Transporting planes in pickup
iflyrc24 wrote:
I have road tested them up to 70 mph....
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Unfortunately, my road test was only up to 55 MPH when the tie down came loose !
{Blush}
Watching in the rear view as the Dragon Lady fuselage literally "flew" up and over the tail gate and into following rush hour traffic on a four lane is not an experience I would recommend or want to repeat.
Fortunately, the OS 90 2-stroke and the receiver
survived (and so did I by some deft broken field running retreiving the remains), but the rest was
very small bits of balsa dust and plastic servo parts.
Convinced me that a FG bed cover was a necessity.
Live and learn ... that's the R/C hobby.
Bob S