RE: a lesson to all
Some subjects can bring out some sensitive issues :) For me, I simply love the 2.4 technology with model match. I have all of my planes on one radio and I have a spare radio. This is "da bomb" as they say. I simply love it. If I would have had a large surplus of older radios this would have been a much harder process for me. I have nothing against anyone flying whatever radios they have. I would just advise if you can afford to go to the new technology, go for it and enjoy! If you cannot and have the old, still enjoy! Happy flying!
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RE: Larger Revolver
[quote]ORIGINAL: Sbach342Guy Sorry, not trying to be an ass. Guess I'll never understand the desire to overpower an air frame. [/quote] It is just the thing to do [:D] Ok, just kidding here. I like a little extra power, yet nothing really drastic. I usually go OS55 were a OS46 would go, or a 30cc for a 26cc airframe and I like that sort of fit. To me that is not way overpowered, still handles the load and gives me that little extra power when I need it. We would have to test out the new Giant Revolver, but a 60cc might be just the ticket if she is a tad heavy.
Posted on: 9/17/2012 5:36 PM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Larger Revolver
[quote]ORIGINAL: microdon2 wjcalhoun - you're probably right, considering how Great Planes tends to under-spec their engine recommendations. Considering that most of use 1.5x to 2.0x the recommended cubic inches, we're looking at - low end - a 75cc gasser to live the Revolver life to which we've become accustomed. That's equivalent to running a 912s in a ''61'' Rev 70. And an OS 120 \ DLE 20 - would that be equivalent to a 100cc gasser?? Yikes. On the other hand, I see DLE 55's moving 87'' 3D planes pretty nicely, so... I just hope SOMEBODY on this thread has the money to experiment!! Very fortunately, I just so happen to have a Precision Eagle 4.2 (70cc) that is currently set up for Nitro. But I can easily convert it back to gas. A bit heavy, perhaps, but it's free (ish). [/quote] How about this DA-85CC [X(] This should truck her along pretty good!
Posted on: 9/17/2012 3:21 PM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Larger Revolver
[quote]ORIGINAL: ahicks A little less than enthusiastic about those specs as well. Too big, not quite my cup of tea? But that's me....-Al [/quote] I think we are all anticipating the specs, that much is for sure. Some of the concepts we have shared in the forum would be good changes hopefully get applied to the 55cc Rev. (I hope they were reading our posts). I am excited about it, nonetheless and I am one of those guys with a small fleet, yet this will be on my upgrade path once I see some more details [8D]
Posted on: 9/17/2012 10:28 AM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Larger Revolver
[quote]ORIGINAL: Sbach342Guy I'm not surprised that the new Revolver has a 90'' wingspan. The R70 has a really large wingspan considering the fuse size. It's only a few inches shy of my 30cc Sbach. The Sbach has a much larger presence because of the fuse size. I'd like a top down view of the new Revolver to see the size of the control surfaces. It's definitely at a really good price point when you factor in the $50 off you would get as a TH club member. [/quote] I would hope for good wing surface and more along the lines of the Rev 70. The smaller Rev can be a handfull for some whereas the larger Rev is a doll baby. Hope this falls on the in-between side some especially since this is in the gas catagory. The gassers certainly lean on the torque side of the fence instead of all out speed demons for the most part. I am awaiting for more specifics to arrive [:D]
Posted on: 9/17/2012 9:34 AM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Larger Revolver
[quote]ORIGINAL: ahicks The LARGER larger Revolver? [/quote] Whoa!
Posted on: 9/16/2012 10:46 AM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Larger Revolver
[quote]ORIGINAL: microdon2 I know what you're thinking: 'Did he take off six times or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I've kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a 70 inch Revolver, the sleekest sports plane in the Great Planes catalog, and would take your head clean off if you flew too low and too close, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk? [/quote] Nicely done [:D] Problem is, it just shows what us "older" guys remember [X(] [X(] [:D]
Posted on: 9/11/2012 4:00 PM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Larger Revolver
Double post.
Posted on: 9/9/2012 4:36 AM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Larger Revolver
[quote]ORIGINAL: markhamregular I am thinking about the Revolver 70. Will the base of an O.S.95AX fit without making any changes on the firewall? I want to be sure before I order the engine. Thanks, [/quote] I ran an OS 91FX so you should have no problem with the 95. I would consider the DLE 20 gas if I were you. It is way cheaper to operate!
Posted on: 9/9/2012 4:32 AM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Throttle Spring vs Servo Current
It would only save you in a situation that the linkage broke and nothing restricts it from moving to close the thottle. There is not a lot of pressure on the spring. Some are strong than others, but still nothing significant.
Posted on: 9/3/2012 8:23 AM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "Gas Engines"
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RE: Throttle Spring vs Servo Current
[quote]ORIGINAL: captinjohn [quote]ORIGINAL: nonstoprc The potential problem/danger is WHEN the connection breaks away from the engine throttle arm. Without the spring, it will not automatically return to idle/kill position. [/quote] I agree and the spring keeps the viabration from wearing throttle parts.  I would like to see some real evidence of how many servos go bad.  I am sure not many at all.  Capt,n [/quote] I don't think I have ever heard anyone say a servo failed because of a carb spring. I fly with some guys that have flown gas for many, many years and never heard them say anything about one failing - at least because of the spring pressure.
Posted on: 9/3/2012 7:19 AM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "Gas Engines"
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RE: DLE 30?
They may not notice it if it went in for warranty. We did other type of engines back in the day and we would inspect the cylinder head bolts and if they were removed the warranty was void. Even if carb safety plugs were removed, no warranty. Improper oil mix, no warranty, etc. Some engine manufacturers would even put a small rubber plug on certain head bolts so that if they were removed it would be easy to tell and no warranty would follow [;)] Folks would burn the engine up with lean mixtures and then put oil mix back in the engine before they brought it in to us and would act like we could not figure that out? [;)] That was one of the easy ones to diagnose. In some cases even with the engine changed by the user we did still manage to warranty many engines but sometimes we simply could not. Our suppliers were wise to most tricks of the trade. Adding a different ring other than what comes with the engine voids the warranty. It is just like adding a high performance part to a car engine, goodbye warranty. With the above I am not advocating not to change it out to a Bowman ring. If Bowman rings give good increase in power and add engine life, go for it. These are not expensive engines so nothing much to lose even if you don't have warranty.
Posted on: 9/3/2012 4:51 AM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "Questions and Answers"
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RE: RANT: The
[quote]ORIGINAL: Charlie P. Just think.  We spent five weeks getting nothing accomplished.  If he'd spent two hours looking for the dropped wheel it never would have been a topic.  We helped a fellow find a Quickee 500 wheel that was the size of a silver dollar that fell in the weeds.  Only took a few of his friends 15 minutes and he didn't have to worry about buying a new wheel. Ah, that's the difference.  ;-) [/quote] I suppose you could look at it that way, however maybe there are some viewing that have gained some of the shared info. I agree about constant repeating the statement not being helpful. I do think what you and many others share is worth viewing for whatever nugget may be there. There are some that I wonder why they even post since they always have something derogatory (sp?) to imply. Maybe the old ego shine is their directive in life. I have learned something about the different views on this subject. Was that worthwhile to me? Well, I am still weighing that out [:D] Just kidding because yes some of it was worthwhile. I think I will check closer on some of my planes now to see just how well they are supported maybe knowing that it is really a one time purchase from a parts and possibly support standpoint.
Posted on: 9/3/2012 4:39 AM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Throttle Spring vs Servo Current
I run them both ways, one connected to the spring and another without. I would prefer leaving the spring as designed. It works very nice, there are no servo issues, and the spring can return the throttle if anything happens to the linkage - a nice safeguard. The application we run it really is not a big deal at all. On chainsaws it was there for throttle return and when I was in the timber business I had a couple springs break and the saws run open throttles. It was very dangerous however we were fortunate and always were able to catch the issue before any major impact. They did not break often, but occasionally it happened. If nothing else I would leave them connected on the planes for safety and since they don't hurt anything, why not? Another thing we used to do was decrease the springs tension on chainsaws as that would tire your hand down if you were running one all day long. You can weaken them and they still have some tension and can bring the throttle back if needed.
Posted on: 9/3/2012 4:29 AM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "Gas Engines"
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RE: RANT: The
As stated earlier I was in several different businesses over the years and some of our contracts required us to keep certain parts and other were lenient on what we stocked. For instance, when selling chain saws we were required to stock a fairly large inventory at the time. I think it was around 3-5 grand which for chain saws is quite an inventory for back in the 70s. When I sold ag tractors of course the parts investment was larger, but per unit there was not as many parts stocked as what we had for chain saws. Once our inventory went down it was up to us to keep or not to keep parts. We only had to obey the terms of the initial contract which carried a claus for relative inventory of parts. Another very beneficial avenue was that third party manufacturers made replacement parts at a much lower cost. You could not sell everything that they made available but many of the parts were good enough to do the job. Much like the Chinese knock-offs we have today but usually much better. An example might be a starter handle. It would cost 50 cents to possibly 1.00 and be the same thing as the 8.00 factory part. We could sell it at half and have a decent markup. The customer was happy and we were happy. This brought us a much better margin and helped us survive keeping the parts that had little markup and were hard to sell.
Posted on: 9/2/2012 1:08 PM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: RANT: The
[quote]ORIGINAL: RC_Fanatic To put the replacement-parts issue in perspective, BMW will not provide replacement fairing parts for a five-year-old $25,000 motorcycle. [:@] [/quote] WOW...I suppose if I were to ever get anohter bike it won't be a BMW! I do wonder though, just how long other industries stock parts? Say for instance a manufacturer supplying to a bike dealer?
Posted on: 9/2/2012 10:51 AM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: RANT: The
[quote]ORIGINAL: Stickbuilder A little off the topic, but when we needed a correct cowl for our Waco YMF birds, we built a plug, sent it to Fibertech and they now offer it for sale. Y'all could do the same with needed glass parts. As for the rest? I guess you could do the same thing. It is obvious that the manufacturers have moved on to bigger and better things. Bill, Waco Brother #1 [/quote] Stickbuilder, good input. To me the "Can and SHOULD" thing can get old after a while and I tend to agree somewhat with both sides of this thread. I do realize that making parts for the planes would probably not be feasible overall. I do think that support is lacking for parts and so forth and maybe a standard should be in place. Realistically I don't think it will happen in this ever changing world we live in. Businesses like HK do make other businesses change their model to, "If that is what we have to do to stay in business then so beit." One thing I have learned in life is that money speaks loudly to many businesses and sometimes (not often enough) you can get movement without money just by working hard to make change occur. I am a small player trying to give some decent input and not enough to effect much change.
Posted on: 9/1/2012 3:33 AM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Wing tote bags
[quote]ORIGINAL: B.Day And easy and cheap wing tote, or carrying bag can be made from shipping blankets. Simply go to Harbor Frieght or where ever you can get them pick up a 72x80 blanket for about $11.00. If your wings are greater than 80'' get two of them and sew them together. But if 80 or less one will do fine. Simply fold the blanket over in three equal parts, making sure the length is 80' and sew them together. Or you can make two individual bags for wing halves. But is is too simple to make one bag and put both halves in and fold them over. You can use Zippers, Snaps or Velcroto attach them together if you like. But a large needle and thread works great. Wala a very nice tote bag and you did not have to spend a lot of money... Now your wings won't get beat up when you travel to the flying field. [/quote] Thanks for the tip. I have seen guys use the shipping blankets and they work good. I have some Harbor Freight blankets but did not use them. Another great way is what a freind and I call the "poor man's wing bag." I make mine out of Reflectix and a roll of contractor grade duct tape. A whole roll of Reflectix is around 40 dollars at Lowes or Home Depot. I think I have made five sets out of that one roll and two were 30cc planes! Works great and is lighter in weight too. I just put some Velcro on the flap and good-to-go.
Posted on: 8/31/2012 1:35 PM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "Tips & Techniques"
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RE: Larger Revolver
I think GP hit its targe audience with the Rev 70. I agree and I don't think the intention was to compete with the planes designed for the aggressive aerobatics. She is a nice ship the way she is but certainly is not competition for the aggressive lot, however there is "something" about this plane that catches eyes and comments. I can be flying everything I got and when I put up the Rev 70 there is almost always a comment about it. Would it be nice to have one without the slight dihedral? In my book, absolutely, but then that is just me. It may be that GP was looking at a certain market and trying to nail that istead of competing against the stronger planes? This plane has a niche and seems to fit the bill. When I am flying my Extras and Edges the Rev 70 is not into "play" so to state. I feel it is a different catagory all together and maybe that is why it is so well liked. I am still waiting to see if GP will throw another Revolver in the pool [;)]
Posted on: 8/31/2012 3:57 AM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Hobby King Warranties?
[quote]ORIGINAL: opjose They will NOT absorb shipping charges of any sort for [b]International Orders[/b], so if I'm missing something on an order or something arrives defective, I'll tell them to pack it into my next order. That has worked well for me. [/quote] Very good info and that is what I like about these forums. You can find excellent info if you are willing to learn that can save you. This is something that I had not thought about doing. So far I have not had anything missing or defective from an order, however throwing into the next order is a great way to handle it. I imagine they would be much more inclined to do that too.
Posted on: 8/30/2012 4:33 PM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: RANT: The
Not bad. At least there is communication and effort and for that I think is a big A+.
Posted on: 8/30/2012 4:04 PM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: power supply output .30v over. how to reduce?? PLEASE HELP.
[quote]ORIGINAL: hairlesshippy  Hi everyone.. I have a Hyperion 720i charger that requires up to 15v DC input. New power supply sold as 15v is actually 15.3v when I hook everything up the charger says input voltage too high. what can I do to lower the output voltage of the power supply .30v Thanks in advance!! HH [/quote] It depends on the power supply. Some of them do have internal adjustments. Check online search and see what you find.
Posted on: 8/30/2012 10:22 AM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "Questions and Answers"
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RE: Larger Revolver
[quote]ORIGINAL: wjcalhoun Actually the issue of fully symmetrical wing vs asymmetrical wing is not black or white, it is a matter of degree of difference. Even a fully symmetrical wing generates lift ONLY from AOA - albeit small - generally requiring downforce from the hstab /elevators either in the form of incidence of the hstab, or slight up-trim on the elevator, assuming the CG is forward of the CL (necessary for stability). Some lift is necessary to support the weight of the plane. Hence, NO plane will be entirely free of need for trimming with various speeds. For our models, the wing loading is generally so low that the amount of trim difference between mid and WOT is either imperceptible, or we don't look for it because we are maneuvering. Agreed that semisymmetrical wings accentuate this problem due to their camber geometry, but the effect is not absent from a fully symmetrical wing. The pattern guys are all over these considerations, and there are several really informative airframe trimming guides in the pattern websites. All of them start (or restart) with the CG: change that, and you have to go through the process again. CG, elevator trim, aileron trim, rudder trim, down-thrust, and more! All trims are compromises; get your plane trimmed for hands-off S&L, and i guarantee that it will pull to the canopy in a power off vertical down line. etc, etc, etc. I, like some others, have not found that i have to retrim much in flight, perhaps because i don't do much S&L, but i have not found the extent of throttle-position related trimming to be a problem for me. [/quote] Sometimes I may have to re-trim slightly after a circuit or two, but not all that often. The planes that I find I re-trim, I really think I am compensating for some type of flight characteristic. I don't have enough experience to know otherwise, it is just minimal educated guessing. I would think it makes the most sense as best you can to get engine angles proper and any other static adjustment before moving into all of the other areas. Reason being is that you would be compensating for other problems. I remember ditching one of my small 40 size planes one time and I re-built it the best I could but since then I have to add up elevator to compensate for level flight at mid throttle. That indicates to me I got the wing incidence off. It was not a big issue, yet it taught me how important those things are before compensating with other controls and I think I have the engine angles slightly off on one of my 40 size planes. To me these planes are small and doesn't really matter much. I try to get my larger planes to fly much more proper. I watched a pattern flyer quite often learned much from chatting with him about his set ups. I am still wondering how to get the engines set exactly for the planes. If a slight engine adjustment on up or side angle can change the flight envelope it would make me think that needs to be right (a static adjustment) as well as other fixed properties.
Posted on: 8/30/2012 10:14 AM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Larger Revolver
[quote]ORIGINAL: Sbach342Guy I thought elevator input was required to maintain level flight in pretty much any throttle position other than mid throttle? I've always been told to trim for level flight at mid throttle. Anything above mid throttle should cause your plane to gradually rise. Anything below mid throttle should cause the plane to slowly lose altitude. [/quote] This was my thought as well and just about everyone I know that flies RC, even the large scale guys say the same. I always trimmed my planes out for mid throttle level flight and not on windy days because I would have to re-trim anyway. The Rev 70 that I had was smooth as silk with the 91FX on the front for power. Never an issue with hands off flight around mid throttle. What I found was that some planes require more elevator input than others as far as level flight at different speeds. Some will fly through most of the envelope without much stick movement while others just won't do it. I was thinking that the characteristics of the plane. What plane does not usually climb slightly when you add throttle thus increasing speed except for maybe a few designs? I would think a pattern plane would have the best chance of straight flight at different speeds because of its streamlined design. Some of you experts throw some extra meat on this plate so we can tell if our planes are not set up right [:D] BTW, I want another Rev 70, but I am not paying the price they are asking right now. If they have another special where I can lock it in around 200ish, then I am on board.
Posted on: 8/30/2012 4:13 AM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Hobby King Warranties?
A couple things to think about when dealing with HK. Buy items that you are not concerned about warranty or support and limit how much you spend to what you are comfortable with. For instance set a limit around a 100, 300, 500 etc., depending on your budget. Think of it this way, what are you willing to lose should the whole thing go south and it would take you months to re-coup your loss? I have used that standard for myself and have yet to be displeased. When you don't set expectations there is not much risk invovled. Risks with HK can usually be simple to figure as it is based on what you will sacrifice to save $. The most I was ever willing to take a hit on was around 200 and that was it. I have made a number of orders from HK and have done extremely well with them, however I simply do not order certain things from them knowing that I am not willing to risk it. An example might be ordering a larger gas engine. To me that is much too high risk, yet if I did I would take the hit knowing it could come DOA. Some have done well with HK engines and nothing to regret. Others have taken a serious beating. If I get something that doesn't work I toss it or throw it on the bench bucket for maybe a later time when something might be available to fix it. I have ordered a number of servos from HK and only had one that was questionable. Did I bother to send it back? No way - I knew better. I saved so much on the lot, it was a non-issue. Believe it or not it there is still a substantial savings dealing HK that way. Another thing is that I stretch my purchases around so that not everything is going to HK, as a matter of fact based on my annual purchases under 10% or maybe even under 5% would be HK orders. Hope this is helpful to those not aware of what might happen with HK.
Posted on: 8/30/2012 4:02 AM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Servo size?
[quote]ORIGINAL: wilinfla I just purchased a Great Planes Revolver 70. The intsructions call for a servo with 50oz of torque. I have a bunch of Futaba S3004 servos and they have 44.3oz of torque at 4.8 volts. Are these close enough or should I just bite the bullet and spend the money for 5 new servos? Will [/quote] In my opinion it really depends on the way you plan to fly the plane. I have had S3004 servos and personally they would not be my choice for the Revolver 70, but then I have put mine through the mill many times and put high demands on my servos at times. Over the past two years I switched everything I have over to 6V digitals and I love them. Nice, powerful, and crisp for my style of flying. Happy flying with your new Revolver 70! It is a fantastic flying plane. Look on the RCU forum for the larger Revolver thread and hang out. They have so many good points to share.
Posted on: 8/29/2012 3:55 PM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "Questions and Answers"
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RE: RANT: The
Nicely done [8D] It is not as hard to keep those old parts as many would like you to believe. Unless old parts are tremendously huge they can store on shelves just like the rest. In places where space is a premium I understand, however that is not the case in all situations. I have taken a whole new approach about RC planes since companies don't stock much of anything anymore and in many cases you can forget support. It has changed my buying style big time. There are still some that do give good support. I have had good support from Tower, Horizon, and many smaller outfits like TailDragger, BPHobbies, ValueHobby, etc. They seem to give decent support, yet the smallers ones don't always have a lot of inventory which makes sense. I can live with that if I know that the company is on the up-and-up and will treat me well. I recently paid 20% more for an item from one of the smaller companies that I knew i could get 20% cheaper from another supplier because of the support I get. The smaller outfit always has time to answer my questions and takes care of what they sell me. It reminded me of how we did business in the past and it was worth the extra to me.
Posted on: 8/29/2012 4:06 AM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Lost my shop buddy last night
I used to have pets and basically we only have a small dog now. I came up around animals and have been around animals all my life. I know how easy it is to get close and enjoy their friendship. You can get very closely attached and it is sad when things happen to them especially getting run over.
Posted on: 8/28/2012 3:53 PM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "Questions and Answers"
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RE: RANT: The
[quote]ORIGINAL: hsukaria I'd better jump in and say something here before this thread is shut down: We rag on Horizon and Tower for not carrying spare parts AFTER the ARF is discontinued. But how about all the other sellers who don't even keep ARF spares while they are still in production? (I can name a couple of sellers at least). I just would like to level the playing field. Thanks for letting me vent a bit. [/quote] Thanks for the post and I agree. I don't think any of this rest solely on the manufacturers but comes full circle all the way down to the local hobby shop. A business owner has the right to do as he or she sees fit however it may not be the best business decision overall as can be peceived from a few post in this thread. I would think that a business owner seeking to make a profit would not exclude anything he could possible sell and support if it can turn a profit or keep a happy customer coming back for more. When I was in business I would often sell new items at cost to gain support business of a customer. Our customers would pass by other locations because of our support business and we were always curteous to our patrons.
Posted on: 8/28/2012 3:47 PM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Pre-Maiden Jitters
[quote]ORIGINAL: Jacobs Jasta 7 Please believe me when I write that the more you get used to your airplane, and know how it handles, the less you will be nervous and will start enjoying the freedom of flight much more. Pete [/quote] I find the best cure for nervousness is comfort and confidence. Just as you stated, "...the more you get used to your airplane...." is what it is all about. Fly, fly, and then fly some more. I have between 500 and 600 flights on a 40 size Pulse XT with a 55AX and I do things with that plane that get comments and the only reason is that I have flown it so much I know just about everything and anything the plane is capable of. Another thing that flying a plane a lot does for you is breaks down nervousness flying other planes. I usually take three or four planes to the field with me because I like to change it up some. This has somewhat diversified my skills. If you go from flying a slo-mo a Funtana X100 to flying Rev 59 at high speed you will learn how to adapt to the different styles. Take some time to learn them well. The other day I was out flying my Funtana and I did a roll and started to dive by accident. It was unusual for me, however I realized that [b]in my mind [/b]I was flying the Pulse XT which needs stick input for an inverted flight and yet in reality I was flying the Funtana which rolls without any stick input when inverted. Now that was wild and the first time I ever did anything like that! The guys at the field are used to my flying style and noticed something was different. They said, "What happened?" I said it was just me and explained to them what I had done. It was worth a laugh or two though. I think each thing we do can be a learning experience. If I had of been nervous I could have lost my Funtana because I was flying pretty low to the ground. I have only been flying about three years, but I just rarely, if ever, get nervous or the jitters.
Posted on: 8/28/2012 4:40 AM by Author "Luchnia" in the forum "Beginners"
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