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Beginner Spad Help - 12/30/2002 5:16:11 PM   
pougee_au


 

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From: 35.9887 S 146.3574 E
Status: offline 		Hey,

I want to build a spad and learn to fly with it. But i am not sure which is the best one to choose. Some one sugested the Debonair. And were can i get some plans for them?

Regards Pougee
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Beginner Spad Help - 12/30/2002 5:20:47 PM   
Tattoo



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From: Wichita, KS,
Status: offline 		Welcome to the forum!!!
Start here!
http://www.spadtothebone.com/SPAD/

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Beginner Spad Help - 12/30/2002 5:22:48 PM   
pougee_au


 

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From: 35.9887 S 146.3574 E
Status: offline 		Thanks Tattoo. I have been there i am looking at the Dart. Would it be a nice beginners plane?

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Beginner Spad Help - 12/30/2002 5:34:22 PM   
Ross Kean



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From: Fredericton, NB, CANADA
Status: offline 		The Dart would be a BAD choice for a beginner's plane!! The Debonair is DEFINATELY the way to go for a Newbie. It is a very well behaved trainer aircraft. Also quite durable. Build instructions are excellent. If you are a fairly experienced pilot having soloed on a conventional trainer let us know and we will make a recommendation based upon what you are looking for in terms of aerobatics, combat or general sport plane.

Ross

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Beginner Spad Help - 12/30/2002 5:37:15 PM   
pougee_au


 

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Status: offline 		Hey,

Thanks Verry Much Ross. I was nearly about to make it. I will look into the Debonair

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Beginner Spad Help - 12/30/2002 6:06:01 PM   
Tattoo



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Status: offline 		Ross is right on! The Dart is more of a C class combat plane... Go with the Debby!

Very interesting location in your profile pougee_au, Where are you from?

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Beginner Spad Help - 12/30/2002 6:10:01 PM   
pougee_au


 

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Status: offline 		hehehehe funny you should say tattoo. That is my exact location (sorry about the spelling). Thats in Latitude and Longatude. But i live in NSW Australia. Find out were that location is by the lat and lnog and you have found my town. The Debb looks realy simple to build. Good start

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Beginner Spad Help - 12/30/2002 8:32:40 PM   
web-pilot


 

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From: Aurora, CO, USA
Status: offline 		MapQuest puts your location in the ocean east of Japan a ways???

Ok If I put in the LAT as a -35.6851, I find you between Canberra and Melbourne. Is that correct? [URL=http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=-35.6851&longitude=146.30169][/URL]


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Beginner Spad Help - 12/31/2002 12:08:15 AM   
Clean



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Status: offline 		How soon are you going to start building? The reason I ask is that Kraut is or will be looking at making plans for his new Spadet.

The Debonair is a good ship though and Krauts new ship might actually take more advanced building skills. Better to just knock out a quick ship so your emotional attachment isn't too high. SPADs are tough, but there will always be that "I don't wanna break it" attitude with the new plane/pilot. The durability and ease of replacement of SPADs will get you over that fairly quickly.

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Beginner Spad Help - 12/31/2002 2:13:10 AM   
rchawaii



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From: Ewa beach http://spadunderground.biz, USA
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< Message edited by RCHAWAII-RCU -- Jan 21 2003 5:52AM >

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[center][link=http://spadworld.net/]If You Can't build it, don't fly it.[/link][/center][hr][center]Click to go to the SPADW

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Beginner Spad Help - 12/31/2002 8:46:50 AM   
pougee_au


 

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Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Originally posted by RCHAWAII
P.S. when I enter those coordinates all I get if a bunch of flak, aa guns and bandits on my tail? What gives!
Oh, it was in Combat Flight Simulator -lol -Rough Neighborhood you live in! [/QUOTE]

HAHAHAHAA I couldn't stop laughing. My location is Corowa. On the NSW and VIC Boarder

(Tatto are you the father of spads? And is it your Deb that is being made on the website?)

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Yep - 12/31/2002 9:01:28 AM   
rchawaii



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< Message edited by RCHAWAII-RCU -- Jan 21 2003 5:54AM >

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[center][link=http://spadworld.net/]If You Can't build it, don't fly it.[/link][/center][hr][center]Click to go to the SPADW

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Beginner Spad Help - 12/31/2002 7:59:19 PM   
Tattoo



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Status: offline 		I don't know if I would say father...all I can sy is that I had a little bit to do with getting it started...but it's everybody else that took it from there and made it what it is today!!!

Yep...the Debby is my design...and it came about becasue a beautiful lady named Jan (Sassy) crashed her LT-40 into a million pieces, and had a Dur-plane that would barely fly because it was carrying 3 pounds of epoxy ...anyways, I decided to try my hand at a trainer airplane with her help...and the product was the Debonair...and it was Kraut who came up with the name. Sassy was able to solo on the prototype Debby the same day we took it out to test fly it! She still has Debby #1...and I still have Debby #2 and fly it regularly!

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Beginner Spad Help - 1/1/2003 12:33:31 PM   
Spoonman


 

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From: Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Status: offline 		Hey this is Pougee in my bros name see the post below to see my reply. Sorry

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Beginner Spad Help - 1/1/2003 1:05:49 PM   
pougee_au


 

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From: 35.9887 S 146.3574 E
Status: offline 		Is it alright that i post up some pics on it here while i am building it. I done the rudder and elavoter last night. And from what i here its very hard to get the downpipe for the fuselarge. I am going try and make it out of 5mm Corflute. If i can't get and of the box plastic. How long does it take you to build the Debby?

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