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Wow Mike, the good old days , 72 mhz, elect Funtana and at the old outlaw field to boot.
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What is 3D flying?
3D Freestyle makes aerobatic flying interesting for the pilot and entertaining for the onlookers!
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Originally Posted by stang151
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Wow Mike, the good old days , 72 mhz, elect Funtana and at the old outlaw field to boot.
I still have a Funtana 140... flyin it tomorrow at Rabbit!!! 2 weeks ago..... ( and I was on 50 mhz at the time!! 🤪 ;) |
Sorry Mike , just saw the ant. forgot you were on 50.
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I flew pattern/aerobatic planes with screaming two stroke engines pothering smoke and castor oil from there tuned piped exhausts in my youth.
When I returned to RC flying in my retirement years everything had change; near silence due to electric power, no aerials on transmitters, computers in TX's. Aerobatics maneuvers were the same, but more precise, perhaps more formal but most of all I was not as sharp. So F3A as I learned this new era was called was not for me. A chap gave me a very ugly slab sided electric plane, that I was told was a 3D plane and I was hooked. Trying to do 3D maneuvers is just a lot of fun! I'm not on the same page as Sensei as can be seen from my attempts here... I was inspired by seeing Daniel P Holman. |
Nice! enjoyed reading, I was also mistakes about 3D glying
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Originally Posted by mithrandir
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This is what 3D used to be... 15 years ago or so!
https://www.youtube.com/user/TonyMan...t=da&flow=grid I also found Kyle's "Drop n in" vid! Who didn't wear out the internet watching this one over and over...! Astro |
Originally Posted by astrohog
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Now you did it! You sent me down the proverbial rabbit hole and look what I found! A veritable treasure trove from the OG's of 3D. I used to live for the Cirkus and DOD vids!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtwGia_AJHM https://www.youtube.com/user/TonyMan...t=da&flow=grid I also found Kyle's "Drop n in" vid! Who didn't wear out the internet watching this one over and over...! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd2IeyWVrF8&t=92s Astro Glad you enjoyed the DOD videos. A few of Joe's airplanes came out of my shop. Namely his 3W Yak, Coca Cola themed Edge 540, Krill Katana, Aeroworks 35% Edge 540 and Colombo Pitts. |
Nice... that was a "Cirkus Style Fly In".... first event....
I was there on Saturday.... actually... I just got my 14MZ and programmed it that morning.... (I was using a 9ZAP, and the programming was way easier!!) The White and Purple Funtana 140 in my video above was the plane I took to this event... Fun times right there... Back when 3D was the New Counter-Culture!! lol Tony did many-a-bad arse Cirkus video!!
Originally Posted by astrohog
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Now you did it! You sent me down the proverbial rabbit hole and look what I found! A veritable treasure trove from the OG's of 3D. I used to live for the Cirkus and DOD vids!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtwGia_AJHM https://www.youtube.com/user/TonyMan...t=da&flow=grid I also found Kyle's "Drop n in" vid! Who didn't wear out the internet watching this one over and over...! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd2IeyWVrF8&t=92s Astro |
You still get a chance to fly now'n'then?
Originally Posted by stang151
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Sorry Mike , just saw the ant. forgot you were on 50.
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3D flying as contrasted with Pattern and IMAC:
IMAC/Pattern, a mistake cost a point. 3D, a mistake cost a plane! ;)
Originally Posted by DeeCee 57
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love that definition :p
My turn now: 3D flying is the mastery of using the motor's torque and thrust vs the lifting capabilities of any part of the aircraft parts vs synergy to perform figures, or a sequence of, pre- or post-stall, that usually can't be performed by full scale aircraft due to pilot/power/airframe/safety limitations... Biggest help in learning 3D: my sim (Aerofly) and all the fantastic tuition videos, thanks to the authors! and +1 on the comments made by ahicks and sensei :cool: |
Every weekend down here at the Beaumont club, haven't had a chance to get up to the Hesperia field in awhile. Still have a 50cc Yak and TRY to do 3D .He He.
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My latest 3/D creation, at 1.8Kw on 8S it's 60% lighter then my GIANT 12S/6Kw EXTRA. Great fun to fly.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rcu...fff0a2f5de.jpg Couple of my GIANTS, light & heavy. |
Originally Posted by rgburrill
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3D "flying" is overpowering an aircraft to the point where it really doesn't even need to fly, i.e. generate lift. Ostensibly this is so one can back a plane down to where it's tail touches the ground and then drive it back up. Based on the answer above 4D is doing the same thing but nose down with a reverse thrust prop until the spinner touches the ground. Sane people would ask "what's the point?" Some people also play Russian roulette - sane people also ask "why?" about that. But then...
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"JF Design, 3/D fun runner, still flying it after over a decade of nothing but the fun.
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rcu...ec736c3c50.jpg 3/D fun before brekky. https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rcu...444da9a22b.jpg Morning discipline. |
MAY-DAY 3/D fun with the GIANT.
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rcu...f1a0c541f2.jpg Morning 3/D routine. |
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