Model in tree - retrieval anyone
01-01-2006 | 03:04 PM
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RE: Model in tree - retrieval anyone
So sorry for your loss. I too have memories of the one that got away. It was a beautiful T-tail glider, the only plane I ever built from scratch, and I just loved it. I loaned it to a friend, and he took it out to a huge hill with miles of undeveloped land behind it in Ventura, CA. He was having a great flight, but as he adjusted the elevator trim suddenly he lost control of the plane. Thinking that his transmitter battery had come loose, which it was prone to do, he feverishly took the back off, discovered that the battery was fine, then discovered the real problem - instead of hitting the elevator trim he'd turned the transmitter off! (In retrospect, I don't know which was dumber - that, or telling me about it.He turned the transmitter back on but had taken his eyes off the glider for so long it was gone. Just vanished. We spent a week tramping through the hills downwind of our site but never found it. That was 20 years ago, and I still mourn that plane.
02-04-2006 | 10:11 AM
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RE: Model in tree - retrieval anyone
Hi
Update on this comical saga of a lost model - I was given it back
Yes, you read it right, a nice Irish farmer who's son had retrieved it a month ago today gave it back to me,
He approached me as I flew my teeny 3D-13 by parking his large SUV right in the middle of my landing patch. As soon as I had forcibly ditched my model in some tall weeds, he approached me and asked if I had lost a model in trees some time back.
Half an hour later, after we had traded farming tips on his driveway, I was gifted a couple of pots of organic cheese and yogurt, as well as the little bits and peices of the model.
Apparently his younger son who is a 12 year old motorcycling dare deviler found the machine forlornly abandoned on the neighboring field after a gale storm. His 20 year old brother then took it all apart in order to fix it. When their mother found out, she asked around, and the suspicious farmer character, who has appeared in our story earlier, told her about me. But lo and behold, he had promptly lost my number.
It was only after seeing my model in the air today that his husband rode a mile out to see me.
It all ended well in the end, I got all the pieces back, sans a needle valve, plus a bit of a rust thrown in.
the moral of the story - NEVER DOUBT THE IRISH VALUES OF HONESTY AND DECENCY - I have been in Ireland for over three years now, and each passing moment stregnthens my belief on the strong moral character of these people.
Signing out ........
Sid
Update on this comical saga of a lost model - I was given it back
Yes, you read it right, a nice Irish farmer who's son had retrieved it a month ago today gave it back to me,
He approached me as I flew my teeny 3D-13 by parking his large SUV right in the middle of my landing patch. As soon as I had forcibly ditched my model in some tall weeds, he approached me and asked if I had lost a model in trees some time back.
Half an hour later, after we had traded farming tips on his driveway, I was gifted a couple of pots of organic cheese and yogurt, as well as the little bits and peices of the model.
Apparently his younger son who is a 12 year old motorcycling dare deviler found the machine forlornly abandoned on the neighboring field after a gale storm. His 20 year old brother then took it all apart in order to fix it. When their mother found out, she asked around, and the suspicious farmer character, who has appeared in our story earlier, told her about me. But lo and behold, he had promptly lost my number.
It was only after seeing my model in the air today that his husband rode a mile out to see me.
It all ended well in the end, I got all the pieces back, sans a needle valve, plus a bit of a rust thrown in.
the moral of the story - NEVER DOUBT THE IRISH VALUES OF HONESTY AND DECENCY - I have been in Ireland for over three years now, and each passing moment stregnthens my belief on the strong moral character of these people.
Signing out ........
Sid
02-04-2006 | 11:46 AM
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RE: Model in tree - retrieval anyone
ORIGINAL: shakeelsid
Hi
Update on this comical saga of a lost model - I was given it back
Yes, you read it right, a nice Irish farmer who's son had retrieved it a month ago today gave it back to me,
He approached me as I flew my teeny 3D-13 by parking his large SUV right in the middle of my landing patch. As soon as I had forcibly ditched my model in some tall weeds, he approached me and asked if I had lost a model in trees some time back.
Half an hour later, after we had traded farming tips on his driveway, I was gifted a couple of pots of organic cheese and yogurt, as well as the little bits and peices of the model.
Apparently his younger son who is a 12 year old motorcycling dare deviler found the machine forlornly abandoned on the neighboring field after a gale storm. His 20 year old brother then took it all apart in order to fix it. When their mother found out, she asked around, and the suspicious farmer character, who has appeared in our story earlier, told her about me. But lo and behold, he had promptly lost my number.
It was only after seeing my model in the air today that his husband rode a mile out to see me.
It all ended well in the end, I got all the pieces back, sans a needle valve, plus a bit of a rust thrown in.
the moral of the story - NEVER DOUBT THE IRISH VALUES OF HONESTY AND DECENCY - I have been in Ireland for over three years now, and each passing moment stregnthens my belief on the strong moral character of these people.
Signing out ........
Sid
Hi
Update on this comical saga of a lost model - I was given it back
Yes, you read it right, a nice Irish farmer who's son had retrieved it a month ago today gave it back to me,
He approached me as I flew my teeny 3D-13 by parking his large SUV right in the middle of my landing patch. As soon as I had forcibly ditched my model in some tall weeds, he approached me and asked if I had lost a model in trees some time back.
Half an hour later, after we had traded farming tips on his driveway, I was gifted a couple of pots of organic cheese and yogurt, as well as the little bits and peices of the model.
Apparently his younger son who is a 12 year old motorcycling dare deviler found the machine forlornly abandoned on the neighboring field after a gale storm. His 20 year old brother then took it all apart in order to fix it. When their mother found out, she asked around, and the suspicious farmer character, who has appeared in our story earlier, told her about me. But lo and behold, he had promptly lost my number.
It was only after seeing my model in the air today that his husband rode a mile out to see me.
It all ended well in the end, I got all the pieces back, sans a needle valve, plus a bit of a rust thrown in.
the moral of the story - NEVER DOUBT THE IRISH VALUES OF HONESTY AND DECENCY - I have been in Ireland for over three years now, and each passing moment stregnthens my belief on the strong moral character of these people.
Signing out ........
Sid
lets see if I got this right:
A farmers son found the model.
The son's older brother took it apart.
Their mother found out.(not the farmers wife???)
This farmer's husband asked if this model was yours.???!?!??!?!!?
Is there somethin wrong here?
Especially when you end the story like this:
NEVER DOUBT THE IRISH VALUES
LOL
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02-05-2006 | 03:39 AM
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RE: Model in tree - retrieval anyone
Sorry about the gaffe, it all makes sense if you change the 'his' to 'her' in the husband relationships
Please read it as follows
It was only after seeing my model in the air today that her husband rode a mile out to see me
nopes, Irish values in general do not mention 'thy shall allow same sex marriages' - and so I would assume it would be even remote occurrence in rural Ireland - sorry about getting you excited all for nothing - sigh, not yet, not here.....
the story was apparently written by a male chauvinist in haste, and somehow a few genders and pronouns got muddled.
Please read it as follows
It was only after seeing my model in the air today that her husband rode a mile out to see me
nopes, Irish values in general do not mention 'thy shall allow same sex marriages' - and so I would assume it would be even remote occurrence in rural Ireland - sorry about getting you excited all for nothing - sigh, not yet, not here.....
the story was apparently written by a male chauvinist in haste, and somehow a few genders and pronouns got muddled.
02-05-2006 | 09:15 PM
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Looks to me like its time for the SPUDGUN! Also known as a potato cannon. Either the compressed air type (expensive compressor) or the hairspray powered type (cheap but lower muzzle velocity) will throw a chunk of potato well over 100 feet into the air with considerable force. It will do less damage than than a shotgun with a better chance of actually moving the plane than a BB gun or arrow. They are easily assembled from PVC pipe and will provide an afternoon of great fun. Here in the States they are not considered to be a firearm but local ordinances my apply. Lots of great websites with construction directions. Mine will shoot a two inch potato projectile over 100 yards.
03-07-2006 | 02:45 PM
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Great for your return and happy, yet genologically confused, ending. Sounds like a tale that Irish lore will become of.
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03-08-2006 | 05:23 PM
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Well, I have now successfully read the entire story of the lost plane and had a suggestion to post, though now its not necessary since the plane came back. I was going to suggest contacting the Discovery Channel and have them pitch the idea to Jesse James. I bet he could Monster Garage up some type of tree climbing machine that wont damage the tree. But once the plane had turned to AWOL status, my next suggestion would have been to utilize word of mouth networking. Simply hit the pubs in the area and tell the story to as many people as you can. Eventually, you might run across somebody who knows somebody who heard that somebodys buddy had found a model airplane. Hopefully that word would reach back to the plane finder and then that individual would begin trying to search you out to return the plane. Which in fact is pretty much what wound up happening in the end.
This is my first day being signed up on RCuniverse and I ran across this thread while seeking out information about my E-MAXX truck.
I'm glad this story ended with a more or less happy ending.
Have a great day
C00LR
This is my first day being signed up on RCuniverse and I ran across this thread while seeking out information about my E-MAXX truck.
I'm glad this story ended with a more or less happy ending.
Have a great day
C00LR
03-16-2006 | 06:15 AM
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RE: Model in tree - retrieval anyone
Glad you got your plane back, perhaps some kind of a kite with a grapple/magnet type of attachment and armature would be something to look into getting skilled with for the future in these cases.
03-18-2006 | 05:19 PM
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Hi Coolr
Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of radio modelling - in your next few years to come in this community, you will hear countless stories, some with happy endings, and some otherwise - but all good fun nonetheless. I must tell you here that I liked telling my story as much as many readers liked reading it. It took my mind off my stupid mistake - when you have been a modeller and flyer for twenty odd years, there is perhaps no reason for a demonstration of your stupidity. When the plane spiraled all the way to the top of the tree, my first reaction was a giant gigle, just before I burst into a full blown laughter - it indeed was funny - but then I got sad, and mad, - so it was about emotions - and as I travelled across the globe attending my year-end acedemic conferences, I would plop in the bed at the end of the day, laptop on my chest, going through this thread - and the laptop would bobble quite a few times.
To me getting the airplane back was hardly the point of the story - it was the learnings within the process, and I must confess, I have earned a new wisdom, and made many new friends.
I always greet newcomers to the world of flight with this barnstormer's prayer.
May the sky be always blue as you fly across it, and winds on your tail till you decide to land, and may the earth rise softly to meet you at your destination.
Sid
Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of radio modelling - in your next few years to come in this community, you will hear countless stories, some with happy endings, and some otherwise - but all good fun nonetheless. I must tell you here that I liked telling my story as much as many readers liked reading it. It took my mind off my stupid mistake - when you have been a modeller and flyer for twenty odd years, there is perhaps no reason for a demonstration of your stupidity. When the plane spiraled all the way to the top of the tree, my first reaction was a giant gigle, just before I burst into a full blown laughter - it indeed was funny - but then I got sad, and mad, - so it was about emotions - and as I travelled across the globe attending my year-end acedemic conferences, I would plop in the bed at the end of the day, laptop on my chest, going through this thread - and the laptop would bobble quite a few times.
To me getting the airplane back was hardly the point of the story - it was the learnings within the process, and I must confess, I have earned a new wisdom, and made many new friends.
I always greet newcomers to the world of flight with this barnstormer's prayer.
May the sky be always blue as you fly across it, and winds on your tail till you decide to land, and may the earth rise softly to meet you at your destination.
Sid
03-18-2006 | 09:55 PM
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Its rare i ever post on this site but even as this topic is starting to get old i would like to take a minute to laugh at the stupidity of those who still have not read this whole story and are still saying how to get it down. On another note I would like to say its nice that you got it back and in decent condition a least. This story kept me reading for the last half hour but still I am new to the RC hobbies of any kind and hope i do not have any thing like this happen to me though i know that some day it will.
03-19-2006 | 12:08 AM
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RE: Model in tree - retrieval anyone
hitting close to home, mine got caught in one tree, and another did it in afterwards today, I'd like to see the scientific study of the gravitional magnetic attraction between all things man made that fly and trees. 
Be sure to man your cockpit with a fully articulated RC GI joe so he can climb out and get the plane out of the tree for you before your next flight
Be sure to man your cockpit with a fully articulated RC GI joe so he can climb out and get the plane out of the tree for you before your next flight
04-05-2006 | 12:17 AM
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RE: Model in tree - retrieval anyone
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Hi guys
here is a photo of my limbo dancer at 110 ft AGL - hovering permanently, even out of fuel - some engine ha - ask questions and I will unravel an astounding story. BTW because it is located at the shores of Lough Ennel, of Lilliput fame, I do fear some giant might get to it before I.
Any ideas how to get it out of there without chopping or breaking limbs - tree's and mine?
Hi guys
here is a photo of my limbo dancer at 110 ft AGL - hovering permanently, even out of fuel - some engine ha - ask questions and I will unravel an astounding story. BTW because it is located at the shores of Lough Ennel, of Lilliput fame, I do fear some giant might get to it before I.
Any ideas how to get it out of there without chopping or breaking limbs - tree's and mine?
THIS WOULD BE A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO JUSTIFY A HELI PURCHASE!
start shopping!
05-10-2006 | 03:26 AM
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Wow I learned something reading all this. You mean your not supposed to land in the trees. Thats how I been doing it all along. I guess I got RC flying mixed up with coon hunting.
05-10-2006 | 05:14 AM
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Relax Ken, this place has a ton of really good people that post, I agree, trees are NOT what you are supposed to land in, but hey, it's better then nose diving into the dirt................
Extra mod's on RC planes I will have in place very much address the current thread in the real world. This stuff is so simple, yet nobody has thought of, I will keep the details to myself rather then let some outsider take advantage of bringing to market before myself..
Extra mod's on RC planes I will have in place very much address the current thread in the real world. This stuff is so simple, yet nobody has thought of, I will keep the details to myself rather then let some outsider take advantage of bringing to market before myself..
05-10-2006 | 09:07 AM
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You must be to close to california cause I have no idea what you said . You have to understand im from the real south where a man has honor and will go out of his way to get HIS plane out of a tree.
05-10-2006 | 04:08 PM
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Honor is not exclusive to the south, neither is dishonor, just a little hint here, think of a pannick button you can press that will let down a line and sinker as being one aspect and part of the equasion.
05-10-2006 | 10:26 PM
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well, too late, but i came up with a completely foolproof method.
call the white house in the usa. tell george bush that osama bin laden is hiding nearby. if you get the distances right, bombs will land close enough to bring down the tree without destroying anything of value. and, you get a sweet fireworks show!
call the white house in the usa. tell george bush that osama bin laden is hiding nearby. if you get the distances right, bombs will land close enough to bring down the tree without destroying anything of value. and, you get a sweet fireworks show!
05-13-2006 | 08:36 PM
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RE: Model in tree - retrieval anyone
ORIGINAL: 50%plane
You shouldn't have written that.
Suggestions:
(1) fireworks(the new years NYC type)
(2) hover a 40% with a hook on the end of a light rope attached to the tail and hook it over the elevator.
(3) drive your car into the base of the tree as fast as you can in hopes that the impact will shake it down(you are liable for your own actions)
(4) stare it down.
(5) get a ladder
(6)entice it to come down with Christmas cookies
(7)send enough cats up the tree to cause the branch to break off and bring the plane down
(8) show it a picture of a prettier airplane
(9)threaten not to fly it again[X(]
(10)get a rock band with their amps pointed at the plane playing at full volume
(11)get a cannon
(12) tell it that you don't like flying it anymore
(13)threaten to post it's picture on RCU........... wait a minute here, HHHHMHHHH
(14)buy a big giraffe
Hope these help,
Woops
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I have yet to find an orignal 'never heard before' suggestion.
More Ideas anyone
Sid
I have yet to find an orignal 'never heard before' suggestion.
More Ideas anyone
Sid
Suggestions:
(1) fireworks(the new years NYC type)
(2) hover a 40% with a hook on the end of a light rope attached to the tail and hook it over the elevator.
(3) drive your car into the base of the tree as fast as you can in hopes that the impact will shake it down(you are liable for your own actions)
(4) stare it down.
(5) get a ladder
(6)entice it to come down with Christmas cookies
(7)send enough cats up the tree to cause the branch to break off and bring the plane down
(8) show it a picture of a prettier airplane
(9)threaten not to fly it again[X(]
(10)get a rock band with their amps pointed at the plane playing at full volume
(11)get a cannon
(12) tell it that you don't like flying it anymore
(13)threaten to post it's picture on RCU........... wait a minute here, HHHHMHHHH
(14)buy a big giraffe
Hope these help,
Woops
1.)You could just light the tree on fire, but yor liable and it's also easier than getting fireworks.
3.) You need like a semi- truck to do that.
4.) Plane's don't have eyes
5.) 120 foot ladder?
7.) Why punish the cats? They didn't do anything and thier cute and cuddly.
10.) Why rock? You need to come over to Florida, Barrow one of the Caddies on 26" rims and some Escalades, Turn on "Dem Franchise Boys vs. Korn" and blast away.
11.)Then it's not an airplane when it comes down...lol
15.) Why not try King Kong or Hong Kong?
05-13-2006 | 08:48 PM
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RE: Model in tree - retrieval anyone
Ok guys heres the best way. I have given this much thought cause my planes seem to like trees. A trained monkey is the only way to get a plane out when your so far back in the woods you can't get a bucket truck to it. ANY BODY GOT A MONKEY FOR SALE CHEAP ?
