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I solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
You'll never be good at something unless you're willing to suck at it first.~Anonymous~
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Originally posted by bbolz View Post
BVM Bandit, EFlite Carbon Z T-28, EFlite Carbon Z Cub, EFlite Promethus, FW Avanti S, FW A-10 ThunderBolt, FW P-51 Mustang, EFlite Convergance, EFlite Carbon Z Cessna 150, EFlite Habu, EFlite Styker Q-F27, HSD Navy Super Viper
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Originally posted by Elbee View Post
On the advice of another 64mm owner, I ordered a set of 3.75" tall action figures, which included a pilot, and repainted the uniform to look more USAF prototype. At 1/16 scale, 3.75" comes out to a five foot tall pilot - much closer to a realistic size for the plane.
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Originally posted by Hoomi View Post
I have the 64mm Freewing Warthog, which measures in at 1/16th scale, but the pilot figure they include is closer to 1/8 scale. Calculating on the size of the head, the stock pilot figure included with the 64mm A-10 would be about ten feet tall. He also looks more like a sport pilot than a military one.
On the advice of another 64mm owner, I ordered a set of 3.75" tall action figures, which included a pilot, and repainted the uniform to look more USAF prototype. At 1/16 scale, 3.75" comes out to a five foot tall pilot - much closer to a realistic size for the plane.I solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
You'll never be good at something unless you're willing to suck at it first.~Anonymous~
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Here's a couple of shots of my pilot. I still need to do some touch-up painting around the reglued canopy, but the pilot looks so much better than the original. I added a short chunk of black heatshrink for the O2 line, and made a joystick out of small tubing, with heatshrink at the top for the appearance of the handle. It won't win any scale accuracy contests, but at least it doesn't look like my pilot is a cartoon character.2 Photos
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Originally posted by Hardway View PostRoger that!!! FREEDOM IS NOT FREE!!!!!!!! Love your vets and lube your carbine!!! ;) Nice flight Bro!! JerryMy YouTube RC videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@toddbreda
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Originally posted by bbolz View PostBy the way T33, I fly Mode 1 so it's count to six and pull the left stick back. Pulling the rhe right stick will only shut the engine down. Ha! Good advice though.
Anyway this plane is easy to fly, just slow her down to land.
Maiden flight of William's (t33jetman) Freewing A-10 with a very cool USAF paint job.BVM Bandit, EFlite Carbon Z T-28, EFlite Carbon Z Cub, EFlite Promethus, FW Avanti S, FW A-10 ThunderBolt, FW P-51 Mustang, EFlite Convergance, EFlite Carbon Z Cessna 150, EFlite Habu, EFlite Styker Q-F27, HSD Navy Super Viper
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Nice flight T33! Great landing. Love that plane. USAF colors are awesome. Actually mode 1, which I learned to fly because my teacher flew 10 chl reeds (remember those?) back in the 60's. So, it was either learn mode 1 or go out on my own with my single channel galloping ghost. Actually most of Europe flies mode 1. That's their standard.
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Originally posted by bbolz View PostOk Aeros, I got a Firefly camera now, how are you guys attaching it to the plane without destroying the foam and the finish?
I've seen people install the camera on a weapons pylon and attach it instead of one of the missiles.
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Yep, there's no way around to mounting a camera without flubbing up the foam. I just Gorilla Tape it to wherever I want it and then use touch up paint as I always have a quart of paint match with my models. Once in awhile I get lucky and I can mount it to the canopy or a plastic part so no damage to the foam.My YouTube RC videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@toddbreda
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What Xviper said. I made a 3D-printed box to hold the camera, and the box mounts on a weapons pylon (I can put it on any FW pylon). This one is for a Mobius but I also have a box for the Runcam.
Marc flies FW & FL: AL37, MiG-29, T45,F4, A4, A10, F104 70 and 90, P38, Dauntless SBD, Corsair, B17, B24, B26 & P61, Lipp.P19, ME262, Komets, Vampire, SeaVixen, FMS Tigercat, FOX Glider & Radian XL.
Rabid Models foamies, including my 8' B17 & 9' B36... and my Mud Ducks! www.rabidmodels.com
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Thinking about maiden mine tomorrow after 2 months.
Quick run down of what not to do? Come in with power so not to bounce, I know. Most popular topic when talking about the A-10 it seems.
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-E-Flite: 1.2m P-47, Maule, Turbo Timber, 1.5m AT-6, 1.2m T-28, Dallas Doll, Viper, F-15, F-16, Wildcat, Carbon Cub -UMX: Mig-15, Pitts, Timber
-FMS: Bae Hawk Motion: 1.6m Corsair, 850mm Mustang, 1.6m Spitfire Freewing: 1.7m A-10, F-22,
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