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I keep flight logs on all my planes and I have logged over 40 hours on my E-Flite PT-17. I have replaced the foam they leave for the hinge when cutting the bevel on the flying surfaces with pin point hinges and the hinge tape they install after painting ( poor design flaw in my book) I haven't wore out or lost any servo's but have wore out one set of main tires doing touch and go's on the Asphalt parking lot we use for a run way. I just picked up an older E-flite balsa ply PT-17 ARF With Monokote blue fuse and the yellow wingComment
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Went out flying a few War birds and my Red Dynum 50" by plane . Here is why I replace the foam they try using for the Hinges. I had already cut off and installed pin point hinges in the rudder and Elevator halves. it only took between 4 to 5 hours of flying time when this happened so I will cut off the other 3 Ailerons and install pin point hinges to repair and update.
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Yeah, I had to rehinge the tail, just about through with the second set of tires, and starting to question the aileron hinges.
I keep flight logs on all my planes and I have logged over 40 hours on my E-Flite PT-17. I have replaced the foam they leave for the hinge when cutting the bevel on the flying surfaces with pin point hinges and the hinge tape they install after painting ( poor design flaw in my book) I haven't wore out or lost any servo's but have wore out one set of main tires doing touch and go's on the Asphalt parking lot we use for a run way. I just picked up an older E-flite balsa ply PT-17 ARF With Monokote blue fuse and the yellow wingComment
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Weird day at the field today. Wind was coming and going but settled down late morning. Out there for 5 hours all up and got through 18 packs across the Me-262, Avanti and the little eflite F15.
The 262 still scares me, but enjoyed pushing my capabilities a little with the Avanti. Flights on the F15 can only be described as reckless - funny to think back about how scared I was the first time I flew it (first EDF).
Pretty satisfying all said and done. Long weekend here but the weather looks terrible tomorrow so time for a few whiskys and a debrief.Comment
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I take and run a bead of Foam-tac along the underside of the hinge and use my finger to smooth out, have not had a hinge on any of the dynam planes or others that rely on the foam as a hinge come apart. My .02.Went out flying a few War birds and my Red Dynum 50" by plane . Here is why I replace the foam they try using for the Hinges. I had already cut off and installed pin point hinges in the rudder and Elevator halves. it only took between 4 to 5 hours of flying time when this happened so I will cut off the other 3 Ailerons and install pin point hinges to repair and update.
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Thx OVWBRC ………. I don't pay a lot of attention to the majority of flight videos posted on the web but yours always draw me in because of the 360 camera.
So you must have a friend operating the camera operations while you're flying unless you have the unbelievable multitask skill set of some of the video FPS (first person shooter)
gamers I have run into while shooting zombies and the sorts whereas they type 60+ wpm taunting less capable players all the while killing everything near them :astonished:
That big patch of water near the one end of the runway, been any water ditches by the members :stuck_out_tongue_wi
I have help sometimes and I have to multitask sometimes... but I can't type worth a :face_with_symbols_o lol!
Yes! Most of us have ditched in the duck pond. If you're not on the throttle when you hit, it can save a foam plane. A balsa aircraft after a good soaking is another story, and they don't float very well so elecs and such get drowned. Its soft but its wet... sounds x rated! :stuck_out_tongue_clThere are hundreds of RC aviation videos viewable here; WBRCComment
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[QUOTE=wvrailfan;n241573]We caught a break and had a really nice day over the weekend. I managed several flights with the Ranger. The video is excerpts from about six flights over the course of the day. It is a sweet flying model.
My Brother likes flying his off snow with floats on it. I am getting him ready to fly off the lakes as soon as the ice melts. He also like mounting his go pro on it. Fun little plane
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We were out flying today. a little cold spell again 30 degrees and over cast, at least the wind was around 5 mph. I decided to make it a War Bird day so I took these three 1.2 Spitfire, 1.5 AT-6 Texan and ( Old Yeller) PT-17 had a great time even though it was a little on the cold side. My Brother had out his new E-Flite Twin Turbo Otter.
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Cute, it seems that squirrel flies better than I do.A Stolen RC Plane https://www.facebook.com/TheLionTatt...4441204594841/
Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: EDF's: Mig 29 TV "Cobra", A-10 Arctic, SU-27 90mm 8S:F22 Red Lion/EuroFighterBronzeTiger/F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet/F16/F4 Jolly Rodgers & Blue Angel, 80&90 TV Avanti, Viper, Stinger 90. Props: 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, B-24, 1700 P-51, 60" Beast & P2 Bipe, Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 62" Extra 300, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, 62" EdgeComment
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"I am having an extraordinary ordinary life."~Lucky B*st*rd~
"Find satisfaction in the process rather than an outcome."~Anonymous~
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We have just Chartered another AMA Club here in the Black Hills ( Black Hills Aeromodelers ) We are just South of Rapid City 4 miles and out in the middle of some property owned by a very good friend of mine that has a Construction Company, We do not have to pay any lease money. As a retired Cat Field Tech I agreed to do repairs and welding on his machinery Off and on at a very reduced price for my work When needed occasionally. There is a nice sized Damn for float flying, a Slope off to the East where we can go Slope Soaring and, more than a square mile of wide open space to fly over. No trees, no objects to worry about while flying.We did manage to get a quick flght in with a couple Choppers, after obtaining the GPS co-ordinance.



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