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03-04-2013, 03:45 PM
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RE: You might be a Kitbuilder if...,
...if you have at least 3 or 4 kits being built simultaneously. I have 4 going in various stages of construct, and at least 2 framed up ready for covering.......I just hate covering!
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03-04-2013, 04:04 PM
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I don't know how to put this into joke form, but, once I was broke down at an intersection and while waiting for the tow truck I would run and pick up screws, washers, and nuts in between traffic.
I think we need professional help.
I think we need professional help.
03-04-2013, 04:10 PM
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RE: You might be a Kitbuilder if...,
YOU KNOW YOUR A KITBUILDER WHEN:
Your on your 4th wife and still have your first plane!!!
You can remember the time and date of your first solo flight but not your anniversary!!!
You use pant pockets for iron socks!
You go to toys r us for pilot figures.
You have the maintenance crew at work doing jobs for your modelling and the machines at the plant are down for repairs!
You use your lunch break flying a park flyer and drinking a coke for lunch!
You scavenge the trash can at the flying field for broken props to use as epoxy mixers.
You save the foil cup that small pies come in and have the wife run them in the dishwasher so you have mixing cups for epoxy or paint.
You drive 20 miles to pick up balsa but won't stop on the way to get milk and bread.
You car pool to save gas money so you can buy covering.
You have tower and the LHS on speed dial and can't remember your wife's cell number!
Tom
Your on your 4th wife and still have your first plane!!!
You can remember the time and date of your first solo flight but not your anniversary!!!
You use pant pockets for iron socks!
You go to toys r us for pilot figures.
You have the maintenance crew at work doing jobs for your modelling and the machines at the plant are down for repairs!
You use your lunch break flying a park flyer and drinking a coke for lunch!
You scavenge the trash can at the flying field for broken props to use as epoxy mixers.
You save the foil cup that small pies come in and have the wife run them in the dishwasher so you have mixing cups for epoxy or paint.
You drive 20 miles to pick up balsa but won't stop on the way to get milk and bread.
You car pool to save gas money so you can buy covering.
You have tower and the LHS on speed dial and can't remember your wife's cell number!
Tom
03-04-2013, 04:17 PM
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ORIGINAL: Sport_Pilot
Only the first and last should be something to think about. If you do not kn ow how many servo's, and have no preference for landing gear configeration and number of engine strokes, then you are a beginer.
ORIGINAL: dalolyn
if all you think about is
'' How can I modify my next kit''
''Should I go with one servo or two for the ailerons''
'' tricycle or tail dragger''
'' four stroke or two''
'' What color mono cote should I buy'' { even though I have enough for 10 Planes''}
if all you think about is
'' How can I modify my next kit''
''Should I go with one servo or two for the ailerons''
'' tricycle or tail dragger''
'' four stroke or two''
'' What color mono cote should I buy'' { even though I have enough for 10 Planes''}
Only the first and last should be something to think about. If you do not kn ow how many servo's, and have no preference for landing gear configeration and number of engine strokes, then you are a beginer.
so here I am in a dilema that the idiot put me in. Do I defend myself ? or do I just let it go and let the idiot think he knows who I am, how many years I have been flying, or do I prefer to build to the plans and use one servo in the middle of the wing or modify and put a servo in each wing panel. Or am I allowed to think about such things.
03-04-2013, 04:51 PM
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RE: You might be a Kitbuilder if...,
You may be a kit builder if you think this is a "How to" or "Tips" thread.
(Note to self, look in the feild trash bin for broken props)
Thanks,
Zip
(Note to self, look in the feild trash bin for broken props)
Thanks,
Zip
03-04-2013, 04:53 PM
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you are a kit builder if
- You buy microballons in 20 lb bags and dope in 5 gallon containers (and dont ask about the 50 yards of spun bonded nylon).
- you ruined your wifes blender blades trying to chop balsa bits into filler dust
- in an emergency you used her best silk hose as covering material
-everything in the guest bedroom is tinted blue from the rattle-can painting when the garage was too cold.
- your scrap box is filled with old kit pieces you remade because they were wrong density, grain direction, or poorly cut.
However, if you have over 100 plans, you may be a scratchbuilder.
- You buy microballons in 20 lb bags and dope in 5 gallon containers (and dont ask about the 50 yards of spun bonded nylon).
- you ruined your wifes blender blades trying to chop balsa bits into filler dust
- in an emergency you used her best silk hose as covering material
-everything in the guest bedroom is tinted blue from the rattle-can painting when the garage was too cold.
- your scrap box is filled with old kit pieces you remade because they were wrong density, grain direction, or poorly cut.
However, if you have over 100 plans, you may be a scratchbuilder.
03-04-2013, 05:09 PM
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ORIGINAL: coachdavis10
and you keep them stored in a kit box of a previously built plane
ORIGINAL: foodstick
If you have a hard time throwing away ANY wood scraps , because you KNOW they will be perfect for the next little project.
If you have a hard time throwing away ANY wood scraps , because you KNOW they will be perfect for the next little project.
03-04-2013, 05:13 PM
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RE: You might be a Kitbuilder if...,
ORIGINAL: Sport_Pilot
Only the first and last should be something to think about. If you do not kn ow how many servo's, and have no preference for landing gear configeration and number of engine strokes, then you are a beginer.
ORIGINAL: dalolyn
if all you think about is
'' How can I modify my next kit''
''Should I go with one servo or two for the ailerons''
'' tricycle or tail dragger''
'' four stroke or two''
'' What color mono cote should I buy'' { even though I have enough for 10 Planes''}
if all you think about is
'' How can I modify my next kit''
''Should I go with one servo or two for the ailerons''
'' tricycle or tail dragger''
'' four stroke or two''
'' What color mono cote should I buy'' { even though I have enough for 10 Planes''}
Only the first and last should be something to think about. If you do not kn ow how many servo's, and have no preference for landing gear configeration and number of engine strokes, then you are a beginer.
Holy cow. Every once in awhile some jerk has to type something stupid in a great thread like this.....
03-04-2013, 05:19 PM
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You have a box full of ARF hardware that you didn't consider good enough to use on the plane it came with, yet you think you'll someday find a use for them.
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03-04-2013, 05:20 PM
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ORIGINAL: ovationdave
...if you have at least 3 or 4 kits being built simultaneously. I have 4 going in various stages of construct, and at least 2 framed up ready for covering.......I just hate covering!
~Dave
...if you have at least 3 or 4 kits being built simultaneously. I have 4 going in various stages of construct, and at least 2 framed up ready for covering.......I just hate covering!
~Dave
Oops! Me too! [&:]
03-04-2013, 06:19 PM
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O.k. , I actually saved a half a tube of Ambroid and on occasion I have gone back for a hit .If that's not bad enough , I will confess to my long departed mother, that a lovely flowered pattern scarf , just happened to find its way onto a wing .
I do share my Ambroid .
I do share my Ambroid .
03-04-2013, 06:34 PM
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RE: You might be a Kitbuilder if...,
ORIGINAL: Sport_Pilot
Only the first and last should be something to think about. If you do not kn ow how many servo's, and have no preference for landing gear configeration and number of engine strokes, then you are a beginer.
ORIGINAL: dalolyn
if all you think about is
" How can I modify my next kit"
"Should I go with one servo or two for the ailerons"
" tricycle or tail dragger"
" four stroke or two"
" What color mono cote should I buy" { even though I have enough for 10 Planes"}
if all you think about is
" How can I modify my next kit"
"Should I go with one servo or two for the ailerons"
" tricycle or tail dragger"
" four stroke or two"
" What color mono cote should I buy" { even though I have enough for 10 Planes"}
Only the first and last should be something to think about. If you do not kn ow how many servo's, and have no preference for landing gear configeration and number of engine strokes, then you are a beginer.
Things that make you go, Hummmmmmmm.
This is too funny!
03-04-2013, 06:53 PM
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RE: You might be a Kitbuilder if...,
ORIGINAL: eddieC
... if you intercept the credit card statement so that it gets 'lost' so certain people won't see it.
... if 'Model Supplies' is a line item in the household budget.
ORIGINAL: eddieC
... if you have ever waited til everyone's gone to bed to unpack your vehicle with the stealth of a Mafia hit man.
a great read thanks guys
03-04-2013, 07:53 PM
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I don't know how I just did this. Oh well. A paper towel with blue tape for a bandage, and carry on!
Gary, after looking at your arm ..., Daaammnnn!
Two words: Exfoliate, and Lotion.
03-04-2013, 07:59 PM
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... if you 'borrow' the cheese grater to make some balsa filler, after you ran out of micro balloons.
03-04-2013, 08:10 PM
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For Christmas, everyone just gives you a tower hobbies gift card cause they know what they pick out for you, you won't like it. Can get up at 6 on Saturday cause you know you can get that wing finished by lunch and can start on the fuse. When you ca glue your forearm to the wife's glass table top while holding that wing rib long enough to stick. When you use your good short socks for you iron and your wearing the ones with holes in them. When you first start that nitro engine and you realize your sporting wood. When you don't complain about your wife buying a $ 400 purse cause you just spent $ 600 for a new radio. When you have to borrow your wife's fingernail polish remover to unglue the bottom of your fingernails from your fingers !!!
03-04-2013, 08:36 PM
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ORIGINAL: eddieC
I don't know how I just did this. Oh well. A paper towel with blue tape for a bandage, and carry on! [img][/img]
Gary, after looking at your arm ..., Daaammnnn!
Two words: Exfoliate, and Lotion.
You have a point.