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R/C fliers can be so funny sometimes - 1/18/2008 7:57:24 PM   
cutaway


 

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Status: offline 		So I'm out flying doing a wild "fly it like you stole it" demo for newbie guy who'd never seen a C/L plane before and one of the other R/C fliers at the field (who's been flying for several years) walks over to the C/L circle wanting to know what frequency I'm on ;->

Maybe one of the other guys sent him off looking for a left handed screwdriver or maybe he had radio problems and was looking for someone to blame ;->
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RE: R/C fliers can be so funny sometimes - 1/19/2008 12:50:06 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Cutaway, I'm an old U/C stunt pilot, and now fly RC (don't hold it against me!), and especially with the current influx of ARFs almost ready to fly, you wouldn't believe how dumb some of the newbies are! We see fewer and fewer owner-built airplanes at the field anymore...too bad, they don't now what they are missing!

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RE: R/C fliers can be so funny sometimes - 1/19/2008 1:47:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		I know what you mean. One day at the field I was running in an engine mounted on my portable work bench over by the car park to keep the noise away from the flight line. An RC guy asked me what frequency I was using for throttle control. Unbelievable.

Once when I was flying I was asked what frequency I was on but I knew he was just joking so I called out 21 metres .

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RE: R/C fliers can be so funny sometimes - 1/19/2008 5:04:42 AM   
cutaway


 

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ORIGINAL: Azcat59
you wouldn't believe how dumb some of the newbies are!


Yea I would. We got a similar crop of'em.

What's a little shocking is the ones who have been in it for decades and still can't tell when their engine is too lean (deadsticks near the end of every 4th flight or so), when the glow plug is shot, or constantly executing hard turns low and slow on landing resulting in tip stalls and cartwheels. I mention something like a clunk uniflow w/muffler pressure setup to cure some of their inverted climb deadsticks and get a blank stare from guys that have been doing this for 30 years.

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RE: R/C fliers can be so funny sometimes - 1/19/2008 5:10:16 AM   
gcb



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quote:

ORIGINAL: cutaway
So I'm out flying doing a wild "fly it like you stole it" demo for newbie guy who'd never seen a C/L plane before and one of the other R/C fliers at the field (who's been flying for several years) walks over to the C/L circle wanting to know what frequency I'm on ;->


Perhaps a good response would be, "One flight after another until someone else wants the circle".

I like the "21 merers" response also.

George

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RE: R/C fliers can be so funny sometimes - 1/19/2008 5:10:40 AM   
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Status: online 		Reply to downunder..... Man ..29 meters...... That is awfully loud.

< Message edited by skaliwag -- 1/19/2008 5:11:58 AM >

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RE: R/C fliers can be so funny sometimes - 1/19/2008 9:43:58 PM   
Lou Crane


 

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Status: offline 		I've threatened to go through a "full range check" at any RC field that requires it before flight:

Clothespin on board with " 2 x 0.015 x 60' "...(or whatever...)

Connect the lines:

Make like pulling the throttle lever on a Roberts' type 3-line handle and holler "Throttle... Check!"

Wave the handle left and right, and call out, "Rudder... Check!"

Twist the handle clockwise and counterclockwise on an axis through my forearm, and call out, "Aileron... Check!"

Move the handle up and down, and call out "Elevator...Check!"

If I get that far with this, no one can say I DIDN'T do the required range check. I expect some past, and potentially future returning, ukies would start laughing and destroy the mood...

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RE: R/C fliers can be so funny sometimes - 3/10/2008 11:52:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		I thought this thread was humorous until just the other day .... there was a ukie guy doing his thing while the R/Cers were doing theirs .
This older guy looked at me and asked , straight faced , why the guy was "flying around and around himself like that. What's he trying to prove, that he's good " ?
At first I didn't get it - and then it dawned on me - he honestly was convinced it was an R/Cer simply showing off..and when I briefly explained the painful details to him he continued to stare at this guy----------and then me -----------and then simply said " that's no reason to show off. Why can't he just get out there and FLY IT , like everyone else" !

At that point I gave up and didn't even have the energy or inclination to even waste time laughing at him.

What a world !

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RE: R/C fliers can be so funny sometimes - 3/11/2008 3:32:11 PM   
gcb



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Status: offline 		It's funny. When many of us started, you flew either CL or FF. Some gravitated to RC (assuming they had the money), which became a FF when the rubber band on the escapement wound down.

Now guys usually start with RC, and try CL or FF to expand their horizons.

Perhaps you should have walked the guy over close enough to see that the guy was holding a handle instead of a transmitter. Some folks occasionally have a "thick" moment.

George

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RE: R/C fliers can be so funny sometimes - 3/12/2008 6:37:54 PM   
rcdude7


 

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Status: offline 		Whaaaat?!?....................you mean I don't have to range check my flitestreak?

Wow, old habits die hard I guess..................

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RE: R/C fliers can be so funny sometimes - 3/12/2008 8:26:22 PM   
LSF2298


 

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Status: offline 		Should have told him. Majic 102.7, Oldies but Goodies.

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RE: R/C fliers can be so funny sometimes - 3/12/2008 9:48:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		We fly on frequency .018 and it's dual conversion. At least we have two wires and they're usually oh-eighteens.

And we do range check. One guy holds the "transmitter" while the other walks out to the model and pull...... uh, insures the model has a solid connection to the transmitter.

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RE: R/C fliers can be so funny sometimes - 3/13/2008 7:20:22 PM   
gcb



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Status: offline 		Hmmm...I fly .008, .012, and .015's...don't think I currently have any .018's.

George

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RE: R/C fliers can be so funny sometimes - 3/23/2008 5:20:26 AM   
Brokenprop


 

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Status: offline 		We have a circle about 100 yards from the r/c pits. It's not uncommon for an r/c pilot(??) to storm over to see what frequency the c/l flyers are on. What was more surprising was the decision one youngster made. After learning to fly both R/C and C/L fairly well past the beginner level, with his dads support, he annouced that C/L was more fun and abandoned R/C.

Overheard in the R/C pits more than once, "Those guys are using radios over there, I'm getting hit!"

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RE: R/C fliers can be so funny sometimes - 3/23/2008 5:23:39 AM   
Lou Crane


 

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Status: offline 		Hey,Clair,

One of my favorite models was your El Conquistador/Fox35. Missed you at a Tucson VSC a few years ago... Much regretted! The El C and Phoenician were stone basic CL Classic greats. Your other published models were also FINE!

CL is still much more physical than spring-loaded Q-Tips in a cigar box (my personal reaction to RC) and we don't have to wait to see what the model does to decide what to do next... We FEEL it right now before the model moves...

Good to see you in here! There are some excellent CL fliers in the Phoenix area, in Stunt, Racing, Speed, Carrier AND Scale! And we are still the best friends you'll find in model flying - we have to trust our launchers, and earn the trust of those others who launch for us...

"What goes around comes around..."



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