RE: Warbirds Over Livermore the Movie
[quote]ORIGINAL: Chris Nicastro Awesome! Love the epic soundtrack! Did you take your Mustang out there? Was the B-25 a Ziroli kit? Thats was very cool in blue. [/quote] Yes B-25 is the large Ziroli 118"
Posted on: 9/17/2012 2:16 PM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: Warbirds Over Livermore 2012!
Thanks again to Ed and the Club. Not many clubs that are more interested in having fun than making money my hat is off to them. One thing that was really cool for me was a family that had an older retired man with them that showed up later in the day. Turned out to be there Dad and he told me stories of WWII when he was on an aircraft carrier that shuttled planes out to the Pacific. He stayed on the Carrier till the end of the war in 1944. Good guy to talk to wish I could of talked him more.
Posted on: 9/17/2012 9:17 AM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: Warbirds Over Livermore 2012!
Ed had a great time, Weather was great and you have a exceptional club. I look forward to next year. If you you didn't go you missed a good one. The only down side was when Jim lost his 1/3rd scale BUSA d.vii do to radio loss. Good thing he has another one framed up.
Posted on: 9/16/2012 7:47 PM by Author "warks62" in the forum "Events, Shows and Fun Fly's - Airplanes"
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RE: US Scale Masters Results 2012
There has to be some people that took more pictures. Would like to see them if you were there post them here. Thank You
Posted on: 9/14/2012 9:48 AM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Scale Aircraft"
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RE: US Scale Masters Results 2012
My suggestion is to email our National Chairman "Bernie Boland" and or either the Vice West or East Chairman your Pros or Cons to this new scoring system. It is the best to let them know your thoughts on this. I feel that feedback would be appreciated and needed so they can see what is important.
Posted on: 9/13/2012 7:05 AM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Scale Aircraft"
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RE: US Scale Masters Results 2012
More
Posted on: 9/13/2012 12:38 AM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Scale Aircraft"
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RE: US Scale Masters Results 2012
[quote]ORIGINAL: Chad Veich Nobody took any pictures of the event? [/quote] This is what I got from Curtis all I have.....
Posted on: 9/13/2012 12:36 AM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Scale Aircraft"
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RE: US Scale Masters Results 2012
[quote]ORIGINAL: abufletcher How rare is it for someone to get a perfect 1000 on static score? Also, are there any photos of this perfect scale model? Or even just an indication of which aircraft it was? [/quote] This year was the first year that they scored on a curve. Scott is correct, In static the person who recieved the highest score gets perfect. Then from that point on it is reduced by percentage. In other words if second highest static was 2% lower than 1st then his score is reduced 2% from 1000. In flight same thing. Who ever had the highest flight score for that round gets 1000 and then by percentage it drops from there. IMAC has been doing this for years for flight scoring and is supposed to help even the playing field. You can still see your raw scores just like before. I have not seen both scores to see if it made a difference in final placement. I do have friends that compete in IMAC and they all feel it is a better way of scoring. Hope this helps.
Posted on: 9/12/2012 6:38 PM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Scale Aircraft"
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RE: US Scale Masters Results 2012
Yes Chad and Mike Peck getting a second lifetime award isnt bad either. Well done....
Posted on: 9/10/2012 7:46 PM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Scale Aircraft"
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RE: US Scale Masters Results 2012
Have not seen that list yet hope that Mitch posts that soon along with pics.
Posted on: 9/10/2012 1:08 PM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Scale Aircraft"
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US Scale Masters Results 2012
Anyone that is interested here are the results for 2012. Congrats to all that could make it and all who made it happen. You can also go to the USSMA website I am sure that pics will be posted soon. http://www.usscalemasters.org
Posted on: 9/10/2012 12:07 PM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Scale Aircraft"
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RE: Warbirds Over Livermore 2012!
I am looking forward to it had a great time last year. See you there Ed.
Posted on: 9/9/2012 7:01 PM by Author "warks62" in the forum "Events, Shows and Fun Fly's - Airplanes"
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RE: 3 Bladed Prop Corsair
If you can find any of the Graupner 3 blade props they are the best in the smaller sizes.
Posted on: 7/31/2012 4:03 PM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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Looking for Carsten plans Macchi M.39
I am looking for the Macchi M.39 plans. They are no longer available from them. Looking to build a float plane and I like this one. Anyone have a set sitting around?
Posted on: 6/1/2012 9:25 PM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Scale Aircraft"
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RE: Meister Japanese Zero build thread
[quote]ORIGINAL: ram3500-RCU [quote]ORIGINAL: wayne d Here are a few shots to ponder. These are all of tail number X-133 [/quote] Thanks Wayne. Here is a challenge as respects the gear. The last picture shows the gear going up. I know this because in that cycle, the port gear is almost all the way up before the starboard gear starts, as we see in the picture. But, when coming down, they both work virtually simultaneously. I'm going to look into why this would be the case. [/quote] Gary my guess is the gear are on the same port. think of it that the ram on both sides are Y'd to the same line or port. Figure one side has less drag than the other so untill the one side starts to bottom out doesn't build up enough pressure to start the other side. When going down you have gravity to help them both come down more or less at the same rate. Just a guess of course.
Posted on: 5/20/2012 6:04 PM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: Robart Landing Gear Fail Safe System?
[quote]ORIGINAL: splais Is anyone using this device and can comment on how it has worked out. any +'s or -''s. Thanks. [/quote] Hello I have 3 of them. Not under the Robart name but by Tamjets.com who makes them for Robart I think. They do have a couple of functions that are cool. One being when you set it up it knows what postion the gear are from the transmitter. So when you turn on the transmitter and your gear switch is in the retracted position by accident and you then turn on the reciever the gear will stay down till you cycle the switch. Nice feature so that your plane doesnt fall onto its belly on the ground by a dumb mistake. Secondly you can program what ever your minum air pressure you want for the gear to go into failsafe. It was mentioned already at 50# and that is a good number. Now most of us don't have any problems but all it takes is one time and your happy that you had it. Over the years I have had it work twice for me. Once when a airline over time rubbed a hole in it, just flying a long and all of a sudden the gear came down when I figured out what had happened I was really glad I had it. Another time it was a air tank that came loose over time and rubbed a hole in it. Though the units has only kicked in twice for me I was very thankfull I had them since it saved me a bunch of repair time from a belly landing on asphault. They are easy to set up and well worth the money to me.
Posted on: 2/5/2012 8:55 AM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: Meister Scale P 47 - step by step
I saw Eduardo Estevez fly his Razorback with a Moki 150 in it and it was very impressive plus I know it fits.
Posted on: 1/21/2012 9:47 PM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: Top Flight GS P51 cowl needed
I can tell you what I did on mine. Mounted the engine, took the backplate from the spinner and CA'd 4 small blocks of 1/16" balsa to the back of the backplate, then CA'd it to the cowl centered perfectly, then slid the cowl onto the fuse bolting the spinner onto the engine, now the cowl is lined up perfect with the engine, I then epoxied and screwed the cowl in place on the fuse all the way around, after the epoxy was cured I removed all the screws and filled in the holes. of course you now have the lip of the cowl where it meets the fuse, I then CA'd 1/16" soft balsa from the edge of the lip back about 5" all the way around the fuse, then I sanded the balsa feathering it flush with the cowl and blending it flush to the fuse as I sanded it back. After it was all smooth and even I then cut the cowl making a chin that is removeable following the scale lines from a 3 view, with the chin removed I unbolted the engine and installed all the necc 1/8" 5 ply to the cowl so that I could mount the chin with flush screws which ended up looking like zeus fastners. Then just glassing the fuse like normal, came out very nice with a smooth transition from the canopy to the spinner with no ugly bolt on cowl. The cuts on the cowl went forward right about in the middle of the spinner so when the chin was removed it was easy to get to the engine. Hope this helps or gives you an idea.
Posted on: 11/30/2011 6:47 PM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: CMP Hellcat
Only person I know that makes them now is Chad Veich. Do a search under member list and ask him very nice guy to do bussiness with.
Posted on: 11/28/2011 5:52 PM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: US Scale Masters Championships 2011
Thanks Tom, you can go to http://usscalemasters.org/forums/index.php and the results are on the front page. You can also click Contest Results, Media Coverage, and Special Awards links on the Home page just below the group picture and get all the info you are talking about. Thanks again to all especially our sponsers.
Posted on: 10/17/2011 2:32 PM by Author "warks62" in the forum "Events, Shows and Fun Fly's - Airplanes"
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RE: Warbirds Over Livermore 2011
Ed you know I will be there. It is great that another club is adding to the Warbird list. Congrats on getting the club to add it to there calendar. I am sure our normal bunch will be there to support you in the new Event. See you there.....
Posted on: 10/13/2011 10:51 AM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: US Scale Masters Championships 2011
D-Day is here[:D] registration begins tomorrow at 2:00 at the field, see you all there. Weather looks like it is going to be great. The heat of summer is cooling off just in time for the Masters. Just enough rain to wash things off today and tomorrow morning which will knock down the dust, then looks like sunshine the rest of the event. Turnout looks very good with who has already pre-registered see you all there.
Posted on: 10/4/2011 11:21 AM by Author "warks62" in the forum "Events, Shows and Fun Fly's - Airplanes"
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RE: Ziroli F6F Hellcat Builder's Diary
Mrice, outstanding very well done. I may of missed it but was the final weight?
Posted on: 9/30/2011 8:35 AM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: Fresno Warbirds 9/30-10/2
Thanks Tom glad to hear you are coming. Like you I am just trying to help out the CD on this one. I will be glad to just be a pilot and enjoy the flying this year. I wish you were coming to the US Scale Masters Championships you are missing a big one. See you at Fresno Warbirds.
Posted on: 9/29/2011 10:53 AM by Author "warks62" in the forum "Events, Shows and Fun Fly's - Airplanes"
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RE: Lets see your WW1 Fokker's
[quote]ORIGINAL: deljon [quote]ORIGINAL: Oberst Sooo Sweeet! Got any pics of them flying? We need airshots remember? Come on People! I'm getting a little Fokkered here! More!!!!!!!! Pte [/quote] OOPS...............I knew there was something else I was supposed to do, I know some of the other guys got some Fokker air shots, I will ask them to post some here. We had rain till about 3pm Friday, then we flew the heck out of them the rest of the weekend. Del [/quote] The d.vii in the forground looks like Glen T. Is that his personal one that was at Topgun? Just courious. Thanks
Posted on: 9/26/2011 1:58 PM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: US Scale Masters Championships 2011
Just a note anyone that would like to attend the Championship Banquet Saturday night just send me an email. We will be having both steak or chicken plus a guest speakerfrom England with some great Lancaster stories.
Posted on: 9/25/2011 7:36 PM by Author "warks62" in the forum "Events, Shows and Fun Fly's - Airplanes"
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Fresno Warbirds 9/30-10/2
Fresno Warbirds is next weekend. If you want some great warbird action then here is your chance. We have a 10,000sq. foot shaded pit with a 650X70 foot paved runway and an adjacent dirt runway for you WWI enthusiasts. Clubs BBQ will be going to cook up some good food. Weather has cooled off and is looking good. Clubs website is WWW.frcm.org see you there. By the way we have a large camping area.
Posted on: 9/25/2011 7:28 PM by Author "warks62" in the forum "Events, Shows and Fun Fly's - Airplanes"
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RE: Lets see your WW1 Fokker's
[quote]ORIGINAL: jeffEE That's interesting. I know that the B.USA DVII is not true scale, so no hurt feelings here. But you mention that the AZ wings are more scale. In what way? Rib shape or spacing, or something like that? I might have to get an AZ DVII now to compare the two. A cool project perhaps. [:)] [/quote] Biggest thing the wing on a BUSA is flat bottom. AZ has the correct under camber (not sure if that is the correct term) also the D-Tube sheeting is cut correct with the angle cuts in the sheeting. The sheeting is not such the big thing since once covered is not as noticeable unless you look for it. If you look at a set of scale plans or drawings it becomes very apparent. Again for most of us the BUSA can be made into a very nice model main reason I built the AZ was that I fell into a great deal.
Posted on: 9/16/2011 3:30 PM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: Lets see your WW1 Fokker's
[quote]ORIGINAL: jeffEE So what would you say is different between the Balsa USA and the AZ DVIIs? They both look great. [/quote] I would say the AZ Models is more scale. Wings are certainly so. Also the wing incedence is correct where BUSA is not. A/M tail is also more scale overall. Cockpit area is more correct also. The BUSA d.vii in the picture has been modified greatly by Michael there is a build thread that goes into great detail of all what has been done to make it what it is. They are both great kits the A/M is definatley more work. I can say that the A/M flys extremely well and after about 3 flights have got the landings down and feel more confident. Mind you the BUSA is a great kit and can be made to look very nice with a bit of work and thought.
Posted on: 9/16/2011 12:14 PM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: Lets see your WW1 Fokker's
Here is my AZ Models d.vii and a Friends (Stag on the side) BUSA d.vii at the Canvas Falcon in Petaluma, CA. Had a great time. Hope there event grows.
Posted on: 9/15/2011 12:14 PM by Author "warks62" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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