RE: WACO YMF
hey , whats a trouble tickett?
Posted on: 9/8/2012 4:46 AM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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yes sir, I'm still having the same trouble with opening emails from this site. what do you knopw? maybe them there mayan's hide it right after all, 12-21-12 bein the end of the world and all . I'd have never guessed it would have started with our beloved RC Universe !!! Oh well, I guess it was all circleling the drain and had to end some time,ay boy's? in the the mean time , let's all show as much love as we can for the ones we care for in our own lives and get out there and fly them WACO's, or what ever else you got. you know , just in case they are right. clear skies and calm winds everyone
Posted on: 9/3/2012 6:51 AM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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what the heck!!! did rc universes server go super nova or something,jeese you'd have thought you would've seen a big flash or mushroom cloud or something.DANG!!! oh well, still getting the emails at least.just wanted to say howdy and see how everyone is doin out there in WACO land. say Bill, hope all is well with the new digg's,I'm sure your getting all this rain too, bet the grass sure is growing. have you given any more thought to having a get together,maybe sometime in the fall, somewhere on your twenty acres? Me and the misses are trying to find 4 or five near Belleview where we live now. boarding the horses is just wasting money we could put into our own place. enough room for a runway and a garage is all I;m wanting. well , maybe someday ... Blue skies everyone
Posted on: 8/23/2012 7:43 PM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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welcome aboard steve,enjoy and have fun
Posted on: 8/19/2012 12:46 PM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS, thats so freaking cool!!!!!... this wifey of yours,she got a sister? just kidding , congrats and many happy returns bro. and to think , I'll probably get a hammer or something for mine in november, dang. well, happy b-day anyway.blue skies
Posted on: 8/10/2012 4:19 PM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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as always thanks for the info Jay , it will help. the 150 is also a little taller from the crank centerline to the top of the rocker covers , so I'm certain I'll have to make some relief holes in the cowl for clearance. DANGIT!!! oh well, whatcha gonna do? as I'm not sure what the weight difference is between the 125 and the 150, and I'm not sure how that big a$$ muffler will fit inside the cowl. I know I'd much rather run a flexible pipe out the bottom than too have to make a great big hole for it to clear. thanks again for your help brother, she's still on the back burner on low for now, as I've got to get three more servos yet. and we're in the process of looking for a new house. this none just is not big enough for all our needs . take care and I'll be in touch again when we get settled and I get started putting everything together. C_YA blue skies everyone!!!!!!!!.........
Posted on: 8/9/2012 7:40 PM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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hey Jaybird, hope all is well in your part of the country. I just wanted to ask wether or not you would do any thing differently if you were to build another one of these birds. also, I have but a meesly saito 150 4c to put on mine. its what i got, you know? anyway , I was just wandering if you would recomend changing anything to handle the little bit of extra weight and torque provided by the bigger motor. and also what prop are you using for your 125. thanks in advance for your advice. take care. Rob Abel
Posted on: 8/8/2012 10:26 AM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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[quote]ORIGINAL: Stickbuilder Removing 1/4 inch will allow your Skylite wheels to fit and the outer wheel pant support as well. We just got moved into our new home in Florida. I now have a shop with about 4000 sq ft of building space, plus 20 acres to fly in. Color me very happy[:D] Bill, Waco Brother #1 [/quote] well, congrats neighbor. I've not had any luck arranging time with any of the local clubs around ocala to have a WACO fly-in for us ! BUT, with your new patch of ground , might you be interested in doing something like this at your place?????? And just for the record; anyone that holds an AMA membership, is of course more than welcome to come to our club feild here in Belleview. WE are the Belleview Sky Pirates, and we'ed love to have you....congrats again Bill
Posted on: 6/27/2012 2:40 PM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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to all you fellas out there in waco land, HAPPY FATHERS DAY. I hope all the dads out there had a great day.
Posted on: 6/17/2012 2:44 PM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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CONGRATS JAYBIRD!!! Glad eveything went well. And I'm glad to know a little more about what to expect once I get mine built. Thanks
Posted on: 5/29/2012 12:09 PM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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TO ALL VETERAN'S PAST AND PRESENT, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SACRIFISE'S AND HARDSHIP THAT YOU'VE ALL ENDURED IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY AND THE CIVIL LIBERTIE'S WE ALL ENJOY. YOUR SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY AND ALL AMERICANS, ONE AND ALL, IS ETERNALY APPRECIATED!!! ' THANK YOU' AND GOD BLESS YOU
Posted on: 5/28/2012 4:48 PM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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always best not to take chances. dang those black flies .we've got the dreaded lovebug season to contend with , and there sure is alot of them. it does'nt look good here for today. still windy and rain on n off all day.good luck jaybird. I'm gonna try to get some pic's today , if I can I'll post some
Posted on: 5/28/2012 5:44 AM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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[quote]ORIGINAL: Jaybird Hi Robert, The top wing assembly seems to work really well. It's a lot easier than handling four sets of screws, washers and nuts twice to remove the carry handle and attach the senter section. The panels slide in part way, the sevo connections are made and then they are slide all the way in and two screws are inserted in each side. I haven't done anything with the mock aileron pushrods or wire rigging at this point. I also went with the stock tailwheel wire instead of the DuBro unit. I hope to maiden it today if I can get my new Saito 125 running properly. Jaybird [/quote] Best of luck to you Jaybird , to dang windy for the light weight stuff I took to the feild this morning. Got a pretty good storm coming in off the Atlantic, Byrle I believe their calling it. Hopefully it will be calm in the morning .I've finally gotten my ultimate 1.20 done , and hopefully I'll get to take her up tomarrow . She's my first step up from the .46 & .60 -.90 size stuff I've been flying.And I'mwanting to get some wingtime with it before I get started on my GP WACO. Best wishes
Posted on: 5/27/2012 1:59 PM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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[quote]ORIGINAL: Jaybird Got some glamor shots of my GP ARF outside for the first time today. It's too windy for a test flight but it's supposed to be great tomorrow. Jaybird p.s Can't post any pictures, but you know what it looks like anyway. Hey jay , how did your top wing idea work out , and did you ever come up with any kind of telescoping rod setup for your aileron stuts ? Or did you decide to go without them . And can you let us know how she feels with the servos that you decided to use? I've not gotten mine yet ,still saving the $$$ needed , but that's all I've got left to get before I'm ready to start assembly on mine.thanks for your input
Posted on: 5/27/2012 2:16 AM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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Ace and Stick, our field could maybe handle 50 to 60 people at best. Not much room for parking, but if iether of you would be inclined to pm me , then I could give you directions or feel free to check out our webpage at www.belleview skypirates.com and check us out . I'd love to invite anyone to come and visit. We are not an AMA sanctioned club, but we number about 60 members or better. As far as setting this up, I'd be the first to say, I wouldnt know where to begin. And I've not been to any bigtime events like topgun,so I'm none to familiar with how to go about organizing such an event. But there is another local field here in belleview called the ocala flying model club that is AMA sanctioned , and they have a paved runway that is beautiful and they also have concessions and more than one porta-potty,wich I belive would be paramount for such an event.I'll be glad to check into it and see if using their facility would or could be a possibility, no promises though as I am not a club member there,yet .It would be a wonderful venue for such an event. plenty of parking too. And ace, yeah z-hills is the greatest little town that you could'nt wait to leave... though it has change quite a bit in the past 20 some odd yrs since I left, and now they even have a flying model club called , the can-am flyers. and thier field is somewhere out near Wesley chapel. But again I'd really love to have iether of you come up on the weekend and check out our local clubs and give me some input as to what it would take to make this happen. As alway's thank's
Posted on: 5/22/2012 1:03 PM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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thanks for the reply ace, sorry for the delay in responding. Man , at first I was thinking , 'boy, I'll bet your tired ' , then I remebered, DUH!!! east would be the other way from tampa. I grew up in zephyrhills just a little north of tampa, probably what's wrong with me.if you ever head up this way let me know and you can come out and fly with my club, the belleview sky pirates. our field is on the east/west grass runway of a small private airfield. we'd love to have you or any of the brotherhood come on out . thanks again,take care
Posted on: 5/21/2012 5:54 PM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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[quote]ORIGINAL: ceije Dan, sorry I just took a second look and yes i'm way off base with it being bent, i'm sure you have it solved, again i apoligize. trying to second guess my brain fart.. chris melhus, ceije 196 [/quote] Well,if I were you , I'd layoff the smart beans Ceije. How the heck do you pronounce that anyway? Just yankin your chain brother. Just thought I'd say hello from the middle of the state... Take care.....
Posted on: 5/21/2012 5:38 PM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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[quote]ORIGINAL: Stickbuilder As to the wing incidences, what difference does it make as long as both wings have the same planform? Since they are both nearly flat bottomed, then use the bottom of the bottom wing as your zero and adjust the top wing accordingly. Its all about how they relate to each other and to the horizontal stab. As to the get together, we had it the first of May. It was called Top Gun, and several of us were present. As for me, I'm moving back to Leesburg to straighten up the mess in Florida (The Brotherhood anyway). Y'all straighten up and fly right. Bill, Waco Brother #1 [/quote] Hey Bill. Robert Abel here, brotherhood member #222. I agree with ace, and think a gathering for our member's here in central florida would be great. Now, I know that t-g just took place, and it by far is a pinnecale event for the general modelling community. but it is an invatational event for all genre of aircraft. I don't believe that thats what Ace is suggesting.If I may, in my modest opinnion,I think that a gathering for the brotherhood would have great potential. Not that I would want to exclude anyone else in the modelling community,of course ,But just imagine an event just for WACO's... big or small, stick or ARF, fuel or elecrtic, one and all!!! Shoot , it may even attract a full scale WACO or two, if held in the right venue. I believe the potential drawing power of such an evet would be outstanding... And ther are quite a few small airport's here in Florida that would be perfect for just such an event. And Bill, maybe you could even contact 'HE WACO classic aircraft Co' and see if they could bring in one of their fullscale,modern day offerings for us to check out. Now I want you to absorb and think about this idea for awhile,I think it would be awsome...just my 3cent's
Posted on: 5/20/2012 5:57 AM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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[quote]ORIGINAL: mrdhud Hello all, Since the houseofmoy is not working at this time I uploaded the manual and templates needed for the 1/5 scale Waco YMF to a free web sight I will remove it when the houseofmoy is up and running again. I hope it is helpful. http://www.wix.com/mrdhud/clasicair Bill, Looking forward seeing you back in the sun shine state [/quote] Bill, you da man, brother... those look great. a thousand times THANK YOU!!!!
Posted on: 5/19/2012 1:10 PM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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hey ace, what major town is Lithia close to? I'm in Belleview, just south of Ocala. just curious...
Posted on: 5/18/2012 6:59 PM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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HEY YA'LL,what's this incedense thingy ya'll keep on talkin bout? can you buy you some at the hobby store, or do you need one of them there mail order catalogs? INCEDENTLY, ain't perspective a b**ch sometimes.DATUMMMM
Posted on: 5/18/2012 6:55 PM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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'DAMN'!!... That plane sure was beautiful , as I'm sure it one day will be again. Anthony , I'm sorry to see that happened to you brother. But I'm sure you will restore her to her glory . Don't let it get you down man. She was a nice bird and will be again. After all , you can rebuild her , make her stronger , make her faster. You have the technology , ect,ect,ect. Keep your chin up bro , take care
Posted on: 5/13/2012 5:50 AM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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GOD, I want one!!! I swear if I won the lottery I'd buy one just to put in a room , so I could go in and sit and look mat it evey day... now that's the stuff dreams are made of. Thanks for the pic's Dash, that just made my whole day
Posted on: 4/29/2012 12:27 PM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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That look's killer, I cant wait to see the finished product.' NICE JOB' and thanks for the pics. as a fledgeling modeller,it really makes me want to do as good as I can on any model that I work on. thanks again
Posted on: 4/16/2012 5:27 AM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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[quote]ORIGINAL: LesUyeda "but I'm leaning towards using jb weld to permenantly attach the nuts to the struts themselves and just keeping the top wing in one piece.J Just keep in mind that JB Weld is no more than epoxy with some black stuff added in for color. Les [/quote] Thanks for the advice Les, I'd read in I think MAN magazine an article about the GP waco, in wich the author used JB weld that way on the interplane struts to make assembly and breakdown easier,and to help avoid losing those nuts at the field...
Posted on: 4/11/2012 6:37 PM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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[quote]ORIGINAL: LesUyeda "but I'm leaning towards using jb weld to permenantly attach the nuts to the struts themselves and just keeping the top wing in one piece.J Just keep in mind that JB Weld is no more than epoxy with some black stuff added in for color. Les [/quote] your kidding me! And here all this time I thought it was a space age form of silly putty...HA HA. Just playing with you less. I've been turnin wrenches for almost 22years now, and I've used jb products several times over the years.Good stuff. I cant remember wich magazine article I read it in,but it seemed like a good idea.Take care les, and thanks for your advice.
Posted on: 4/11/2012 6:33 PM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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did everyone take a breather for a day or what? HELLO,IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?
Posted on: 4/11/2012 10:09 AM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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[quote]ORIGINAL: Jaybird [quote]ORIGINAL: Stickbuilder Jay, Your bottom wing incidence should be at zero. Your top wing will probably fall somewhere in the 1 degree range either plus or minus. I prefer minus one. The horizontal stab should be somewhere in the 2-2.5 degree range (positive) range. These will be good base numbers for you to start. With the bottom wing set at zero (just block up the tail until the wing zeros out, and then go from there. Use the bottom wing as your base and everything else should fall in place. You can place a strip of tape along the fuse to represent the datum line then, and work out your engine thrust line from there. That's another thing that I don't like about a model that someone else built. You have to put too much trust into what they did. Everyone seems to think that the GP Waco flies well, so I'd say that they are following the instructions of whomever did the design work. [/quote] Your numbers are right on. I dry fit everything together to show my father who was visiting for an early Easter dinner. With my incidence meters on it, it came out just as you said with the bottom wing at zero, top wing minus one and stab at positive 2-1/2. He was pretty impressed with the size and look of it. Another question for the GP ARF owners. Has anyone tried unbolting the interplane strut brackets from the wing panels instead of the struts themselves? It occured to me that unbolting the bracket and leaving it attached to the strut would save having to handle the screws, washers and locknuts at odd angles to remove the strut per the insrtructions. It would also make them easier to identify right and left. I also found the modification to the upper wing where they left the center panel bolted to the cabane struts and made the outer panels slide in and secure with a through bolt. I simulated it today and it works great. Jaybird [/quote] hey jaybird, where did you find the info on the upper wing mod? also I like the idea of unbolting the interplane struts from the wing, but I'm leaning towards using jb weld to permenantly attach the nuts to the struts themselves and just keeping the top wing in one piece.you may remember from an earlier post that I'd asked you how you were gonna set up the servo leads in the top wing , did you ever make a final decision? I guess if your gonna keep the wing as a three piece unit that ytou'll be running each lead down each side of the cabanes?and thanks for the other info you have posted.take care...
Posted on: 4/9/2012 7:04 AM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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hey Mitch,I'd like to get two , XXL shirt's if you and Bill decide the demand warant's another run. I'd like one for myself and I'd like to send one to my father in-law, also a lover of all thing's WACO, for father's day... Thanks , I'll keep my eye on the forum to see what ya'll decide to do. [quote]ORIGINAL: nine o nine Hi Jaybird, There are 3 medium shirts available from the last navy blue run. Send $45 to: Mitch Epstein 651 N. Main St Leominster, MA Include your name and address and I'll send them right out to you. There are no other shirts available at this time. I'll talk over the next run (need orders for 50) with Bill. Thanks, Mitch WB100 [/quote]
Posted on: 4/7/2012 1:07 PM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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hey Bill,Robert Abel brother#222 here. As I'm new to this forum , I was'nt around for the previous shirt's, and I was curious,did they have individuall brotherhood #'s on them too? And I'd love to have one if there's gonna be another run. Not too particular about color , but I think black would be cool.
Posted on: 4/6/2012 11:10 AM by Author "rcjunky67" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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