RC Definitions
06-21-2002 | 03:16 PM
#3
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More RC Definitions
i have a few to add to the list:
Airhog - Someone who flies, lands, flies, lands, flies, lands etc.
Big Sky Theory - When two planes are in mid-air over large open flying spaces.
Burning holes in the sky - Flying over the field with no objectives.
CA Glue û A sticky, chemical substance most commonly used to glue a model builder to his model.
Crash-and-Dash û A sort of touch-and-go.
DOH! û a reaction when something is broken upon landing.
Dumb Thumbs û To do something ridiculously stupid the usually results in a crash.
Flies On Rails û A plane that flies as if it were on a railed path
Ground Aerobatics û A. When you land hard and bounce back into the air several times. B. To cartwheel down the runway.
Lawn Dart û Plane that sticks nose first into the ground after crashing.
Rekit û A. To turn a model airplane into many tiny pieces that need to be reassembled. B. To Crash
Submarine û A sea plane that ôdigs inö and takes a plunge.
Thumb Glitch û Explanation for unintended ground contact.
Winging It û When the rubber bands that hold you wing on fall off in mid-flight.
Wing rider û When your buddy accidentally drives his car over your wing.
Wing walker û When you buddy accidentally drives his car over your wing.
Airhog - Someone who flies, lands, flies, lands, flies, lands etc.
Big Sky Theory - When two planes are in mid-air over large open flying spaces.
Burning holes in the sky - Flying over the field with no objectives.
CA Glue û A sticky, chemical substance most commonly used to glue a model builder to his model.
Crash-and-Dash û A sort of touch-and-go.
DOH! û a reaction when something is broken upon landing.
Dumb Thumbs û To do something ridiculously stupid the usually results in a crash.
Flies On Rails û A plane that flies as if it were on a railed path
Ground Aerobatics û A. When you land hard and bounce back into the air several times. B. To cartwheel down the runway.
Lawn Dart û Plane that sticks nose first into the ground after crashing.
Rekit û A. To turn a model airplane into many tiny pieces that need to be reassembled. B. To Crash
Submarine û A sea plane that ôdigs inö and takes a plunge.
Thumb Glitch û Explanation for unintended ground contact.
Winging It û When the rubber bands that hold you wing on fall off in mid-flight.
Wing rider û When your buddy accidentally drives his car over your wing.
Wing walker û When you buddy accidentally drives his car over your wing.
08-06-2002 | 08:44 AM
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RC Definitions
How about this one:
Crash - A landing in which the vertical velocity is so great, and the time spent reducing it to zero is so short, as to result in structural failure.
Crash - A landing in which the vertical velocity is so great, and the time spent reducing it to zero is so short, as to result in structural failure.
01-07-2010 | 10:35 AM
#7
RE: RC Definitions
Grape Vine: The remaining servos and wires recovered from a crash site.
Figure 9: Simple loop with a sudden stop
"Hey watch this!": An audible signal to get your camera, a crash is iminent.
Figure 9: Simple loop with a sudden stop
"Hey watch this!": An audible signal to get your camera, a crash is iminent.
01-07-2010 | 06:12 PM
#8
RE: RC Definitions
We had an incident in our club last year when two identical ugly sticks were up..One guy said "Now try to stick with me!" and they promptly did just that ! They ran right into each other! It was all a yard dart race after that !
