Buck Yeahbaby's New Ride - F-4
04-20-2009, 10:03 PM
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Buck Yeahbaby's New Ride - F-4
Buck and I took Monday off (?) to go flying. Its the smartest thing I did all day. It will probably still be the smartest thing I had done by the end of the week. [8D]
Anyway, Bucko just finished his Skymaster F-4, and it appeared to fly great for the 2 flights he did today. First flight was a trim flight - needed a bunch of pitch trim. After adjusting the throws some, and after teaching him what EXPONENTIAL is,
the second flight was picture perfect. Here are a couple of the pics:
Anyway, Bucko just finished his Skymaster F-4, and it appeared to fly great for the 2 flights he did today. First flight was a trim flight - needed a bunch of pitch trim. After adjusting the throws some, and after teaching him what EXPONENTIAL is,
the second flight was picture perfect. Here are a couple of the pics:
04-20-2009, 10:07 PM
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RE: Buck Yeahbaby's New Ride - F-4
A few other models were at the field too - Waco was busy for a Monday. Here are a couple Comp-ARF models. (I suspect the PT was a Comp-ARF, anyway). They both flew very nicely. [8D] I'm sure Buck will have mo' pics.
I highly recommend taking off Mondays to fly.
I highly recommend taking off Mondays to fly.
04-20-2009, 10:09 PM
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RE: Buck Yeahbaby's New Ride - F-4
The Best Model Field in Texas! 
Actually, you may not see Buck's pictures till tomorrow. He's probably still driving home.
Oh, also as a bonus. If you know who any of the HOTMAC club members are, in picture 2 you can see Tommy Armstrong in the red shirt - he appears to be break dancing!
Actually, you may not see Buck's pictures till tomorrow. He's probably still driving home.
Oh, also as a bonus. If you know who any of the HOTMAC club members are, in picture 2 you can see Tommy Armstrong in the red shirt - he appears to be break dancing!
04-20-2009, 10:47 PM
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RE: Buck Yeahbaby's New Ride - F-4
thanks fellas!!
i'm still grinning from ear to ear after the drive back from Waco. 800x75' runway and smooth as glass. gotta love it.
Thanks again big Ron for the help and the tips regarding expo. LOL i was shaking so bad on the flights the expo really dampened out the PIO. Haaa
i just got in and will download a few of the pix i took before i burn out.
The comp arf corsair was extremely cool but wait til you see the giant PT-19 pix. 40 or so lbs and flew like a kite. needless to say , the pits were full with just the handful of birds. gotta love playing hooky from work.
absolutely great day for a test flight, can't say thanks enough to Ron and those i've called, pm'd, and emailed regarding the setup of this bird. with the exception of my intitial stab neutral point and a couple clicks of aileron, she was an honest ride. she's popped her cherry also as I need to remove more plastic from the cockpit tub, because the nose steering servo got hung up and fouled up the nose cone on the first landing. subsequent "in the field" surgery of the pilots legs solved that problem allowing me to bring her in for a nice smooth landing.
she's powered by an AT450 and has a Tam pipe best pipe. it flew like a scalded dog at 1/2 throttle easily clipping 140-160 no problemo. lands a lot slower than i expected and cant' wait to get a handful of flights in Mississippi while adding the underwing stores on subsequent flights.
pix to follow
i'm still grinning from ear to ear
after the drive back from Waco. 800x75' runway and smooth as glass. gotta love it. Thanks again big Ron for the help and the tips regarding expo. LOL i was shaking so bad on the flights the expo really dampened out the PIO. Haaa
i just got in and will download a few of the pix i took before i burn out.
The comp arf corsair was extremely cool but wait til you see the giant PT-19 pix. 40 or so lbs and flew like a kite. needless to say , the pits were full with just the handful of birds. gotta love playing hooky from work.
absolutely great day for a test flight, can't say thanks enough to Ron and those i've called, pm'd, and emailed regarding the setup of this bird. with the exception of my intitial stab neutral point and a couple clicks of aileron, she was an honest ride. she's popped her cherry also as I need to remove more plastic from the cockpit tub, because the nose steering servo got hung up and fouled up the nose cone on the first landing. subsequent "in the field" surgery of the pilots legs solved that problem allowing me to bring her in for a nice smooth landing.
she's powered by an AT450 and has a Tam pipe best pipe
. it flew like a scalded dog at 1/2 throttle easily clipping 140-160 no problemo. lands a lot slower than i expected and cant' wait to get a handful of flights in Mississippi while adding the underwing stores on subsequent flights.pix to follow
04-20-2009, 11:22 PM
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Way to go guys. I guess I should have go my behind in gear and come on down. F-4 looks great Buck. I see Ron has got smoke commin out of his.........umm....rear end. That looks good too.
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04-20-2009, 11:33 PM
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Your welcome any time. Got the new big Skymaster F-86 comming blue impulse, going with a big block I am sure Mr. Wayne Layne will post some pics upon build.
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I am sure Mr. Wayne Layne will post some pics upon build.Ron
04-20-2009, 11:40 PM
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It is a posibility I was trying to talk Jason Somes out of the Sky Master Demo at cal jets but ended up with Ali's air world Mig 21. Might see a big block go in that!
That Mig 29 is a really nice bird We will see.
Ron
That Mig 29 is a really nice bird We will see.
Ron