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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 9/2/2009 7:01 PM

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Oh, that I would have completed a preflight check before my Spitfire's total destruction in the lake from a control horn being apart from the clevis. I'm cringing as I read your post and remember my shame.
Fly on chaps . Fly on

The only way for evil men to triumph is if good men do nothing (this goes for pre-flight checks too)

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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 9/4/2009 11:25 AM

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Sinai,

are you not airborne again yet? This will not do! The best way over the grieving process (as Wingman told me after I totalled a supercub many moons ago and was feeling similar) is to get another spit asap and get stuck in. It helps to stop your thoughts from shying away from all things spit related and lets face it, for us that section of the mind is a pretty large one. If your mind is your world you currently have the equivelent of Europe missing from it!
C'mon Sinai, get yer credit card out....unless I misunderstand and you have done so already?

Chin up, everyone
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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 9/5/2009 4:43 AM

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Wingco, you make a great case. If I were to lose my Spitfire there is no doubt that I would be emotionally bound to follow your suggestions. This is especially meaningful in my case since the Spitter was my first bona fide warbird, and specially modified to meet my particular performance requirements. Almost every time I talk about Spit history I tear up. I would get a new one even if/when I acquire a brushless Spit. The original PZ Spitfire is really very special to me.

We would understand if it were too painful to discuss, but I can't help but wonder what happened to cause the crash you mentioned.

Speaking of crashing, today's biplane flights made me very nervous about that very possibility. My Sopwith Camel wasn't too bad except for take off and landings on the small bumpy "two soccer field size" flying site. I suspect that I should have mounted the battery a little further forward in the SPAD. It seemed a little unstable compared to my last time out. It got a little too low and slow, and wobbly while being set up for a landing approach beyond the soccer field area - utter stark terror for a few seconds.

The SPAD demonstrated the same seeming
lack of control in a landing approach that it did the other day. After I tried to throttle down just enough to descend, the ship acted out of control as I attempted to throttle up smoothly to slow the decent. Finally, after a brief moment of panic the ship responded and I was able to make a "reasonable" powered decent to landing.

At least today I think I finally might have the torque roll trauma thing figured out. I will not be flying WWI flying machines in such a small place in the future. Also, future flights will mostly be limited to calm dawn patrols. Today's shifty winds seemed to always make me land down wind. It was not a fun day even though no real disasters occurred. I am trying to keep a stiff upper lip.

A man's gotta know his limitations!

Over and out.

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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 9/5/2009 10:38 PM

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Squadron, below is a communiqué response post that is currently being blocked off the next url. If one or more of our unit could go behind enemy lines and deliver the vital information we may be able to hasten the defeat of the enemy. Time is rapidly running out for me so I must avoid direct contact with our forces for days and maybe weeks at a time.

Fire at will!

I wish you well.

Over and out.

How do I fly, exactly? - Page 6 - WattFlyer RC Electric Flight Forums - Discuss radio control eflight
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HI Madweb, yes, flying into the sun is dangerous for beginners! Her is a video of what happens when one flies into the sun! I did this with my Trojan here and my Super Cub as well. Always fly with sunglasses, and never directly into the sun. I lost sight of the Trojan for about one second and well...you will see.

Numbthumbs, I AM A CONVERT! Yes, my mother gave me a set of "HD VISION" dark glasses that I had previously dismissed as "sales hype" and WOW! I could not only clearly see my planes in the air while not even realizing that I was wearing them over my regular glasses but enjoy some good sun protection as well.

Yesterday, I flew two (2) WWI planes over a small "two soccer field" size area and decided that this size area was too small for me with these planes under the shifty wind conditions I had to endure. I fell in love with these dark glasses. They might have even played a part in avoiding some near disasters.

I will continue to test these dark glasses and report as opportunity provides.

Hope you are still enjoying the conquest of the air.

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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 9/7/2009 8:24 AM

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Madweb, Squadron,

I dont think one ever gets over that sick feeling that hangs over you for a while like a cloud when your pride and joy has gone in terminally. The mental re-runs, the 'if only's' and if I'd just checked/given more rudder/shut the throttle.....its not what happens its how you deal with it.

Totalled my first cub back in the early days about four years ago, flying on way too windy a day with too little experience, not really sure what happened except that my efforts to turn into wind resulted in it hitting the runway with a resounding whack, wing in two sections and fuse in half, motor hanging off, no idea where the undercarriage ended up. Luckily for me, my dear wife analysed the look on my face and presented me with another the next day, which I still have and take out every now and then when I feel like flying and chatting at the same time. Its still the only plane I know that allows the TX to be passed around to demonstrate manoevers amongst friends whilst the cub is airborne. Its the flying equivelent of a comfy pair of slippers.
Talking of chatting whilst flying, an interested father and his two young boys wandered over recently whilst Wingman and I were preparing the Hanger 9's for the first flight of the day. I know its not their fault but have you ever tried flying on a gusty day that requires maximun concentration with two little fellers at your feet asking you to 'make it go high' or 'go upside down' or firing questions at you about it?. Your brain is screaming 'Please shaddup!!!' but your mouth is trying to nurture the interest...(hard to talk with your tongue clamped in the side of your mouth!)
Once I'd bounced to an undignified but triumphant standstill back on terra firma one of them turned to me and said, 'Wow dude! You so nearly crashed that. That would have been so cool.'
Cool indeed.
Wingco.

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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 9/11/2009 1:24 AM

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Anyone interested in upgrading to 2.4 GH? I bought both the Park Zone F4U, and the P-51. I'm using Futaba gear in both A/C, so I have no use for the Spektrum radios that came with the airplanes.
I have for sale the Spektrum DX5E transmitter and two Spektrum AR500 receivers. All unused, in like new condition. $100.00 for all ,you pay shipping. P/M me. Randy

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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 9/11/2009 8:22 AM

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Have done so already too. Means I just carry one radio for all models, important to check which A/C you're about to fly before you leave the ground, I've seen the results of having the wrong plane dialled in, it never ends happily!
Good luck
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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 9/15/2009 3:52 PM

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Madweb,

are you still on covert operations?
The lengthening nights over here and general seasonally adverse change in weather have prevented much air action and led me read a great book on the Battle of Britain called With Wings Like Eagles (check Amazon.com). It takes you from the politics leading up to it to the strategic mistakes on both sides with some very graphic descriptions from both pilots and Londoners experiencing it.
For some reason its never occurred to me that during the long hot July/August /September of 1940 the good people of our capitol city carried on with their daily business (as much as they could during those times) whilst 5 miles above them battle raged. The clear blue sky was fanned with white contrails streaked with trails of black smoke and the occasional parachute decending into the city. One account tells of a chap who'd just stepped out of the shower in time to see an ME109 being chased by a Spit at rooftop height barrel past his window, but the aircraft were mostly too high to hear, so people carried on with their picnics in Hyde Park or sat in their gardens on deck chairs watching the changing patterns whilst newspaper vendors kept score on the battle way above them, otherwise it was Sunday as normal in suburbia. Seems very surreal, doesnt it?
I shall leave you with a few Churchill quotes:
Woman on finding Winston slightly inebriated at a social do: Mr Churchill! You are drunk!
Winstons response; Yes Madam, and you are ugly. But in the morning I shall be sober.

George Bernard Shaw: Winston, do come to the first night of my new play in New York. Bring a friend, if you have one.
Winston: First night impossible, will come to second night. If you have one.

Take care all
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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 9/20/2009 11:03 PM

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Wingco, it's great to be back! I hope we can get some feedback from other squadron members as well. We can all certainly relate to your experiences. Hopefully, we can eventually become experienced enough to deal with stressful experiences enough to actually "relax" (?) and enjoy our public demonstrations. I will be checking out that book and buy a copy if it is still available.

The next url brought up my absolute favorite SPITFIRE picture that I acquired during one of my recent secret missions in DC. Notice the spy glass in my pocket. It was interesting to observe the increased guard activity as I spied on the enemy whitehouse. I was also able to observe what may have been killer bees flying around what looked like a home for peaceful honey bees near the above mentioned suspicious house. I wonder how many of those "bees" (?) were actually secret flying miniature spying robots.

I did manage to get away with good data that may be useful for our forces. http://cid-1af0492047b8ba5b.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/SMITHSONIAN%20AIRPLANES/09202009082026.jpg

Unfortunately, "Windows Live SkyDive" went down in flames. To bring up aircraft pictures please follow the instructions on post # 1261. Web war can be costly, but I am committed to the fight as long as there is any strength at all left in my trigger fingers!

BEWARE OF THE HUN IN THE SUN!

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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 9/21/2009 7:10 AM

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Lovely shot there Madweb! I notice that its one of the more rare MK8's, longer more pointed wings and a pressurized cockpit.
I spent the day at the Goodwood Revival on Friday, a huge event at Goodwood racetrack in Sussex designed with petrol heads in mind: motor races throughout the day that start in the 1920's era with vintage racing cars and work their way through to the 60's. Most of the crowd dress in period outfits that tend to be 1940's, but the highlight (for me) was an air display by merlin powered beauties.
Parked on the ground in front of me from left to right were: Mk2 Hurricane, Mk14 Spit, P51 Mustang, Mk5 Spit, P51 Mustang 'Ferocious Frankie', Mk9 Spit, ME109. All were put through their paces during the day including two spits and two P51's in tight formation. Midday saw the Battle of Britain memorial flight complete with Lancaster do a few flypasts. You may be able to find something on the internet if you check it out. A very worthwhile day.
(By the way, the content of you last missive, whilst humorous to the Squadron here and in true Madweb form, may not be viewed in the same lighthearted manner by those whose job it is to scan the web for words like covert, spies and 'enemy' whitehouse all used in the same sentence!!! Be careful old chap, you dont want any of that sort of attention!!)
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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 9/22/2009 12:16 AM

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Wingco, thank you for your kind and cautionary words. Please check out the update of my last post. I have been frantically trying to get my photo system to work. The only way at the moment that I can bring up the pictures is to click on the next url or one that also has the "THE HEAT IS ON" tune, click on the music and the airplane pictures will be displayed on my system. I hope to get some still photos posted for anyone who would like to see them without any problems.

The enemy seems to have at least partially successfully sabotaged my system.

Please PM your e-mail address and I will send any pictures I have. At the moment this is the best I can do.

Here is the text that went with the Spitfire aircraft photos:

Richard Porter wrote:
(Winston Churchill Quotes)

You ask, What is our policy? I will say; “It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us: to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy.” You ask, What is our aim? I can answer with one word: Victory—victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.

We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and the oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands. But if we fall, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth lasts for a thousand years, men will still say, “This was their finest hour!”

The use of the Spitfire and other aircraft as "teaching aids" is explained on my "CALL TO GLORY" web site."

1 day ago

Richard Porter wrote:

Never in the annals of history have so many owed so much to so few!

1 day ago

http://community-2.webtv.net/RICHARDPORTER/HANDYWEBPAGEFINDER/

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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 9/22/2009 3:00 PM

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Madweb, posted e mail address on your blog, feel free to use!
I can report an absolutely perfect H9 flight on Saturday lunchtime, warm day with no breeze whatsoever. Perfect landings with the MK2 spit coming in flaps and gear down which is always a lovely sight, gently touching down on tippie toes and cantering along the runway slowly lowering her tail. Very satisfying. This time I had a friend with me but no wingman, family duties detained him.

Which was probably a good thing as he flew the next day when I wasnt present: second flight out with the P51 he noticed a slight sluggishness on a low flypast, then suddenly no power at all. As he banked hard and lowered the gear for an emergency landing, he noticed that the prop wasnt windmilling either. On the very short final approach he couldnt fail to notice the trail of white smoke he was leaving and remembered to shut down the throttle, he touched down and rolled to a halt in a thick cloud of smoke, started to dash towards it to unplug everything he could then remembered that he had a bottle of water in his rucksack. This he discharged down the nose airvent into the motor compartment and managed to unhook the main battery.
The view that met him when he opened her up was that pretty well everything electric inside was black or unrecogniseable. Whats even stranger is that he looked inside his transmitter and found the battery pack in there also blackened...????? What forces are at work here?

He has taken a very philosophical view as he was going to upgrade the motor anyway (which was completely seized) and is happy that he prevented a fire. We're still examining the evidence but whats amazing is:
1) it happened at all
2) his radio appears to have been about to go the same way
3) he had any controls left at all to land as all were shot by the time he stopped, including the two servos at the tail end of the fuse in the P51.
Its a mad world.
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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 9/27/2009 9:33 AM

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Squadron,

all was inadvertently revealed with Wingmans P51. Separate circuits are required (or advised) with larger scale aircraft with retracts. One circuit powers the control surfaces and a separate circuit powers the retracts, largely to ensure that an inseen binding retract leg after takeoff doesnt drain the power from the control surface circuit leading to total control loss.
The way these circuit work in tandem is by connecting them both to the rx in their relevant connection ports but disconneting the red power wire from the retract connection. Guess what he didnt do when he replaced that connection? Which meant that every command issued from the tx sent power from both batteries (over double the amps) pulsing through the rx and down each servo connection including to the esc. Although the result was apparently very impressive to watch it was also very expensive!
Take head, fellow flyers! Check and double check!
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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 9/27/2009 11:12 PM

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Wingco, excellent advice! How many disasters could have been avoided if only a thorough double check of vital systems would have been made? In Wingman's case we still have the highly unusual coincidence of the transmitter going out at the same time as the receiver.

I dared to use my original troublesome stock PZ Spitfire radio system in a new F-15 Eagle successfully, flying at a field far enough away to eliminate the field variable-question. Like Wingman, I will always wonder about the strange radio "malfunction" that "just happened" (?) to take place at the very first time I was trying to enjoy an aerobatics fly off contest between my new PZ Corsair and my Spit.

As usual after plugging in the battery I checked control movement. When I did this on that fateful day, right aileron stick input caused the motor to run at slow speed! It would not stop this behavior at the field no matter what I tried! When I got home everything worked perfectly even with all of the batteries I tested in the system. I will never use that radio again in any airplane.

It was foolish for me to use it in the F-15, but at the time my AR500 conked out probably because I had foolishly tried to reverse some servo wires. Yes, it was an act of sheer desperation to get that Eagle in the sky, and I just had to see if that radio would work in the air again. Dumb luck is probably all that saved me from my folly.

You brought up something really neat about the Spitfire in your e-mail message that is really unique and profound. I have been thinking about a similar phenomena for some time now. I think it is amazing and perhaps even providential that the most beautiful fighter of WWII was an inseparable part of the most decisive battle for Western Civilization in "modern" times.

Given the recent outrageous insult against Western Civilization of having the statue of Sir Winston Churchill being kicked out of the Whitehouse; and then the backpedaling and misrepresentations about his values and his treatment of Nazi war criminals is a permanent vivid reminder (thanks to good documentation on the web) of the beauty of the real values that will ultimately triumph over all challengers!

In addition to a war winning P-51 Front Yard Fighter, a number of swastika festooned MESSERSCHMITT Bf-0109s will shortly be captured and used as teaching aids for our forces. The immutable values of real sustainable culture with its "self correcting" qualities unique to Western Civilization will surely once again vanquish even the the most threatening of possible Fascist tyrannies!

". . . AT 'EM BOYS, GIVE 'EM THE GUN!"

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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 9/30/2009 2:05 AM

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HUNS IN THE SUN!

Captured a gaggle of PZ MESSERSCHMITT Bf-109Gs yesterday after being notified by the hobby shop of their presence in the area. One of the 109s has been prepared for combat and will accompany my unit deep inside enemy lines very shortly. I will be cut off from friendly forces most of the time so possibly only occasional cryptic messages can be sent.

My operational 109 weighs right at two pounds with operational flaps, landing gear, and no battery. With the stock battery added the weight
is around 37 ounces and when fully charged the thrust to weight ratio is slightly better than one to one. My favorite battery for the MESSERSCHMITT is a four (4) ounce 1250 mAh 20c LiPo that I had to widen the battery compartment slightly for it to enjoy a nice fit. The thrust to weight ratio at 36 ounces with this battery seems to be a lot like the stock GUNFIGHTER, which is very nice for my purposes.

The fuselage around the battery area is reinforced on the inside with carbon fiber tow as is the bottom side of the wing out past the aileron servos. Everything else is stock. A little reaming of the plastic spinner back plate was needed to get it to fit on the shaft as well as the front of the spinner that needed to be opened a little to allow the screw to fit through. I added a small rubber washer to the screw in an attempt to tighten the spinner enough without overstressing the plastic so that it would not touch any part of the prop.

I have to balance a couple of props before the maiden. The three bladed prop used in thrust tests was not balanced, nor was any super lube added to the motor.

Everything works beautifully on this very beautiful plane. It is going to be a fabulous teaching aid. The 2.8 inch diameter wheels should make nice landings very practical. I am really looking forward to the conquest of the sky with my new killer 109s.

Due to space limitations, with the exception of a new updated brushless Spitfire, my MESSERSCHMITTS will likely be my very last purchase of this larger scale of warbird. I am looking forward to filling in all the small spaces I have left with Front Yard Fighters.

REMEMBER, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE, IT IS ALWAYS THE ONE THAT YOU DON'T SEE THAT GETS YOU!

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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 10/20/2009 1:47 AM

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Squadron, please enjoy this latest and greatest attempt to bask in Spitfire glory! I finally figured out a way to get those Smithsonian pictures on the web. Please click on the next two urls.
CALL TO GLORY!
http://community-2.webtv.net/RICHARDPORTER4/CALLTOGLORY/
PAGE 6
FINAL DECISIVE ATTACK ON OUR FIFTH COLUMN FASCIST DICTATORS
http://community-2.webtv.net/RICHARDPORTER4/CALLTOGLORY/page6.html

The next url shows how I have attempted to use a Corsair animation that I discovered I had to recognize it's milestone in modeling status. Most of the airplane web site urls feature an F4U performing victory rolls before their titles. HANDY WEB PAGE FINDER
http://community-2.webtv.net/RICHARDPORTER/HANDYWEBPAGEFINDER/

I have more to say about Spitfire glory but will save it for later.

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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 11/11/2009 4:32 AM

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More Spitfire glory . . .

The following url will as of 10/11/09 brings up a Smithsonian shot of mainly a Spitfire and a B-17. A Messerschmitt at 4 o'clock high on the B-17 combat box formation that can just barely be seen in the picture on the top of this (CALL TO GLORY) page is clearer in this shot. Part of the left wing and horizontal stab of a Zero can be seen as well as what might be the right wing tip of a 2,000 HP Bf-109.

On my web tv system I must be logged in to Gmail to get the picture to come up. I tried for hours to web scissor this picture like I was able to do with my other pictures but this is the best I can do for now. Yes, I cleared all cookies on both of my machines but there must be a nasty bug in my web scissor program.

http://mail.google.com/mail/h/6br0p4ll94jr/?view=att&th=124dcf14df96540e&attid=0.1&disp=inline&zw

CALL TO GLORY!
http://community-2.webtv.net/RICHARDPORTER4/CALLTOGLORY/page6.html

Since the page 6 thread material that I "cut and pasted" from our SPITFIRE thread there has been ONLY FUN STUFF on the other fighter plane threads on RCU! I am personally indebted to the good influence of all of you.

I hope to hear about some of your adventures. Surely the enemy hasn't taken everybody out. That really would be a shame given the valor above and beyond the call of duty that has so many owing so much to so few.

THANK YOU FELLOW SPITFIRE FANS!

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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 11/19/2009 1:18 PM

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quote:

Woman on finding Winston slightly inebriated at a social do: Mr Churchill! You are drunk!
Winstons response; Yes Madam, and you are ugly. But in the morning I shall be sober.

George Bernard Shaw: Winston, do come to the first night of my new play in New York. Bring a friend, if you have one.
Winston: First night impossible, will come to second night. If you have one.

There never was nor will there ever be anyone like him, one of the greatest men to ever walk the planet in my mind.
The word "Lion" has never better used as a better descriptor. Two of my favorites:
WSC -"You can always count on the United States to do the right thing. After they have exhausted every other possibility".
And...
Lady Astor- "If I were your wife I'd poison your soup."
WSC- "If I were your husband I'd drink it."
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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 11/19/2009 8:04 PM

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Doug, thank you so very much for sharing your sentiments. Sir Winston Churchill's idealism surely speaks to us with as much POWER today as it did during the darkest days of WWII! When I admire a Spitfire's beauty I automatically visualize his inspiring thoughts that played such a decisively inspirational part in the victory over Nazi totalitarianism.

I find it so sad that the values that made victory over tyrants who would enslave all of us possible during the brief history of the US of A being so thoroughly trashed by enemies within today.

Today's fascist objective of virtually total mind control will ultimately fail! The only real question is who the modern heroes are going to be and when this very real "empire of the mind" (another "Winston Churchillism") will fall to the forces of freedom!

I especially love the quote you included in your post:
"WSC -'You can always count on the United States to do the right thing. After they have exhausted every other possibility.' "

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ORIGINAL: Doug47

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Woman on finding Winston slightly inebriated at a social do: Mr Churchill! You are drunk!
Winstons response; Yes Madam, and you are ugly. But in the morning I shall be sober.

George Bernard Shaw: Winston, do come to the first night of my new play in New York. Bring a friend, if you have one.
Winston: First night impossible, will come to second night. If you have one.

There never was nor will there ever be anyone like him, one of the greatest men to ever walk the planet in my mind.
The word ''Lion'' has never better used as a better descriptor. Two of my favorites:
WSC -''You can always count on the United States to do the right thing. After they have exhausted every other possibility''.
And...
Lady Astor- ''If I were your wife I'd poison your soup.''
WSC- ''If I were your husband I'd drink it.''
Doug

I have a lot of hope that "the land of the free and the home of the brave" will not become the "land of the socialists and the home of the slaves!"

Here is a quote guaranteed to enrage our "elitist leaders" (?): WINSTON CHURCHILL (on Appeasement, Leftists, Islam, Socialism, etc.) ". . . it stands for the equal sharing of misery."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/845063/posts

FIGHT TO THE FINISH!

Oh, in all of the excitement I almost forgot. I am dreaming of a future BNF Spitfire that will rival the technological leap over other RTF fighters that I am now enjoying with my MESSERSCHMITTS.

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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 11/20/2009 11:19 PM

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MadWeb :
We gotta meet someday bud !
I SURE hope you had the pleasure of reading the Great Mans multi-volume set on the Second World War. Well, maybe I should hope you haven't so that you can

It is an A plus masterpiece ANY patriotic American or subject of the Crown would just love. They volumes are so full of genius applicable even today.
His mom was straight up 100% American, he loved America but he had his reasons on why he thought the world would have been a better place if we never would'vew split. I tend to agree.
Taxation without representation ? Oh, we didn't rid our selves if that, did we ?

Civil War ? Never would
ve happened, because Parliament was publicly fed up with slavery as an embarassment( it wasn't a states rights war, it was a slavery war) starting in the 1750's and wanted it over with.
There's always the other guys point. One of theirs is our rich guys wanted security and funds for infrastructure and leverage in trade agreements, but didn't want to pay taxes to fund it.
Hey, I've been in the military a very long time, still am, and love my country. But Winston had a point.

Regardless,a brave Confderate soldier at some point described the Civil War as "Rich Mans fight, poor mans war".
He was right then, right a thousand years before he said it, right then,and right today .

Doug

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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 11/23/2009 12:32 PM

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Madweb, Doug and Squadron,

Wingco here, thought it about time I touched base and let you know whats happening over here in Englands green and pleasant (rather brown and wintery actually) land.
First of all I suspect that WSC is probably the most quoted man ever, due to the impact of his carefully thought out and economic use of words. Its a great way of ensuring that you had the full attention of your potential audience, something that our 'leaders' could and should learn from these days. Either way I seldom tire of reading Churchills one liners:

'An appeaser is a man who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last' 'Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality that guarantees all others'
'A prisoner of war is someone who tries to kill you and fails, then asks you not to kill him'

Well, in the absence of clement weather I've been busy with a new project; the dear old Parkzone spit has been overhauled and its esc replaced with one that can take the increase in power without deciding to protect itself by cutting out at awkward moments, so there's not much that needs to be done with that, the Hangar 9 spit has had a new powerplant installed as the Eflite power60 was becoming less of a challenge so has been replaced with a power 90 that has yet to be tested and the latest acquisition, a Mk 9 spit acquired as a semi complete project from e bay, originally made by Hacker but now discontinued, is approaching completion and has occupied most of my spare time, photos to follow.
This one has en eflite 110 with 8cell lipoly battery pack and air retracts, a 70 inch wingspan and is painted up in blue and green camouflage and D-day stripes. Looking forward to the maiden flight, full report when I have something to say about that.
Meanwhile, keep a stiff upper lip at all times, chaps.
Curse this war
Wingco

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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 11/23/2009 10:43 PM

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Wingco, great to see you back in the fight! Yes, curse this war, but as you can plainly see we now have yet another very enthusiastic British sympathizer (Doug) in our ranks who can help us hunt Huns!

Armed with a Spitfire in one hand and a fist full of Winston's quotes in the other what chance could any enemy fascist tyranny possibly have!?

As has already been mentioned, there is also a lot of really neat fun going on on the other RCU fighter threads. It would be nice to have a little fun in helping to encourage a special but hapless Corsair pilot endure his target fixation crash experience, a common problem during WWII. At the moment I have to go out and repair my roof from wind storm caused damage. The enemy is everywhere.

Until I can once again really get serious about Spitters I will be getting some brief flights in here and there with my present equipment as conditions permit. I will also attempt to do a little better responding to specific neat stuff in everybody's posts. In rereading your stuff, Wingco, I noticed just how bad I've been.

Doug, we will definitely try to work something out. My travel director (wife) hasn't been very forthcoming so far, but, especially if you were to move south or west some time in the future, surely something can eventually be worked out. I am actually dreaming of possibly visiting "Merry 'Ole England" and enjoying great RAF modeling enthusiasts like our wingman Wingco.

BEWARE OF MY HUNS IN THE SUN!

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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 11/23/2009 11:54 PM

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Does anybody know where I can get a Spitfire Fuselage for a decent price? I picked up a wrecked one from a friend with a destroyed fuselage but with all other parts working or new.

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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 11/24/2009 5:18 AM

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good luck. I've been hoping Santa wouldn't notice i've been naughty and i'd get a Spektrum for Xmas, so i can resurrect my fuselage, in need of a wing and rx/servos.

Great great quotes. that was funny stuff. Well as soon as i get her back in the air, i'll make a vid (probably after Christmas) Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, and (is there anything more i can say that is politically incorrect? i hope so) none of this
"happy harvest" and "happy holidays" crud...HAPPY THANKSGIVING, and MERRY CHRISTMAS to all.

See you all next year. Gotta wait a month to figure my plan to fix her before they give us an alligator skin Spitfire with a brushless motor (z z z foam p51 leaves me voting no so far). I like the sleek skin of the original P51 and Spitfire.

Stick it to the Axis.

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RE: Parkzone Supermarine Spitfire Mk11B - 11/24/2009 7:30 AM

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Sinai, great to see you back in fine fighting form again! Yes, it is fun to be able to LOL with you about the politically correct crazyness we are all having to fly through today. Thank you for your courage to stand tall and laugh at it all! I love those inspirational and hilarious quotes too.

You have the squadrons permission to purchase a super Spitfire P-51 GUNFIGHTER to fight on the Spitfire thread if you can just stand to be Spitless until a brushless Spit becomes available. So, whatever you decide, we are looking forward to enjoying the unique pleasures you are so able to post.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! (I have a hang up about saying MERRY CHRISTMAS until after THANKSGIVING - but I wouldn't offend anybody with my hang up, unless, of course, they needed offending, you understand.)

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