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Austin Tx. area flyers please keep your eyes and ears open. Last night some punks cut the lock off my trailer and stole quite a few items. we evidently scared them off when we let the cat out a 5am. door was open and several planes were still there.
They did get away with the following items
transmitters
futaba
14z
9cap
8uaps
6DA
hitec opti6
airtronic 6 channel
servos
hitec 5645 10 of them
futaba (standards) 5
Great Planes matt Chapman cap580 (little one)
Engines
DA 100
ZDZ80RV super
OS 61 FX
Digital servo programer
Hitec HS-20
Misc.
Jersey modeler fuel can with electric pump
field box (too much to list)
tool box (too much to list)
power inverter
smart-fly power system power expander pro
lots of servo extensions
It could have been much worse they didnt get 2 1/3 scale planes 2 1/4 scale planes and a couple of other everyday flyers. guess it was a good thing the Dang cat decided he needed to go out when he did. just wish I would have been a little earlier and had my pistol in hand...
They did get away with the following items
transmitters
futaba
14z
9cap
8uaps
6DA
hitec opti6
airtronic 6 channel
servos
hitec 5645 10 of them
futaba (standards) 5
Great Planes matt Chapman cap580 (little one)
Engines
DA 100
ZDZ80RV super
OS 61 FX
Digital servo programer
Hitec HS-20
Misc.
Jersey modeler fuel can with electric pump
field box (too much to list)
tool box (too much to list)
power inverter
smart-fly power system power expander pro
lots of servo extensions
It could have been much worse they didnt get 2 1/3 scale planes 2 1/4 scale planes and a couple of other everyday flyers. guess it was a good thing the Dang cat decided he needed to go out when he did. just wish I would have been a little earlier and had my pistol in hand...
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I sent your info to our clubs web master. The site is being switched to a new provider but will be up shortly. I would contact, GAMA, LoneStar, HCAM, and Highland Lakes Flyers right away. You should contact both Hobby Towns and Hobby Express too. GAMA has their annual swapmeet in Jan. I dont know if theft flyers at the swapmeet would be a good idea, they might go underground for awhile. Maybe just have a bunch of people on the look out. I'll be there. Spring is swapmeet season in Texas. Contacts in San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, Waco, and College Station wouldnt be a bad idea. Just a short drive to those places. I hate hearing about this. Our club store rooms were broke into 3 times last year. They got about $5k in equipment. Now we have two containers with lock boxes welded on them with a security system inside. More monthly expense to the club. Let me, the hobby shops, and the other local clubs know your contact info.
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Lee sorry to hear this. Nothing worse than a thief. Will let the guys here in north Texas know. I would hope it's an idiot who has no idea what they have and not a fellow flyer. I would also keep an eye on eBay and craigs list. You may get the chance to meet the offender.
I sent out an email to everyone I know in the Rc community. Hope it helps
I sent out an email to everyone I know in the Rc community. Hope it helps
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Lee, sorry for your loss -
I would highly suggest you post here the serial numbers of these Items. Also inform ALL pawn-shops and hobby-shops in your area and offer a Reward. Monitor also Craigslist and Greensheet - all these where you can place free ads.
A while back I posted this link here [link=http://www.dewaltmobilelock.com/main.asp]Dewalt mobile lock click here [/link], if you have a trailer and someone get in it - you will be notified in 3 different ways. If the trailer is completely gone you can easily trace them and inform the cops where the location is.
The theft of RC airplanes and eqipment is rare but it happens, just a sad fact.
c-ya on the flight line
transmitters
futaba
14z Serial #_________________
9cap Serial #_________________
8uaps Serial #_________________
6DA Serial #_________________
hitec opti6 Serial #_________________
airtronic 6 channel Serial #_________________
Engines
DA 100 Serial #_________________
ZDZ80RV super Serial #_________________
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Not that it will likely do much good but I told the guys up here about it. Sorry for your loss and I do hope you get to meet up with the low-life *******s who stole from you.
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Thanks guys I really appreciate ya'll passing on the info. I am trying to round up all the serial numbers but I have to be honest that wasnt something I paid any attention to before the other day. another hard lesson learned. I do now have serial numbers for the stuff I have left and the reamaining planes have some new hidden marks for identifying them should they ever come up missing
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Lee,
The gasser company and some of the others like GP (Futabas) should be able to cross-ref your name and get you some of the S/N's.
There is a swap-meet coming up next month in Goergetown, and one the next month here in Garden Ridge near San Antonio. Please get whatever information you have together and build a poster with the item details to be posted at each swap meet. If you don't have the capabilities to make a poster, please contact me and I will help you make one up for each. We'll print out small hand-out sheets to give out at the door for attendees to inspect items throughout the facilities. We'll give cell numbers to call.
And I'll check on Craig's List and others every day for a while. I'll relay this info to the local clubs.
By the information you provided, the person who took your stuff knows RC and knows what he could take that would be hard to identify. But he (I'd actually venture THEY) made mistakes. They always do.
Yeah, I wish you'd shot them too.
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The gasser company and some of the others like GP (Futabas) should be able to cross-ref your name and get you some of the S/N's.
There is a swap-meet coming up next month in Goergetown, and one the next month here in Garden Ridge near San Antonio. Please get whatever information you have together and build a poster with the item details to be posted at each swap meet. If you don't have the capabilities to make a poster, please contact me and I will help you make one up for each. We'll print out small hand-out sheets to give out at the door for attendees to inspect items throughout the facilities. We'll give cell numbers to call.
And I'll check on Craig's List and others every day for a while. I'll relay this info to the local clubs.
By the information you provided, the person who took your stuff knows RC and knows what he could take that would be hard to identify. But he (I'd actually venture THEY) made mistakes. They always do.
Yeah, I wish you'd shot them too.
~ Jim ~
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ORIGINAL: Edwin
I sent your info to our clubs web master. The site is being switched to a new provider but will be up shortly. I would contact, GAMA, LoneStar, HCAM, and Highland Lakes Flyers right away. You should contact both Hobby Towns and Hobby Express too. GAMA has their annual swapmeet in Jan. I dont know if theft flyers at the swapmeet would be a good idea, they might go underground for awhile. Maybe just have a bunch of people on the look out. I'll be there. Spring is swapmeet season in Texas. Contacts in San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, Waco, and College Station wouldnt be a bad idea. Just a short drive to those places. I hate hearing about this. Our club store rooms were broke into 3 times last year. They got about $5k in equipment. Now we have two containers with lock boxes welded on them with a security system inside. More monthly expense to the club. Let me, the hobby shops, and the other local clubs know your contact info.
Edwin
I sent your info to our clubs web master. The site is being switched to a new provider but will be up shortly. I would contact, GAMA, LoneStar, HCAM, and Highland Lakes Flyers right away. You should contact both Hobby Towns and Hobby Express too. GAMA has their annual swapmeet in Jan. I dont know if theft flyers at the swapmeet would be a good idea, they might go underground for awhile. Maybe just have a bunch of people on the look out. I'll be there. Spring is swapmeet season in Texas. Contacts in San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, Waco, and College Station wouldnt be a bad idea. Just a short drive to those places. I hate hearing about this. Our club store rooms were broke into 3 times last year. They got about $5k in equipment. Now we have two containers with lock boxes welded on them with a security system inside. More monthly expense to the club. Let me, the hobby shops, and the other local clubs know your contact info.
Edwin
~ Jim ~
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ORIGINAL: TexasSkyPilot
By the information you provided, the person who took your stuff knows RC and knows what he could take that would be hard to identify. But he (I'd actually venture THEY) made mistakes. They always do.
Yeah, I wish you'd shot them too.
~ Jim ~
By the information you provided, the person who took your stuff knows RC and knows what he could take that would be hard to identify. But he (I'd actually venture THEY) made mistakes. They always do.
Yeah, I wish you'd shot them too.
~ Jim ~
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I fly at ARCA in Austin. We have a good idea who burglerized us. We had some cement poured early this year and 2 weeks after that happened we were robbed the first time. Then two months later and got the rest of high dollar stuff. Then four months later again, they stole cases of soft drinks, cleaned out the frig and a few minor tools.
Edwin
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ORIGINAL: Edwin
I fly at ARCA in Austin. We have a good idea who burglerized us. We had some cement poured early this year and 2 weeks after that happened we were robbed the first time. Then two months later and got the rest of high dollar stuff. Then four months later again, they stole cases of soft drinks, cleaned out the frig and a few minor tools.
Edwin
I fly at ARCA in Austin. We have a good idea who burglerized us. We had some cement poured early this year and 2 weeks after that happened we were robbed the first time. Then two months later and got the rest of high dollar stuff. Then four months later again, they stole cases of soft drinks, cleaned out the frig and a few minor tools.
Edwin
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Pete,
One of our old time members (Loyd) owns a security company. They were gracious enough to donate all the equipment. We paid the installation and monthly monitoring charge. Now we have to enter security codes every time we get into the containers. Most everybody avoids the store rooms like the plague. They dont want to be responsible for setting it off. Kind of a good thing now. We also got a game camera that takes pictures, even at night. It emails the pics when activated. All of our thefts happened during the day.
Edwin
One of our old time members (Loyd) owns a security company. They were gracious enough to donate all the equipment. We paid the installation and monthly monitoring charge. Now we have to enter security codes every time we get into the containers. Most everybody avoids the store rooms like the plague. They dont want to be responsible for setting it off. Kind of a good thing now. We also got a game camera that takes pictures, even at night. It emails the pics when activated. All of our thefts happened during the day.
Edwin
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Sorry Lee, to hear about that theft, I wil post on our website about this situation, we got you covered here in Laredo area, yours truly, RC Modelers Of Laredo. Club Pres. Jaime Ramirez
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took a list of items to the local hobby town store and been dropping in on local pawn shops in the area, nothing so far. the Austin PD sent out the crime scene unit they were able to get a bunch of fresh prints. I hadnt been in the trailer in a couple of months so they feel certian that they are the crooks finger prints. just hope the jerks have a record so they can id them. I did call my insurance company they are looking into wheather or not the items will be covered. (I got a feeling I know what that means) oh well thanks for letting me vent. it's been an expensive lesson but I now have a good detailed record of the rest of my stuff a new burgler alarm on the house and a new security system on my trailer. The real kicker is I work for Texas DPS I should have known to be more cautious, just got complacent with security.
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Some jurk stole my inflatible santa out of my frunt yard the other day. I guess crocks get active around this time of year. Just remember something I learnd in the navy many years ago. What comes around goes around. They will get thiers.