soloboss
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Joined: 9/17/2006
From: Fort Wayne,
IN, USA
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Uri,
The new Ivy Tech campus will be a bit further from me than the current one, but still barely a mile away. The current one is blocks away, so you'll be close. The new campus is at the site of the old Indiana State Developmental campus (another learning center - sort of) and I used to fly electric airplanes over there before they locked the place down for construction. If / when you get up here, you will be close by. The old school is demolished and the cleanup continues. Is there going to be a helicopter lab adjacent to the science lab? I think we need an R&D dome for helis and electric planes. And of course battery development and testing!
I'm not ignoring you guys and your good words. I'm just a bit tongue tied.
I suppose that with my natural curiosity and interest in the physics of mechanical stuff, I should be a rich guy, but I didn't go for the engineering degree when I should have. I'm part of the cross-over generation. Excellent careers could be had with high school and intense learning on the job. That changed some time when I wasn't looking. Big mistake on my part. At 58 years old, I'm not starting over now.
So I fiddle with gadgets, and the electric helicopters are about the coolest gadgets I can think of. And then I met you guys and we all sort of learned together. As a 3D CAD designer (Solidworks) I can create some of the stuff that I think should work, and I can mess with weights and designs without making parts. It's all pretty cool. I really appreciate all of you being here for a chat and letting me talk endlessly. We are raising me wife's nephew so the house is a nursery, and I have nothing in common with the guys at work. If not for this forum I'd go nuts.
Bones27, one of our new guys, said it very well;
Besides, like you I enjoy the tinkering, testing, building, modifications and the freindships I have developed over the last year just as much as the flying anyway. I have never met any of you face to face but it seems like I have known you forever. This is one of the nicest most knowledgeable groups of people I have ever been involved with and I consider myself lucky.
Soloboss
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Soloboss
If everyone''s thinking alike, then somebody isn''t thinking. George Patton
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Same with the slo-max. Couldn't be more happy with it. It's now on flight 46. Hopefully it's not gone bad yet. If it has I will be torn as to buying another or giving the new xtreme motor a go round. Been hearing good things about that bad boy too. Decisions Decisions 
Only lasted 46 flights. i changed out my servo, still problems, changed other servo, problems, resoldered tail motor, you guessed it. Finally changed out the slo-max for my old weenie CPP motor and glitch is gone. That CPP motor even with an 11t pinion on it dosen't have the RPM range to fly the M24's so i am back to stock blades. The whole thing just bums me out. I am going to head to the LHS today and see if I can find a high preformance 300 class brushed motor to replace ti with. If not I will be giving one of those xtreme 380's a go. Slo-max last 46 flights and the century HP tail motor is at 74 flights and going strong. Go figure. i suppose I should count my blessings and be happy that it's not an issue with the 3-1 or the 6200 rx.