Originally posted by Oxotnik
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Yep. the Timber-on-floats was a lot of fun. I did notice the added drag, which really helped to bleed of airspeed for landing. I didn't have enough deflection in my water rudders though. I need to figure out how to get more turning authority. The problem may have been that the monofilament line was too stretchy. I'll rig up some kevlar pull-pull lines and see how that does.---
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I got to experience the one negative of the Stinger 90 this evening. The sun had just disappeared behind the horizon and I wanted to fly down my last pack. So last flight of the day. No issues all day long until I had to land that sucker and the nose gear LED's absolutely overpowered the view of the wing against a distant cloud. I could not tell what it was doing so operating on muscle memory and being very aware of where the elevator stick was I let it come and as it got closer I could tell I was too high so I went around again while preparing myself for what it was going to do once pointed at me again. I lined it up and the wing disappeared again as expected but I had to get it on the ground so once again I let it come trying to fly solely from stick position on the Tx. I kept feathering the throttle trying to get the light to sink. Once I could make out the wing it was too late as I realized I was again high. I came on the power but it touched down hard enough to pull a main gear loose. No major damage to the plane but my shorts... well that is another story. :Silly:Lesson learned, don't fly it after sunset. I may try some wing tip lights/strobes to see if that helps. I know some disable the nose gear light which is an option as well.
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Yeah those dusk sorties can be tricky in a hurry! Flew my P-38 today...Great flight...
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SIG Somethin' Extra and Hanger 9 40 size Super Stick1 PhotoAeromaster 35% Extra 260 (under construction), Hanger 9 40 size P51, SIG Somethin' Extra, Hanger 9 40 size Super Stick, Eflite F4U-1A Corsair, Eflite Carbon Z Yak 54, Freewing Panther F9F, 1/5 scale Piper L4 (in box), Addiction XL (in box), Parkzone Super Cub, Eflite UM's F-16, P51, Revolution & Spitfire, Durafly Das Ugly Stick, Twisted Hobbys Crack Yak & Mini Crack Yak, Align T-Rex 600, Motion RC Avanti (under construction)
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Originally posted by TiredIronGRB View Post
Oh, and tomorrow you can officially be relegated to the ranks of a two digit short timer in your quest for that 1 year mark. :Cool:
Am :Thinking: there has to be some level of Guinness Record here. (ya know what I mean? ;))Warbird Charlie
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Lol...you're my biggest (and probably only) fan Charlie, you really encourage me to stick it out, as for the wind I guess I'm just used to it now and don't think about it too much. I was flying the E-Flite Corsair the other day and after I landed the wind turned it over while it was just sitting on the runway.
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I don't know how you can do it every day. There's days, Hell, weeks that go by here where there would be no way I could fly anything due to high winds (sometimes 60mph +) and torrential rains. Kudos to ya my man!My YouTube RC videos:
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Originally posted by Aros.MotionRC View PostI don't know how you can do it every day. There's days, Hell, weeks that go by here where there would be no way I could fly anything due to high winds (sometimes 60mph +) and torrential rains. Kudos to ya my man!
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