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Old 09-03-2003 | 02:10 AM
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Merlin1205
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Default Tiny-X is built!

I too echo shelving the Tiny for a while, I know its hard to do but it only take's a second to get into a situation that requires instinct to get out of. Plain and simple you just run out of time very quickly. Ill tell you a little story......I belonged to the NASA R/c club years ago. We used to fly at the radar range at the Johnson space center. One fine Saturday morning a famous shuttle pilot
( I won't mention his name to avoid embarassing him) shows up at the field with a brand new F-16 ducted fan model. Now keep in mind at that time Jets were really new and this one was a beauty.
All painted up in the thunderbirds color scheme,retracts,obviously professionally built. Problem was we had never seen him at the field before and didn't know if he could even fly. A couple of us approached him and offered to give him a hand. He quite courteously declined and proceded to start her up. He lined her up on the runway and poured the coals to her. She screamed down the runway and lifted off in a 60 or 70 degree climb.
Approxmatley 2 or 3 seconds later she was in a 60 degree screaming dive and picking up speed fast. Then she disappeared from sight as she punched through the roof of the radar testing facility. He quietly loaded up his equipment without uttering a word. As he was driving away I remember thinking at the time "I'll bet he wished he had brought an ugly stick"

Regards,

Tim Hudson
If I ain't flyin, I must be dyin