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Old 07-31-2013, 10:54 AM
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Default Pattern plane chronology

Do we have a chronology for our planes.

Like:
1971 the Kaos was introduced (don't use that date, I'm sure it's wrong)
1972 Don Lowe introduces the Phoenix 1 (again, just an example)

Something like that.

Maybe if not we could start one?

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Old 07-31-2013, 11:07 AM
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You would have to start back in the 50's with perhaps the Astro Hog. Not sure if that would be considered the first "Pattern" ship though.

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Old 07-31-2013, 11:15 AM
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Hi,

I think that you would want to begin with the Smog Hog from the 1950's. it was the precursor to the Astro Hog and won many contests in its time.

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Do we have a chronology for our planes.

Like:
1971 the Kaos was introduced (don't use that date, I'm sure it's wrong)
1972 Don Lowe introduces the Phoenix 1 (again, just an example)

Something like that.

Maybe if not we could start one?

Tim
Hey Tim,

I like your Idea. Just to clarify are you staking out the jet style of Pattern Classic planes from say 1963 (Blue Angel Prototype) to when turn around pattern became main stream?

Trenton RC Flyers has a huge Classic Pattern List already compiled but not in a chronological order. http://www.trentonrcflyers.com/patte...atternlist.htm

I was able to place it in an Spreadsheet file if you would like to put the work into ordering it by date. See attached file its a coma delimited txt file that can be imported into Excel or most spreadsheet apps.

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Old 08-01-2013, 03:57 AM
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Didn't see the Deception in your file.

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Default RE: Pattern plane chronology

That was a lot of work Bryan.

I was just curious about the 60s to the beginning or mid 80s. If I wanted to know when the Crusader first entered the scene or the Phoenix series, I could look on the list. Or if a plane had a certain design change, did others have that too that were designed before it?

I'm not in a bet with anyone that I'm disputing a date on, just curious if such a list exists. Like your list, it would be a lot of work.

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I think you need to start from the beginning to really the evolution of the designs.

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I don't mean to put a time limit on it but if it requires going back earlier that would be great.
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Tim,

If a list was field delimited in a spreadsheet, it can be ordered by any row or column. The list just needs to be fleshed out with relevant info inuding the design date. There are a number of fields that come to mind that would be of interest to include in such a list.

If the list was kept publicly (eg on Trenton), it would grow in information wealth with time. To me, that list ought to include the full SPA as well as CPA date range so roughly mid to late 50's all the way to turn around (1993-1995).

The only tricky part would be version control which is typically handled with software in closed or controlled networks.

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Looks like Will and I are thinking along the same lines chronology wise.

I sometimes wonder though if dates ought to be set based on channel control of the aircraft (ie 4 channels or more).

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ORIGINAL: ChiefK

Didn't see the Deception in your file.

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The Deception is there. No. 58

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That was a lot of work Bryan.

I was just curious about the 60s to the beginning or mid 80s. If I wanted to know when the Crusader first entered the scene or the Phoenix series, I could look on the list. Or if a plane had a certain design change, did others have that too that were designed before it?
casniffer a member here was the one who did all the work compliing the list. All I did was a copy and paste into Excel then saved it a s coma delimited text file.

The text file above can be opened in Excel. You'll need to make sure to select Coma delimited instead of tab delimited.


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If a list was field delimited in a spreadsheet, it can be ordered by any row or column. The list just needs to be fleshed out with relevant info inuding the design date. There are a number of fields that come to mind that would be of interest to include in such a list.
I think that was casniffer' idea to begin. I messed around with ordering the list in Excel. but there is a large amount of missing date data and of the data there, most of the it consists of the year only.

Would be a great project for someone willing to put in the time to finish it.

Here's the Excel file for any one who wants to mess with it. You will you need to change the txt extesnsion to xls.
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Old 08-01-2013, 10:36 AM
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This sounds like an IDEAL file to load to WIKI where anyone knowledgeable could up date it.
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All I did was a copy and paste into Excel then saved it a s coma delimited text file.

The text file above can be opened in Excel. You'll need to make sure to select Coma delimited instead of tab delimited.

Oh, kind of like the turboencabulator http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fjcJp_Nwvk

I got it, thanks.

LOL

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Yea. Like you said.

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