RE: Octoberfest 2012
Hmmm. Decisions, decisions. The Nottingham is the closest, but it is spartan, to say the least. But, at $85/nite, it is a lot more attractive than the $140-180 other places available.Hey, a bed is a bed.
Posted on: 9/18/2012 4:29 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Octoberfest 2012
I booked Nottingham Inn, I think they re-modeled a couple of years ago?
Posted on: 9/18/2012 6:12 AM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: VRCS Fall events
Amen! Going to Octoberfest for the 4th year in a row (I think)
Posted on: 9/17/2012 12:32 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Octoberfest 2012
Best Western already sold out for Sat nite
Posted on: 9/17/2012 11:09 AM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Octoberfest 2012
See you there! Pre-reg in the mail today
Posted on: 9/17/2012 10:55 AM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Anhedral Stab back in the Day?
Definitively, the anhedral stab was used to control the pitch down tendency in knife edge when the rudder hinge line was moved back to vertical.In knife edge, think about this: the fuse had a positive angle of attack. The bent stab then gave an effective "up elevator" component. Visualize it, please.The same effect can be had by moving the rudder hinge line to less than vertical. Think "Taurus" generation. That effect was for extra up elevator for spin entry, but take one of those (Taurus, Orion, Perigee, etc.) and put it in knife edge, add the rudder, and behold, it climbs to the canopy like a demon!Downside of the anhedral stab is that in a cross-wind, it would make the plane pitch up. Rudder hinge angle did not have that problem.In the desire for true neutral response to control inputs, most designers left the rudder hinge line vertical, and compromised by doing other things. Remember, in the Curare days, there was no control mixing in the Tx.Does that help to clear things up?
Posted on: 9/2/2012 7:31 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Classic RC Pattern Flying"
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RE: Cleveland 84
[quote]ORIGINAL: WEDJ *sigh* Still waiting for a good quiet evening to test fly. When the weather's good, I'm busy, when I'm not, the weather's bad....... [/quote] Still the same old story. I want a really quiet day to test, this 7 foot model only weighs 14 ounces. I may try to get it done in the AM, it seems the evenings all have "fresh breezes". Have to test
Posted on: 8/29/2012 2:03 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: North East Classic Pattern Organization (NECPO)
I'll be there w/ Perigee, but I'll be late, probably around 1 or 2
Posted on: 8/29/2012 1:59 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Classic RC Pattern Flying"
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RE: What in the world are these??
OMG, that is so cool..........
Posted on: 8/3/2012 7:17 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: What name has this plane?
[quote]ORIGINAL: bem WEDJ, Could You tell us a little what You remember from the WC 1971 in Doylestown? You can perhaps refresh memory a little by looking at the video above in post #6. /Bo   [/quote] I remember a few things from 41 years ago. It was a Friday, I think. It was what I thought was windy, but I was a novice pilot with an H-ray back then. I wanted to see Bruno Giezendanner
Posted on: 7/21/2012 6:45 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Classic RC Pattern Flying"
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RE: Cleveland 84
OK, weather looks good for tomorrow morning @ Salem field. Wish me luck!
Posted on: 7/19/2012 4:57 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Article - Virginia Creeper - March 2004
Body reminds me of the old Dam Deluca Pathfinder. http://www.eurekaaircraft.com/plan_kits/pathfinder.htm
Posted on: 7/12/2012 4:15 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Classic RC Pattern Flying"
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RE: What is this?
Vertical stab rake-back in early (Taurus era) planes was about 30-45 degrees, and added a significant up-elevator component to assist in spin maneuvers, since CG's were forward of later designs. Think of the rudder at 90 degrees to get the idea. In the late 70's/early 80's, a bit of rake angle (10-15 degrees) was used to compensate for the "pitch to belly" in knife edge. Much less than needed for the earlier spin stuff. This places your model square in the 1975-82 age range. Of course, some designers just thought it looked cool.................
Posted on: 7/12/2012 4:09 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Classic RC Pattern Flying"
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RE: Cleveland 84
*sigh* Still waiting for a good quiet evening to test fly. When the weather's good, I'm busy, when I'm not, the weather's bad.......
Posted on: 7/7/2012 10:04 AM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: What name has this plane?
I remember going to the Doylestown event. I was in College in Lehigh PA at the time.
Posted on: 7/7/2012 10:01 AM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Classic RC Pattern Flying"
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RE: sal taibi 84
Ditto
Posted on: 6/30/2012 2:09 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: What is this?
Not very Curare looking, can we get a good side shot of the body?
Posted on: 6/30/2012 2:08 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Classic RC Pattern Flying"
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RE: A very nice pattern video
Nice!
Posted on: 6/27/2012 7:59 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Classic RC Pattern Flying"
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RE: Cleveland 84
Tried to fly yesterday (Sat) evening, but the wind was too much. Wasted a trip to the field. Soon, I hope, I can make a flying report.
Posted on: 6/24/2012 4:12 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Help me identify a plane I inherited in 1997
I lean towards the body profile being a Taurus with thinner wing. Can someone photo-shop it like they did for the P-1?
Posted on: 6/24/2012 4:08 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Classic RC Pattern Flying"
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RE: Cleveland 84
Still waiting the for combination of time availabe at the same time the weather co-operates. Today is breezy, and rain tonight and tomorrow, then windy again *sigh*
Posted on: 6/12/2012 3:03 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Cleveland 84
Yes, the painting was a bear. Assembled pic & in-flight will be coming soon, I promise! Probably a 40% chance it will be tomorrow evening, depending on wind conditions. Here in the NorthEast USA we have had unsettled weather for a week now, with afternoon thunderstorms and breezy conditions. I want a calm day for first flight.
Posted on: 6/9/2012 3:26 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Cleveland 84
I suppose so. But then to make any trim adjustments would have been harder to get to. I did have to put about 1/2 ounce of lead in the tail anyway.
Posted on: 6/9/2012 4:11 AM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Cleveland 84
BTW, that scale is the baby scale my mom used to weigh me on, lo these 62 years ago! Great for modeling. A couple of more shots, the radio install, and the rudder pull-pull and elevator pushrod.I did tie the canopy with a bit of twine to the structure, because the magnets might not survive a prop hit on restart.
Posted on: 6/8/2012 8:23 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Cleveland 84
FINISHED!!!!Final all-up weight, with battery & all, is..... (drum roll.....) 14 ounces. Yay! The outrigger 450 will make this bird a homesick angel, fer sure. That's with an 800 mAh 2-cell LiPo, enough for a full afternoon of cruising around.
Posted on: 6/8/2012 8:19 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Cleveland 84
OK, I've removed the bad paint (w/qtips & thinner), then re-masked and hand-painted the edges. Looks OK from 6 ft away, I'm done painting. Just have to install a few components, and we are ready to fly!
Posted on: 6/3/2012 7:26 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Cleveland 84
I think it's Solarfilm Litetech. Polyester, you need to use Balsarite for adhesive.
Posted on: 5/30/2012 5:38 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Cleveland 84
trying the photos again
Posted on: 5/30/2012 6:30 AM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Cleveland 84
Sorry, photo won't load. Anyway, here is the wings, not looking too bad, if I can only get the final white stripe done without problem . Keep the fingers crossed. Newver mind, that won't load either. I'll try later.
Posted on: 5/28/2012 3:36 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Cleveland 84
I am so disappointed in the painting of this model. The covering I chose does not take paint well. Here is how the bottom red on the fuse looks, I will have to do a lot of clean-up to make it acceptable. In fact, it it so bad, I will not paint the tail as I was planning, just leaving it plain. Sorry this build is so long between posts, but I am disgusted and have just dropped it for awhile.
Posted on: 5/28/2012 3:33 PM by Author "WEDJ" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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