Author Topic: Hello from Kentucky (Read 3733 times)

Tim Garland · « **on:** September 25, 2007, 01:05:28 PM »

Hello everyone,

New to the forms here as well as control line flying. I’m very lucky to be a member of the same club as Allen Brickhaus and Charlie Reeves, both of which have gone out of their way to help me. I was also fortunate to have contacted Randy Smith at Aeroproducts who has been very helpful and willing to listen to and answer several dumb questions I have had.

Here are some pic’s my first day flying. In one picture Jim Nohsey is the one flying, Kenny Coleson is still dizzy

, and I am trying to keep my pants up while chasing Jim. Thanks also to Jim who was willing to put his plane at risk several times.

Tim

Bill Little · « **Reply #1 on:** September 25, 2007, 01:15:44 PM »

Welcome, Tim!

Ask all the questions you need to. And NEVER think that they might be DUMB questions. We all had to learn in the beginning!

Many of the guys here will "bust you chops" a touch, but those are usually the ones who will help the most. Just think of it as sort of an initiation!

Allen Brickhaus · « **Reply #2 on:** September 25, 2007, 02:05:19 PM »

Tim is with a bunch of very talented R/C modelers and yes, we get along with the radio guys here in western Kentucky. Wish it were this good in other places.

Allen Brickhaus

Paul Taylor · « **Reply #3 on:** September 25, 2007, 02:50:44 PM »

Tim,
You guys are lucky to have Allen and Charlie close at hand.

Welcome to the Hanger!!!

Paul

Bill Little · « **Reply #4 on:** September 25, 2007, 03:07:30 PM »

Quote from: rootbeard on September 25, 2007, 02:50:44 PM

Tim,
You guys are lucky to have Allen and Charlie close at hand.

Welcome to the Hanger!!!

Paul

Well, Paul, I agree with having Sir Charles of Reeves close by as being a benefit........... but Brickhaus?

?

Love ya, Allen!

Tim Garland · « **Reply #5 on:** September 25, 2007, 07:04:23 PM »

Thanks for the welcome everyone. I do hope Allen and Charlie can put up with me while I’m learning.

We are going to have at least six, if not eight people in our area building new planes or repairing old ones. So everybody better get ready, as you can tell by the photos we’ll be on the contest trail in a week …two tops.

Tim

Jim Oliver · « **Reply #6 on:** September 25, 2007, 07:22:08 PM »

Hi Tim,

Welcome aboard.

Ask Allen and/or Charles to bring you guys to the Central Alabama Stunt Squadron contest at Clanton, Al on the first weekend in Nov. You will enjoy!!

Cheers,
Jim

Keith Spriggs · « **Reply #7 on:** September 26, 2007, 06:47:12 AM »

Please go over that again. In the picture of all three from left to right tell me which is Larry, Curly and Moe.

Just kidding. Welcome to a great sport/hobby with great people and you happen to be on the greatest forum. I solved the "keeping the pants up" thing by wearing bib overalls and yes I do look like I just fell of the old mule. A side benefit is that it somewhat camouflages my big belly.

john e. holliday · « **Reply #8 on:** September 26, 2007, 12:02:38 PM »

Welcome Tim and co-horts, Allen and Charles two of the greastest in this hobby/sport. My cure to keeping pants up was suspenders. Somewhere in time my hip bones disappeared and belts started giving me problems. Hope to meet all you guys down the road. Also what ever either one of them tell you about me is probably true. Have fun, DOC Holliday

Jim Treace · « **Reply #9 on:** September 26, 2007, 03:51:48 PM »

Tim:
Welcome aboard! I too, just got back into c/l last year. This forum has been a saver for me.
I do my flying on my NW Tenn. farm, maybe not too far from you. My field is about 20 minutes from Murray, KY. Kind of in between Paris, TN and Murray. Maybe some time we can meet and get together and crash planes! At least that is what I do, mostly.
Jim

Jim Nohsey · « **Reply #10 on:** September 26, 2007, 04:27:24 PM »

Hey Tim
I glad that we got to fly this last weekend, Have been working on another plane for this weekend. Trying to get Doug interested in it, he said he would have tried it if he had been feeling better.

Jim N.

Tim Garland · « **Reply #11 on:** September 26, 2007, 04:42:56 PM »

Jim

Just sent you a e-mail. Not sure what time I'll be at Frank's but will get there asap. Hope we get Doug flying Sunday.

Tim

Tim Garland · « **Reply #12 on:** September 26, 2007, 04:50:17 PM »

Quote from: Jim Treace on September 26, 2007, 03:51:48 PM

Tim:
Welcome aboard! I too, just got back into c/l last year. This forum has been a saver for me.
I do my flying on my NW Tenn. farm, maybe not too far from you. My field is about 20 minutes from Murray, KY. Kind of in between Paris, TN and Murray. Maybe some time we can meet and get together and crash planes! At least that is what I do, mostly.
Jim

Hey Jim,

We will be flying R/C and control line in Puryer, TN Sunday at Frank Thill's farm. I live in Mayfield, KY and fly behind my house and also by the Mayfield airport. Their are several people around Puryer flying r/c, and hopefully will be flying control line soon.

Tim Garland · « **Reply #13 on:** September 26, 2007, 04:58:33 PM »

Quote from: john e. holliday on September 26, 2007, 12:02:38 PM

Welcome Tim and co-horts, Allen and Charles two of the greastest in this hobby/sport. My cure to keeping pants up was suspenders. Somewhere in time my hip bones disappeared and belts started giving me problems. Hope to meet all you guys down the road. Also what ever either one of them tell you about me is probably true. Have fun, DOC Holliday

Not sure what happened. Turned 40 and my butt disappeared for awhile then reappeared above my belt and on the wrong side of my body. I do realize several jokes could be made here

Tim

James Mills · « **Reply #14 on:** September 26, 2007, 09:40:11 PM »

Quote from: Tim Garland on September 25, 2007, 07:04:23 PM

Thanks for the welcome everyone. I do hope Allen and Charlie can put up with me while I’m learning. We are going to have at least six, if not eight people in our area building new planes or repairing old ones. So everybody better get ready, as you can tell by the photos we’ll be on the contest trail in a week …two tops.

Tim

Tim,

Don't worry about Allen, some of us have put him through the ringer for years (I think he usually tells me [and my brother in law] a minimum of 5 to 10 times, sometimes going into years, before we hit our head on the wall enough for our ears to pop out). Love ya Allen, you're a patient guy.

James

George · « **Reply #15 on:** September 27, 2007, 07:36:22 AM »

Quote from: Tim Garland on September 26, 2007, 04:58:33 PM

...I do realize several jokes could be made here

Tim

Not by many of us!

George

Tim Garland · « **Reply #16 on:** October 01, 2007, 08:49:22 PM »

I would like to thank Allen for all the help Friday. We were able to get several flights on the new Pathfinder.

Tim

Crist Rigotti · « **Reply #17 on:** October 01, 2007, 09:15:28 PM »

Consider yourself very lucky to have Allen helping you at your field.

Allen Brickhaus · « **Reply #18 on:** October 02, 2007, 06:12:54 AM »

Tim did not tell you that he "soloed" on that flight in Paducah. He handled it very well. We replaced a metal tank with a better plastic tank and the OS Max 46 la needled very well.

Allen Brickhaus

Frank Thill · « **Reply #19 on:** October 04, 2007, 07:19:54 PM »

Hello to everyone out there!

Tim Garland and Jim Nohsey have got me hooked on the C/L planes.

Jim was nice enough to let me try out his plane up at Tim's house the other week, and it just brought back too many memories of being a kid with the .049 Cox engines and "LiL Satin" planes. So.........I managed to purchase a 20 year old Shoestring with an OS Maxx 35 open exhaust engine on it. Tim helped me out the other evening setting it up and getting it running and I soloed it!

Now I can't wait to actually learn what I'm supposed to be doing..

Looking forward to meeting Allen this weekend up at Paducah. Hopefully he can put up with us RC'ers.

Tim and I are fixin' to be disowned by some fellow transmitter jockies I think.

Frank Thill · « **Reply #20 on:** October 04, 2007, 07:22:50 PM »

Quote from: Jim Treace on September 26, 2007, 03:51:48 PM

Tim:
Welcome aboard! I too, just got back into c/l last year. This forum has been a saver for me.
I do my flying on my NW Tenn. farm, maybe not too far from you. My field is about 20 minutes from Murray, KY. Kind of in between Paris, TN and Murray. Maybe some time we can meet and get together and crash planes! At least that is what I do, mostly.
Jim

Jim,

It sounds like you are in my back yard. I live just outside Puryear Tn. on 140 west.......

Jim Treace · « **Reply #21 on:** October 05, 2007, 03:10:47 PM »

Frank:
I am very, very close to you. However, I actually live in FL (Jacksonville), but do my building and flying at the farm in Buchanan, Tenn. I will be up there end of this month. I'll drop you a note. Maybe we can do some circles. I finally have my flying field in seed and it should be usable in a few weeks.
Jim

Frank Thill · « **Reply #22 on:** October 05, 2007, 05:57:45 PM »

Hey Jim,

That makes us neighbors!

You didn't happen to go to a Murray RC club meeting last year sometime did you? I recall someone visited that lived in Florida as well. Send me a personal message and we'll swap email addy's and telephone numbers. That way we'll be sure to track each other down.

Leo Mehl · « **Reply #23 on:** October 05, 2007, 10:03:29 PM »

Quote from: Tim Garland on September 26, 2007, 04:58:33 PM

Not sure what happened. Turned 40 and my butt disappeared for awhile then reappeared above my belt and on the wrong side of my body. I do realize several jokes could be made here

Tim

Glad to here that I am not the only one that is now misshaped and getting older. I call It my retirement platform. Well maybe that is too political. At least you have some great guys to get help from. They weren't around when I was starting, I was just learning how to make dirt.

Tim Garland · « **Reply #24 on:** October 06, 2007, 05:47:28 AM »

Going to fly in Paducah, KY today. Hopefully we will have several there flying control line, will try to post pictures.

Tim

Jim Nohsey · « **Reply #25 on:** October 08, 2007, 07:53:14 AM »

Here are a couple of pic's from Sunday flyin at Paducah,

This was Doug's first solo.

john e. holliday · « **Reply #26 on:** October 08, 2007, 09:48:24 AM »

Looking good, it is great when you can get out and fly with someone. My usual guy has been busy and I have not had much time since going back on crossing duty. Have fun, DOC Holliday

Tim Garland · « **Reply #27 on:** October 08, 2007, 07:24:47 PM »

Here are a few more pictures from the Paducah fly-in. I had a good time and was able to learn a lot over the two days.

Allen, I was able to get 4 flights in this afternoon using the stooge. I have started 8's, inside, and outside loops, and wing overs. I need a backup plane bad.

Tim

Tim Garland · « **Reply #28 on:** October 08, 2007, 07:32:14 PM »

Hey Frank,

Glad to here everything went well. I also made a few inverted laps today, get those sunglasses on and start turning circles.

Tim

Frank Thill · « **Reply #29 on:** October 08, 2007, 08:34:04 PM »

I didn't have enough time to get the control line plane out this evening, but I did get in a couple flights on the...............uh....couph, couph......RC Twist.

I feel like such a traitor.

Frank

Tim Garland · « **Reply #30 on:** October 08, 2007, 08:41:23 PM »

Quote from: Jim Nohsey on October 08, 2007, 07:53:14 AM

Here are a couple of pic's from Sunday flyin at Paducah,

This was Doug's first solo.

And he was looping it on the second flight.

Jim Nohsey · « **Reply #31 on:** October 14, 2007, 05:47:47 PM »

Well the Sig Twister that I been using the last few weeks went in today. Any idea for a new plane?

jim

Tim Garland · « **Reply #32 on:** October 14, 2007, 06:27:50 PM »

Hate to here that, what happened..... Frank is probably cleaning the grass of the rudder on his plane about now

. He started doing figure 8's.... well maybe not when he started, but got there after a few flights. Allen was able to make it out today as well, amazing to watch him fly

Tim

Frank Thill · « **Reply #33 on:** October 15, 2007, 05:02:02 AM »

Cleaning green off the rudder and a different color out of my drawers!

That was just a bit too close for comfort....Ah well, nothing ventured, nothing gained.... I think I'm starting to sound like RR.

Had a great time today, and as always, learned a few things along the way.