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News from Northwest Regionals?
Mark Scarborough:
--- Quote from: PJ Rowland on June 01, 2012, 10:00:39 PM ---I just happen to be holding my plane...... :) looking at a guy with a camera.
As innocent as the Virgin Mary.
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Hey I was in the Que to weigh the beast,, ( the plane not me,, pretty sure the scales would have blown a gasket trying toweigh me)
Tim,, remember where your bread is buttered my good man,, I am still holding slightly spare airframes for you,, MAYBE,,
( however, that was a cute quip on your part,, more plaid indeed,, )
john e. holliday:
Maybe that is the way he spells it. Like the kid in school when the teacher asked him to spell cat. He spelled it kat. The said that was wrong, it should be cat. He stated, you asked me to spell kat and that is the way I spell it. LL~ LL~
Heman Lee:
--- Quote from: PJ Rowland on June 01, 2012, 09:23:15 PM ---HAHAH checkout Mark in the background ,trying to get some more Print time...
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OK Mark is innocent! That was the weigh-in line, so everyone was holding their model.
Leo Mehl:
--- Quote from: Howard Rush on May 28, 2012, 01:15:05 AM ---A passing fad. I remember a Salem contest a few years ago when more than half the guys had four strokes.
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. Howard. I think this will be more than just a fad. After flying my electric Nobler These are the things I was most impressed about the system. Mine runs a eflight 15 motor with a RSM controller and 3300 Thunder Power batteries and arming switch. !st flight on May 30, My birthday. Here is my observations about electric flight. Bear with me because I am new to this after running ic for so many years.
1. Don't have to trim motor run except with prop for speed and it runs same every time. It flew lape times of 4.9 every time
2. Excellent line tension and i my cace I can reverse rotation for touque. Seeing I fly clockwise I can now get a feel about flying.counter clockwise whic may or may not change some of the line tension problems I have with flying the other way.
3. Motor speed runs are constant and predictable and you don't have to trim for inverted flight.
4. Batteries recharge at a resonable period at the field..
5. They run quite which may help save flying fields-If we could just stop the building of new golf courses
6. Not much vibration and no oily mess. Can also use other paints so they are wife friendly.
All in All I like the whole idea of a plane thaty has a steady engine run, good line tension and not much noise. I also got to charge my batteries at the feild which was painless and I have an 18 amp motorcycle battery that doesnt weight a ton to take to the field. I just like this system a lot and next year I hope to be at the regionals wearing a three peice suit and hat and just bend over and hit the switch to fly my eclectric masterpeice. Who said you can't teach old guys new tricks?
john e. holliday:
I think Leo has almost convinced me to start getting serious about going electric. H^^
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