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Title: 1/2a Day at Bennett Airfield. Video!
Post by: Dane Martin on July 26, 2020, 07:53:51 PM
A quick 4 min video I pieced together from today. The last clip is our newest pilot Jim. He can take off from a hand launch and everything now.



https://youtu.be/GszlCjGU3Hw
Title: Re: 1/2a Day at Bennett Airfield. Video!
Post by: gene poremba on July 27, 2020, 04:04:42 AM

 Nice video Dane. Its amazing how much fun you can have with those 1/2a planes. Great to see someone new getting involved.....Gene
Title: Re: 1/2a Day at Bennett Airfield. Video!
Post by: john e. holliday on July 27, 2020, 09:32:13 AM
1/2A's are a lot of fun.  I wish I had video of the day I took my daughter and the kids to the school ground to fly my fleet of 1/2A Skyrays.   My son and his friends came up.   By the time it got too dark to fly I had one flyable Skyray left out of 6.  Lost count how many flights were put in.  I know I sat back and watched the fun. D>K
Title: Re: 1/2a Day at Bennett Airfield. Video!
Post by: Dane Martin on July 27, 2020, 09:45:34 AM
Thanks guys. Holden was running his own fuel, but the rest of us ran Joeys fuel. We ran him out just flying Cox .049's!
Title: Re: 1/2a Day at Bennett Airfield. Video!
Post by: Bootlegger on August 03, 2020, 06:26:24 PM

 Got a couple of questions, what size lines and what length are they, also what props.. thanks   H^^ y1 :!
Title: Re: 1/2a Day at Bennett Airfield. Video!
Post by: Dane Martin on August 03, 2020, 06:44:47 PM
Our go to reedie set up is 35' power pro spectra lines,  20lb test line. It's .008 diameter, so you don't change anything there.
Our favorite prop is a 5.5x3, CW (backwards).

Fuel is high castor,  20-30 percent nitro. Joey makes the fuel, so I don't remember exactly what the last batch is.

Here's a link to the line,  but there's other brands, and there's the hi vis yellow somewhere
https://www.walmart.com/ip/PowerPro-Braided-Fishing-Line-20Lb-X-150Yd-Green-21100200150E/10340033
Title: Re: 1/2a Day at Bennett Airfield. Video!
Post by: wwwarbird on August 04, 2020, 08:56:05 PM

 One thing about 1/2A flying, it always leaves you smiling.  ;D