Tach Race 2012...Engines on Their Way Home !

microflitedude wrote:Sounds good!

Can't wait!

Freakin' Franken Motor

Hope Indra's entry makes it.

Hey Dckrsn, where do those needles like the one in your Golden Bee avie come from? I've seen them but never knew anything about them.

Still hoping that indra's engine will apear.

Next time we have to depend on reliability and build planes so they can fly to Kim's home itself.

Will there be a live webcam where we can watch "the game"

Just a Thought Kim
I don't know what the setup is in your part of the world or indeed how far your
local mail sorting office/depot is but twice since Christmas (last time was
yesterday afternoon) I've wandered down to ours and found a 'missing'
parcel.
J

mr_cox wrote:
Will there be a live webcam where we can watch "the game"

Hmm... Not a bad idea.....

John Goddard wrote:Just a Thought Kim
I don't know what the setup is in your part of the world or indeed how far your
local mail sorting office/depot is but twice since Christmas (last time was
yesterday afternoon) I've wandered down to ours and found a 'missing'
parcel.
J

Hey John...Thanks...but trust me, I've gone TOTAL obsessive-compulsive on this deal with Indra's engine ! While he sent it to my physical address, I DO live in a small town and have asked the folks in the Post Office to please look under tables and back-boxes for any stray packages...they all know me by name, and always ask me what latest "project" is going on.

My local mailman is an old friend who worked with me back in my factory days, and I'm bribing him with offers of airplane rides and aerial photos of his property if he helps me track down that little .049.

Our postal system here in the states takes a lot of hits about their service (most of the time, deservedly so) but I think my local crew is a good bunch of folks. I'm pretty confident that the engine hasn't made it to my turf yet, and will be making another stop tomorrow morning to check for it while they are open.

Anyway, the watch continues. I haven't checked the weather for tomorrow, but figure I'll run the engines regardless...I can set up in the second door of my shop and have shelter (done that a LOT!). I WILL record the air temps as I run them (just for those fanatical number-herder types !!!). As I'd mentioned in an earlier post somewhere, it's everything I can do NOT to buy some air-conditioning ducting and build my own "Indoor Engine Test Cell" in my shop! THAT would be cool, and will probably happen after the Race.

Later ! Kim

despite that i did not enter the contest. cant wait to see the results!

Will definitely enter the contest next year.

Goodluck tommorow Kim!

Looks like it wont be snowing.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.38761749978395&lon=-89.66629028320313&site=pah&unit=0&lg=en&FcstType=text

microflitedude wrote:

mr_cox wrote:
Will there be a live webcam where we can watch "the game"

Hmm... Not a bad idea.....

It's a GREAT Idea! Problem is (besides my lack of technical prowess in setting it up!) that it would probably drive you all crazy with the stop-start-disconnect-reconnect-oops, let's slow down for no discernible reason feed of my Dial-Up Service !

I Do intend to run a video camera the whole time, with the intent of burning some DVD's or such, and want to boil it down to a video montage for Youtube. THAT"S all for later on...right now, just need to get my Mojo together for this last workday, and steel myself for tomorrow's excitement!

Later! Steely Kim

mr_cox wrote:despite that i did not enter the contest. cant wait to see the results!

Will definitely enter the contest next year.

Goodluck tommorow Kim!

Thanks Bastiaan! I'm hoping that it will be fun for everybody !

crankbndr wrote:Looks like it wont be snowing.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.38761749978395&lon=-89.66629028320313&site=pah&unit=0&lg=en&FcstType=text

Thanks! I'm finally gonna save this site !!

Now i have to buy some popcorn for the movie you will make! Great that you take so much effort.

Do you know what would be great!?

Hiring a theater with all the forummers and whatch it on the big screen and meet you all in person. But think that is out of our league

+ Kim =

mr_cox wrote:despite that i did not enter the contest. cant wait to see the results!

Will definitely enter the contest next year.

Goodluck tommorow Kim!

Ditto all round

mr_cox wrote:Now i have to buy some popcorn for the movie you will make! Great that you take so much effort.

Do you know what would be great!?

Hiring a theater with all the forummers and whatch it on the big screen and meet you all in person. But think that is out of our league

+ Kim =

You Know what would be "Outta Control COOL"? We buy the Old Cox building, and, after a complete restoration to it's former glory, we dedicate a side room as a theater where we shall assemble on Mr. Cox's Birthday (and other pertinent holidays) for a review of Old and Recent History of these Wonderful Toys!

Don't worry, Pete's Radial Rocket got me started buying Lottery Tickets !!!!! It's just a matter of time !!

Man, I tell ya, after the Tach Race, I GOT to get out of here for a while !

John Goddard wrote:

mr_cox wrote:despite that i did not enter the contest. cant wait to see the results!

Will definitely enter the contest next year.

Goodluck tommorow Kim!

Ditto all round

Thanks Guys !

Kim wrote:

mr_cox wrote:Now i have to buy some popcorn for the movie you will make! Great that you take so much effort.

Do you know what would be great!?

Hiring a theater with all the forummers and whatch it on the big screen and meet you all in person. But think that is out of our league

+ Kim =

You Know what would be "Outta Control COOL"? We buy the Old Cox building, and, after a complete restoration to it's former glory, we dedicate a side room as a theater where we shall assemble on Mr. Cox's Birthday (and other pertinent holidays) for a review of Old and Recent History of these Wonderful Toys!

Don't worry, Pete's Radial Rocket got me started buying Lottery Tickets !!!!! It's just a matter of time !!

Man, I tell ya, after the Tach Race, I GOT to get out of here for a while !

Tell you what Kim
If beer was involved I'd move in!

Hopefully it will be a little warm for you, thats the problem with doing it in winter as you need sun light for the tach.

Good luck to everybody!

Nitro, I think we might have a consolation prize for you as your engines are MIA.

Mark Boesen wrote:...or we get the AMA to donate all the cox stuff they have crammed away in storage.

I've "scouted" their building...let's Raid 'Em !!!!

John Goddard wrote:

Kim wrote:

mr_cox wrote:Now i have to buy some popcorn for the movie you will make! Great that you take so much effort.

Do you know what would be great!?

Hiring a theater with all the forummers and whatch it on the big screen and meet you all in person. But think that is out of our league

+ Kim =

You Know what would be "Outta Control COOL"? We buy the Old Cox building, and, after a complete restoration to it's former glory, we dedicate a side room as a theater where we shall assemble on Mr. Cox's Birthday (and other pertinent holidays) for a review of Old and Recent History of these Wonderful Toys!

Don't worry, Pete's Radial Rocket got me started buying Lottery Tickets !!!!! It's just a matter of time !!

Man, I tell ya, after the Tach Race, I GOT to get out of here for a while !

Tell you what Kim
If beer was involved I'd move in!

"Live-In Security" !!! Great Idea...as long as you don't spill any beer on Hallowed Ground !!!

Hey Kim, you could make an "edited" version, and and unedited version.

If you burn DVD's, I'll buy one.

microflitedude wrote:Hey Kim, you could make an "edited" version, and and unedited version.

If you burn DVD's, I'll buy one.

Yeah, I was figuring on an edited "Slide Show" of each engine running (what I'd try to put on Youtube), followed by the raw stuff it was taken from.

Shouldn't cost much, and I'll probably just trade them for a donation to the Admin's Account to help him keep all this going.

Kim wrote:

microflitedude wrote:Hey Kim, you could make an "edited" version, and and unedited version.

If you burn DVD's, I'll buy one.

Yeah, I was figuring on an edited "Slide Show" of each engine running (what I'd try to put on Youtube), followed by the raw stuff it was taken from.

Shouldn't cost much, and I'll probably just trade them for a donation to the Admin's Account to help him keep all this going.

Maybe 50% profit towards help here and 50% to the childrens hospital you support.

Regarding the lost engine the problem may lay in the UK end and the holidays we've just had.
I just received an ebay purchase (a TD 09) from UK and it took about 30days to get here (sweden). To go overseas may well take even longer...