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My first experience with combat planes - 7/3/2006 1:48:12 AM   
vwtrey


 

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Status: offline 		hi guys,

I was at the flying field today, and a guy brought out a combat plane. Man, that thing was great. Flew pretty fast, handled good, and tough as nails! I'm really thinking about trying one of these some day.

I looked around on here to see if I could find a plane like the one he had. So far, no luck. The fuselage on his was made of pretty hard plastic, or something similar. Had a triangle on the front of it for landings. I'd describe it better, but I cant. Any clue as to what it might have been?

trey
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RE: My first experience with combat planes - 7/3/2006 2:01:06 AM   
vwtrey


 

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Status: offline 		This is it, i found this in a thread a few pages back. Any idea what this is? can you put a landing gear on something like this?


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RE: My first experience with combat planes - 7/3/2006 2:39:16 AM   
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Status: offline 		The plane in the picture is a Wasp, designed by Ron Horton from Billings Montana. It is now kitted by Chet Carpenter from Fruitland Idaho. His e-mail address is crchet@msn.com.

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RE: My first experience with combat planes - 7/3/2006 4:51:28 AM   
RC MANIAC119


 

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Status: offline 		Wrong answer Yankee....that is a Lanier Slasher........foam wing, coroplast tailgroup, and HDPP fuselage!

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RE: My first experience with combat planes - 7/3/2006 6:53:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yuppers that looks like a Slasher. ( Just sold the Slasher kit I had to a club member
hoping it will improve Thurs. nite combat, also it would have become an orphan to
me as I have bought a 3 pack of avengers. Here is a link to them.

http://www.teamseaholm.com/

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RE: My first experience with combat planes - 7/3/2006 5:59:36 PM   
yankee samurai


 

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RE: My first experience with combat planes - 7/4/2006 3:45:49 AM   
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Easy build and it is tough. Landing gear??? Belly land it.


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RE: My first experience with combat planes - 7/6/2006 3:21:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		The Seahoam Avenger kit is another one very similar to your pic.

Landing gear on one of these? NEVER

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RE: My first experience with combat planes - 7/6/2006 7:11:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		Either way, see if you can get some folks to go along with ya flying one so you can play combat, it is quite a rush. If the Avenger or Battle Axe are a little expensive for you to sell, build some SPAD Dogfighters and hand out a couple, cost of materials will get you quite a fleet for the Avenger but it won't be much use to you on a National scale. Then again, if your just trying to get some club combat going, SPAD is a cheap way to get going.

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RE: My first experience with combat planes - 7/7/2006 12:28:52 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for the help guys. Im a new guy to flying, but I talked to one of the guys at the field who has one. He said that his flies pretty calm with lower throttle. I think I will look into getting one.

The reason that I asked about landing gear, is because hand launching honestly scares me for some reason. Seems like I'd have a heck of a time if I was by myself and tried it, but I'm sure I could get over it. Thanks again!

trey

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RE: My first experience with combat planes - 7/7/2006 3:38:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hand launching is way easier than ROG IMO. No ground driving needed I can hardly take one off the ground, I am so used to hand launching

The combat planes fly wonderfully! We couldn't do what we do if they were hard to fly About 5 years ago I went straigt from trainers to combat ships and the ensuing addiction. Anything but combat is....well....let's say relaxing

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RE: My first experience with combat planes - 7/8/2006 11:59:20 AM   
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Status: offline 		Gotta agree with the above post. Hand launching is a snap. Way easier in my opinion than ROG. Have someone do it for you the first few times until the plane is trimmed out good and then try it yourself. I always do it by myself now but the first few times I had someone else throw it for me.
Just hold the TX in your left hand with throttle wide open. Hold the plane overhand with your right. (I'm assuming you are right handed) Don't run or nothin just give it a hard spearlike throw straight out or maybe up just a touch. You really do have plenty of time to get your right hand on the sticks.
Some guys just do a left hand underhand FLICK so to speak but I don't recomend this. The slower initial airspeed can cause problems. Overhand is the way to go.

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RE: My first experience with combat planes - 7/9/2006 3:59:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		I do it exactly backwards from that. I throw overhand with the left keeping my right on the stick. Bump the trottle with my chin and throw. Never have to have a hand off the contoll that way. Have to launch the avenger underhand since there is not a great one had hold for it but the new fence pot fuse avenger I made has a good grip on the bottom.

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RE: My first experience with combat planes - 7/10/2006 2:57:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		Personally, I always throw left-handed underhand. But I don't just flick it, I give a step or two and a good, hard arm swing, esp when throwing in a tail wind. (I was flying over the weekend with about a 10mph dead tailwind on launch, no problems at all). Part of the reason I use this throw is to avoid having to juggle the plane and transmitter while the engine is running. I find it awkward to get under the plane and get it up over my head.

Now, there are guys who basically just let go of the plane, or just use a wrist flick, and let it fly away. That works most of the time, but can be a problem, so I don't do it.

I also design my planes to have a good hand grip when held from the top, and use no-skid on the scale fuses. Some planes you just can't throw underhand since there's nothing to grab. And there are some planes that don't work overhand either.

no matter which technique you use, the key is to get airspeed. Throw basically level or slightly nose up.


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RE: My first experience with combat planes - 7/11/2006 12:42:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		I guess a big thing is the design of the plane. My planes have nothing on top to grab. Some combat ships such as a flying wing have nothing on the bottom. Considering Montague's post I will say that either way is ok and do whichever suits you and the plane you fly. Either way is a piece of cake though so don't be worried about it.

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RE: My first experience with combat planes - 7/11/2006 2:42:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		Nice thing about combat planes is they are high powered and designed to be fairly stable. Oh, they'll turn on a dime but set up correctly the roll rate isn't too fast and there is lots of rudder to straighten things out with. After all, with a couple streamers on a wingtip it has to be able to fly semi straight. So pointing it in the relatively right direction and giving it a toss the airplane itself should fairly much straigthen itself out. For a test flight, have someone else give it a toss.

AJ used to fly his pre-avenger in the club funflys and almost always one the climb and glide. That darn thing'll float on thermals you know.

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RE: My first experience with combat planes - 7/19/2006 1:58:30 AM   
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