Author Topic: ***Scott Richlen WINS !!! (Read 3008 times)

RandySmith · « **on:** October 15, 2009, 10:16:53 AM »

The NEW SPITFIRE kit in the october Prize Giveaway!

Send us you ship to address Scott

Tom Niebuhr · « **Reply #1 on:** October 15, 2009, 05:34:06 PM »

Congrats Scott

Bryan Higgins · « **Reply #2 on:** October 15, 2009, 06:55:47 PM »

WOW, Scott
WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER

CONGRATULATIONS[/color]

Matt Colan · « **Reply #3 on:** October 15, 2009, 07:05:29 PM »

Congrats Scott!!!!!!! Very nice plane you got!

Scott Richlen · « **Reply #4 on:** October 15, 2009, 08:36:51 PM »

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I'm so excited I am moved to poetry:

Few things in life can so inspire,
than the winning of a new Brodak Spitfire!
Little did I think when I ventured onto Sparky's site,
I could come away with such a superb kite (yeah, I know - its a stretch but it rhymes)
So watch out Walker and Uurtnowski and Fancher,
I now have a plane that's better then my Silver Lancer! (I can't believe you're still reading this!)
And Danny Banjock, get ready to duck,
When I pull the string on this plane's tail, I'll get really good luck! (Inside joke)
So, get out the glue and the 60 coarse grit,
Cause when I get this one done, you're all gonna ...
be moved to tears. (Gothcha, didn't I?)

Leester · « **Reply #5 on:** October 16, 2009, 03:05:05 AM »

Don't quit your day job

Congratulations

Scott Richlen · « **Reply #6 on:** October 16, 2009, 07:49:19 AM »

Thanks for the advise! I'm already in trouble with my wife

cause I kept repeating "Winner winner chicken dinner" after I heard the news.

john e. holliday · « **Reply #7 on:** October 16, 2009, 09:21:55 AM »

I agree with Leester, don't quit your day job, unless you are like I was. I worked midnight shift most of my telephone career. How soon do we see the building photos. DOC Holliday

PS:Forgot, congradulations. jeh

jim gilmore · « **Reply #8 on:** October 17, 2009, 02:39:19 AM »

Wow you gave away a spitfire cool.
Good luck with the kit, lets see your build...

Scott Richlen · « **Reply #9 on:** October 23, 2009, 07:23:42 AM »

The kit was on my front porch yesterday when I got home from work. It looks great. Thanks Randy!

So, I'm looking at the plans thinking "should I add dihedral to bring the leadouts into alignment with the vertical CG?" Shouldn't be a problem and easy enough to do. I did that to my profile P-51 and it looks great and has no affect on the flying.

Scott

Joe Gilbert · « **Reply #10 on:** October 23, 2009, 04:12:42 PM »

Scott looked at Mike Donvans last weekend and it has Dihedril and looked very good. Very nice model.

Dennis Adamisin · « **Reply #11 on:** October 23, 2009, 04:28:39 PM »

Mine flies fine with the flat wing, but dihedral would imprve the look and the vert CG. I'd say try 1/2" to 3/4" per side - too much and it might look silly...

Mark Scarborough · « **Reply #12 on:** October 23, 2009, 04:48:18 PM »

Is this the new brodak spitfire that Pat Johnston designed? if so I am sure it is intended to have dihedral,

Dennis Adamisin · « **Reply #13 on:** October 23, 2009, 06:21:38 PM »

If it is the Walter Umland (Sterling, like mine) Spit then it has a flat wing and would great with a little dihedral added. If it is the Brodak (Pat Johnston) then I think the dihedral is built in.

Either way, Spitfires RULE!

Scott Richlen · « **Reply #14 on:** October 23, 2009, 08:28:05 PM »

It's the Pat Johnston Spitfire kitted by Brodak. Laser cut and very nice.

I'll have to look at the plans more closely. I hadn't noticed any dihedral, but maybe missed it.

I have a hard time leaving a design alone and never met a kit that I didn't bash in some way. If it already is designed with dihedral, what can I modify to make it better?

Scott

Matt Colan · « **Reply #15 on:** October 24, 2009, 06:58:58 AM »

Woh, Dennis, is that a muffler and fuel line I see coming out of that Seafire

Richard Grogan · « **Reply #16 on:** October 24, 2009, 07:24:18 AM »

Quote from: Matt Colan on October 24, 2009, 06:58:58 AM

Woh, Dennis, is that a muffler and fuel line I see coming out of that Seafire

Liquid cooled battery box...

Scott Richlen · « **Reply #17 on:** October 24, 2009, 08:54:04 AM »

So Matt, if electrics "take off" are you trying to tell us there might be a major market for simulated mufflers and fuel filler tubes and stuff?

By the way, that was some pretty good flying you did in the wind at Brodaks. Dick and I were judging and thought you did great.

When I get to judge in bad air conditions like that, I actually enjoy the experience. And what I mean by that is that when you judge, you just don't simply "look" - you really have to pay attention to how the plane is being flown. I know that statement is obvious, but in tracking and judging the flight maneuvers you get the anticipation (along with the pilot!) of wondering what will happen next due to the chaotic wind conditions, the excitement of the plane sometimes being in jeopardy, and the admiration when some really good piloting pulls the plane through. Judging can be a really intense thing at times, and if you like to watch pattern flying, it is sorta that on steroids. And your flight was very well flown under really awful wind conditions.

By the way, there was a Canadian flying in the wind that did really well. Don't recall his name but he was flying what he called a modified Impact. Would like to get the plans for that one because it really flew well in that wind.

Scott

Matt Colan · « **Reply #18 on:** October 24, 2009, 10:46:18 AM »

Quote from: Scott Richlen on October 24, 2009, 08:54:04 AM

So Matt, if electrics "take off" are you trying to tell us there might be a major market for simulated mufflers and fuel filler tubes and stuff?

By the way, that was some pretty good flying you did in the wind at Brodaks. Dick and I were judging and thought you did great.

When I get to judge in bad air conditions like that, I actually enjoy the experience. And what I mean by that is that when you judge, you just don't simply "look" - you really have to pay attention to how the plane is being flown. I know that statement is obvious, but in tracking and judging the flight maneuvers you get the anticipation (along with the pilot!) of wondering what will happen next due to the chaotic wind conditions, the excitement of the plane sometimes being in jeopardy, and the admiration when some really good piloting pulls the plane through. Judging can be a really intense thing at times, and if you like to watch pattern flying, it is sorta that on steroids. And your flight was very well flown under really awful wind conditions.

By the way, there was a Canadian flying in the wind that did really well. Don't recall his name but he was flying what he called a modified Impact. Would like to get the plans for that one because it really flew well in that wind.

Scott

Thanks Scott!!! Looking back, I must have been nuts to fly in that wind, and watching my flight on Windy's video, but i got through it. And also Windy was blown out of his vertical 8, made it all the more exciting. Whenever I watch somebody fly in the wind, I find it exciting but also scary if the plane goes in. My triangle went like this in terms of handle inputs:

1st corner: bang
2nd corner: bang
3rd corner: hang on it, and pray!!!

See you at Brodak with hopefully less wind

Dennis Adamisin · « **Reply #19 on:** October 25, 2009, 07:32:51 PM »

Quote from: Matt Colan on October 24, 2009, 06:58:58 AM

Woh, Dennis, is that a muffler and fuel line I see coming out of that Seafire

Yup. Turned out that was my last IC powered bird, and was last flown at Brodak 2008. Dad has a Umland kit, I'm thinking of sneaking it away and using an UNSPEAKABLE power system in it.

Changes it from a Spitfire to a Spitozone

john e. holliday · « **Reply #20 on:** October 26, 2009, 01:11:28 PM »

If you could get those electric power plants to hum like the big industrial ones I used to around, we could call them hummers. What does Bir Art think of the super quiet motors? DOC Holliday

Bill Little · « **Reply #21 on:** October 26, 2009, 06:59:20 PM »

Congratulations, Scott!

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