Hey..... Don't sell me short! I still have the RTF Evolution wth the OS 160 for sale on the RCU Market Place. That makes 4 and I gave the other Evo to Dave Ruminski. Oh that still makes only 4.. Help me get rid of one before I suffer the "Wrath of Cath"!!!
RC

Rick's not a carrier, he's a pusher. He's hooked me and Dave and probably a couple of other guys, has us driving all over for contests when we could be watching NASCAR on TV, judging the geometry of bird fly-by's, filling up our Christmas lists with Pattern stuff.
Somebody should turn him in!

Don't look at me to help get you guys unhooked....having an extremely pattern friendly field 10 minutes from one of my offices is great....now to get you all running YS....OH RICK

YS? [:'(]

Y Suffer?

Electric is the way to go...

Cheers
Jason.

Said from the guy currently building an electric plane....

Y Suffer!

Jason, That's awesome!

I thought I would be the last guy to give up my glow power but electric is great! I am juste getting in deeper and deeper.

I keep my options open, but I still have a stack of YS engines that run perfectly. It will be interesting to fly eletric and glow (YS) back to back using pretty much identical airframes.

Don't make me pull out one of your historic statements.....

The "Y Suffer" tag is used regularly down here in Australia as a bit of a joke. I would have thought it was International....

There is no doubt that when running well, the YS is a great engine. When they're playing up it can be a real pain and many experienced YS pilots down here struggle to sort the problems out.

One thing that I have quickly come to realise is that in Pattern, you first have to finish the flight before you can win. I used to race RC cars 1/12 on road, 1/10 buggies & 1/8 on road and I was always told "you first have to win before you can win". Sounds like a strange statement but it basically comes down to PREPARATION before the event and the result is reliability. The same applies for Pattern or any other competition for that matter. This is where electric has it over any IC engine be it YS, OS, Webra etc... At your next comp, have a look at how many people have issues of one kind or another. I bet most of their problems come down to lack of preparation. On the other side of the coin, there are some people that rarely have any problems and I'll bet that preparation is the key to their reliability.... There is no doubt, electrics are reliable, the models DO last longer and there is also less maintenance because of the lack of vibration. This is why I no longer own any IC engines.

As a judge, I find it very disappointing to see a pilot putting in a great flight only to have a flame out on the second last manoeuvre....[:@]

Everyone to their own though... No harm in a little light hearted banter..

Cheers
Jason.

You are correct. I was perfectly content with my OS stuff until it no longer had the power. The DZ's have totally changed my mind and I am a FAITHFUL YS user now

Arch

Jason..it's all light hearted here...Arch, Rick and I have a bad habit of busting on each other.

Arch...let me write this down on a calendar....

Back to the regularly scheduled thread on storing airplanes.....I still hang mine by the tail.

Your right Scott. What a pusher, not really, couldn't resist to jump in. But I can't think of anyone else I'd rather have pushing / mentoring. What a great bunch of guys to fly with at our field. I'm storing planes in my shop using 1" aluminum conduit that I bent. Winter months, During flying season I use pipe horizontal off the wall in the garage. close to the suburban for quick loading. I know, Where are the pattern planes????? I'm getting there. Ha Ha

Your workshop is too tidy....

Cheers
Jason.

Agreed. A clean shop is a sign of a sick mind, but then again a messy shop is too.

I think I need to get over to St. C when the weather breaks to play with you guys one weekend.

Arch

Bob, I didn't know you had a sandblasting cabinet....we must talk!

He powdercoats too. Scott...Its OK to come out of the closet....
RC

Closet? Closet? Just because I once had hair like Pete's and flew airplanes with pink trim doesn't mean I'm hiding anything!

Here's my storage system. I'm planning on upgrading to carbon fiber rope as soon as my ship comes in.

Pete had hair like Pete's too until a few hours ago....now I'm like the rest of you shorthairs....

WHAT?????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????

it's short....I'm in shock and the gin isn't helping.

That's pretty much what happened to Samson wasnt it???

Yep.

Try some Blue Berry Shine!!!! I promise I won't laugh! LOLLOLLOLLOLLOL!!!
RC

Ok, here's one off the wall. Literally. I know it's not pattern, but I just love the planes. This is how I store one at an airport car show. Blue Berry Shine? Pete, when Rick was in grade school he used his mom's lard , from the can in the fridge ,and rubbed it in his hair for that cool slick look. Sitting beside the hot water register in his class room, things started heating up around 10:00 and he couldn't figure out why he was smellin bacon. LOLLOLLOL OH I'LL PAY!!!!! Dave , How come your so quiet in this??, Scott, we can talk anytime about that blaster, now that your out of the closet.