Swap Meet in the Morning---Flying in the Afternoon...A Pretty Nice Saturday!

Swap meets are the best. Was just looking at my Honker Bipe this morning wondering if I would fly it again. Got some new rules that need a $5 "license plate" for each plane. About 20 planes things begin to add up. Nice to know some guys are out flying.

Looked like a pretty decent swap meet and a great day flying!  Weather sure beat what we had at the first of the week.

I take it the Mud Dabber plans call for a 35 FP or just something you wanted ? And 6" wheel THAT
S BIG 1/4 scale ? have you had ur coffee this morning

Interesting story Kim, thanks for sharing. The Fox from what I am told (and @Ken Cook can correct and advise better with his intimate experiences with Foxes), the Fox carbs did not follow standard carb setup practices.

One adjusted the low speed setup first, then the high speed. Not long ago, an old timer (shoot, we are now old timers   ) helped a flyer with one, did the adjustment and had it running correctly. But the guy couldn't leave his hands off the adjustment, next time had it buggered and the old timer redid it, explaining the procedure again. Some time passed, club members kept telling him, "buy an OS and your troubles are over". Next time at the field, he had an OS. In this particular case, if it ain't broke, don't fix it can't be left alone by some. old timer just quietly shook his head.    

Only reason why I mentioned it is perhaps there was no one to teach your friend.

I have besides my .15X's, have a still new in the box Fox .25 R/C cross scavenge engine. I purposely bought it from Tower in the late 1990's, because it was the last of the cross scavenges to be sold. It has the later MKX carb and their improved big chamber muffler.

Reason why I haven't used it yet is I don't have an R/C plane for it yet. Maybe then I'll learn what fun it is.

I did have a bugger of a time back in the late 1970's getting my OS .10R/C cross scavenge running correctly. It didn't like the Fox idle bar plug. Then, I tried a new Swanson Fireball Red non-idle bar plug, it fired right up, as reliable running as my Coxes, became my favorite engine, outlived a couple R/C planes. It was my favorite R/C engine because at only 3 oz. weight, a perfect upgrade for that R/C .049 trainer.

Kim, it is probably one of those tribal knowledge things.

Reminds me of a Farside cartoon. Wife a couple times goes to the store, comes home and tries to match up the missing wooden ornamental post top on the masterbed. None match. Husband watching this finally gets a saw and cuts off the other post top. Now the masterbed end posts match.