RE: What is hurting pylon
Is the economy the problem? I have a garage full of airplanes and the Q500 (424) are the least expensive of the bunch. Viper/TT40/basic servos and receiver can be had for $350 and with that you are competitive on a local level. At the flying field I can't believe the investments I see in 3D airplanes. I don't know why we can't get more people to race, but I don't think it is money. To the 10% unemployed, I offer my sympathy. If it really is the cost, just show up and and I'll let you fly a backup plane!
Posted on: 11/20/2009 10:58 PM by Author "Steve J" in the forum "General Racing Discussion"
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RE: Are you scared of nitro engines?
Why do a couple morons have to turn this into a nitro V electric debate? Cmon guys, were all adults here.... - actually wait, I forget sometimes RCU is full of pre-pubescent kids ... Wow.
Posted on: 11/20/2009 10:45 PM by Author "Steve Landron" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: Are you scared of nitro engines?
. Steve [8D]
Posted on: 11/20/2009 10:05 PM by Author "Steve Landron" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: Brent Good Custom Airframes 106
[quote]ORIGINAL: Furyflyer2 Hey guys, I'm Paul G from http://3dxhobbies.com I'm looking forward to start, cutting these kits, and hope to have the plane up on the site an to take pre-order ASAP. Thanks, Paul G [/quote] Any estimate on kit cost for the 100cc? Thanks.
Posted on: 11/18/2009 9:18 AM by Author "Steve" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Aerotech RC 35% Velox Build!!
[:D]Barry, Only if you come up and help get it finished!! And bring lots of Red Bull!
Posted on: 11/18/2009 8:41 AM by Author "Steve" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: more right offset on eng?
The torque effect on takeoff is normal. If the airplane has conventional gear ( taildragger) the torque effect will be more apparent than a bird with a tricycle gear setup. Add power slowly and apply the appropriate amount of rudder required to keep the takeoff roll straight. As far a having tendency to roll once airborne requiring a lot of trim. Be sure to check the lateral balance you may have one wing heavier than the other causing the roll tendency. Also re-check your control surfaces for proper alignment if one or more surfaces are out of adjustment it can cause problems. Another thing to check is the possibility of a warp in the wing which may of been caused by improper covering the shrinking up of one side too much. The problem can often be corrected by application of heat to the other side of the wing covering to bring the wing back to proper shape.
Posted on: 11/18/2009 4:17 AM by Author "Steve Steinbring" in the forum "Beginners"
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RE: Aerotech RC 35% Velox Build!!
Some how I've lost some photos in the transfer from the camera, but I have most of the fuse complete without the foam pieces. I'm getting ready to sheet some of the foam pieces now. The motor box support stringer, landing gear supports, and box tri-stocks are in place.
Posted on: 11/17/2009 10:55 PM by Author "Steve" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Extreme Flight 110
I had a great time Barry. Its been a while since I've been able to get a plane in the air and it was a lot of fun. The weather was perfect also. I know you'll have that thin up in the air again in no time. You had tooooo much fun to let it sit for a while.[8D]
Posted on: 11/17/2009 10:48 PM by Author "Steve" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Pepsi vs Coke
Coke please. Especially with my friend Jack D. [8D] Steve
Posted on: 11/17/2009 5:20 PM by Author "Steve Landron" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: Extreme Flight 110
I"ll be there!!
Posted on: 11/16/2009 8:22 PM by Author "Steve" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Aerotech RC 35% Velox Build!!
Got the fuse side sheeting edge glued. Then glued it to the fuse side. Once the sheeting was on, I epoxied the AT-1's in place.
Posted on: 11/16/2009 3:42 PM by Author "Steve" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Aerotech RC 35% Velox Build!!
I did pick up some aluminum angle to use on the build, but decided not to use them on this build after double checking the plans. every thing has come out good so far. Thanks for the tip though.
Posted on: 11/16/2009 3:35 PM by Author "Steve" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Aerotech RC 35% Velox Build!!
Picture one above shows the fuse side support in place. You also have to glue on an anti-rotation plate. Then the landing gear rails and main plate is glued in place. I also glued in the fuselage cross bracing supports in place. I did not glue in the AT-1's yet. They were a little undersized so I waited until the side sheeting was on.
Posted on: 11/16/2009 12:45 PM by Author "Steve" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Aerotech RC 35% Velox Build!!
Well, I have some time to resize some photos so here's some progress. Once the formers are all glued to the top stringers, the side and bottom stringers are added. then the fuse supports,,wing tube support, side support, tail support " wich I didn't have so I made a couple from the plans.
Posted on: 11/16/2009 12:42 PM by Author "Steve" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: EPOXY, A STICKY QUESTION
Interesting thread! A lot of good information has come forward about epoxies in this discussion. [:)] As a prior owner of an epoxy adhesive company having dealt with adhesives for over 35 years I have some experience with this subject. Basically with epoxies the longer the cure the stronger the bond. However, a great deal of that statement depends upon what you are bonding and often gets down to a matter of varying degrees. For instance if you are bonding a porous woods like pine, fur, poplar, or balsa the fast set epoxies exceed the fiber shear strength of what is being bonded which is the case in modeling. So in effect it really becomes academic if the adhesive exceeds the strength of what is being glued or bonded. The other side of the story is bonding dense or non porous materials. Rule of thumb..... the longer the cure time the stronger the bond. WHY? Because the longer the cure or the chemical reaction takes the greater the dwell time for the "wetting agents" to penetrate the substrate creating a stronger bond. Most generally the shear strengths of slower cured epoxies significantly exceed the faster cure adhesives. So if you are bonding glass, metal, stone, brick, a slow setting epoxy will yield best results. There are basically only two things that effect the cure of an epoxy other than the design chemistry of the hardeners and resins used to formulate the product. One is temperature, the other is mass ! If you will note most adhesive manufacturers give suggested working temperatures for best results and consistent cure times. In our manufacturing we used 77 degrees F as a bench mark for our products. If the ambient temperature is higher than the benchmark temp the "potlife" or working time of the material is shortened (potlife is not the cure time, its the time the product is still workable). You can shorten cure times by the addition of a heat lamp just remember it shortens dwell time and possibly compromising some strength. Cooler temperatures will lengthen the potlife and cure time of the product. A thicker layer of material will cure faster than a thin layer because it has more "mass" and thereby generating more heat in the reaction. So if you pile your adhesive up on you mixing board its going to cure faster than if it is spread out over the mix surface. Bottomline a thick joint will cure faster than a thin one! You can slow the cure time of an epoxy by thinning it with a compatible thinner like acetone. Be aware acetone is highly flammable. Essentially the acetone evaporates from the epoxy allowing the chemical reaction to continue after application is made. Be sure to induct the epoxy first before thinning for best results. Thinning too much will cause problems generally 10-15% is all that is needed. The addition of thickening materials like micro balloons where the consistency of the end product is driven to a clay type product weakens the strength of the bond because the wetting agents not able to adsorb freely enough into the microscopic profile to ensure a strong bond ( product is too dry). For example the clay "tootsie roll" type clays generally have a greatly reduced shear value depending upon the product around 500 psi between blasted steel in a hydrolic press. The same clay products base resin and hardners shear without the fillers would be perhaps 2500 psi or higher depending. To make a paste materials the addition of Aero-sil or Cabo-sil works well without compromising strength to any great extent. The addition of Micro balloons is great for making a fillet material as it sands well. Hope this helps some. Have any questions PM me! Check out Epo-Grip Adhesives in the hobby section their products exceed most all modeling needs. www.epogrip.com 1800-888-2467
Posted on: 11/15/2009 9:29 PM by Author "Steve Steinbring" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Extreme Flight 110
The plane looks great!! Does that say 29.11 on the scale? If so, it should fly great. I sent you a PM on the battery extensions. We can make some up if needed.
Posted on: 11/15/2009 8:19 PM by Author "Steve" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Extreme Flight 110
Barry, Tuesday sounds good to me. I'll be over at your place around 12:30 if that sounds good. I can help ballance if you like.
Posted on: 11/15/2009 7:43 PM by Author "Steve" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Extreme Flight 110
If I thought it was do-able, I'd be down there tomorrow!! You don't by chance have a guest room do you??[sm=idea.gif]
Posted on: 11/15/2009 9:05 AM by Author "Steve" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Extreme Flight 110
You have to quit posting stuf like that Dave!! It makes me want to quit my job and move south.[:D]
Posted on: 11/14/2009 5:30 PM by Author "Steve" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Aerotech RC 35% Velox Build!!
Thanks Barry. I've got a few more photos to post today!!
Posted on: 11/13/2009 9:21 AM by Author "Steve" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: WANTED: Warbird movie suggestions
All the above are great movies, One not mentioned was Empire of the Sun. On the flip side of the DVD it has some cool footage of the actual RC planes they used in the movie. Steve
Posted on: 11/4/2009 1:36 PM by Author "Steve Landron" in the forum "Beginners"
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RE: Extreme Flight 110
[quote]ORIGINAL: Barry Cazier [:)]Wellllllll..... I ordered some MTW tuned pipes tonight. I'm pretty sure these will give the least power increase, least RPM increase and will be pretty noisey. Should work fine for me. Man.....I can't wait to get this bird in the air. Time, weather and temperature are not in my favor. My Rudder servo should be here tomorrow. I should be able to get that hooked up. Tonight I'm doing the fuel lines and fittings and mounting the ignition. I'll change out the horns to the lower holes on the elevators and get ready for the pipe install. Because my work bench is high I ususally wait until the last thing to install the landing gear. But, of course I'll install it just before I do the pipe installation. But I'll do everything else I can. What a great deal of luck I'll be able to have it done by Saturday. Of course....then I'll see who my friends are by asking them to haul it out to the field, help with the engine start up and stand there and watch while I fly this and tell them how nice it is and ''no I won't let you fly it''. thanks Barry [/quote] Please!!!!!!
Posted on: 11/3/2009 11:24 PM by Author "Steve" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: winter is coming, what about lipo's?
I've used those hand warmer packs in the winter time, but only inside my transmitter glove. They work great for keeping your hands warm, so I think they would also work for the batteries. I too am going with an electric for the first time this winter season and hope the electric is going to be much easier than the gassers in temps around freezing.
Posted on: 11/3/2009 9:29 AM by Author "Steve" in the forum "Electric Pattern Aircraft"
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RE: When to retire a plane
Entirely up to the pilot/builder. For me I still have the first RC plane I built in 1983 (Carl Goldburg Eagle 63). It's been rekitted three times over the years, but is still very flyable. Lately it's collecting more dust than I'd like it too. As far as when to retire a plane, it depends on ones ability, available tools and ones willingness to rebuild. Steve [8D]
Posted on: 11/2/2009 11:27 AM by Author "Steve Landron" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: lighting system for jets
Details 4 Scale. http://www.details4scale.com/ Click on "Electronics" on themenu on the left side of the screen.
Posted on: 11/1/2009 8:22 PM by Author "Steve Collins" in the forum "RC Jets"
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RE: Jetlegend 1/6 Scale F16
like this because I didn't spend the extra bucks for a totally reliable pipe. Steve
Posted on: 11/1/2009 10:06 AM by Author "Steve N." in the forum "RC Jets"
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RE: Jetlegend 1/6 Scale F16
a bunch. Steve
Posted on: 10/31/2009 2:21 PM by Author "Steve N." in the forum "RC Jets"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=9217837

RE: DLE 111 RPM numbers??
Thanks g, Sounds like it doesn't have any more power than a DA. I'll probably get the DA.
Posted on: 10/31/2009 12:22 PM by Author "Steve" in the forum "Gas Engines"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=9217604

DLE 111 RPM numbers??
Please post some RPM and thrust numbers on this engine, including prop and fuel oil mix. Thanks.
Posted on: 10/30/2009 9:40 AM by Author "Steve" in the forum "Gas Engines"
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RE: Two Day Warbird Race in Sacramento
I think it was with George's P M Strega
Posted on: 10/29/2009 11:45 PM by Author "Steady Steve" in the forum "Scale Racing"
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