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Post by dubehigh on Mar 17, 2010 12:52:25 GMT -6
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Post by 19000rpm on Mar 17, 2010 13:26:47 GMT -6
Nice down here too. Went for a quick fly this AM and I'm headed back out again now. It's supposed to be as nice or nicer tomorrow.
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Post by dubehigh on Mar 17, 2010 14:16:25 GMT -6
i was out early to, smacked up the f27, need parts. the wind picked up and i thought i would go up one more time, i hate hand launching, straite in the ground she went. parts list tail fin nose cone thats not to bad ;D i dont call that a crash  |
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Post by 19000rpm on Mar 17, 2010 14:56:38 GMT -6
i was out early to, smacked up the f27, need parts. the wind picked up and i thought i would go up one more time, i hate hand launching, straite in the ground she went. parts list tail fin nose cone thats not to bad ;D i dont call that a crash Yeah, that isn't a crash; just a bump into the ground. ;D The wind was kind of gusty here today too. The Corsair shimmies around a bit, but is very flyable. This afternoon I took the P51 off, and for the 3rd time out of a couple hundred flights, the motor quit and it went in nose first. I thought the others were brown outs. And, they might have been. This time the 6100 wasn't flashing though, so it wasn't a brown out. I think it's the ESC. I've got a new one. Amazingly, the spinner cone didn't even break. Just a chip in the cowling. The wing popped off at the back. I had a light coat of GG on the wing and it seperated, and the hatch split ahead of the canopy. All that has been fixed. It's not ready for any closeups though. This plane has definitely seen better days. 5 crashes now. The fuse has been guled back together in 5 or 6 places and the vertical stab has been snapped off and repaired and both side of the horizontal stab have been broken and repaired along with the elevator; twice. One of the ailerons was busted and the leading edges of the wing is dented and wrinkled. OOPS! This is a weather thread. It was beautiful.  |
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Post by rcdbutz on Mar 17, 2010 16:13:33 GMT -6
I found that this site is great for showing the weather and wind trends and how it relates to aviation related endeavors: www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgiJust select you state and region and you'll get a cool little drawing that shows what you should be expecting over the next few days. |
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Post by dubehigh on Mar 19, 2010 7:45:00 GMT -6
thats what we use if we use a real plane. i have a couple friends that are pilots and thats the one they use when we go some were.
theres nothing with 40 miles of me for accurate wind for the rc's
but that is a great site to visit.
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Post by BTCat on Mar 19, 2010 17:44:53 GMT -6
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Post by rcdbutz on Mar 29, 2010 13:22:49 GMT -6
damn, I am not going to fly today! We've got heavy rain and steady winds of 30mph with gusts of 50mph. Almost want to try and get a plank up there just for the hilarious video of me trying to fly it and crashing it. Wow, I hope these spring showers go away soon.
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