Starting Table Plans
04-27-2006, 12:43 PM
#1
Thread Starter
My Feedback: (1)
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: o\'fallon,
MO
Posts: 251
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Starting Table Plans
Hello! Our club is in the process of developing a new flying field and we would like to construct some starting tables for the convenience of our members. Does anyone out there have plans or pictures of starting stands they use? Any help is greatly appreciated!
04-27-2006, 12:52 PM
#2
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Columbia,
MD
Posts: 580
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Starting Table Plans
Here you go [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_3979214/anchors_3981410/mpage_1/key_field%252Ctable/anchor/tm.htm#3981410]Click here[/link]
Have fun and let us know how it goes!
Have fun and let us know how it goes!
04-27-2006, 03:27 PM
#5
Thread Starter
My Feedback: (1)
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: o\'fallon,
MO
Posts: 251
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Starting Table Plans
we have a lot of "veteran" flyers in our club, our old facility was on a full scale airport, so we could not have any permanent or semi permanent tables in the pits. I know it was a pain for some of these guys to be constantly bent over to work on their planes so this should be a welcome addition. It even looks like we have a eagle scout troop volunteering to build them!!
04-29-2006, 09:31 AM
#6
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Lake County,
CA
Posts: 1,555
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Starting Table Plans
Has anyone tried building these tables out of PVC pipe, PVC lumber or plastic wood (Trex, etc.)?
What were the results?
Thanks,
KW_Counter
What were the results?
Thanks,
KW_Counter
04-30-2006, 09:17 AM
#7
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 1,329
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Starting Table Plans
KW,
I would not recommend PVC pipe. We have our pilot guards made of PVC and they do not hold up well in the long haul against the sun. We built our starting stands of treated 2x lumber and they are quite satisfactory.
Bedford
I would not recommend PVC pipe. We have our pilot guards made of PVC and they do not hold up well in the long haul against the sun. We built our starting stands of treated 2x lumber and they are quite satisfactory.
Bedford
04-30-2006, 09:31 AM
#8
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Lake County,
CA
Posts: 1,555
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Starting Table Plans
Bedford,
Thanks for the insight. Here in Lake County I think we are hotter and dryer than Houston.
We are at a higher altitude, I don't know if that affects the UV that is usually the destructive element in the sun.
Where do you fly in Houston? Links to sites?
I may be making a business trip there in the future.
Do you have much trouble keeping flying sites in such an urban area?
Thanks,
KW_Counter
Thanks for the insight. Here in Lake County I think we are hotter and dryer than Houston.
We are at a higher altitude, I don't know if that affects the UV that is usually the destructive element in the sun.
Where do you fly in Houston? Links to sites?
I may be making a business trip there in the future.
Do you have much trouble keeping flying sites in such an urban area?
Thanks,
KW_Counter
