RE: Sig Deweybird Flight tips.
1. Practice spinning round and round to your left until you can do so without getting dizzy. 2. After takeoff, make sure the plane touches nothing but air. 3. Keep the plane away from dirt and grass until the engine quits and it is time to land. HTH
Posted on: 9/11/2012 11:46 AM by Author "hfenn" in the forum ""1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes"
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RE: HK-450GT CCPM Alloy T-Rex compatible - Part II
[quote]ORIGINAL: ahamay Well it's finally the weekend and I managed about 25 flights the past week on the tarot...the weather has been the best the past week for as long as I can remember and the weekend will be the same..hopefully some more flying to be done.  Here's a vid from yesterday.  After watching some of Rob's videos  he inspired my to go inverted on the Tarot as I've only done it on the gt as to not ''risk it'' on the tarot. Also just for giggles, this other vid I found yesterday and it's the funniest thing I've seen all week. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvv4aNLsOUc[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lutNECOZFw&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/youtube] [/quote] I thought the train guy was going to orgasm. Excited is an understatement.
Posted on: 8/5/2012 2:21 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum "T-Rex heli"
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RE: Scalpel Flight Video
I have a PAW .033 doing nothing. Send me a kit to beta test. I'll give you a brew when I see you.
Posted on: 7/2/2012 9:42 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum ""1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes"
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RE: SMALL 2012 dates are set: May 31-June 3
I had three successful launch and R/C glides on this CP-1. The last one the motor block slid forward and the plane didn't leave the pad. You can see the hole it burned in one of the photos in a previous post. Thanks to Jim S. for snapping this photo. The first flight was when everyone had left for the night.
Posted on: 6/6/2012 2:42 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum ""1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes"
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RE: SMALL 2012 dates are set: May 31-June 3
How much fun can you have with a Cox PeeWee .020? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnbUwmourAI[/youtube]
Posted on: 6/5/2012 5:51 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum ""1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes"
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RE: SMALL 2012 dates are set: May 31-June 3
Rained here in SC all yesterday and today, can't even load up yet. Goal is to leave here at 7 am. See ya'll there
Posted on: 5/29/2012 7:05 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum ""1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes"
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RE: 2 quick Norvel questions
The APC 5.7 X 3 will turn up good and have decent pull. I use them a lot on 36" to 40" wing span planes.
Posted on: 5/17/2012 11:25 AM by Author "hfenn" in the forum ""1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes"
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RE: SMALL 2012 dates are set: May 31-June 3
Furiously working on a rocket boost R/C glider and may bring my Simple Citabria E+. Of course I'll have the glow and diesel stuff too.
Posted on: 5/10/2012 3:49 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum ""1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes"
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RE: A bit more pitch would be nice...
[quote]ORIGINAL: Rendegade Has anyone experimented with the itty bitty GWS props? Suggestions? [/quote] I've done it. It ran good, but broke one on every landing. They are too weak where the blade meets the hub. Would I do it again? Yes, I was out at the field and it was my only option for a prop and a flight.
Posted on: 4/22/2012 6:00 AM by Author "hfenn" in the forum ""1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=11051938

RE: Dakota Bipe.
I still have the one I flew at the Maumelle SMALL in 2000. Joe signed the top left wing, but the marker has faded and you can barely make it out. It flew off the field across the four lane and into a development that had some new construction. I was afraid it had landed on a house, but I found it at the edge of a golf green. I need to put an engine in it and bring it to SMALL again this year since there is a really nice free flight area at the FARM Club field
Posted on: 4/20/2012 5:56 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum ""1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes"
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RE: SMALL 2012 dates are set: May 31-June 3
I know that rrgeo Smith and KevinW will be there as well.
Posted on: 3/31/2012 2:58 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum ""1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=11022722

RE: SMALL 2012 dates are set: May 31-June 3
[quote]ORIGINAL: DeviousDave [quote]ORIGINAL: Thomas B [quote]ORIGINAL: DeviousDave Oh damn,.... I might be able to make this... I figured I wouldn't be able to go because the first weekend of the month is my sister's wedding on the 6th...... in Idaho. Crap. How can I make this work... [/quote] The 6th is all the way out to Wed. after SMALL! Sunday is always a weak day for interesting aircraft at SMALL. Come early, Tuesday or Wed, ...leave early on Sunday and you have 72 hours to get there. Heck, get a round trip plane ticket from some city you drive through on the way home from SMALL if you have to be in Idaho before June 6.....who wants to drive to Idaho, anyway? [/quote] I'm still workin' it... Vacation time planning and I might be getting erm... Married this year and buying a house. Would I be able to ship models ahead I wonder? [/quote] If you can get her to honeymoon in Little Rock you have a keeper! I know when I first met my wife I knew I'd met Ms. Right. I just didn't know her first name was Always ;) Yes, you can ship models ahead. I know others have done it before. I don't want to volunteer anyone, so hopefully he will see your query. Good luck!
Posted on: 3/19/2012 2:16 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum ""1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes"
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RE: Countdown to Perry!
Here are some video clips from the SMS Perry show. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f6HjgE1kB0[/youtube]
Posted on: 3/4/2012 5:13 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum "Events, Shows and Fun Fly's - Airplanes"
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RE: HK-450GT CCPM Alloy T-Rex compatible
Hugh, I really [quote]ORIGINAL: hugj thank's lets give this a try. if this works you will see my new swift nx 550. I got a good deal on it along with tons of spares. kontronik jazz 80 amp esc century motor, futaba 401 and matching servo. digital futaba cyclic servos and three 6s batts. I hope this works aircrash. the heli was brand new in box also full metal upgrades. i've done a quick hover getting it trimed. I'll let you all know how the rest goes.    Thanks Hugh [/quote] Hugh, I really like my Swift NX. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwwCCCo-HB8[/youtube]
Posted on: 1/31/2012 12:05 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum "T-Rex heli"
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RE: Videos of Grace?
I found this photo (among others) that Vicman snapped of me flying Grace when he delivered her to me in Oct. 2007.
Posted on: 1/30/2012 4:20 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum ""1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10935837

RE: SMALL 2012 dates are set: May 31-June 3
[quote]ORIGINAL: Tee Bee Woohoo! Can't wait! I'm going to fill out the vacation request calendar RIGHT NOW. Missed it last year but plan to show up this time with another arsenal of little slimy noisemakers. If you are a regular on this forum and have never been to SMALL, I guarantee you would have a great time. The location, the models, and the people there are great. It's worth traveling long distances to attend, and many of us do just that. Most of the Cox flying videos I recently posted were taken at past SMALL events. [/quote] Ditto or +1
Posted on: 1/16/2012 6:56 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum ""1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10912533

RE: Scalpel Build
[quote]ORIGINAL: Tee Bee I'm working 12hr graveyard shifts right now so the build has slowed. I have been able to get a little covering done here and there. Wing, ailerons, and tail bits are covered with their base colors. I won't go into an explanation of how to cover a model since that's well documented on RCU already. The fuselage construction is on hold until I get my new servos. I don't want to apply the top and bottom sheeting until all the guts are fitted and checked for bind-free clearance. For covering, I decided that I must choose a scheme that would allow a durable coating on the bottom of the fuselage for belly landings, low heat application in order not to melt the foam wing, and use of materials already at hand. Trying to keep the spending in check. I layed out all the partial rolls of covering film I had and came up with a plan that involves using Monokote on the wood fuse and tail and Coverite Microlite on the foam wing. The Microlite went on at low heat without risk of melting the foam. It's not designed for use with glow fuel but I have been using it on Cox .010 and .020 models for over 4 years with good results. You just have to clean the fuel residue off good when flying is complete. The Monokote may add a bit of extra weight to the model but it fit the requirements already mentioned. Flame away. [/quote] Nice photo. I do the same with covering to economize. Is there a workbench under there? [;)]
Posted on: 1/8/2012 9:57 AM by Author "hfenn" in the forum ""1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes"
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RE: HK-450GT CCPM Alloy T-Rex compatible
[quote]ORIGINAL: sgbfly <div style=''padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ''> [quote]ORIGINAL: hfenn I took my HK450V2 to the field New Years Day, but the wind was 15mph and gusting to who knows what. Anyway, a friend of mine did viddy one of my Gaui 500
Posted on: 1/4/2012 7:41 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum "T-Rex heli"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10892208

RE: HK-450GT CCPM Alloy T-Rex compatible
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCR69vTKUPw[/youtube]
Posted on: 1/3/2012 4:06 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum "T-Rex heli"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10890093

RE: HK-450GT CCPM Alloy T-Rex compatible
[quote]ORIGINAL: rikybob [quote]ORIGINAL: hfenn The youtube instructions for embedding a video aren't working for me. Quick tutorial anyone? [/quote] Fenn, Just push the ''YouTube'' button after you push the ''Reply to Message''. Insert the Youtube URL in the middle of the two brackets eg. [youtube] [color=#FF0000]http:YouTubeURL[/color][youtube
Posted on: 1/3/2012 4:06 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum "T-Rex heli"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10890138

RE: HK-450GT CCPM Alloy T-Rex compatible
The youtube instructions for embedding a video aren't working for me. Quick tutorial anyone?
Posted on: 1/3/2012 3:25 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum "T-Rex heli"
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RE: HK-450GT CCPM Alloy T-Rex compatible
I took my HK450V2 to the field New Years Day, but the wind was 15mph and gusting to who knows what. Anyway, a friend of mine did viddy one of my Gaui 500 flights (425 stretched to 500). The wind doesn't seem to bother it much. I'm thinking seriously of getting a Tarot FBL head and gyro for the 450 to play with. @Simon, Notice my strong side is the right [;)] http://youtu.be/UCR69vTKUPw
Posted on: 1/3/2012 3:11 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum "T-Rex heli"
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RE: Skydrill Update
Mine was flown at SMALL '10 and '11 and points between. I sold it at SMALL to Kevin and imagine you will see it again.
Posted on: 1/1/2012 6:10 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum ""1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes"
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RE: HK-450GT CCPM Alloy T-Rex compatible
[quote]ORIGINAL: Rob2160 [quote]ORIGINAL: hfenn Hi Ya'll. I didn't fly my HK450V2 today, nor either of the two MT's. But, I did three flights on the Swift NX that wife gave me last Christmas. Here is a video that my son shot with the camera (Canon HFM40) that he gave me for Christmas yesterday. I'll have more video up on my channel later, including the first flight I made
Posted on: 12/27/2011 10:56 AM by Author "hfenn" in the forum "T-Rex heli"
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RE: HK-450GT CCPM Alloy T-Rex compatible
[quote]ORIGINAL: pushinoldrc That's a very nice bird!  Very smooth sounding.  Please post your electronics as I will be looking into one of these. Bryan [/quote] Thanks for watching and commenting! Swift NX, TonicX Z30 1110Kv, 5S4000 Turnigy, Castle ICE100, Spectrum DS821 cyclic, Hyperion DS20xGCD tail servo, ASSAN GA-250 gyro, Spektrum DX7 and AR6200 rx.
Posted on: 12/26/2011 6:20 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum "T-Rex heli"
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RE: HK-450GT CCPM Alloy T-Rex compatible
Hi Ya'll. I didn't fly my HK450V2 today, nor either of the two MT's. But, I did three flights on the Swift NX that wife gave me last Christmas. Here is a video that my son shot with the camera (Canon HFM40) that he gave me for Christmas yesterday. I'll have more video up on my channel later, including the first flight I made on a ParkZone Stryker27Q 180 ultraMicro. http://youtu.be/RwwCCCo-HB8
Posted on: 12/26/2011 5:13 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum "T-Rex heli"
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RE: Lazy Bee's??
[quote]ORIGINAL: Jaspur_x Any upates guys? I just recently got 2 of the(foamy) COX lazybee`s,(used,ebay) sounded a lot simpler that building...............well then again, theu are used right? Well at least they were cheap!! So the first has a badly warped wing, I`m looking up plans to see about using a bult up wing in its place, chord is about 13 7/8'' x 38'' span The second just arived today, fuse is in great shape, but the wing ( OH,NO, not again)..........well someone didn`t like all the white foam apparently, and decides to spray paint the wing!! yes, you guessed id, not using foam safe spraypaint!! luckily they statred at the trailing edge with the paintjob, and stopped when the foam started showing deterioration lol I`m tempted to just monokote that wing and try it out. As is, its not/ish terribly deformed but lift and aerodynamics are def. going to be affected by the coarse tiny bubbling;a little worse than 50 grit sand paper for the most part. [/quote] You could fill that with light weight spackle and sand smooth. Back when those planes first came out, a friend of mine had one and it did fly fairly well, but not as lively as my built up one with the OS .15.
Posted on: 12/16/2011 5:52 AM by Author "hfenn" in the forum ""1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes"
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RE: a little big for 1/2A but 15 size
[quote]ORIGINAL: jetpack [quote]ORIGINAL: airraptor http://www.rcuniverse.com/market/item.cfm?itemId=802208 in the for sale right now. Something different.............. [/quote] I can't interpret this in any other way than a sales ad whether it was generated by the seller, sellers friend, sellers associate, sellers fan club or sellers enthusiast. If I wanted to shop instead of clicking and reading someones question or advice...I would visit the ''For Sale'' isle. NOW... If the post included an effort as to the owners past experience with one, building advice, reference pictures, etc I would have a different opinion. But it doesn't. It is a link to the ''For Sale'' items and a few wasted keystrokes. Next time the phone rings, I would like to hear from a friend. Not a salesman at dinner time. The world simply has too many of them for my liking in my area of habitation in this ''Universe''. PS I would like my time back in full because of this, and no...I do not have a reciept. [8|] However, printable full-scale plans of that bird would certainly make up for it. It does look like a wonderful plane. [8D] [/quote] I come in here to read about small planes (including what's available), not forum etiquette or rules. I think you and I are even on the "time."
Posted on: 12/8/2011 7:38 AM by Author "hfenn" in the forum ""1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes"
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RE: HK-450GT CCPM Alloy T-Rex compatible
[quote]ORIGINAL: rikybob Kinda going by this [link=http://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=312347]link[/link] but hey, you can't screw up by charging at a lower rate?? b [/quote] Hi Brian, I sent you a pm.
Posted on: 11/27/2011 4:08 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum "T-Rex heli"
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RE: HK-450GT CCPM Alloy T-Rex compatible
[quote]ORIGINAL: SW_RC [quote]ORIGINAL: rikybob I just took delivery of the batteries and they are literally the size of a stick of GUM! b [/quote] Brian - highly recommend the bigger battery for the MCPx through HK, they are really cheap and bigger capacity than the originals.. They fit in the heli like the originals, are only marginally heavier and have a much better C rating than the Blade batteries. They give me more time to crash. <img src=''http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/js/fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/msn/bananahead.gif'' alt='''' /> Garry. [/quote] I got three of those and they worked great when new. By the 25th cycle two of them fly the heli ok but don't have the punch for flips and such. I have 4 of the E-flites and they have around 55 cycles each. I just got two new Hyperion 259mAh from helidirect and they have great power, but time will tell on the longevity.
Posted on: 11/26/2011 2:53 PM by Author "hfenn" in the forum "T-Rex heli"
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