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RE: Cheapest RC Pilot Out There - 12/30/2012 2:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		  I dont know if my previous post went though. However , I'll bet your grandad provided for his family and his self , not taking or receiving anything that was not earned. That's not being cheep , that's being independent and self reliant. my grand parents were the same way reguarding there way of life. They did'nt have food stamps or public assistance. Living in Gunnison Colorado ,they would shoot wild game and fish to have there food. Please don't think of your Grandpa as "cheep" .

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RE: Cheapest RC Pilot Out There - 12/30/2012 3:30 PM   
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Status: online 		This is supposed to be light hearted thread poking fun at people doing things on the cheap...

There is nothing wrong with being resourceful... it is funny at times. Sit back and learn a thing or three Sonny.

do not make this a political discussion. Take that elsewhere... plenty of places to argue.


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RE: Cheapest RC Pilot Out There - 12/31/2012 2:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		I've been flying SPADS for about 10 years now ? Now there's a cheap but well built plane. 4-5$ and you got a good flying plane.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/gallery/galleryItem.cfm?itemID=232854&dummy=8780.828504475938&opener=/community/profile.cfm%3Fsection%3Dgallery%26memid%3D16901

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RE: Cheapest RC Pilot Out There - 1/17/2013 6:17 AM   
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Status: offline 		Reading these posts makes me want to have that kind of experience, thanks for sharing this. 

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RE: Cheapest RC Pilot Out There - 1/21/2013 1:45 AM   
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ORIGINAL: on_your_six

This is supposed to be light hearted thread poking fun at people doing things on the cheap...

There is nothing wrong with being resourceful... it is funny at times. Sit back and learn a thing or three Sonny.

do not make this a political discussion. Take that elsewhere... plenty of places to argue.




       I smile with pride every time someone accuses me of being cheap it is a nice thing to make someones trash usable.  "one mans trash is another's glory".  Now if only I could figgure how to reuse the oil I clean off my planes so I could write about it.

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RE: Cheapest RC Pilot Out There - 3/26/2013 11:50 AM   
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Status: offline 		i have only written off one plane, i stripped it of torque rods, hinges, snakes, and even the two wing tips (all that was left of the wing after the crash except for the centre section) to use. as i bought another of the exact plane that night. i have three tackle boxes of parts, i make it a habit that when it is too windy to fly i look for the planes that have come down in the trees.

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RE: Cheapest RC Pilot Out There - 3/26/2013 12:08 PM   
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Status: online 		Then there are the fakes and frauds too. A guy at the field who always cries poverty, everything is so expensive, etc.... and is always the first to try and get the "give-away" planes after a crash. Would knock down and run over the handicapped guy just to get a busted plane or a great deal.
. Then you see them at the LHS or flea market/show peeling off  bills buying stuff.


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RE: Cheapest RC Pilot Out There - 4/16/2013 10:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		I love being cheap.

I refuse to buy a new prop, when I can get them at swap meets for pennies on the dollar.

Same goes for wheels, hardware, and sometimes planes, too. I have resurrected many planes that others thought were useless, and have enjoyed flying them for years.

Just because it is used, has some age, doesn't make it useless. On the contrary, sometimes it's better, compared to what is being made and sold these days!

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RE: Cheapest RC Pilot Out There - 4/17/2013 12:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		I crashed one of my freebie foam ducted jet arfs this week. It was so bad all it took to field strip the carcass was the wind blowing across it, all the popcorn blew off leaving the hardware and electronics right out in the open.. Good thing I had purchased the exact same foam airframe on clearance for 30 dollars last year ! so I guess I am still beating the system !
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RE: Cheapest RC Pilot Out There - 5/31/2013 4:30 PM   
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Status: online 		I am happy to report that several of the local airplane recyclers (COBs) are now using battery driven screwdrivers.... it seems that they can now field strip an airplane in under 10 minutes.

They don't have to use any arthritis, or pain meds. Visits to the doc for carpal tunnel (airplane strip wrist) syndrome have been reduced.

Only downfall is that they have more time to tell us about the old days.

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RE: Cheapest RC Pilot Out There - 5/31/2013 7:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		Very nice bump there ON YOUR SIX !

IN THE OLD DAYS i used to get some sweet crashed birds. Either nobody crashes around here or I get there after the foam blows away ! Actually a good friend had a small under designed SE5a that folded its wings this week and went into a MUDDY field. In fact it was so muddy not even the vultures have touched the one wing panel in the wettest part of the field. There was NO retrieving it, it was like quick sand out there.

And by vultures I mean me, or the flying type ! hahahahhahahha

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RE: Cheapest RC Pilot Out There - 5/31/2013 8:37 PM   
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Status: online 		Yeah... I was busy shop stripping a carcass this morning... and wondered what the world's cheapest RC pilot would do..and did the same. Had to recharge mid carcass.
If I was any good at this, I would have had a backup battery powered screwdriver... I would have missed out at the field side by side with one of those beak nosed vultures. LOL

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RE: Cheapest RC Pilot Out There - 6/2/2013 8:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		Sig 4 star as isThis plane was purchased as is for $50 dollars after the wing broke midair.

The wing was repaired by carefully blocking it up on a saw table and removing the broken spar. 

New tail feathers, four new wing ribs, a new wing spar some new sheeting and monokote and we have this. 

I don't think I can compete as the cheapest RC pilot, but I can get some good results at being thrifty.



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RE: Cheapest RC Pilot Out There - 6/2/2013 9:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		It looks beautiful now....Great job!

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RE: Cheapest RC Pilot Out There - 6/3/2013 2:12 AM   
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RE: Cheapest RC Pilot Out There - 6/3/2013 2:02 PM   
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Thank you for your kind replies. Now for the cheep part, it was a gift to my wife who also flies. It is her favorite plane right now. One of our current projects is a giant scale Fiat G.55 but that’s a subject for a different forum. This will eat your heart out, the gal I married likes to build and fly RC aircraft. 



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RE: Cheapest RC Pilot Out There - 6/6/2013 2:16 AM   
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TThis will eat your heart out, the gal I married likes to build and fly RC aircraft. 




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RE: Cheapest RC Pilot Out There - 6/7/2013 6:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		My former GF once complined about my RC hobby addiction. I asked if she would rather have me take up the same hobbies as her ex-hubby... Drinking and whoring around..... No further complaints after that....

I too have been known to recycle crashed planes and parts. I hunt swap meets for deals whenever possible as well. I am particulary fond of the odd Box-O-Crap found at some swaps/auctions. Usually a bid of a few bucks nets me a box of interesting, sometimes great stuff.

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