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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: frank carlisle on May 26, 2006, 02:26:27 PM
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Jan and I just got finished bashing together a Brodak ARF Super Clown.
We did a near Sparky job and put it together in 2 1/2 hours.
**)Have we set a record?
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I've had my concerns about ARFS being a detriment to control line in the respect that they will eventually replace building your own model altogether. I still have that concern.
However I have found the perfect niche for ARFs. And that is using them to learn to fly.
Jan crashed his plane a couple days ago and for all intents and purposes would have been out of the box for several weeks (at least) if it were'nt for this BARF Clown. He has a Fancy Pants he did a nice job on building but he's way too timid flying it to expand his flight envelope. There is also a BARF Cardinal in his fleet but for some reason he hasn't really learned anything new with it.
The latest plane he doinked was a SkyLark with an OS 30. He was starting to get good with it. He was doing multiple inside loops and lazy eights as well as consecutive outside loops entered on the backside of the lazy eight. I think he was doing well with it because it was small and lite on the handle.
Also it was a plane that Big Art gave me and told me to do whatever I wanted with it. So I gave it to Jan. I guess there isn't anything like having a low time/money investment model to learn to fly with.
Anyway------Jan had the BARF Super Clown and he brought it over today and we bashed the heck out of it and tomorrow he gets to come out and fly. He ordered plans from Brodak for a 59 Ares so this ARF bisiness isn't going to keep him from building.
It's all good, guys.
Tuesday I have an appointment with Charlie Campbell (retread) who learned to fly a long time ago with Jerry Phelps. Like Jerry , Charlie flies backwards so to get him started I'm going to help him bash together an ARF Nobler. Only thing will be different is we're going to put the wing in upside down so he can fly it backwards. **)
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Frank,
The're a great idea for teaching people to fly.
Where is that LA Heat, and when are you gonna finish it?
Chris...
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Chris,
The LA Heat is sitting in a safe corner waiting for me to get back to it. There are so many things that divert the attention
That darn stars and stripes paint job I put on my latest Legacy took way too much time. It's finally ready to go to the spray room for clear and then I'll have my building table free to work on the Heat.
One of the guys resurrected a Shark 45 and turned it into a 75 ounce sled. I got fly it once ( that was enough!) it's a terrible plane. However it did give me an idea of what the LA Heat was going to feel like.
Thanks for reminding me to get back to the Heat........
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Mike Ostella's latest effort. A Brodak ARC Smoothie...
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Mike's stuff is always top drawer. That is a great looking model.
Chris...
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f~"Only thing will be different is we're going to put the wing in upside down so he can fly it backwards."
Take a look at the rudder, too, big guy... **) Steve
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Hey Steve,
Upon consideration Charlie and I determined that while it would be worth the effort to turn things around on the Nobler to fly it backwards we had too tight a time schedule to do it now.
Charlie has a plane that he got from Jerry Phelps that is already set up for counter clockwise flights and we're getting that set up.