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12-05-2010, 10:48 PM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

Kim...thanks for the invite....if I can work it on a PHX layover...I might rent a car and drive down for a "once over". I was watching the walk around video, which shows the incredible work you have...
12-02-2010, 05:35 AM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

Absolutely beautiful. I only wish I could see this in person. Having flown the real one for a little over a thousand hours, I can tell you this is as close to the real deal as it comes. It's been fun...
10-26-2010, 05:16 PM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

A year ago? I can't remember what I had for breakfast. You have to be proud of the fact that the level of attention to detail, along with the time you have put in making sure this is right, has...
10-22-2010, 11:01 PM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

It's going to have beer cans stuck to them? Seriously though.....don't forget to scuff them up a bit, always cracks me up when I see some beautifully scaled up models with all the
oil stains...
10-16-2010, 09:08 AM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

ARMY?.......the T34C has always been NAVY. Thousands as compared to a couple......someone call me a Waaaaaambulance....I'm heartbroken. :-)
09-15-2010, 04:09 PM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

Hi Kim..

Flying the "medium iron...767" now due to the buyout of my airline. Re: the end is near....we're all looking forward to it too....I'm hoping you have a few good still and video camera...
09-10-2010, 10:57 PM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

This is a magnificent project. Have thoroughly enjoyed watching it come to fruition. I do have to make one constructive criticism which doesn't have to do with the aircraft, but the pilots.

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04-04-2010, 02:26 PM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

Same venturi effect in ensuring the fluid was blown OUT of the plane as opposed to the in. Had a wise acre in VT-10, (teaching NFOs to NAV) who used to wait until the crossunder and he would let...
10-22-2009, 12:12 AM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

If I might throw in my 2 bits regarding the difference in the flap design...I too flew the T-34C both in 1978 and again in 1983 when I was Instructing at NAS Whiting. When the design for the T-34C...
10-30-2008, 01:23 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 10,513
Posted By dtw757

RE: LANDING WITH ONE WING 33% PLANE

http://www.chilloutzone.de/files/08102703.html


Here's a guy doing it in a full scale.....obviously the lesson is "never give up". I heard a test pilot say once the first thing they asked...
09-30-2008, 01:05 AM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

That's exactly the reason...[with just the round shape, there was an uneven (turbulent) flow that went directly back to the horizontal tail. By using the fairings it smoothed the flow along the...
06-06-2008, 07:29 PM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

No fair......post your pics here....sometimes even the least little bit of info helps us when we get back on our projects.
05-21-2008, 12:10 AM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

A suggestion...might work, might not.....goes with your bondo idea or even using balsa filler. Get a brass tube slightly either the same size or slighly smaller than the corrugation in place, fill...
05-18-2008, 05:06 PM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

Welcome back....yes there are still those of us watching the thread....subscribed etc. Thanks for the continued posts.

Mike

PS found this site...www.tpub.com Has some of the Student...
04-23-2008, 11:27 PM
Replies: 359
Views: 91,084
Posted By dtw757

RE: E-flite Taylorcraft

They're hitting the shelves in Oregon....picked one up 2 days ago at Trumps Hobbies in Corvallis....they still have one there. (Not affiliated or am endorsing Trumps only that they have one if you...
02-14-2008, 11:42 PM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

I was just "testing" to make sure I wasn't missing any pages.....my computer takes a siesta from reality sometimes and gets stuck on old pages until I do a deep clean of the cookies.
02-14-2008, 01:17 AM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

Hello...anybody home? :) My donuts are going stale with nothing to read. ;)
01-26-2008, 01:11 AM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

Why not use one of those retractable pin "things" (for lack of a better word) that you can find at the LHS in parts section. Then you disguise it (if you're gong for true scale) to look
like the...
01-21-2008, 01:07 AM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

That is looking great......this page is one of those I really look forward to so I can see how it's progressing.....Thanks.



PS Also called it the "Maytag Messerschmidt" because a company...
01-20-2008, 03:45 AM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

Back in early 1978 a good buddy of mine (Bailout Bob Eves and his instructor Paul Gift) both bailed out of one and ended up swimming ashore because they couldn't get out of a spin. Back then, the 34C...
12-30-2007, 02:01 AM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

Terry,

If you want a good illustration of the layout of both cockpits including the instrument panels, I still have my old NATOPS manual. I could
scan the pages and send it by e-mail.
12-01-2007, 12:46 AM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

I'm still watching.....I built a full size RV-8 and I found one of the most helpful methods for building as well as a motivator was in watching another builders progress of
his aircaft. It helped...
11-17-2007, 11:57 AM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

Even after 24 years away from it I still enjoy that description. Team effort though....you're right.:D
10-28-2007, 03:05 AM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

Thanks for continuing...appreciate it
10-11-2007, 06:33 PM
Replies: 548
Views: 105,428
Posted By dtw757

RE: RT Aerospace 1/5th T-34C Build

Well, I hope that you continue. Not a complaint or anything but it might be an issue (re: not a lot of hits) because the posts by yourself are spread out. Having said that, I, like most "reasonable"...
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