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seemingly nice, yea right, watch your back LOL. Just kidding, the guys and gal on here are some of the best sources of know how you will ever find.
venom

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Lawdawg,

I used a clothes iron to cover my very 1st plane a long time ago.

And a paper bag to bring it home in! :)

Good luck with your little trainer.

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You're not trying to blame that on the iron are you?[:@]

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Well, I used the same wall outlet to charge my batteries with! :)

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Welcome!! I remember my first trainer!!! :D What a rush!! 6 years later and I'm still training everytime I go up!!

Here's my newest trainer...

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Sweeet trainer. :)

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Thanks man! First flight vid....what a rush!!

http://www.rcuvideos.com/view_video....aecdc367009447

Raf

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Raf,

That's a nice trainer.

I wore out 2 home irons covering mine. Took me all day just to get it to the flyin field. :D

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man, i just got one of these creepy feelings looking at the ariplane on the road....i swear i have driven down that road...Any idea where that was taken? maybe New Orleans/

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Nope, check out the European licence plates. More likely Italy.

Motorcycle says: Policia

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Looking at the picture it sure does look like Italy. I lived there for 3 years when I was in the Army. Actually miss it some. Great place to be stationed!!

Ken

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Actually, here is the caption of the pic.....

"Here seen towed across the Malta International Airport perimeter road towards the Civil Protection Dept. / International Fire & Safety School located at Hal Far (closed)Airfield. His last destination and resting place."

Malta - Luga

It's the 7th photo down on the link below.

http://www.airliners.net/search/phot...ESC&nr_pages=8

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Since I wore 2 home irons out on my other trainer, I decided to just paint my next one. :)

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You gonna use an airbrush to paint it with?? How many years will that take??? :D:D

Ken

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Airbrush would take too long!! I'm just gonna hook my garden hose up to a 5 gallon bucket of paint. :)

Hey Lawdawg; Let us know how the maiden goes! Be sure to take your camera.

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I think a 9 inch roller would do a good job on the paint.:D

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I have painted several airliners, mainly 747`s. Used a paintgun the size of a high pressure wand. Covered 2 to 3 ft wide spray pattern in one pass. Took 5 gals of paint just to fill the supply line Whew, looking at that pic, makes me glad I retired LOL.
Lawdawg if you can get a sim it will help you alot. good luck

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Hmmm, Minnisota. Northwest?

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Yup! LOL! The hometown airline, I will keep it civil and say no more LOL

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I had an interview scheduled with them the week after my FedEx interview. FedEx said yes and I never made the other interview. Probably would have been caught in one of the layoffs if I had.

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well i for one think t'is a nice plane, very sexy ;)

too bad we dont have tower hobbies on my side of the pond...

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Will do cannot wait. Was planning on this sunday but calling for thunderstorms...[&o]

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Lady Luck was shining down on you that day Bruce. I would`nt wish what we went through on anyone.
Lawdawg, here`s a clip of my first landing with my Tower trainer.LOL I taught myself to fly, but highly recommend an instructor. The second flight I stuck it again in a dead oak tree in the middle of nowhere. Knocked the tree down to get ot out, But! the plane fell out just before the tree fell.Bet you can`t guess what the tree landed on.
The weather turned bad, so I came home and started building planes like a mad man. TP Corsair 60, Sig LT40,Sterling Stinson Reliant.Goldberg Anniversary Cub, GP CUB.20 and GP Ultimate Bipe. I also had a RTF P-51, sorry I don`t recommend this plane for us newbies. Maybe with an instructor. The only one I dare fly with my skill level is the LT40
The Tower Hobbys trainer is a perfect plane to learn on and it can take alot of abuse from a Newbie.
Good luck on the maiden

[link]http://www.rcuvideos.com/view_video.php?viewkey=1088260df60fcc5df2b5[/link]

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Seems like I remember reading that there is 1200 pounds of paint on a 747?, that number sticks out maybe it was 1200 gallons to cover it?...Rog

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I can not recall how much weight it added. It was serveral thousand pounds.
I had a A.A.mechanic tell me they did`nt paint their planes, because it saved fuel. But it still got to be a lot of work keeping polished. Corrosion sucs, speciacally under the lavs, phew,lol