Sad day
Just wanted to say RIP to the pilots of Tanker 11 and hearts and prayers for their familys, friends, and everyone in the tanker community.
Posted on: 6/5/2012 8:34 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=11108150

RE: Lockheed F117 nighthawk
well this may be a silly thing to say but depending on how scale this model is you may need to get used to a measureable amount of instability after all the fullscale uses multiple computors doing micro second calculations to keep it in the air.
Posted on: 5/29/2012 9:53 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "RC Scale Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=11099438

RE: Slow CA
as long as you can keep the spar in place tight against the ribs that glue selection would be better! Wood glue would stay flexible and move with the wing, where as the CA would be a more brittle bond.... both are acceptable, its really a matter of how long do you have to sit and watch glue dry! Rod
Posted on: 5/23/2012 8:06 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "Kit Building"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=11092483

RE: Need Help Identify This Aircraft
Try this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_Robin
Posted on: 1/15/2012 9:08 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10910898

RE: The New X-48B flying at Edwards AFB
oops crap sorry i didnt think it was that small:) thanks for the correction!!!!
Posted on: 11/13/2007 5:59 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=6620723

RE: FAA Notice of Proposed Rule Making
hmm this is one only appreciated by an A&P..... Pilot: is that supposed to go there A&P: yes go away Pilot: you sure it dosnt look right A&P: yes it is in the IPC Pilot: what is that A&P: go away LOL its like when someone brings you a plane to change the tire and some of the bolts are stripped... what happened... hmmm preventitive maintenance....LOL anyways
Posted on: 11/12/2007 7:14 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
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RE: Yak-52 ,a bad day
man with all of the blood on the canopy i wonder how no one died....
Posted on: 11/12/2007 7:03 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=6616116

RE: The New X-48B flying at Edwards AFB
Keep in mind all it is not yet manned or full scale! this i beleve is a either 1/2 or 2/3 scale UAV that boeing is using to test high/low speed stability and confinguration on this aircraft design... but it is progress!!!!! ROD
Posted on: 11/12/2007 6:57 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=6616078

RE: Cool heli pictures.
man some one has some thing shoved up there hard! this is a thread for cool heli pics not amazing stories and displays of awsome flying, though those are much cooler. just because some one posts a funny cool pic dosnt mean u have to go off the deepend on him.
Posted on: 3/12/2007 9:07 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "Helicopters - Full Scale"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=5551967

RE: PT40 vs. lamp post
just out of curiosity why dont you fly at a scantioned field?
Posted on: 12/28/2006 9:22 AM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "Crash & Rebuild"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=5172324

RE: a serous question
lol guys sorry bout the bad grammar as it was very early in the morning.... thanks for all of the input that I have received and i have narrowed my decisions down to two... BS degree in AOS and a professional pilots job flying... anything... or AS degree in airframe and power plant... my current question is has any one heard of these schools and if so are they good/bad or ok? redstone aviation... utah valley state college... spartin... thanks and again i am sorry bout the bad grammar. i really am good at reading and writing... but then i am Canadian sooo.... thanks
Posted on: 10/6/2006 10:23 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4837537

a serous question
ok all i need some inpiut... i am a seinor in highshcool and i have absolutely no idea on what i want to do with my life... i have four major possabilities.... 1. Flying career with a major airline hopeing to sooner or later become captin on a international crew.... 2. powerplant or airframe mechanic... 3. Military or law enforcement either on ground or flying( i have glasses so the airforce flying is out..:())... 4. aeronautical engineer....' now the things i am considering when decideing this and i do want input from yall is... pay college time.... fun.... and anything else relevant some thing about me.... i love working with my hands and enjoy finding creative ways to do things... i am good with weapons both rifles and pistols... I LOVE ALL FORMS OF AVIATION!!!!!!!!!!!!.... i get board easily..... i dont want to pay an arm and leg for college.... soo there it is i would like input from some one who is or is studying to do one or more of these... i was hopeing to earn out of college around 30,000 streigh out but i figure this probubly wont happen... so thanks in advance PS: this is a serous thread and if you dont have anything nice and polite to contribute DONT... notice i did not ask for bad things about these jobs and i DONT WANT ANY ARGUEING HERE thanks Rod
Posted on: 10/3/2006 11:05 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
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RE: Oh Dear...
let me say this... it is the responsibility of the student to check his airplane for mistakes and mechanical failures...but saying that he is a STUDENT... they will make mistakes and thus being a STUDENT it is also the instructors responsibility to double check that the STUDENT checked everything. this is part of the learning process is it not? at my club all of our instructors are ground and air rated.. we also have some instructors who are for ground training only. i believe that in some circumstances the instructor is FULLY responsible for the aircraft weather it is owned by him or not. for example... if he is in the air training and hands off to the STUDENT but dose not say anything whose fault is it?? the instructors!!! he had control of the aircraft and then randomly gave control over to some one who has no idea what is happening Landing and Taking off is some of the most dangerous flying for both full scale and models.. and for that reason the instructor is there as a safety barrier... if a student should ruin a take off run and become disoriented and lose control with the plane heading for the pits... it is the instructor who should survey the situation and hope fully save the plan or destroy it before it dose any damage... being an instructor is a large responsibility but it has to be done... best thing is to after a crash talk over what happened and figure out if it was the instructors fault(YES IT DOSE HAPPEN) the students fault , or mechanical failure that could not be helped by anyone.... then we figure out who will replace the plane.. student, instructor, manufacturer..... PS the ultra stick is the best flying plane out there and I'm proud to say that i trained on it!!!!!
Posted on: 8/8/2006 2:40 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "Crash & Rebuild"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4598203

RE: Oh Dear...
hmm me thinks that the instructor needs to buy u a new plane.... handing over the aircraft to a student in a tun with wind... pretty careless... well let me know how it goes and if i were you for a new trainer get a .40 or .60 size ultra stick it is b far the best trainer out there.. forgiveing, stable, aerobatic, and slows down like a 3d plane.... it is tops for training!!!! Rod
Posted on: 8/7/2006 3:51 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "Crash & Rebuild"
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RE: Painting
looks like fiber glass but i have no idea what is in the little cup... could be something like poly c... but i dont know...
Posted on: 8/7/2006 2:16 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "RC Pattern Flying"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4593640

RE: It'Time for a Roll: Who's Going to Bomber Field in Sept??
well get er dun eaven ill see u there and you have to bring your storm bird with you.... and todd too... hope fully ill be flying or just pit crewing for my dad... any ways ill be there!!!!
Posted on: 8/6/2006 9:43 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: What's wrong with this picture?
thats a pretty big damn bet to loose....[:D]
Posted on: 7/23/2006 10:48 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "RC Humor"
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RE: Crashing Super Hornet
umm it was a model at top gun a couple of years ago man not a full scale
Posted on: 7/21/2006 8:42 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "Crash & Rebuild"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4529554

RE: Topflite 1/5 P-51 Engines
im planning on using a q52 on mine!!! enjoy and good luck
Posted on: 7/16/2006 8:54 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "RC Scale Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4509271

RE: Treed!!!
wow now that is loyalty to a plane and the sport...alittle ironic getting a saw from a cemitary to get your dead plane back[:D]well just keep on trying and good job ps tha was one BIG branch to cut with a bowsaw..
Posted on: 6/29/2006 5:56 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "Crash & Rebuild"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4445866

RE: Question
i know how to breakin an engine and the dos and donts of flying with a new engine the thing i wanted to know te most is can i mount it inverted????
Posted on: 6/27/2006 7:40 AM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum ""1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4435962

Question
I am scratchbuilding a cessna like airplane to fly at the local schoool yard when i dont have time to get all the way out to the field.... the plane has a engine range from .049-.061 and i was wondering if it is ok to install a 1/2A engine inverted...i have done this with my forty size planes and my larger ones but i wasnt sure about doing it with an engine this small....So can i do this and still have a reliable engin that donsnt load up on the ground or at idle in the air...thx
Posted on: 6/26/2006 8:07 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum ""1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes"
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RE: Cap 232 hard landing/video
all i can say bout the no 3D caps is BULL have u ever heard of Matt Chapman????? that says it all
Posted on: 6/16/2006 10:46 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "Crash & Rebuild"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4399206

RE: 1/2 scale zero, 22 grand down the drain...
if u look at the wind bag??? u will see it was a cross wind so there was no "going with the wind..." also if u have a halfscale plane ... warbird ...retracts...many servos.... u should use an engine with enough power. My opinion looks like a tip stall.. not enough airspeed and she started to tip ... wind grabbed the wing and continued to push it over... not enough throw to right her before impact.... what a shame[:(]
Posted on: 5/28/2006 6:30 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "Crash & Rebuild"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4325772

RE: Texas sized R/C plane
ooook im calling BS if it is electric why is the guy in the picture holding a bottle of Penzoil motor oil??? aalso if its ur plane then why dont u show us the interior or some inflight pics...THANKS
Posted on: 2/20/2006 10:34 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "RC Humor"
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RE: Texas sized R/C plane
yall are full of pure shit!!!!! this coming from another texan
Posted on: 2/5/2006 10:46 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "RC Humor"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=3873888

RE: A Little Information
do you know if there is any info out there about who might have old manuals or maybe even built one or more of their planes??? thanks
Posted on: 1/27/2006 10:00 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "Kit Building"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=3833972

RE: A Little Information
oooo k has any one ever even heard of this model company????
Posted on: 1/27/2006 7:29 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "Kit Building"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=3833282

A Little Information
A friend is paying me to build a kit that he just dosnt have time to do[;)] Sooo being the young entrapanuer that i am i accepted eagerly!!!! well opening the box i found some VERY old wood and some old plans. well now i need some help!![:-] the plans referance to a non existant manual that i just cant find!! so if some one has some info on this kit please give me a little help!!! thanks here is the info: "Quickie" Wing span:48 1/4" engine:.35-.45 Origional Design by: Keith Sterner Plans and Manual redrawn by: Jim Schmidt copyright 1985 St. Croix Models Inc. Park Falls Wisconsin thanks again for ANY info you might have!!!!!![:D]
Posted on: 1/26/2006 10:28 PM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Please read
mine was on landig approach when ithappened so it really happened fast!!!!
Posted on: 11/26/2005 7:57 AM by Author "TankHunter" in the forum "Crash & Rebuild"
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