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01-13-2015, 04:47 AM
#852
I started about 1967 with Guillows balsa models, then U control 1/2A, then radio control. My first radio was an MRC Futaba 3 channel and it cost about $180 without rechargeable batteries. My greatest challenge was a Falcon 56 powered by an OS Max .30 which crashed on its second flight.
01-13-2015, 05:35 AM
#853
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Get some dope in larger containers from SIG or Brodak and go to www.easybuiltmodels.com to get great prices on silkspan. I'm going to cover my 1/4 scale Franklin 'Eaglet' tail feathers in silk. The rest of the bird will get Koverall.
01-13-2015, 05:49 AM
#854
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I started about 1967 with Guillows balsa models, then U control 1/2A, then radio control. My first radio was an MRC Futaba 3 channel and it cost about $180 without rechargeable batteries. My greatest challenge was a Falcon 56 powered by an OS Max .30 which crashed on its second flight.
01-13-2015, 05:53 AM
#855
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I do too. There is nothing like the sound of a Testors McCoy .35 Red Head in running 4 stroke rich jumping to 2 stroke in loops returning to 4 stroke .... or an Enya .15 or .19 going from rich 2 stroke to fast 2 stroke doing the same. 
Only thing is reality is slowly upon us. They've come up with special timing modules you connect to the ESCs. It has a programmable delay, to allow you to set up your plane and walk out to the handle, pick it up, start flying without a stooge. Adjust power settings on the electric motor, and adjust flight duration, so you can land without exhausting and damaging the LiPo battery.
It does away with the messy slobber of glow. Electrics have come a long way. Also they are quieter, so some may be able to fly where others cannot.
Only thing is reality is slowly upon us. They've come up with special timing modules you connect to the ESCs. It has a programmable delay, to allow you to set up your plane and walk out to the handle, pick it up, start flying without a stooge. Adjust power settings on the electric motor, and adjust flight duration, so you can land without exhausting and damaging the LiPo battery.It does away with the messy slobber of glow. Electrics have come a long way. Also they are quieter, so some may be able to fly where others cannot.
01-13-2015, 06:04 AM
#856
I use what is convient for me my last large project needed a fabric finish
so I used coverite on the wings and fuse. I got the coverite at a swap meet for very little now I have tons of it. It goes on with a hot iron and shrinks just fine. the paint?........
......Rustoleum! brushed on.
Mike
01-13-2015, 08:09 AM
#857
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The Bulldog was my last project for someone else. He passed away and left it to me. It is nice but it is not my kinda bird and I have no will to fly it so I haven't. I have a LOT of other projects that keep me busy big projects and flying is low on my priority listing at this time.
G/Ghostler
This bird (Bulldog) is one I am considering converting to electric. I have the motor and a Williams brothers plastic engine that looks real good in that humongous cowl so............
Now this needs finishing..
It has been sitting around a long time and it's in the way of several others.
G/Ghostler
This bird (Bulldog) is one I am considering converting to electric. I have the motor and a Williams brothers plastic engine that looks real good in that humongous cowl so............
Now this needs finishing..
01-13-2015, 09:40 AM
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well guy's i have been reading all of your post. i am 86 and i too have 30 nib engines as well as 25 good used engines and 5 kits i would like to sell
my first engine was a bullet. i liked to mount t inverted because you could pu a drop of fuel in the carb intake & smartly flip the prop after turning it ofer by hand & getting the ign bump. then i flip & it started right up. getting that bump before you flip saves getting bit by the prop. a rule i have followed all these years. works for me. so get the bump after every flip if the engine has not started & save those fingers. works for me & my friends.
i find that most of my modeling friends have passed away. i founded 4 model clubs and have built & flown just about all the model airplane types. currently fly a sig senior cadet & a sig 4 star 120 with a super tiger 2500.
and ahaa! those were the days. remember oh! charlie can you come out and play & fly airplanes?hang in thar guys keep em flying!
frankie
my first engine was a bullet. i liked to mount t inverted because you could pu a drop of fuel in the carb intake & smartly flip the prop after turning it ofer by hand & getting the ign bump. then i flip & it started right up. getting that bump before you flip saves getting bit by the prop. a rule i have followed all these years. works for me. so get the bump after every flip if the engine has not started & save those fingers. works for me & my friends.
i find that most of my modeling friends have passed away. i founded 4 model clubs and have built & flown just about all the model airplane types. currently fly a sig senior cadet & a sig 4 star 120 with a super tiger 2500.
and ahaa! those were the days. remember oh! charlie can you come out and play & fly airplanes?hang in thar guys keep em flying!
frankie
01-13-2015, 10:33 AM
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Grew up in the Panama Canal Zone still remember dad building with ambroid silk and dope super regent and escapements my first bird was an Aeronca with a Pixie radio then went to the Kraft brick. Futaba was a joke and when a fellow members flew away into the jungles everyone stopped flying to go help find the plane canteens machetes and lots of bug repellent. some of the old sayings "aint got it" "super regent going up" scratch built planes were the norm and long hours in the shop building radio components (Heathkit) and designing ways to get a flight without hunting for the plane. Im 53 and been at this since before I can remember and still at it
01-14-2015, 06:23 AM
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Grew up in the Panama Canal Zone still remember dad building with ambroid silk and dope super regent and escapements my first bird was an Aeronca with a Pixie radio then went to the Kraft brick. Futaba was a joke and when a fellow members flew away into the jungles everyone stopped flying to go help find the plane canteens machetes and lots of bug repellent. some of the old sayings "aint got it" "super regent going up" scratch built planes were the norm and long hours in the shop building radio components (Heathkit) and designing ways to get a flight without hunting for the plane. Im 53 and been at this since before I can remember and still at it
You reminded me of a contest here in Austin TX. a fellow from another town had a huge piper cub, big yellow thing, 10+ foot wing, very nice. he lost it the trees several yards from us. it took two real aircraft fly overs and any number of tv equipted model flights to locate the area. the ground searchers needed air survailence to get close enough to locate the bird up in the trees it was not easily seen though yellow. it was recoverd with just a minimum of damage after about two weeks of looking. so I can only imagine what you had to do.
01-14-2015, 06:37 AM
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well guy's i have been reading all of your post. i am 86 and i too have 30 nib engines as well as 25 good used engines and 5 kits i would like to sell
my first engine was a bullet. i liked to mount t inverted because you could pu a drop of fuel in the carb intake & smartly flip the prop after turning it ofer by hand & getting the ign bump. then i flip & it started right up. getting that bump before you flip saves getting bit by the prop. a rule i have followed all these years. works for me. so get the bump after every flip if the engine has not started & save those fingers. works for me & my friends.
i find that most of my modeling friends have passed away. i founded 4 model clubs and have built & flown just about all the model airplane types. currently fly a sig senior cadet & a sig 4 star 120 with a super tiger 2500.
and ahaa! those were the days. remember oh! charlie can you come out and play & fly airplanes?hang in thar guys keep em flying!
frankie
my first engine was a bullet. i liked to mount t inverted because you could pu a drop of fuel in the carb intake & smartly flip the prop after turning it ofer by hand & getting the ign bump. then i flip & it started right up. getting that bump before you flip saves getting bit by the prop. a rule i have followed all these years. works for me. so get the bump after every flip if the engine has not started & save those fingers. works for me & my friends.
i find that most of my modeling friends have passed away. i founded 4 model clubs and have built & flown just about all the model airplane types. currently fly a sig senior cadet & a sig 4 star 120 with a super tiger 2500.
and ahaa! those were the days. remember oh! charlie can you come out and play & fly airplanes?hang in thar guys keep em flying!
frankie
Hello Frankie! I too prefer the inverted engine but mostly for the improved appearance of the model. I haven't used the ignition bump technique in quite some time but I will try remember to use it again in the future it worked real good in my controline flying days.
The loss of modeling friends is always a bummer but is a fact we all have to face I have fond memories of them.
would you have any pictures of your older engines and planes? it is always fun to see the classics.
01-14-2015, 06:46 AM
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Sir can this thread be moved to a more prominent location out from behind the beginners thread?
Thank you!
Sir can this thread be moved to a more prominent location out from behind the beginners thread?
Thank you!
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01-14-2015, 08:38 AM
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01-14-2015, 09:01 AM
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01-14-2015, 01:35 PM
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Admin has visit and commented, too. Probably best just to leave as is. Now thinking about it, I rarely ever frequent Club House. Besides, many of the replies here were about early on or "beginner" experiences, IYKWIM.
They speak of 2nd childhood; I haven't finished my first! 
01-14-2015, 02:54 PM
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01-14-2015, 02:56 PM
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01-14-2015, 04:55 PM
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