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Offline Ty Marcucci

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Just listed, a new N30 model.
« on: November 20, 2015, 06:09:03 PM »
 N30 model built by Jimmy Mitchell in 1981 called the "Illusion" listed in the alphabetic listings under N30.  H^^
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Re: Just received, a new N30 model.
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2015, 05:56:42 AM »
I flew with Jimmy for years and even stayed at his house several times. He was a car body painter and his model paint jobs were all front line quality. He was great on the guitar and he entertained me every time I was at his house. We called him " Dammit Jimmy " because he could not say a sentence with out that word. When he came to the Tampa bay line flyers meet I asked him to be careful with his speech as my wife was totaling the scores and I didn't want her to have to listen to that.
 He was the perfect gentleman that day. A fun guy to be around and he won the KOI one year. #^ 
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Re: Just received, a new N30 model.
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2015, 07:10:26 AM »
I like it. It's totally stunt.

Nice placement of the weight box. I'll have to keep that in mind.

Congratulations and good luck with that fine model.

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Re: Just received, a new N30 model.
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2015, 04:12:14 PM »
That is quite a beautiful and purposeful looking model Ty.
Congrats on the new acquisition!

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Re: Just received, a new N30 model.
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2015, 06:19:15 PM »
I flew the Illusion today. Nice bird! Groovy level flight, clean corners and flat bottoms. It was a like hopping in a time machine and travelling to 1981!

First flight ended up being a bit slow, but a good safety check run, 6.3 laps... took off, got a feel for neutral, nice landing glide. Nothing scary.

Turned up the wick on the ST46 to 8600RPM turning the Bolly 2blade 11.5x6.5 Jimmy had on there, and at 5.3 laps it was very easy to fly. Did the front half of the pattern up to the V8 and I stopped, and ran out the tank flying level playing it safe. Turned out I would have had plenty of fuel and run time for the whole pattern.

The weather as forecasted looked to be turning to rain soon, so I called it a success and packed up.

See the NOS30 forum for more details and another picture of the Illusion.

http://stunthanger.com/smf/nostalgia-30/jimmy-mitchell-1981-illusion/

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Re: Just received, a new N30 model.
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2015, 08:58:03 PM »
Just try to slide into his will, if you don't, I'm going to!
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