The Australian thread
06-26-2007, 08:25 PM
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RE: The Australian thread
Clovus,
The MPXT is a funny plane to land - perhaps that is why your new one seems to easy - the MPXT:
- holds its airspeed.
- does have a predictable but solid and large stall.
- really flies moderately quickly when its size is taken into account.
I'm still getting used to landing her. You really need to sort your speed and altitude out on base before you turn for final, otherwise this hurtling chunk of balsa/ply arrives at the strip before you know it.
Dave - the MPXT might be a reasonable third plane but just echoing what Clovus said balsa takes quite a bit of effort to repair and get straight. So work on error free flights (or at least making your errors high enough that you can recover).
Cheers,
oz.
The MPXT is a funny plane to land - perhaps that is why your new one seems to easy - the MPXT:
- holds its airspeed.
- does have a predictable but solid and large stall.
- really flies moderately quickly when its size is taken into account.
I'm still getting used to landing her. You really need to sort your speed and altitude out on base before you turn for final, otherwise this hurtling chunk of balsa/ply arrives at the strip before you know it.
Dave - the MPXT might be a reasonable third plane but just echoing what Clovus said balsa takes quite a bit of effort to repair and get straight. So work on error free flights (or at least making your errors high enough that you can recover).
Cheers,
oz.
06-26-2007, 08:37 PM
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RE: The Australian thread
Woohoo 200.
Ok,I will start part 2 shortly with a list of currently flyable birds in the hanger.Give me half an hour or so to see the missus of too work...
Crawf,nice photo and congrats at being unemployed!
Carry on until I get my act together!
Bleary.
Ok,I will start part 2 shortly with a list of currently flyable birds in the hanger.Give me half an hour or so to see the missus of too work...
Crawf,nice photo and congrats at being unemployed!
Carry on until I get my act together!
Bleary.
06-26-2007, 09:07 PM
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RE: The Australian thread
ORIGINAL: extreme_rc
My current project
Flies great, very scale looking plane if you can ignore the oversize wings
hehe
Video: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=703948
My current project
Flies great, very scale looking plane if you can ignore the oversize wings
heheVideo: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=703948
Crawf .. have you got a hangover from yesterdays celebrations ?? Enjoy the no work thing for as long as it lasts! I had 8 months off 15 years ago when I took a package from Shell .. golf 3 times a week ..shame I wasn't flying back then ! Wife working .. no kids .. ahh what a life .. shame it had to end really!
Cheers
Rowdy
06-26-2007, 09:20 PM
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RE: The Australian thread
Ok guys,migrate to [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_6039260/tm.htm]the new thread[/link] and introduce yerselves! I will see about closing this one.
Bleary.
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07-08-2007, 08:00 PM
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RE: The Australian thread
G'day guys lm in Gippsland just a tad wet at the moment but l thought l'd share this baby with those that havent seen one yet
took me about 3 hours to build and it performs out of sight. Rang the states to get it arrived in 4 days and performs as the video shows
note : if you get one and havent used a mid mount prop before ....do not do what l did and launch from underneath...ummmm 9 stitches later
but l was back flying her 2 hours later
hope you like it
ps. no its not me flying it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sItero2ucb0
regards
Geoff
took me about 3 hours to build and it performs out of sight. Rang the states to get it arrived in 4 days and performs as the video shows
note : if you get one and havent used a mid mount prop before ....do not do what l did and launch from underneath...ummmm 9 stitches later
but l was back flying her 2 hours later
hope you like it
ps. no its not me flying it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sItero2ucb0
regards
Geoff
07-08-2007, 08:16 PM
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ORIGINAL: geoffviper
G'day guys lm in Gippsland just a tad wet at the moment but l thought l'd share this baby with those that havent seen one yet
took me about 3 hours to build and it performs out of sight. Rang the states to get it arrived in 4 days and performs as the video shows
note : if you get one and havent used a mid mount prop before ....do not do what l did and launch from underneath...ummmm 9 stitches later
but l was back flying her 2 hours later
hope you like it
ps. no its not me flying it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sItero2ucb0
regards
Geoff
G'day guys lm in Gippsland just a tad wet at the moment but l thought l'd share this baby with those that havent seen one yet
took me about 3 hours to build and it performs out of sight. Rang the states to get it arrived in 4 days and performs as the video shows
note : if you get one and havent used a mid mount prop before ....do not do what l did and launch from underneath...ummmm 9 stitches later
but l was back flying her 2 hours later
hope you like it
ps. no its not me flying it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sItero2ucb0
regards
Geoff
Bad luck about the stitches... ouch... video looks sweet though! BTW why not join us Aussies and token Aussies in the new thread (Aussie bbq and beers) see the link in Bleary's post above..
Cheers,
Crawf
08-14-2007, 09:43 PM
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RE: The Australian thread
This thread is being closed at member request. The conversation is being continued at:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_6039260/tm.htm
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_6039260/tm.htm
