A 'meh" morning...

I went to the McMinnville, OR swap meet today.  Sad to say, but it was pretty disappointing.  If you’re not a foamy RC flyer, there was not much there for you.  I only went wanting two things, a Saito FA-30 and/or an O.S. FS .26 Surpass.  I didn’t think I’d find them, but I could always hope.  But I was right, no engines for me.  There really weren’t that many engines at all for sale.  Not like a couple of years ago.

I made one quick pass around the swap meet, but didn’t see anything that I really had to have. I then meandered back around.  The only thing I bought that I thought was a good deal was this Gilbert American Flyer.  It was all there and in good condition.  Also in the box were a spare wing and the crashed fuselage from a Gilbert Skyhawk.  All of that was $75.







Another thing I picked up at a decent price was this E-Flight PT-19 for $50.00.  I had read about it in the past, and was interested because it’s built to be flown as either an R/C or control line plane.  I already have the E-Flight control line timer, I just need the motor and speed controller.  I have two or three ESCs that I can use, and I might have a motor that will work.  I just need to dig through my stuff.





Other than that I just picked up a few miscellaneous pieces.  The .049 engine mount and the TeeDee glider mount were a quarter each.  I remember someone on here needed a Testors needle, and I needed one myself, so I bought all three that a guy had on a pegboard.  And the hinge slotting tool and incidence meter were impulse/”meh, why not?” buys.








One of the things I really liked that I got was this drill index:






And something that I’d love to have been able to afford is this, but at $225 it was out of my budget for a shelf queen.  I figured that as soon as I posted the pics, someone on here would say, “I would have paid you back if you bought it and shipped to me!” But, I didn’t have enough cash for it it if I did buy it.  I only brought a limited amount of money with me.




The Left Wanting Mark