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01-02-2005, 08:53 PM
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RE: Post pictures of your RACERS!
Lee,
I grinded an airfoil into one of your arced gear sets and its kinda a bear to work around that arc, but they turned out pretty good. After grinding them, I sanded them with 320, then 400, and then finished with Mothers polish. The only wheels I could find that I had were some pretty ugly green (near olive drab) that I had been hiding away for a desperate time like this. Slapped them on, and these look great! Good Job, I'll post a picture later once I get them on the plane.
I grinded an airfoil into one of your arced gear sets and its kinda a bear to work around that arc, but they turned out pretty good. After grinding them, I sanded them with 320, then 400, and then finished with Mothers polish. The only wheels I could find that I had were some pretty ugly green (near olive drab) that I had been hiding away for a desperate time like this. Slapped them on, and these look great! Good Job, I'll post a picture later once I get them on the plane.
01-02-2005, 10:13 PM
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RE: Post pictures of your RACERS!
Got them drilled and mounted up. Turned out very good.
Lee, I measured wheel center to wheel center and they came out at about 7 3/8" so your in good shape on the width. I still don't think you need to space these out to 8+" for better ground handling.
Here are the pics, now if I could just get a few decent molded wings for these bodies I'd be in good shape.
Lee, I measured wheel center to wheel center and they came out at about 7 3/8" so your in good shape on the width. I still don't think you need to space these out to 8+" for better ground handling.
Here are the pics, now if I could just get a few decent molded wings for these bodies I'd be in good shape.
01-04-2005, 11:58 AM
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Glad to see the gear turned out ok for you.... I'll get the other ones done for the meeting this weekend. I've been trying to get over the flu so I haven't been at work this week at all. To prove that I've really been sick I haven't worked on a plane since last Friday night. 
I guess Randy E. has my R200 done and will be bringing it to the meeting on Saturday.... That should just about round out the lineup for the begining of 2005 anyway.
I guess Randy E. has my R200 done and will be bringing it to the meeting on Saturday.... That should just about round out the lineup for the begining of 2005 anyway.
01-04-2005, 12:24 PM
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Rumor has it that Randy has built 9 - R200 planes already this year. Just hope composites don't get banned at the meeting on Saturday, it could outlaw a lot of planes...
Randy, Looks like a Lawlor Ashly to me.
Randy, Looks like a Lawlor Ashly to me.
01-04-2005, 01:55 PM
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Tim Lawlor (Mr. VMAX) also has a set of molds for his version of the Miss ashley Q40. It is slightly different than the Rusty Ashley but supposedly a good flier.
Its not to difficult to mount pictures, the biggest problem is most pictures are too big (too many pixles).
If you have any sort photo editor, resize the picture to roughly 680x480 this is about as big as you can do. Alot of times, if you just crop the subject of the picture well, you can get it down to the right size.
When you reply to a post, theres a little box that says something like Upload pictures which opens up 4 boxes that you can put a path to the file picture. Or you can just use the browse button next to the box to put it in there.
Let me know when you have the pics, and I can walk you through it.
Its not to difficult to mount pictures, the biggest problem is most pictures are too big (too many pixles).
If you have any sort photo editor, resize the picture to roughly 680x480 this is about as big as you can do. Alot of times, if you just crop the subject of the picture well, you can get it down to the right size.
When you reply to a post, theres a little box that says something like Upload pictures which opens up 4 boxes that you can put a path to the file picture. Or you can just use the browse button next to the box to put it in there.
Let me know when you have the pics, and I can walk you through it.
01-04-2005, 02:44 PM
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ORIGINAL: daven
Rumor has it that Randy has built 9 - R200 planes already this year.
Rumor has it that Randy has built 9 - R200 planes already this year.
01-04-2005, 05:09 PM
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I'm with you Jesse.... I have enough woodies for club racing and if I run out, its nothing a quick run to the Hobby Warehouse for a Viper won't fix. I'm hoping it won't come to that but all it takes is a bad first race and..... Well, you know the rest
01-05-2005, 06:54 AM
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Someone should buy those molds off of Tim Lawlor and start making that plane again. He would probably take about $3K for the Q40 molds.. And I bet he would take less than $5K for the Vmax and Ashley molds.
01-06-2005, 12:16 AM
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what do u guys think about the Vmax...i know a guy who might buy them and wants to know if it is a good flying airplane anyone would want to buy...
thanx,
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01-06-2005, 12:21 PM
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The V-Max is a very good airplane, and competitive with anything currently available. Chip Hyde used the original V-Max2 to set the record with a high 1:03 in about 2000.
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01-07-2005, 07:12 PM
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well, dont look like he is going to be buying the molds for the vmax...Burgdorff told him they suck, so he is going to back down...i trust Freds judgment and it is a good thing he is lookin out for people like that...
anyways, winterfest is a week away, and im going to go practice tomorrow and hopefully get my backup motor broke in and get the airplane diald in..
Cole
anyways, winterfest is a week away, and im going to go practice tomorrow and hopefully get my backup motor broke in and get the airplane diald in..
Cole
01-10-2005, 06:23 AM
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Wow.. Fred Burgdorf said that? That seems a bit out of character for him to slam someones kit like that. Especially when the V-max is as good a flying plane as anything out there, including my Vortex stuff. To each's own....
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01-10-2005, 10:35 AM
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I think Cole misinterpret the statement. Fred may have said, it's not as fast as the Vortex, but I don't think he said, it sux.
Fred is a gentleman from what I know of him.
Fred is a gentleman from what I know of him.