Sport_Pilot

I saw a 1/3 Scale Sopwith Pup with my son when he was about 5. I suggested he climb in and take a ride, he could have fit in too. He thought I was serious and ran back to the car!

mr_matt

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ahh balsa USA. Did you already have one of these? WWI planes are harder to fly than they look, I mean to make them look realistic in the air.

rcmiket

Nicest bunch I've ever dealt with. They have supported every charity event we have held. True supporters of the hobby and local clubs.

Mike

rcmiket

Did their 1/4 scale N-28 a few years back what a fun airplane. There not hard at all you just need to slow everything down and remember that they are not F-16's or Extras.

Mike

vertical grimmace

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Nice N28. Check your 6, you got one behind you! lol

thepamster

Well there you have it. That's all we have this evening on What is Traditional RC.
Well be back tomorrow with more interesting stuff.
Good night.

porcia83

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Beautiful!

porcia83

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Aren't you supposed to kick it over to Brad for sports, or Amy for weather before signing off

rcmiket

Nice work I have a friend who's just finishing up a 1/4 BUSA Dr1 How does yours ground handle all the Dr1's I've seen have been a handful on the ground.

Mike

porcia83

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You win, yours is bigger!

A guys gotta start somewhere though.

rcmiket

Cool looks like fun.

Mike

porcia83

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I did this one first to get my fingers wet and acclimated to the build process



I look at the other one with some dread and skepticism. I have to at least try it once.

Sport_Pilot

That would be small enough to avoid registration!

rcmiket

LOL

Mike

HoundDog

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Well boys today's the day ... Bet the FAA nutten it's only a recommendation on registration.
we'll Find out later to day. Any one know how long the FA has to Implement anything concerning Registration? Hope they keep up their track record of Procrastination.

porcia83

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Look for info tomorrow. I doubt fixed wing will be in there. Keep in Mind this is going to be a process..this was but one step. Don't look for clarity or for finality any time soon.

rcmiket

https://www.transportation.gov/fastl...ng%20to-step-2

Mike

vertical grimmace

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They seem to handle fine off of grass. We have a paved runway though, and most of them are in CO as it is pretty much a desert here. So when I take it to warbird meets I am relegated to blacktop. It is nice if you have a good headwind for take off. Keeps it straight. This is my second one. For some reason the first one was easier on the ground. The landings are always tricky. The wing tips almost always touch.

astrohog

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I really hope you are right, but I have not seen any attempt by the involved parties to differentiate fixed-wing, MR, or drones up to this point, so I will not hold my breath. I hope I am pleasantly surprised (comment added to differentiate my opinion from, "doom and gloom").

Regards,

Astro

Sport_Pilot

The GP DR 1 was an easy flyer. A bit odd in the air with some quirks but took off and landed like a trainer. It would taxi well on the ground but you really had to be proactive on the runway. That is anticipate the tail swinging too wide before it actually does. But once it is going straight and the tail is up it is not a problem even on the paved runway. But boy does it do small loops. And it turns so fast I can hardly turn my head fast enough to keep it in view!

porcia83

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I hope we are all pleasantly surprised, I really do. Less work and hassle for all of us. When I look at the what has been written and discussed by the powers that be, they deal almost exclusively with "drones", namely the MR's, not once have I seen heli or fixed wing mentioned. Hopefully the language will be specific enough to exclude fixed wing, but we'll have to wait and see. If we are still required to register as just a pilot regardless of what we fly, I'll have no issues with that. I see what we do as a privilege, not a right, small price to pay.

rcmiket

I haven't seen anything either as far as a definition of what is to be registered and what does not. Every thread on the subject has some that think they will and some that think they won't. All I'm seeing is " owners of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to register their aircraft" even the AMA correspondence " AMA intends to make our views explicitly clear in these final recommendations and we will continue to advocate for our members to be exempt from registration if the final recommendations state otherwise. And once this information is made public, we will also be able to more openly and publicly address the registration proposal."

Now to some this is "dome and gloom" to me it's a reasonable expectation that were all lumped together.
I also hope I'm wrong.
Mike

vertical grimmace

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I have been told by some that owned the GP Fokker, that the axle wing had some crazy positive incidence set in it stock. I guess this had a big effect. The BUSA version has this set at 0, and in the air, it flies very nice. My latest one likes you to initiate the turn with rudder, and co-ordinate with aileron. Opposite of what we do generally. Otherwise it skids in the turns. Tripes are a blast to fly though, and the spins are spectacular.

HoundDog

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Here's my answer to the request for comment from the FAA.

Registration is useless those that won't/don't register are the ones that will/are causeing the trouble. Registration is useless with out passing a computer test to prove U have the Knowledge to safely fly in the NAS. To fly a sUAS any where but a designated sUAS flying area one should be required to possed a license to fly said sUAS issued by the FAA or a certified CBO flight instructor.

FLAPHappy

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HD, I usually agree with your posts, but your suggestion would never happen IMO. First, it would be like a bank robber going down to the police station to register the gun he going to use to hold up the bank??
Never gonna happen. The FAA and CBO Flight Instructors won't sign off on that anyway. Why would they?
The clowns will still fly them, creating havoc for all of us, no matter what the FAA, AMA or any other organized organization does to prevent these actions. It will still happen just like all the other crimes have, with all the regulations.
Unless somebody gets real teeth and does something, make it worth thinking about before doing it, it's a waste of time in my opinion,