Need Bob Martin Talon plans & manual
05-07-2012, 09:09 PM
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Need Bob Martin Talon plans & manual
Ipicked up a kit that appears to be complete but it is missing the build manual and the plans.
Looking for a digital copy, copy of theoriginal, or an originalof Bob Martins' Talon plans and build manual. Can anyone help me out.
Bryan
Looking for a digital copy, copy of theoriginal, or an originalof Bob Martins' Talon plans and build manual. Can anyone help me out.
Bryan
05-08-2012, 12:05 PM
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RE: Need Bob Martin Talon plans & manual
Bob Martin kits became part of DynaFlite. Please send an email to the address below. We can look to see if the plans and instructions are still available, and what any costs might be.
[email protected]
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05-14-2012, 08:28 AM
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RE: Need Bob Martin Talon plans & manual
FWIW...........
I had a Bob Martin sloper once. It's fuselage was that white plastic stuff that was supposed to be bullet proof. It flew pretty good on the slopes. That plastic looked sorta like vinyl, or maybe the stuff they make milk jugs, or laundry baskets out of nowadays. Mine had come out of the mold and cooled a bit too quickly and the horizontal stab shelf wasn't parallel to the wing saddle. I tried heating it up a bit but never got the nerve to heat it enough to either reshape or ruin it.
It did scrape up on the bottom a bit. Heck, so will laundry baskets. In my case, one of our slope sites had a roughly paved road back behind the good landing area. It was far enough back from the "good" part of the landing area that you'd choose the pavement when you had to. I think it was named the Coyote. It was sort of a dog, so that made sense. Truth is, I'd like to have it now and be able to fly at that place some more.
I had a Bob Martin sloper once. It's fuselage was that white plastic stuff that was supposed to be bullet proof. It flew pretty good on the slopes. That plastic looked sorta like vinyl, or maybe the stuff they make milk jugs, or laundry baskets out of nowadays. Mine had come out of the mold and cooled a bit too quickly and the horizontal stab shelf wasn't parallel to the wing saddle. I tried heating it up a bit but never got the nerve to heat it enough to either reshape or ruin it.
It did scrape up on the bottom a bit. Heck, so will laundry baskets. In my case, one of our slope sites had a roughly paved road back behind the good landing area. It was far enough back from the "good" part of the landing area that you'd choose the pavement when you had to. I think it was named the Coyote. It was sort of a dog, so that made sense. Truth is, I'd like to have it now and be able to fly at that place some more.
05-15-2012, 07:08 AM
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RE: Need Bob Martin Talon plans & manual
Hey, that Bob Martin vinyl thing wasn't a Coyote.
It was a Katie II. The fuselage was Dura-lene.
The advertisement from my '87 Tower catalog says it was for slope but could thermal with the average 2m. Don't you believe it. On the other hand, the average 2m wouldn't slope with it even on a light wind day.
It was a Katie II. The fuselage was Dura-lene.
The advertisement from my '87 Tower catalog says it was for slope but could thermal with the average 2m. Don't you believe it. On the other hand, the average 2m wouldn't slope with it even on a light wind day.
05-15-2012, 10:31 AM
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RE: Need Bob Martin Talon plans & manual
i have a cop of an Original Bob Martin Talon plan. It appears to be exactly the same as the Dynaflight Talon. The only difference is the the section where it lists the plan name. In this case the name Bob Matin was replaced with Dynaflight the rest of the plan is Identical.
da rock,
I was talking with a friend who said that they used to advertise that you could drive you car over the duralene fuses. Said that when one of the proto type fuses accendentlly was backed over by someones car. Interesting anecdote.
da rock,
I was talking with a friend who said that they used to advertise that you could drive you car over the duralene fuses. Said that when one of the proto type fuses accendentlly was backed over by someones car. Interesting anecdote.
05-15-2012, 06:46 PM
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RE: Need Bob Martin Talon plans & manual
ORIGINAL: ClasicPatternGuy
i have a cop of an Original Bob Martin Talon plan. It appears to be exactly the same as the Dynaflight Talon. The only difference is the the section where it lists the plan name. In this case the name Bob Matin was replaced with Dynaflight the rest of the plan is Identical.
da rock,
I was talking with a friend who said that they used to advertise that you could drive you car over the duralene fuses. Said that when one of the proto type fuses accendentlly was backed over by someones car. Interesting anecdote.
i have a cop of an Original Bob Martin Talon plan. It appears to be exactly the same as the Dynaflight Talon. The only difference is the the section where it lists the plan name. In this case the name Bob Matin was replaced with Dynaflight the rest of the plan is Identical.
da rock,
I was talking with a friend who said that they used to advertise that you could drive you car over the duralene fuses. Said that when one of the proto type fuses accendentlly was backed over by someones car. Interesting anecdote.
Yeah, when I bought mine, driving over it was part of the advertising. The dura-lene was rather thick and fairly flexible. I've got a laundry basket made out of about the same stuff. I sold it when I moved away but before I left, the guy who bought it lawn-darted it. The nose was wrinkled and it wouldn't come out. Guess you can drive over it, but can't spear stuff with it.
