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Proud Bird - 3/30/2005 5:03:28 AM   
ColeThornton


 

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Status: offline 		hey guys...after all this time it is finaly finished...i will be test flying it saterday...

Cole

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RE: Proud Bird - 3/31/2005 5:01:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		Looks nice Cole! I hope it flies well for you at the Races

Are you gonna have it ready in time for the Basin Race coming up in a couple of weeks?


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RE: Proud Bird - 3/31/2005 2:19:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Bill,

Will you email me the LA race schedule. May try to fly out for one...

Thanks
Randy

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RE: Proud Bird - 3/31/2005 2:45:55 PM   
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Go to valleyflyers.com. The schedule is there.



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RE: Proud Bird - 3/31/2005 3:25:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Cole, what did you do, if anything, to make the checkerboard look better???
JZW

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RE: Proud Bird - 3/31/2005 11:33:33 PM   
ColeThornton


 

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Status: offline 		Bill, thanx man, i still need to rub it out since the clear went on a bit rough, but it did turn out better than i thought...o, and u know i will have it at the basin..along with a Neme-Q

John, with a sharpie and alot of time, they came out alot better than expected...the numbers r still rough but hey, its a racer!!

Cole


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RE: Proud Bird - 4/1/2005 2:23:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Cole, what happened to the belly pan? I don t see it in the pic,,,


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RE: Proud Bird - 4/1/2005 2:36:19 AM   
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Status: offline 		it is on my bench...i forgot about setting it up before i painted, so i am just going to speed tape it on..save alot of time and work

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RE: Proud Bird - 4/4/2005 2:34:08 PM   
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Status: online 		Have you flown it yet Cole?

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RE: Proud Bird - 4/4/2005 3:45:54 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Daven,

Got a good price for a slightly used bird ? flown only once


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RE: Proud Bird - 4/4/2005 4:30:17 PM   
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Status: online 		Not for sale Jesse. I cleaned it up real good, thankfully no dirt got in the venturi. The belly pan needed a little glue and clean up, but not bad. The fuse has two small cracks about 1" long just in front of the rear wing hold downs. It will be a piece of cake fix, just ticks me off that I did that. Still not really sure what happened, but I'm pretty sure it was my fault

Flew good though, seemed fast. I know I won't go with a mostly white plane again. It was a bear to see in the overast sky.

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RE: Proud Bird - 4/4/2005 4:45:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		I had a simular experience with an all white plane with some trim... I flew it in bad light at the end of the day with some overcast...
Flight went ok, went down wind to set up for final and then all of a sudden, I could not tell what the plane was doing... Is it going away from me, coming at me or what??? I kept holding some up and continued my left turn... It turned out I had already made the turn and was coming back toward myself, but thought I was still going away... Turned harder left and gave more up, then I saw it!!!
It was in a snap and now coming straight down... Relaxed elevator, waited, pulled again slightly, snap, snap, snap.....
That was the end of my all white with blue trim Lyle Larson, Gino Del Ponte pre-owned, Vendetta.........
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RE: Proud Bird - 4/4/2005 5:02:10 PM   
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ORIGINAL: daven

Not for sale Jesse. I cleaned it up real good, thankfully no dirt got in the venturi. The belly pan needed a little glue and clean up, but not bad. The fuse has two small cracks about 1" long just in front of the rear wing hold downs. It will be a piece of cake fix, just ticks me off that I did that. Still not really sure what happened, but I'm pretty sure it was my fault

Flew good though, seemed fast. I know I won't go with a mostly white plane again. It was a bear to see in the overast sky.


It's a pretty model, fix it up, throw some green on and you'll be good to go.


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RE: Proud Bird - 4/4/2005 11:52:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		no i have not flown it yet...had to much other stuff goin on with school and my Neme-qs that i didnt have time...it will fly this weekend for sure..

i tell ya though...after seein how much fun Tony is havin with his i definatly need to fly this thing!!

Cole


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RE: Proud Bird - 4/5/2005 2:16:03 AM   
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Status: online 		Mine flew rock solid. Not as stable as the Vendetta I normally fly, but it seemed a little faster. Maybe its my winter Minnesota Rust, but it did seem fast.

good luck with yours Cole.

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RE: Proud Bird - 6/12/2005 2:54:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		nice looking plane

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RE: Proud Bird - 6/13/2005 1:23:28 AM