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RE: FSA Clubhouse - 11/12/2005 5:02:51 PM   
SpitfireMKI



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Status: offline 		Kelly, I expected no less from a sissy club that only flies wittle ewectwics and big gas powered mid wing trainers said to be aerobatically challenging

OOOOOOOOHHHHHHH WHAT FUN !

That's ok, looks like aside from Andy T, I'll be the only large scale warbird driver left anyhow, the 'Got Wood' gang has folded with ZMAN selling out and Unteroffizier moving to God's country..........ES335 is lost in the building hanger !

All kidding aside, I still don't think we have enough warbirds to do an event. With the so called scale aerobatics it looses it's "scale" charm, so it might as well just be called an FSA Open house or something. I do think a TOC type event is a great idea !

If all goes according to plan, I hope to be flying more fullscale next year. Praying I can pass a medical and I can work out the $$$$ end of it. "Ridgely traffic, Cessna one niner eight tango whiskey turning final runway three zero Ridgely !"

MT

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RE: FSA Clubhouse - 11/12/2005 10:55:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thought I would beat Kelly and Kirk to the ribbing. Good news, Bad news, Good news.

Good news, the Ultimate can hover very well. I was able to hover it from the edge of the runway to about 350 yards straight out. Actually it was the wind that blew it out that far

Bad news, the plane was extremely tail heavy. No way to straighten it out and get it flying right

Good news is that I was able to get it down in one piece without any problems.

There, go ahead, flame away guys!!!!!

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RE: FSA Clubhouse - 11/13/2005 11:30:53 AM   
SpitfireMKI



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Status: offline 		Take it to Cecil, he can get weight in the nose !

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RE: FSA Clubhouse - 11/13/2005 12:52:26 PM   
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ORIGINAL: DrDeath

Thought I would beat Kelly and Kirk to the ribbing. Good news, Bad news, Good news.

Good news, the Ultimate can hover very well. I was able to hover it from the edge of the runway to about 350 yards straight out. Actually it was the wind that blew it out that far

Bad news, the plane was extremely tail heavy. No way to straighten it out and get it flying right

Good news is that I was able to get it down in one piece without any problems.

There, go ahead, flame away guys!!!!!

Lee

You really don't do justice to a great scene! Let me try and describe it from my vantage point in the pits (by the big shed)......

There you are.... with the Ultimate hanging on the prop - hover??? - I really don't think so since ALL the controls are telling you it should be straight and level

We watch you "battling" with the controls, shouting "it's tail heavy... it's tail heavy!!!!". Yeah Lee... we can all see it's tail heavy

Anyway, the wind is blowing from the south west, and very soon the Ultimate is "hovering" towards the WSSC building

Now comes the funniest part..... Lee is now running (watching from behind, it's more like he's waddling, penguin like )across the field into the tall grass, still trying to control this "self hovering" plane!! By now he's gone thru ALL the 3D maneuvers - afterall he did say recently he was heavy into 3D - and the plane disappears somewhere in the distance into the brush!

Good news........ after a long trek thru the konterra jungle and back, he emerges with an unscathed e-flite ultimate.

I guess the moral of the tale is.... "He who hovers and walks away, lives to hover another day!!!!!"

Hey, it was all fun

Lee, thanks again for spending all that time in between your 3D practice, helping me with my new engine.

Blessings

Albert


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RE: FSA Clubhouse - 11/13/2005 2:52:28 PM   
DrDeath



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Status: offline 		Well, the good thing about those foamies is that if you cut power they start going down nose first. I cut power and the plane proceeded to go nose down. When I thought it was close to the ground (couldn't see the ground as Albert so eloquently put it, the plane was almost at WSSC) I goosed the motor a bit to try and level it out and get some air over the elevator. Combination luck, skill and the grace of God, the plane was pretty much level when I finally walked to it, some 5 minutes later. Without a scratch. I have to tell you guys the true story on why it was so tail heavy as I uncovered last night. I was in such a hurry Friday night, I miss read the battery installation (actually omitted the instructions) and placed the battery in the wrong spot . DOH! I have moved the battery to the correct location and will try to fly it on Monday during lunch. WHAT A BONEHEAD! Glad it was just a foamie and not something else. Guess you tend to rush the easy build planes and you don't take your time.

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RE: FSA Clubhouse - 11/13/2005 4:26:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		I know a vice pres who did a similar thing, I think it's still in the trees......

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RE: FSA Clubhouse - 11/13/2005 4:48:13 PM   
SpitfireMKI



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Status: offline 		BTW, I have thrown in a JR 652 6ch computer radio to the Tiger Moth deal, so it's now for sale "Ready to Fly" $1000.00

New cost:

Plane $300.00
OS120 $350.00
JR Radio & PCM RX $350.00
JR 4721 servo $100.00
Futaba 9202 servos $ 100.00
JR Std Ballbearing Servos (3) $60.00
Expert on-board glow - $60.00
2700mah battery - $35.00
Std 600 4.8 (Glow driver) - $20.00
4 rolls of fabric - $80.00
All that small fancy hardware(extensions, pull pulls, etc) - $100.00
Extra cowling and cabanes - $40.00
Dashing Pilot figure- $$$$$$$$

Probably more stuff that I forgot.....hell even the on-off switches are $40.00

Total before assembly: $1595.00

And that does not include the custom scale work and Skip's priceless time modifying the wings.

Save yourself the aggravation of assembly and buy it "Turn key" she flies great, lands slow and will spin like a top !

Everyone needs a scale Bi-plane ! This sweetheart of a plane is dependable and proven !



MT

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RE: FSA Clubhouse - 11/13/2005 4:56:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		Gary's making me queezy with that beautiful DVII ! I've got to get the big Tigermoth going ! got biplane fever !

If you have not seen it lately, he had the whole fuse out today, the cowling is a piece of work and his functional tail strut truly unique !

Going to be a real treat when that one flies

MT

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RE: FSA Clubhouse - 11/13/2005 7:27:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey lee can you teach me how to hover like that, man that was some nice luck that it didnt get hurt. I would like to see it fly level for a change oh well today is another good flying day wasted to a hangover.....

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RE: FSA Clubhouse - 11/13/2005 7:40:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Lee, what a bunch of sweethearts, huh?

We kid because we love.......

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RE: FSA Clubhouse - 11/13/2005 8:46:11 PM   
kregan



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Status: offline 		Come on Mike.... Don't leave out Jake, I'm sure he would love to site
with you and talk warbird talk. Also Cecil has a large