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RE: RC Ken and MinnFlyer have joined forces - 4/1/2008 8:12:44 PM

gboulton

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Oh, one other comment...

On : http://www.gettingairborne.com/download_page.html

"Video Set #1 - Building an RC Trainer Kid"

Wow...bet THAT'S an interesting set of videos.

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RE: RC Ken and MinnFlyer have joined forces - 4/1/2008 8:13:17 PM

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Great Site!! Lot's of good info for beginners. Between your site and Paul's Airfieldmodels.com, there are few questions still left to be answered.

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RE: RC Ken and MinnFlyer have joined forces - 4/1/2008 8:14:52 PM

housedad

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Fantastic! Thanks, ken and Minn!!

Wonderful site that I will spend the entire evening on, I'm sure. There's a lot that I have forgotten over the years.

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RE: RC Ken and MinnFlyer have joined forces - 4/1/2008 8:24:45 PM

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Nice job, guys!

One comment, you only listed the Avistar as an RTF (and slammed it for having a weak engine). It does come as an ARF, and then you can choose whatever engine you want. I started with an Avistar and an OS 50SX, and that engine has lived on to fly in at least two other planes since then.

EDIT - BTW, I'm putting a link to your Getting Airborn page on our club's website!

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RE: RC Ken and MinnFlyer have joined forces - 4/1/2008 8:40:31 PM

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I HAVE owned a Telemaster. but it was a LOOOng time ago and I did not build it.

I remember it was an all-stick build which I would discourage a newbie from attempting, and since we have the LT-40 on there, well hell, it's damn near the same plane and a helluva lot easier to build than a stick-frame.

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RE: RC Ken and MinnFlyer have joined forces - 4/1/2008 8:44:57 PM

gboulton

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Another comment...sorta a general web design" thing...

THANK YOU for actually launching a site WITH CONTENT. There are, imo, very few things on the web as annoying as "Come check out my site!" and when you get there, it's one page of "This will be my site about transexual nazi eskimos spanking spanish nuns" and everything else a bunch of "Coming soon!" garbage.

It's a treat to see someone say "Hey, we have this site with useful info" and to find that the site ACTUALLY HAS a significant amount of useful info!

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RE: RC Ken and MinnFlyer have joined forces - 4/1/2008 8:47:20 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: MinnFlyer

I HAVE owned a Telemaster. but it was a LOOOng time ago and I did not build it.

I remember it was an all-stick build which I would discourage a newbie from attempting, and since we have the LT-40 on there, well hell, it's damn near the same plane and a helluva lot easier to build than a stick-frame.

Fair enough.

Just figured it was the quintessential trainer, and it comes as an ARF or RTF in about eleventy-nine versions now.

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RE: RC Ken and MinnFlyer have joined forces - 4/1/2008 8:52:49 PM

MinnFlyer

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So, where's the transexual nazi eskimos spanking spanish nuns website?

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RE: RC Ken and MinnFlyer have joined forces - 4/1/2008 9:18:19 PM

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Great Job guys - I'll have to put your site in the monthly newsletter.

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RE: RC Ken and MinnFlyer have joined forces - 4/1/2008 9:26:21 PM

MinnFlyer

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Thanks! We'll take all the free publicity we can get

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RE: RC Ken and MinnFlyer have joined forces - 4/1/2008 9:55:21 PM

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On you're radio page, The diagram under "Servo Reversing" should read "USA Standard Mode 2 Transmitter", not Mode 1.

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RE: RC Ken and MinnFlyer have joined forces - 4/1/2008 10:15:50 PM

MinnFlyer

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Good catch. I fixed it. Thanks

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RE: RC Ken and MinnFlyer have joined forces - 4/1/2008 10:21:22 PM

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You guys rock (but where's the Nexstar?!

Thanks!

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RE: RC Ken and MinnFlyer have joined forces - 4/1/2008 11:21:38 PM

MinnFlyer

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I've never even seen a Nextar in person. I've heard good things about it, but I've also heard bad things about it.

We are not going to post hearsay.

I happen to be a big fan of hobbico stuff, but I'm not going to recommend something that I don't have first-hand experience with.

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RE: RC Ken and MinnFlyer have joined forces - 4/1/2008 11:29:45 PM

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i like the about us part the best

. well this sure will help all the newcomers here

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RE: RC Ken and MinnFlyer have joined forces - 4/1/2008 11:32:36 PM

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