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10-17-2003 | 05:30 PM

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From: Ruksakinmakiak, AK

RE: Why not move on to R/C ?

From Sigrun:

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Do paper planes count?

You Bet. I, however, could never get the duration out of a paper plane that I could out of a purpose built balsa model.

Your mention of kites reminded me of another great flying day. It was during my late teen years when my brother and a good friend and I, whilst at our model aviation mentor's (Scoutmaster's) house, discovered the thrill of combining a perfectly good box kite with a Cox Babe Bee .049. We fashioned a plywood firewall, bolted the engine to it and hot glued the assembly to the interior cross pieces of the kite. We then added a bit of lead to the end of the cross piece opposite the engine's cylinder to try to balance it a bit. The resultant contraption flew very well as a free flight model, climbing in slow circles while rolling very slowly from the torque while the engine ran. After about five minutes' engine run the kite would float gently back to (earth or tree). An absolutely entertaining afternoon, climbing a birch or two notwithstanding, was had by all. It took less time to prepare the craft for flight(?) than it took for me to type this.

Paul

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