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Offline Clancy Arnold

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E-Z Just handle for carrier, ebay # 200179889443
« on: December 05, 2007, 10:01:07 AM »
Would this work? 

I wonder if any of you ever tried this method.  An E-Z Just handle and a shower curtain ring!!
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Re: E-Z Just handle for carrier, ebay # 200179889443
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2007, 06:39:24 PM »
I saw this used at he 84 Nats in Reno. It was really a very poor way of handling the flight in my opinion. The older gent that was using this system was flying a Sterling  Corsair in class 1.Having his hands tied up he was having trouble getting his wife to realize that stamping his left leg was the  signal to release. I slightly remember that he did not have a complete flight and after hollering at his wife they left. However, I see no reason why the system could not work with enough practice.
Who knows, perhaps this item was the actual control system used in Reno.
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Re: E-Z Just handle for carrier, ebay # 200179889443
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2007, 07:44:18 PM »
Don't waste your time! The Brodak (Roberts) system is far supior in all respects.

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Re: E-Z Just handle for carrier, ebay # 200179889443
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2007, 10:37:50 PM »
In the 60's WAM rules (west coast) allowed the throttle cable to exit farther back in the fuselage. Most of the flyers used this type of 3 line system. When the third line was pulled it also pulled the rear of the plane in towards the center of the circle much like what happens with a line slider. I remember seeing 1/2 A carrier being flown this way with excellent results. There was no 60 degree rule and you could virtually hover the plane. Low speed times were excellent even though the throttles on the engines were pretty crude. It took some good coordination but was not that hard after some practice.

I wouldn't want to try it on a current plane with a good Nelson up front!!!!!
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Re: E-Z Just handle for carrier, ebay # 200179889443
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2007, 11:44:19 AM »
Quote from: Big country Joe on December 05, 2007, 06:39:24 PM
I saw this used at he 84 Nats in Reno. It was really a very poor way of handling the flight in my opinion. The older gent that was using this system was flying a Sterling  Corsair in class 1.Having his hands tied up he was having trouble getting his wife to realize that stamping his left leg was the  signal to release. I slightly remember that he did not have a complete flight and after hollering at his wife they left. However, I see no reason why the system could not work with enough practice.
Who knows, perhaps this item was the actual control system used in Reno.
Joe Just

Yeah - I remember that same gent from one of the Lincoln Nats - only instead of a shower curtain ring, he had two EZ-Justs.  I think he may have gotten a complete flight, but didn't get a landing. But I do remember that in the wind he was one busy man - his right arm was going up and down about 3 feet, and his left arm was fully extended, and going back and forth about 3 feet -
plus trying to raise his knee while over the fantail to signal the judges ...

Wish I'd had a digital camera w/ video capabilities back then.

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Re: E-Z Just handle for carrier, ebay # 200179889443
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2007, 01:24:08 PM »
Joe, Mike
This must be from the same man.  He says in the writeup on ebay that he waved his left leg to signal.    LL~  LL~  LL~

Must have looked like a one armed paper hanger with the hives.

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Re: E-Z Just handle for carrier, ebay # 200179889443
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2007, 02:07:00 PM »
Quote from: Clancy Arnold on December 06, 2007, 01:24:08 PM
Joe, Mike
This must be from the same man.  He says in the writeup on ebay that he waved his left leg to signal.    LL~  LL~  LL~

Must have looked like a one armed paper hanger with the hives.

Clancy

  ... "Busier than a one-legged man at a butt-kicking contest"

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Re: E-Z Just handle for carrier, ebay # 200179889443
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2007, 08:12:01 PM »
When I was young thats all I remember seeing , 2 e-z just handles. Wasn't that the norm?
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Re: E-Z Just handle for carrier, ebay # 200179889443
« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2007, 09:47:41 PM »
Quote from: Tom Luciano on December 07, 2007, 08:12:01 PM
When I was young thats all I remember seeing , 2 e-z just handles. Wasn't that the norm?

Depends on how old you are, I guess    :)   (J-Roberts units have been around since the '50's.)

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