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C/L What's New? - 9/13/2003 12:32:30 AM

Old Sourdough

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For those of you who have been out of Control Line flying for awhile, there are some new items available that may be interesting to you. The following links might be worth checking out. These items seem, in this day and age, to be very reasonably priced and worth the money if the type of model (RTF and ARF) is your cup of tea.

First, for the ½a fans is the Hyper Viper. No information available at the link yet, but the designer, Mike Pratt, a very competent stunt flyer and designer (SIG Magnum, among others) says the plane flies the AMA pattern fairly well. Mike always has been careful to be very conservative when describing his CL designs and their performance capabilities, so I would tend to think this one would at least get an "old hand" back in the saddle fairly fast.

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDUT1&P=0

(edit) (Sorry, no direct link to Manufacturer for the above is available. Web site has not been updated an quite awhile and there was no info available there as of the last time I checked two weeks ago.)

You should already know the next two well, if you've been around control line at all. If you don't know them, ask here. I'll bet a lot of folks here can answer any questions you have.

http://www.top-flite.com/airplanes/topa1000.html

http://www.top-flite.com/airplanes/topa1005.html

They are already out and being flown. There have been numerous reviews, pictures and suggested modifications for them posted at other forums concerned primarily with Control Line flying. I have seen both and they look good. The "N" really should have the bell crank and lead outs replaced, but that's no big deal nor large expense.

Enjoy.

Paul

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RE: C/L What's New? - 9/13/2003 1:32:10 AM

William Robison

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Paul:

Your links are broken. Will you patch them? Or wouldd you like me to try?

What the heck.

Here's the Nobler c/l ARF:
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDUM0&P=7

And here's the Slight Freak. I mean Flite Streak, of course:
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDVF3&P=7

And the Cox Hyper Viper:
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDUT1&P=7

If you would rather go to Top Flite instead of Tower here they are:
http://www.top-flite.com/

The Slight Freak and Nobler are on the home page.

Bill.

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RE: C/L What's New? - 9/13/2003 2:15:37 AM

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My ARF Flite Streak has become one of my favorite ships. I had a 70's vintage Enya 19 that had been collecting dust for a number of years and it turned out to be a great match for this plane. I'm getting around a 4.4 second lap on 55 foot .015 lines with no landing gear. The nose is built out of somewhat softer wood than usual so I mounted the engine on a plastic pad and there are aluminium pads with lock nuts on the opposite side of the fuselage. The engine mounting bolts tended to loosen up a bit early on possibly due to some crushing of the light ply doublers. There was also a little warp in the wing that I couldn't get out by heating and twisting but a trim tab on the outboard wing staightened things out. Even with these few quirks it's turnd out to be a great flyer and well worth the 60 bucks. Probably the most tedious chore was trimming away a narrow strip of monocote in the center of the wing where it attaches the fuselage and trying to avoid cutting into the wood sheeting. The only changes I made to the plane were to install solid leadouts and replace the elevator horn with a heavier duty one.

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RE: C/L What's New? - 9/13/2003 2:23:48 AM

William Robison

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Elwyn:

A little trick on the film coverings, and trimming back for gluing.

Mark the lines you want to cut to, then using a #11 blade or similar, **** the covering between the lines. Holding the cutting edge away from the wood, make a slit all the way around. Then go back and just pull each side away from the wood.

Sometimes you can even save a flap of the original covering to iron back down, covering the glue joint.

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RE: C/L What's New? - 9/13/2003 5:59:55 AM

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Really the best way to remove the covering is to use a wood burning tool with an 11 Exacto in it. You need no pressure to cut and your lines will be straight. If you don't have that tool then a small chisel tip in a 15 watt soldering iron will do the job almost as well.
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RE: C/L What's New? - 9/13/2003 6:23:27 AM

Old Sourdough

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Bill,

You fixed those links before I had a chance. Thanks. I don't know why they didn't work initially. They worked for me immediately after I posted them. In the initial post, I did the html color trick and made the links blue. When I got here tonight, I noticed that they were no longer blue even though the code was still intact. When I removed that code, the links started working for me again.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Strange.

Paul

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RE: C/L What's New? - 9/13/2003 6:34:02 AM

William Robison

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Don't kow Paul. I didn't edit your post at all, just decided it was easier to post then myself.

And if I had gone into your post you would have seen the "Edited by..." line.

So I have no idea what happened to your colors.

But I'm not the only moderator in this forum. Did you notice an "Edited by..." line before you went back in? Jim (W8TY) might have fixed them. But I would think he'd have pinged you to say he had done it. Or put a line in the post, at least saying what he had done.

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RE: C/L What's New? - 9/13/2003 6:38:53 AM

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One of our clubmembers mentioned the hot blade method also. Actually he said he had purchased a special hot knife for the purpose. If I get another ARF Streak I'll probably go with this method. Shouldn't be any danger in scoring the center section sheeting this way.

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RE: C/L What's New? - 9/13/2003 8:58:36 PM

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Ive had a Cox Hyper Viper on backorder for 3 months now. Every month the availability changes to mid the following month. The way its going Im gonna need skis for it by the time I get one!

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RE: C/L What's New? - 9/14/2003 1:35:21 PM

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Allright "TigerKitty":

That's two strikes on ya now!
Better watch it...
Got some help here!
HAW!!!

littlefly

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RE: C/L What's New? - 9/14/2003 6:11:05 PM

William Robison

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Littlefly:

quote:

Allright "TigerKitty":

That's two strikes on ya now!
Better watch it...
Got some help here!
HAW!!!

littlefly

Huh???

Explanation, please sir.

Bill.

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RE: C/L What's New? - 9/14/2003 7:47:33 PM

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Your "Slight Freak" crack, of course!
Hey, just yankin' yer chain..
I flew control line combat for years with those..
K@B Torpedo 35, Fox 35, Fox 36X and Fox 40BB pressurized..
5 man combat..Yea, watch yours and 4 other sets of 7strand 70 ft Sullivan .018 stainless on Jim Walker U-Reelys. Best way to burn a gallon of Superfuel on Sunday afternoon!

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RE: C/L What's New? - 9/14/2003 8:04:15 PM

William Robison

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Littlefly:

Back in the "Old days" we had two factions - mine flew Ringmasters, the others flew their Slight Freaks. They, of course, said we were flying "StringBas***ds."

But my favorite was the "Barnstormer" with a (shudder) four-bolt headed Fox 35 engine.

Airplane, fuel, battery, a pocket full of head gaskets, and a screwdriver to pop the head off. Maybe a spare Top Flite 10x6 prop.

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RE: C/L What's New? - 9/15/2003 2:12:55 AM

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They are taking PRE-orders for Brodak's new Strega .60 size on windy's site. You should go check it out.........That plane looks FUN. I was thinking of getting one and stuffing a ys 63-4 cycle in it. See if it will screw me into the ground with 60' lines........hmmmmmm maybe the jett bse sounds pretty good though. Anyway, enough daydreaming...... you should go check it out!!!!!

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RE: C/L What's New? - 9/17/2003 11:10:53 PM

Kyle Entzel

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Hey, What size/length lines does one use on the Flite Streak? just wonderin'.
Thanks,
Kyle

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