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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Warren Walker on August 20, 2017, 10:56:17 PM
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Aside from just being careful, what is your routine for loading and unloading your stunt ships from your
shop to the car and back.
W.W.
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I have a 4 x 8 sheet of O.S.B. in the bed of my pickup with cup hooks where the wheels are and rubber band one main and the tail wheel. I can load 8 full size models in the bed with a tonneau cover. I drove 1500 miles and only one rub mark on the Gypsy.
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I have a cheap, hi tog, duvet that I lay in the car and when I was taking more than one model I had another that laid on top and another model went on it. Worked brilliantly
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You can make a cover that slides over your wings out of thin cardboard, or better yet thin fan fold foam. Make a pocket slide it on from the wing tip. secure the two halves tape. Cover the wing rudder and stab.
Think this was Allen Brickhouse's idea to use cardboard, but fan fold works even better.
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Short of inventing a personal force field emitter device Ala Star Trek, your model will be dinged. The more models you transport to the field the higher the ding factor. People have backed cars over their models, closed car doors on wings, had pets trample them in the back seat, had them sucked out of the back seat of their convertible, had pens, screwdrivers and other implements of destruction fall out of pockets and trough wings, wacked them into doorways, tripped over their flying lines and tore something off, and all sorts of other abuse. The best bet is to #1. Take your time, no need to rush about, #2. Be aware of your surroundings, #3. Secure any loose items (That includes pets). Follow these three suggestions and you have the battle mostly won.
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Stunt Aeroplanes were invented to make people carefull when walking thru doorways . :-X
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Great care, and careful prayer! <=
Usually works...not always! LL~
Randy Cuberly
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Now I realize why I don't do so well flying Stunt.
It is well known in the Free Flight world that patched planes fly better (it's a scientific fact ) and I actually poke a hole and patch all my FF planes before they ever get test-glided.
In the Ukie world where attractive planes are a bonus I am at a severe disadvantage even with a patched plane.
Should I just try to bribe the judges into overlooking my ratty stuff?
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Peter Nevai has summed it up very well. A recent experience of mine would serve to remind one not to rush to get a model started after damaging two models trying to electric start flooded engines (motor torn off a profile model, the other cracked along the fuselage). Most of my model damage is not from flying mishaps but hanger rash and transport mishaps. Regards Gerald
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My planes used to rattle around the car during turns and stops. I now use the seat belt for my planes. (My passengers don't use them, so I found a good use for them)
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Thanks for all the advice, bottom line... BE CAREFULL!
Nothing I didn't know already, I was looking for the magic bullet.
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I use old towels as padding and packing material to keep the airplane from getting damaged if two of them are close. But also use tie downs with the model to a board using shock cords. The rig I used in my pickup for several years allowed me to put airplanes on the upper or lower deck. Anything that had some weight was tied down to make sure it would not roll over and crush something.
The PVC wing racks with the foam insulation keep the wings from bouncing around. Notice the stooge is trapped with wood to make sure it does not slide around
The wide PVC racks with foam were used to hold a fuselage after the wing had been removed
Fred
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Fred,
What's that cute red model in your back yard. Looks like it's set up for paint.
CB
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That is my Great Planes RV-4 on the paint stand, 56" span, 2.4 Ghz controls for throttle and flaps
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Fred,
WOW! Flaps an all!
U da man!!
CB
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I'm going to try this idea.
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Home Depot and Lowe's sells that materiel in 48" wide by 10' long rolls for pretty cheap. Enough for several wings. I just used clear packing tape on the perimeter to make the wing panel bag