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Forum: Beginners
10-15-2012, 11:47 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,435
Posted By CoytAW

RE: Just getting started

Been flying mode 2 but it's not terribly comfortable. Missing 3 fingers on right hand and limited range of mobility on those fingers so articulation is primarily through the whole forearm. I can fly...
Forum: JR Radio & Spektrum Radios
10-15-2012, 11:42 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,098
Posted By CoytAW

RE: Radio incompatible with fingers

Okay well I'll give it a whack and see if it flies. *crosses fingers*
Forum: JR Radio & Spektrum Radios
10-09-2012, 04:06 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,098
Posted By CoytAW

RE: Radio incompatible with fingers

NEWS! This guy on another thread I posted (same topic) says this:



Is that feasible? Is it something a radio-noob should shy away from?
Forum: JR Radio & Spektrum Radios
10-09-2012, 03:47 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,098
Posted By CoytAW

RE: Radio incompatible with fingers

Haha good one. My buddy calls mode 1 "noob stik" for those who might tweak ele/ail on accident.

To clear something up:



Yeah, I use my friend's mode 2. The problem isn't brain, as I...
Forum: Beginners
10-08-2012, 03:32 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,435
Posted By CoytAW

RE: Just getting started

Oh haha it's a joke my flight instructor used to pull on me and my classmates. Because I'm dyslexic he'd get me calling 'em elevons and enervators all day before telling me what's what. "en·er·vate...
Forum: JR Radio & Spektrum Radios
10-08-2012, 01:30 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,098
Posted By CoytAW

Radio incompatible with fingers

Just started flying RC. Flown 1:1 for years, but this is something I can afford. Got a plane and flew it but I'm a lefty and found using my right thumb to be frustrating. I can compensate, but it...
Forum: Beginners
10-08-2012, 01:16 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,435
Posted By CoytAW

Just getting started

So, without any research or presence of mind, I went and bought a Parkzone Su-26xp and a DX5e transmitter. Flown it, loved it, wrecked it, loved it back into the air and learned how to land. Then I...
Forum: Electric General Discussion
12-07-2007, 10:44 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 868
Posted By CoytAW

RE: New to this - need some advice!

hobbyzone supercub. not super amazing but a good way to start and tough as hell. i crashed mine so many times and all you have to do is make sure you fix the wings before taking off again. plus its...
Forum: Electric Training
11-25-2007, 03:00 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,325
Posted By CoytAW

RE: Alnything about SUPER CUB....

yeah i found you save props at first if you just take off the wheels and wheel pants and land in grass. you just cut the motor right before touchdown. this way it sorta flops onto the grass but its...
Forum: Electric Training
11-21-2007, 04:07 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 3,917
Posted By CoytAW

RE: Another annoying newbee with the same old questions...

i agree. low-wing planes are hard. and evader, if you meant me i was unsuccessfully trying to convey that fighters are bad beginners. i personally learned to fly on a 4-channel version of my plane...
Forum: VPP - Variable Pitch Prop 4D flying
11-21-2007, 03:05 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 12,465
Posted By CoytAW

RE: Your kidding,,,,,,

my uncle does c-130 training in st. joseph, missouri. they do some crazy stuff with those things. im sure they have the guts to try it... if there were a possibility of success!
Forum: Electric Training
11-17-2007, 05:16 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 3,917
Posted By CoytAW

RE: Another annoying newbee with the same old questions...

just a quick note: i found it is a good idea to detach the motor mount to put a rubber band around the motor and mount. the mount sometimes breaks easily and you dont want the motor freewheeling...
Forum: Electric Training
11-17-2007, 05:09 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 3,917
Posted By CoytAW

RE: Another annoying newbee with the same old questions...

oh im not bashing the plane i think it is perfect for a beginner because it refuses to quit but i have had troubles getting altitude in winds without the thing taking off downwind. it's not powerful...
Forum: Electric Training
11-11-2007, 04:21 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,500
Posted By CoytAW

RE: need um help with starter plane. are these the same

i guess im weird. i stumbled on this post and i recall my own supercub days (not really long ago... 4 months) and i remember that while the plane never dies its hard to steer. better than other 3 ch...
Forum: Electric Training
11-11-2007, 01:57 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,080
Posted By CoytAW

RE: Ripmax Spitfire motor and battery combo??

i have a question too: what ESC-motor setups would be good for a 2-lb foamy? i read about the conversions and stuff but like gareth its a bit of a minefield. any brands you recommend? it'd be nice to...
Forum: Electric Training
11-11-2007, 01:53 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 3,917
Posted By CoytAW

RE: Another annoying newbee with the same old questions...

to take it back to the start i want to tell you right off that the supercub is a pain in the butt to fly but it refuses to die. i think the most expensive thing i ever did to mine was buy elmer's and...
Forum: VPP - Variable Pitch Prop 4D flying
11-03-2007, 05:13 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,848
Posted By CoytAW

RE: Is VPP fun?

http://www.rc-fliegerfilme.de/flash/wallhalla2.htm

here's a vectored prop for ya.
Forum: Brushed/Brushless motors, speed controls, gear drives
10-29-2007, 09:48 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 835
Posted By CoytAW

RE: motor and prop questions

hmm... the motor is in the airframe and i dont know/want to take it out. i suppose ill have to though. how would i do this w/o damaging the airframe? its foam.

thanks for the advice on the cub....
Forum: Brushed/Brushless motors, speed controls, gear drives
10-26-2007, 03:47 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 835
Posted By CoytAW

motor and prop questions

i just got (for free) an off-brand warbird from my uncle who just died. short of calling the company how can i find out what type of motor and everything? is it listed on the motor itself? i dont...
Forum: Electric Training
10-16-2007, 08:40 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 944
Posted By CoytAW

RE: first time flying !

i was also told that if it's a large piece you can stick part of a straightened paperclip into the wing to prevent shearing. obviously this would be done before taping.
Forum: Electric General Discussion
10-14-2007, 12:37 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,504
Posted By CoytAW

RE: blimp lifting gas question

true. saving on fuel. well it would save on fuel only if you could find a way to make the weight of the container less than the lift of the vacuum. but you also know that the weather people send...
Forum: Electric General Discussion
10-13-2007, 02:00 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,504
Posted By CoytAW

RE: blimp lifting gas question

maybe if you put little jets on it then you might get somewhere.:)
Forum: Electric General Discussion
10-12-2007, 05:08 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,504
Posted By CoytAW

RE: blimp lifting gas question

if you could get this to work your balloon would zoom off into outerspace real quick. they actually gained a near-vacuum in some canadian university. before they could allow enough air in the balloon...
Forum: Electric Training
10-12-2007, 04:58 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,276
Posted By CoytAW

RE: Question about how best to take the plunge

I JSUT STARTED TOO BUT I FOUND THAT THE MS FLIGHT SIM THAT IS ABOUT COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT IS just as good as fs one and g3 because you can do a fly-from-the-tower view that works just fine. after...
Forum: Electric Training
10-12-2007, 12:37 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,167
Posted By CoytAW

RE: how's this for an intermediate pilot?

ok cool. the 'MUS' sounds up my alley. one thing about the spitfire is that it didnt do well inverted. my little sister kept insisting it had a gyro (she knows everything, by the way) because of the...
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