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Just flew my new RC airplane!
#5948152 - 08/09/06 05:50 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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And I didn't crash it!! 

Turned out to be MUCH easier to handle than I had expected. Much faster than the last model I flew, and way more aerobatic! Landing was a little rough, though...I clipped the landing gear housing by coming in too hot. No big deal though
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Re: Just flew my new RC airplane! [Re: trendal]
#5948157 - 08/09/06 05:52 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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::searches for some smartass remark, but fails miserably::
looks like fun?
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Re: Just flew my new RC airplane! [Re: trendal]
#5948159 - 08/09/06 05:52 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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How much that put you back ?
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Re: Just flew my new RC airplane! [Re: trendal]
#5948168 - 08/09/06 05:54 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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should've built your own
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Re: Just flew my new RC airplane! [Re: TYL3R]
#5948187 - 08/09/06 05:57 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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About 300
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Re: Just flew my new RC airplane! [Re: trendal]
#5948191 - 08/09/06 05:58 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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i like the car versions.. my neighboor like races those little things.. his has like a gasoline motor in it and reaches about 45mph..
what kind of engine does ur plane have? is it all electric?
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Re: Just flew my new RC airplane! [Re: trendal]
#5948204 - 08/09/06 06:03 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Looks like tons of fun tren!
Be careful though, my uncle had the prop start spinning on him when he was working with it once... mangled his hand mighty nicely.
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Re: Just flew my new RC airplane! [Re: Banez]
#5948216 - 08/09/06 06:08 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yeah the plane is electric.
For planes I think electric is the way to go. WAY less hassle than the nitro engines.
Your neighboor's care is probably nitromethane powered, not gasoline. It'd have to be a pretty big one (like 1/5th scale or larger) to have a gasoline engine in it.
I've got a nitro buggy, too. It does about 50mph on the straights!

Cars are fun and all, but there's a lot more to do in the air in the way of tricks and such. The cars are really only fun for competition racing.
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Re: Just flew my new RC airplane! [Re: Yarry]
#5948222 - 08/09/06 06:09 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
Yarry said: Be careful though, my uncle had the prop start spinning on him when he was working with it once... mangled his hand mighty nicely.
Yeah that happened to me once with one I was working on at work...took a nice chunk out of my thumb! Luckily it was an electric...the gas ones just take your finger clean off
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Re: Just flew my new RC airplane! [Re: trendal]
#5948223 - 08/09/06 06:10 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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hell yes.. thats what he has.. i love watching him.. and he goes to like local dirt tracks and actually races people.. its a pretty cool hobby
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Re: Just flew my new RC airplane! [Re: trendal]
#5948266 - 08/09/06 06:26 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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That looks like a great plane! We just bought a small plane for a friend's birthday.
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It's a fun thing to play with for a first timer. The best bit is that it doesn't break. The only problem is that you can't fly on even slighty windy days unless you have a lot of space.
Now I want one too
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Re: Just flew my new RC airplane! [Re: cybrbeast]
#5948272 - 08/09/06 06:28 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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i need a hobby.
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Re: Just flew my new RC airplane! [Re: Banez]
#5948294 - 08/09/06 06:34 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Flight #2....not so great 
Did some nice snap-rolls, loops, and barrel rolls to show drtyfrnk how it flies.
Then I attempted one last barrel roll...and WHAM! into the ground. Looks like I'll need a new fuselage
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Re: Just flew my new RC airplane! [Re: trendal]
#5948309 - 08/09/06 06:38 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Ouch.
That's the thing i hated when flying RCs, always having to buy new parts.
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Re: Just flew my new RC airplane! [Re: TYL3R]
#5948321 - 08/09/06 06:42 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yeah, worst part is the hobby is damned addicting 
Here's drtyfrnk, admiring my nice new plane:
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Re: Just flew my new RC airplane! [Re: trendal]
#5948326 - 08/09/06 06:44 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Any websites on this stuff? How to build your own? Costs? Etc.
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Re: Just flew my new RC airplane! [Re: MrBigStalk]
#5948349 - 08/09/06 06:53 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Check out http://www.rcuniverse.com/ they've got some good forums on there, too.
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Re: Just flew my new RC airplane! [Re: trendal]
#5948612 - 08/09/06 08:12 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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WHOA!?!? You built an airplane out of Research Chemicals?!?!?!
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Quote:
EndlessNameless said: WHOA!?!? You built an airplane out of Research Chemicals?!?!?!
Ha, now that's what I call flying.
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EndlessNameless said: WHOA!?!? You built an airplane out of Research Chemicals?!?!?!
that's what i thought at first. heh. then i remembered Rc is remote controlled.
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