Re: Still runs after 25 years

Ivanhoe Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:59 pm

TailSpinTravis wrote:Reminds me of another story....

Here is my Snark 20T in the early 1990s...

(~1995) I had a Snark 20T at the time that had a 15 size motor. I had my girlfriend and a buddy over and I decided I wanted to try and fly it again (never did fly it till many years later, but that's another story). Well, I thought I would take a shortcut and reach over the prop to adjust the needle valve.... What happens when the engine starts running better? Yep, it ran like a top right into the underside of my forearm and cut the heck out of it. Darn near made me sick to my stomach. 1000s of cuts in a 1.5" square patch, looked like yellow/purple hamburger, didn't bleed for 10 minutes I'm guessing. I still have that scar today...

Same plane, but later that year... Took it up to the local field to see if someone would teach me to fly it and show me what I was doing wrong with the motor, as it would never have enough thrust to get off the ground. Well 5 or so of us gathered around as one of the guys got the engine running and tuned. Well, 30 seconds into it, the prop shaft broke in half (where the intake runs through the center) and the prop launched and bounced. To this day, I can't believe it didn't hit one of us that was standing around.

What the heck... "And now the rest of the story"
Sold the plane to that same buddy and he bought an OS15 for it, but never installed it. I traded a Kyosho MK1 motorcycle for it back, in the late 90s. I put it back together and tried to fly it again. This time it took off, I did a nice turn to my right and flew over the power lines above me. As I turned left and it headed back towards me I got dumb thumbs and and couldn't figure it out, cut the throttle and crashed it. Didn't hurt it bad, it was the first and last flight I had with it. I sold it on eBay in the early 2000s.

Just watching the video makes me want to run over and hand-launch it!

WingingIt74 Mon Oct 31, 2011 1:05 pm

LOL, the things I know now Smile

If I would of done that then I would have crashed it. That motor never had enough power to get it airborne, not sure today if it would have enough power to sustain flight. Later in that time period, I did get a second plane and it did take off from that pasture, but I freaked out, cut the throttle and crashed it. It took me 10 years to get back into RC flying. Now I have 10 planes and 5 helicopters (still working on figuring out helicopters).

microflitedude Mon Oct 31, 2011 1:14 pm

TailSpinTravis wrote:LOL, the things I know now Now I have 10 planes and 5 helicopters (still working on figuring out helicopters).

I started with helicopters, never got past Coaxials. Then I tried planes and haven't looked back. Smile

WingingIt74 Mon Oct 31, 2011 1:22 pm

I now have:

Parkzone Slo-V
HobbyZone $uper Cub
E-Flite Apprentice 15e
KD-22v3 Delta (My buddy built this delta)
E-Flite Taylorcraft 450
E-Flite Bonanza 15e (TO BE BUILT)
UM FrankenBall (was a Parkzone Ember converted into a Nutball with a UM Cub motor)
Budget-RC Nutball
Parkzone UM Cub
Parkzone UM Mustang
E-Flite T-34
Blade mCX
Blade mCX TR
Blade mSR
Blade SR
Blade mCP-X

WingingIt74 Mon Oct 31, 2011 1:25 pm

Not in the list is (2) 3-in-1 Cox (Plane/Car/Boat) Vehicle. This is what got me back into RC Smile

Ivanhoe Mon Oct 31, 2011 2:53 pm

TailSpinTravis wrote:LOL, the things I know now If I would of done that then I would have crashed it. That motor never had enough power to get it airborne, not sure today if it would have enough power to sustain flight. Later in that time period, I did get a second plane and it did take off from that pasture, but I freaked out, cut the throttle and crashed it. It took me 10 years to get back into RC flying. Now I have 10 planes and 5 helicopters (still working on figuring out helicopters).

On my first R/C flight, (more years ago than I like to remember!) I froze in panic with full rudder on at about 50 feet, model screamed in and barely missed a bunch of bystanders, that put me off radio for about 35 years! only just got back into it in the last few years.

nitroairplane Mon Oct 31, 2011 5:02 pm

Did you ever do free flight?
Travis how is that mcp-X I was going to get one because I have pretty much mastered my msr and honey bee.

microflitedude Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:38 pm

nitroairplane wrote:Did you ever do free flight?
Travis how is that mcp-X I was going to get one because I have pretty much mastered my msr and honey bee.

Just stay away from the SR. Everyone I know who has one hates them.

WingingIt74 Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:45 pm

I like the SR, but I learned to fly helicopters on a Blade CP. The mcpx is a good step up into the SR or the 450.

WingingIt74 Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:47 pm

nitroairplane wrote:Did you ever do free flight?

I couldn't stand seeing my money flying around on it's own, at least with a remote I have a sporting chance Wink

nitroairplane Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:24 am

Well that makes sense but FF has got spirit, its great fun throwing a plane and then just watching it while talking with friends enjoying a sandwich Or drink.

Ivanhoe Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:32 am

nitroairplane wrote:Well that makes sense but FF has got spirit, its great fun throwing a plane and then just watching it while talking with friends enjoying a sandwich Or drink.

I flew FF and C/L exclusively for may years, always liked FF, however "just watching it" was usually more a case of chasing it over fields, climbing over,(or through), hedges and fences, climbing trees to retrieve, searching acres of woodland, etc. etc, Ah yes, I well remember the joys of freeflight!

Wilf

nitroairplane Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:36 am

Exactly Wilf!
That is the the thing about FF and also the people you meet.
But hey that used to happen a lot with RC as well Smile

Kim Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:44 am

Ivanhoe wrote:
nitroairplane wrote:Well that makes sense but FF has got spirit, its great fun throwing a plane and then just watching it while talking with friends enjoying a sandwich Or drink.

I flew FF and C/L exclusively for may years, always liked FF, however "just watching it" was usually more a case of chasing it over fields, climbing over,(or through), hedges and fences, climbing trees to retrieve, searching acres of woodland, etc. etc, Ah yes, I well remember the joys of freeflight!

Wilf

Yes, as Nitro pointed out...RC was fairly similar. In 1969, I chased my escapement "controlled" Minnie Mambo more than I actually "flew" it !!

The Free Flight Guys just knew up-front that they had a pursuit coming with each flight ! And think of the challenge involved in setting up and trimming your plane to intentionally fly on it's own !!

Kim

Ivanhoe Tue Nov 01, 2011 4:40 am

nitroairplane wrote:Exactly Wilf!
That is the the thing about FF and also the people you meet.
But hey that used to happen a lot with RC as well

There was an area of woodland downwind of our club flying field that was so dense that legend had it that there was a regiment of Japanese troops in there who didn't know the war was over!
People would come back from a long search and say "I'd never have found it, but this little feller popped out of a bush and said "Looking for model airprane? is over there!""

nitroairplane Tue Nov 01, 2011 11:59 am

Ivanhoe wrote:
nitroairplane wrote:Exactly Wilf!
That is the the thing about FF and also the people you meet.
But hey that used to happen a lot with RC as well

There was an area of woodland downwind of our club flying field that was so dense that legend had it that there was a regiment of Japanese troops in there who didn't know the war was over!
People would come back from a long search and say "I'd never have found it, but this little feller popped out of a bush and said "Looking for model airprane? is over there!""

Lol,
for me it is the challenge setting it to fly a large circle and then land near to me.

WingingIt74 Sat Jan 07, 2012 5:55 pm

Here is a newer PT-19 then what I had and it has a brass drive head as well.
Still runs after 25 years - Page 4 Img_1710

nitroairplane Sat Jan 07, 2012 5:59 pm

Can't quite tell yet on my phone but hat kind of prop is that?
Left hand or right?

WingingIt74 Sat Jan 07, 2012 6:04 pm

right or clockwise... opposite from the prop on my $uper Cub.

microflitedude Sat Jan 07, 2012 6:11 pm

It is a left hand prop.

Godsey3.0 Sat Jan 07, 2012 6:13 pm

Wow. That is dusty.

SuperDave Sat Jan 07, 2012 6:56 pm

What is dusty?

WingingIt74 Sat Jan 07, 2012 7:17 pm

microflitedude wrote:It is a left hand prop.

Yes that's correct, sorry about that. I had forgotten how to tell them apart.

WingingIt74 Sat Jan 07, 2012 7:18 pm

Godsey3.0 wrote:Wow. That is dusty.

It's been hanging on that basement wall for a good 20 years Smile

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