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Hi Guys, it's been a while since I checked in! I confess that the A-10 has been relegated to a bit of a "Hanger Queen"...I got spoiled with the FL Spitfire giving me 6 flights on 6 batteries for 8+ minutes, versus 3 flights on the A-10 for 4. But...when I get it out each year for our club's airshow, I'm reminded once again of just how amazing the Hog flies...it is really an awesome plane. Our airshow was August 24-25 and I had a solo spot with the A-10. We had a CD with audio bytes of the GAU-8 bursts and a good time was had by all as she dove in for the target and gracefully pulled out to roll for another pass! The A-10 rocks!!! Rob P. S. A special thanks to Richj53 who was my spotter and Crew Chief and RC jet dude who responded to my texts for help! I had a short in my connection to the ESC and it was a last minute soldering project right down to the minute we were up!
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Originally posted by Phantom View Post
Thanks for the tip, I'll have to see what my soldering skills are up to.
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Originally posted by C17loadmaster View Post
It was embarrassing to look at my soldering jobs until I actually sat down and read about the necessities of soldering electronics. I bought a decent soldering iron off amazon and with that alone I was amazed at how much of a difference it made. I would have never attempted to repair circuit boards or lipos until the past few years. Lipos are actually pretty simple. Just keep the protective plates and covers for reassembly. A “bad cell” or a lipo that wont charge and gives you crazy numbers when checking voltage via the balance plug usually has the solder joint detached on the cable side of one of the cells. That’s how I took the front of a F-15 off once. Post crash the battery would give normal readings and every once in a while it would show 4 or 3 cells out of 6. I cut the covering off slowly..... It was just one of the multiple small solder joints for the balance connection that had weekend by a prior crash or by me handling the cables of the lipo as if they were a handle. Now I know why they come with straps to hold the cables to the side ... genius
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Hey …. on Saturday I was at the Columbus Ohio TORKS club at the annual Ejets/Ewarbirds event with SIX other hog drivers - Myself (Marc Stermer), Pete Foss, Timothy Toutant, Chris Baker, William Jackson and Kevin Patrilla (flying Michael Magnacca's plane). Six different color schemes! Pete's wife Carolynn shot some video of us having WAAAY to much fun! All six of us greased our landings! Many thanks to the other guys, I had a blast flying with all of you! (and thanks to Carolynn for capturing the action!)
(I was 4th taking off and landed #5 at 2:21 if anyone's taking notes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5X7...AHEzurFPq_qRqs
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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Originally posted by RCAV8R View PostHi Guys, it's been a while since I checked in! I confess that the A-10 has been relegated to a bit of a "Hanger Queen"...I got spoiled with the FL Spitfire giving me 6 flights on 6 batteries for 8+ minutes, versus 3 flights on the A-10 for 4. But...when I get it out each year for our club's airshow, I'm reminded once again of just how amazing the Hog flies...it is really an awesome plane. Our airshow was August 24-25 and I had a solo spot with the A-10. We had a CD with audio bytes of the GAU-8 bursts and a good time was had by all as she dove in for the target and gracefully pulled out to roll for another pass! The A-10 rocks!!! Rob P. S. A special thanks to Richj53 who was my spotter and Crew Chief and RC jet dude who responded to my texts for help! I had a short in my connection to the ESC and it was a last minute soldering project right down to the minute we were up!
Brad
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Looking good there davjamhan and welcome to The Squawk!My YouTube RC videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@toddbreda
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Originally posted by davjamhan View PostHere my a-10 with a little color.....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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Got a question that I'm sure Motion can answer Monday,but I am switching from the MSI sound card to the Aspire MrRC sound card from Motion. The Shockwave uses two TT25 transducers wired in series. The Aspire has two speaker ports. I am guessing you need to run separate wires for the two TT25's instead of a series hookup. Anyone know this for sure?
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T33Jetman, the feeling is mutual, it was great to meet you and EA6Bgeek and Pete and the others, and we had a great time. I sold my A10 to a friend yesterday and have bought a brand new one - so next year I hope to collar my buddy into participating at EJETS (with my former plane) - and perhaps we can get a few more Hogs in the air all at once!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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Originally posted by Hoomi View Post
That is a really interesting paint scheme for the 'Hawg. Does the USAF actually have one painted like that?
This was modeled after a plastic model from someone in England , which was on a web site that I found.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 t33jetman View Post[B][URL="https://www.hobbysquawk.com/member/4912-themudduck"]themudduck,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 t33jetman View Post
Personally, I think it would be rather fun to paint a 'Hawg in the USAF Thunderbirds paint scheme. A demo squadron of five to seven full-sized Warthogs so painted would, IMNSHO, be pretty darned impressive to watch at an airshow. The T-Birds Falcons are awesome, but the Hawg always seems to be a real crowd-pleaser. What it lacks in speed, it more than makes up for in presence.
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Piggybacking off LB...Agreed, your scheme looks fantastic!
Took mine down from the rafters for a flight yesterday...Still my favorite jet to this day. What a jewel.My YouTube RC videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@toddbreda
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