work can be a pain
09-28-2010 | 12:39 PM
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work can be a pain
keeps us from flying when we like, However: just spent the morning @ 700 feet in the door seat of a UH-1 Huey with the side doors open. Man the earth seems so relaxing from up there. And to think I get paid to do sutff like this! 
What's worse is, the pilots get paid to do it everyday!!
On another note, cub build is almost complete! Have decided to put something smaller than the Super Tigre 90 in it. Will save that engine for a 60 sized plane.
What's worse is, the pilots get paid to do it everyday!! On another note, cub build is almost complete! Have decided to put something smaller than the Super Tigre 90 in it. Will save that engine for a 60 sized plane.
09-28-2010 | 12:47 PM
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RE: work can be a pain
I don't know Bill, my wife retired 3 weeks ago and with her being home every day I am now looking for a job. You will have to build that flying W. What a blast to fly. Here is one coming off the water
You will have to build that flying W. What a blast to fly. Here is one coming off the water
09-28-2010 | 03:12 PM
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RE: work can be a pain
ORIGINAL: billd76
. . . in the door seat of a UH-1 Huey with the side doors open.
. . . in the door seat of a UH-1 Huey with the side doors open.
First - thanks '76, for doing what you do.
Second - if it weren't for my R/Cand grocery addiction Iwould have joined the beach bumb set long ago. That, and the way my wife can throw a frying pan.
09-28-2010 | 03:38 PM
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RE: work can be a pain
ORIGINAL: goirish
I don't know Bill, my wife retired 3 weeks ago and with her being home every day I am now looking for a job. You will have to build that flying W. What a blast to fly. Here is one coming off the water
I don't know Bill, my wife retired 3 weeks ago and with her being home every day I am now looking for a job.
You will have to build that flying W. What a blast to fly. Here is one coming off the water
I forgot all about the W. Wow I have been working way too much!!
09-28-2010 | 07:47 PM
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RE: work can be a pain
How I love my new teddy;
It's got straps like spaghetti.
It holds me real tight,
Like handcuffs at night.
Walkin' round in women's underwear.
Tom
(Credit to Bob Rivers' "Twisted Tunes")
It's got straps like spaghetti.
It holds me real tight,
Like handcuffs at night.
Walkin' round in women's underwear.
Tom
(Credit to Bob Rivers' "Twisted Tunes")
09-28-2010 | 07:50 PM
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RE: work can be a pain
I'm a big brave lumberjack
As everybody knows.
When I go out on Saturday night,
I wear my sister's clothes.
Wear my sister's clothes.
Yes, I wear my sister's clothes.
(Monty Python)
Tom
As everybody knows.
When I go out on Saturday night,
I wear my sister's clothes.
Wear my sister's clothes.
Yes, I wear my sister's clothes.
(Monty Python)
Tom
09-29-2010 | 06:34 AM
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RE: work can be a pain
ORIGINAL: Bill Diedrich
Yep the UH-1's are fun to ride in except when your dodging bullets from the VC
in the rice patties of Viet Nam 65 & 66.
Bill D.
Yep the UH-1's are fun to ride in except when your dodging bullets from the VC
in the rice patties of Viet Nam 65 & 66.
Bill D.
09-29-2010 | 07:25 AM
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RE: work can be a pain
ORIGINAL: Bill Diedrich
Yep the UH-1's are fun to ride in except when your dodging bullets from the VC
in the rice patties of Viet Nam 65 & 66.
Bill D.
Yep the UH-1's are fun to ride in except when your dodging bullets from the VC
in the rice patties of Viet Nam 65 & 66.
Bill D.
09-29-2010 | 07:34 AM
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RE: work can be a pain
ORIGINAL: bingo field
Now they pummel you with cheap arfs with poor glue joints....[&:]
ORIGINAL: Bill Diedrich
Yep the UH-1's are fun to ride in except when your dodging bullets from the VC
in the rice patties of Viet Nam 65 & 66.
Bill D.
Yep the UH-1's are fun to ride in except when your dodging bullets from the VC
in the rice patties of Viet Nam 65 & 66.
Bill D.
09-29-2010 | 08:22 AM
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RE: work can be a pain
ORIGINAL: MinnFlyer
No, I only do that on the weekends
No, I only do that on the weekends
09-29-2010 | 10:25 AM
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RE: work can be a pain
I have rode in huey's, ch46's, and ch53's.
Scariest ride was going from Okinawa to Korea on a ch46 all that water. No where to land. Thank god I had good pilots that could read instruments.
Two day trip, day one Okinawa to Iwakuni. Day two Iwakuni to Korea. And then back two months later.
Got lots of sleep. Like sleeping on a huge noisy vibrator. Ah the good ole days!
Scariest ride was going from Okinawa to Korea on a ch46 all that water. No where to land. Thank god I had good pilots that could read instruments.
Two day trip, day one Okinawa to Iwakuni. Day two Iwakuni to Korea. And then back two months later.
Got lots of sleep.
Like sleeping on a huge noisy vibrator. Ah the good ole days!
09-30-2010 | 12:58 AM
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RE: work can be a pain
From a third-party point of view on the US-Vietnam issue, the Phoenix models are quite well built. They are comparable to GP or others and most suited for developing country conditions. I have 3 models from Phoenix- trainer, Tiger and Topstar (Flip3D) and they are all very decent. Yes, the covering is not monokote / ultrakote standard and some of the wood is not excellent quality but you can shrink it with a hair-drier, patch a hole with a bit of clear tape and if you KO your model, you can rebuild it with glue (I crashed from 10 feet hovering and destrored the fuse on my Topstar front of the wing including mount. It was flying the next day again the same as before)
The ARFs I have are older so I dont know whether things are become worse with the newer ones (Topstar is no longer available) and Pheonix doesnt have a lot of models. Interestingly, Phoenix, Seagull and Black Horse are sister concerns (built in the same factory) and I see a lot less resistance to purchasing the latter two in the US.
Coming back to the original thread, yes, work can be a pain when you cant fly[>:]. We havent flown for the last 4 months due to the monsoon
Ameyam
The ARFs I have are older so I dont know whether things are become worse with the newer ones (Topstar is no longer available) and Pheonix doesnt have a lot of models. Interestingly, Phoenix, Seagull and Black Horse are sister concerns (built in the same factory) and I see a lot less resistance to purchasing the latter two in the US.
Coming back to the original thread, yes, work can be a pain when you cant fly[>:]. We havent flown for the last 4 months due to the monsoon
Ameyam
09-30-2010 | 07:51 AM
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RE: work can be a pain
ORIGINAL: ameyam
From a third-party point of view on the US-Vietnam issue, the Phoenix models are quite well built. They are comparable to GP or others and most suited for developing country conditions. I have 3 models from Phoenix- trainer, Tiger and Topstar (Flip3D) and they are all very decent. Yes, the covering is not monokote / ultrakote standard and some of the wood is not excellent quality but you can shrink it with a hair-drier, patch a hole with a bit of clear tape and if you KO your model, you can rebuild it with glue (I crashed from 10 feet hovering and destrored the fuse on my Topstar front of the wing including mount. It was flying the next day again the same as before)
The ARFs I have are older so I dont know whether things are become worse with the newer ones (Topstar is no longer available) and Pheonix doesnt have a lot of models. Interestingly, Phoenix, Seagull and Black Horse are sister concerns (built in the same factory) and I see a lot less resistance to purchasing the latter two in the US.
Coming back to the original thread, yes, work can be a pain when you cant fly[>:]. We havent flown for the last 4 months due to the monsoon
Ameyam
From a third-party point of view on the US-Vietnam issue, the Phoenix models are quite well built. They are comparable to GP or others and most suited for developing country conditions. I have 3 models from Phoenix- trainer, Tiger and Topstar (Flip3D) and they are all very decent. Yes, the covering is not monokote / ultrakote standard and some of the wood is not excellent quality but you can shrink it with a hair-drier, patch a hole with a bit of clear tape and if you KO your model, you can rebuild it with glue (I crashed from 10 feet hovering and destrored the fuse on my Topstar front of the wing including mount. It was flying the next day again the same as before)
The ARFs I have are older so I dont know whether things are become worse with the newer ones (Topstar is no longer available) and Pheonix doesnt have a lot of models. Interestingly, Phoenix, Seagull and Black Horse are sister concerns (built in the same factory) and I see a lot less resistance to purchasing the latter two in the US.
Coming back to the original thread, yes, work can be a pain when you cant fly[>:]. We havent flown for the last 4 months due to the monsoon
Ameyam
