barge-pole. Unless you needed connectivity real bad..... :-(
If you live in Barbados Im sorry if I offended you. If you want to prove are beautiful then send a pictures to kevinwetzel@gmail.com and I'll judg Maybe there is somebody there that could prove me wrong....hehe
Me? I'm not beautiful, but my son is really cute:
http://www.anjo.com/dotcom/dotcom_5.jpg
:-)
Re: Re: Flying
By: System to Angus McLeod on Sun Dec 11 2005 05:04:00
What sort of females could I be hoping for - island-wise?
There was a letter in the paper a while back from a New Yorker who had just spent a month in Barbados. He claimed that he had never seen suc enormous collection of horrendously ugly women in his life.....
Yeah they sure dont look like the woman in the commercials. I have had fu traveling to some of the places that they advertise on TV. The only beaut woman in Barbados are in magazines on the bookshelf...
I wouldn't go *that* far. There are always some stunningly beautiful
women walking around. Unfortunately, there are also a number who (like
the Telco Rhino) you wouldn't touch with a barge-pole. Unless you needed connectivity real bad..... :-(
If you live in Barbados Im sorry if I offended you. If you want to prove are beautiful then send a pictures to kevinwetzel@gmail.com and I'll judg Maybe there is somebody there that could prove me wrong....hehe
Me? I'm not beautiful, but my son is really cute:
http://www.anjo.com/dotcom/dotcom_5.jpg
:-)
Re: Re: Flying
and this message has something to do with Hobby? Go figure.......
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