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RE: Getting married today and Its a perfect flying day. Should I just go flying
I WOULD RATHER STEP ON A WING !!!!!!
Posted on: 5/15/2010 9:57 PM by Author "OLDNRINKLED"
in the forum "Kit Building"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=9736266
RE: Getting married today and Its a perfect flying day. Should I just go flying
I DONT CARE HOW GOOD LOOKING SHE IS, SOMEWHERE THERE IS A GUY WHO HAS HAD ALL OF HER HE CAN STAND. TRUST ME
Posted on: 5/15/2010 10:54 AM by Author "OLDNRINKLED"
in the forum "Kit Building"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=9735327
RE: CASTLE PHOENIX-80
SAILPLANE IN QUESTION WOULD BE A STANDARD CLASS SIZE.
Posted on: 11/1/2008 12:43 PM by Author "OLDNRINKLED"
in the forum "Brushed/Brushless motors, speed controls, gear drives"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=8104699
CASTLE PHOENIX-80
WHAT BRUSHLESS MOTOR CAN BE USED WITH THIS CONTROLLER. I WILL BE USING IT IN A SAILPLANE. TKS IN ADVANCE DEWEY
Posted on: 11/1/2008 12:04 PM by Author "OLDNRINKLED"
in the forum "Brushed/Brushless motors, speed controls, gear drives"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=8104594
RE: Wing building tools - jigs
KEEP IT SIMPLE FRIEND, YOUR OLD METHODS ARE STILL THE BEST. GOOD LUCK HAVE FUN
Posted on: 5/18/2008 3:29 PM by Author "OLDNRINKLED"
in the forum "RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=7510973
RE: Searching Mistery ship plans
I BELIEVE I HAVE A SET OF PLANS THAT YOU REQUESTED, IF INTERESTED CONTACT ME AT OLDNRINKLED@COMCAST.NET
Posted on: 2/24/2008 5:36 PM by Author "OLDNRINKLED"
in the forum "RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=7130569
CULARIS SAILPLANE
WHERE CAN INFO BE FOUND ON THE NEW CULARIS?????? IT IS NOT ON THEIR WEBSIGHT.
Posted on: 6/3/2007 4:52 PM by Author "OLDNRINKLED"
in the forum "Hitec/MultiPlex Radios- Ask Hitec Customer Service"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=5939353
SMALLEST RADIO
WHAT COMBINATION OF COMPONENTS WOULD MAKE UP THE SMALLEST AIRBORNE PACK. RECEIVER, SERVO'S AND BATTERY. I AM INTERESTED IN MICRO MODELING. YEARS AGO CANNON MADE ONE OF THE SMALLEST SET UP'S I HAVE EVER SEEN. REGARDS DUANE
Posted on: 5/13/2007 3:42 PM by Author "OLDNRINKLED"
in the forum "RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=5849317
RE: AIRPLANES STOLEN
UPDATE, THIS IS HEARSAY BUT SHOULD BE QUITE RELIABLE. I SAY THAT BECAUSE OF THE PERSON WHO RELAYED IT TO ME. BUTCH GOT 14 MONTHS IN INDIANA. FROM THERE GOES TO ILLINOIS WHERE HE HAD A FEW MORE FELONY CONVICTIONS. BUBBA SAYS TOUCH YOUR TOES. TIME WILL TELL.
Posted on: 10/27/2006 8:11 AM by Author "OLDNRINKLED"
in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4920575
RE: AIRPLANES STOLEN
BUTCH WAS SEEN IN COURT ON MONDAY IN AN ORANGE JUMPSUIT AND SHACKLES, THE RESULTS ARE UNKNOWN TO ME AT THIS TIME. IF I HEAR ANYTHING I WILL POST IT. REGARDS FROM MICHIGAN
Posted on: 8/30/2006 6:55 AM by Author "OLDNRINKLED"
in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4688362
RE: Why is Tower triming down its selection
WHY DOESNT ANYONE HAVE THE BALLS TO PUT THE B BACK IN ARF ?
Posted on: 6/28/2006 7:44 PM by Author "OLDNRINKLED"
in the forum "The Clubhouse"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4442369
RE: Any Simulator Screenshots(pics)!!!
Another screen shot, makes great wallpaper.
Posted on: 2/24/2006 10:50 AM by Author "OLDNRINKLED"
in the forum "RC Flight Simulator Software"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=3953727
RE: Backyard Blue Foam Glider Thoughts
The blue foam I am referring to is made by Dow Chemical and has the name Styrofit on the foam. I paid about $10.00 for a 4 x 8 , 2 inch thick sheet. To say it has no weight is crazy, however when used as a fuselage and wing, stab etc it has so little voulme used that the weight is negligable. It sands well, saws well and doesnt bead up when cut or sanded like some white foam I have worked with. Fourty years ago I had a dear friend who played with foam sailplanes and kitted a V 8 and a Fournier RF4 both made of white foam. Very little bracing internally and the radio was a pulse rudder only by Airtrol of Adrian for those of you who remember. The last time I saw the V8 was about 1200 feet headed east south east of the field. We chased it with a car and never found it. WHAT A THERMAL ! There ia great potential for fun aircraft of this variety, I have done it and seen it, years ago. With todays glues and materials I hope to experiment with this construction again. Small electric motors and micro radio's make this exciting to me and I hope others. I have a pix of a fuselage I sanded in about 20 minutes time. I hope it shows the potential of this material. Regards Duane
Posted on: 12/12/2005 6:46 PM by Author "OLDNRINKLED"
in the forum "RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=3646722
RE: Backyard Blue Foam Glider Thoughts
BLUE FOAM
Posted on: 12/12/2005 6:29 PM by Author "OLDNRINKLED"
in the forum "RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=3646634
RE: Backyard Blue Foam Glider Thoughts
I PONDERED THE BLUE FOAM AND BOUGHT A SHEET FROM LOWE'S. I THINK THIS IS THE FOAM YOU REFER TO. IT IS EASILY SHAPED AND SANDED, VERY LIGHT AND SHOWS PROMISE. I WHITTLED AN AQUILA FUSELAGE OUT OF THE STUFF AND IT WEIGHED ALMOST NOTHING ON MY SCALES. USING SPRUCE STRINGERS FOR THE SIDES AND A LITTLE WISDOM FOUND FROM KITS IN THE PAST I THINK YOU COULD BUILD A STANDARD CLASS SAILPLANE OUT OF THIS STUFF AND NEVER EVEN COME CLOSE TO 16 OUNCES. BUILDING EVERYTHING OUT OF SUPER LIGHT MATERIALS AND USING A PARKFLYER MOTOR, ESC AND RADIO LEFT OVER FROM AN OLDER PROJECT I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE A NEAT CALM DAY FLYER. I HOPE TO FIND OUT THIS SPRING BECAUSE I HAVE JUST THE PROJECT STARTED. FOR THOSE ENGINEERS OUT THERE PLEASE DONT WRITE AND TELL ME ABOUT CARBON FIBER, STRENGTH, TECHNICAL MUMBO JUMBO YADA YADA. I THINK THIS GUY IS JUST LOOKING FOR FUN IN HIS BACK YARD SAME AS ME. HAPPY EXPERIMENTING. REGARDS DUANE.
Posted on: 12/12/2005 4:08 PM by Author "OLDNRINKLED"
in the forum "RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=3646085
RE: Old Air Tech "Duster" Kit anybody know of this kit?
HOW ABOUT A PICTURE SO WE CAN HELP IDENTIFY THIS GEM!
Posted on: 10/29/2005 4:50 PM by Author "OLDNRINKLED"
in the forum "Kit Building"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=3501985
The Good Old Days
About 1965 I became interested in modeling, Galloping Ghost was my choice of projects for the winter of 65. Some of my friends were still flying REEDS, one with a Taurus. A couple had Orbit proportional radios and many single channel radios were represented at the field also. What an exciting day we could have at the field, first by mowing the grass then by rolling the runway and lastly we would fly till dark. We were always helping to locate a lost model, always around dusk someone would challenge the clock for just one more flight. Picnic lunches, blankets with children dotted the picnic area and on more than one ocasion there would be a charcoal grill smoking away with burgers burning. Fall time was the best, there was always a basket of apples, cider and donuts and hotdogs. One club member had a beautiful parts cabinet in his stationwagon and always had half of the local hobby shop in it. Always willing to sell us the little screws and parts that we had shed that day in the air. Our local PRO always showed up near the end of the day and gave us a performance that made everyone drool. Someday we all hoped to be half as good as he was. The smell of cut hay, grass, and castor oil filled the air. Silence was golden, we had a farm field to use and other than an occasional buzz from a modelers motor it was possible to grab a nap under the shade tree. Gasoline was under .20 cents a gallon. I couldnt afford a full tank, the Hobby shop took most of my free money. I was a slow builder, I could pump out about one model every six months, how some of these guys could buy a kit on Friday afternoon and fly it on Sunday was amazing to me. The paint would actually be dry. There was more than one of these miracle workers in our club. I guess they were my inspiration for building. I would never be as fast. Plastic models were new and fiberglass was the wonder material. No carbons that I remember. Monocote was an exciting improvement and better glues and epoxies were just around the corner. CA's what were these? Alot of my models were my own design and all that was need was a three foot yard stick and some brown paper from our local meat cutters shop and some cardboard to make templets with. If you had a dremel jig saw you were the envy of the club. My buddy loved to cut and sand parts (R.I.P) friend, he made more than one kit for me to build, he also always made the first flight. According to him I never used enough sandpaper. I could go on for days about this wonderful hobby, a lot of water has gone under my bridge, I have divorced and started over more than I care to remember, as I am now in my early 60's I have started again in this hobby. Where in the hell are all of my buddies? LONG LIVE BALSA !!!
Posted on: 9/26/2005 10:41 AM by Author "OLDNRINKLED"
in the forum "The Clubhouse"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=3394669
RE: Sterling Glider Kit
I had a Sterligh NIB Cirrus Kit for sale about 6 weeks ago for $75.00 plus shipping. It might be the one you are talking about. I still have it. Are you interested? duanerobb@windhamhills.com
Posted on: 9/2/2005 2:14 PM by Author "OLDNRINKLED"
in the forum "MarketPlace questions or problem?"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=3323419
RE: Dodson gliders....... Dodgson Gliders
HELLO FELLOW GLIDER LOVERS. SINCE I HAVE HAD MY HEAD UP MY A-- FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS AND NEGLECTED THE HOBBY OF RADIO CONTROL SAILPLANES I AM HAVING A BALL TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED WITH MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPORT. I BARELY REMEMBER DODGSON DESIGNS. COULD THOSE OF YOU WITH PICTURES AND PLANS THAT WISH TO SHARE THEM WITH THE REST OF US BE WILLING TO SUBMIT TO THIS THREAD WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR COLLECTIONS. I GOT OUT JUST AS THE AQUILA WAS GETTING ITS BIG START. I THINK I HAVE MISSED QUITE A BIT AND WOULD LOVE TO CATCH UP. TKS DEWEY
Posted on: 6/8/2005 7:39 PM by Author "OLDNRINKLED"
in the forum "RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=3055217
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