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Title: The Spider has hatched
Post by: Dwayne on July 09, 2016, 03:04:51 PM
Fresh off the work bench,at 23 oz. the Fuji 21SS should haul it quite nicely.  y1 I even added the ping pong balls  LL~
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Post by: James Holford on July 09, 2016, 08:19:26 PM
Ok Dwayne I have to ask.. what's the Ping Pong balls for?
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Post by: Gerald Arana on July 09, 2016, 08:36:05 PM
Ok Dwayne I have to ask.. what's the Ping Pong balls for?

Yes, inquiring minds want to know! y1

Jerry
Title: Re: The Spider has hatched
Post by: Dwayne on July 09, 2016, 09:30:32 PM
When I was a kid back in the 70's I used to go to the library to read the new MAN when it came in, there was a plans article on this plane and in one pic one of them has ping pong balls in the wing, that always stuck with me but over time I forgot the name of the plane, about a month ago I asked here and low and behold someone remembered the name, a quick check on Barry Baxter's plans site and here she is, one of the first planes I ever read about and now I get to fly it.  y1 #^ ~>
Title: Re: The Spider has hatched
Post by: Glenn (Gravitywell) Reach on July 10, 2016, 02:46:21 PM
That's just flat out cool! H^^
Title: Re: The Spider has hatched
Post by: john e. holliday on July 10, 2016, 04:19:39 PM
You still didn't say why ping pong balls.  Looking at pics of the article, they are not ping pong balls, but are smiley face stick on's.  My opinion.   I have the plans in the shop and it son't show ping pong balls.    H^^
Title: Re: The Spider has hatched
Post by: Dwayne on July 10, 2016, 05:53:17 PM
You still didn't say why ping pong balls.  Looking at pics of the article, they are not ping pong balls, but are smiley face stick on's.  My opinion.   I have the plans in the shop and it son't show ping pong balls.    H^^

In the article (sent  by Barry as well) under one of the pics the author ask's  "why the ping pongs" The only thing I can think of is tip weight, but who knows what goes through the mind of a combat flyer.  LL~

Title: Re: The Spider has hatched
Post by: Gary Mondry on July 10, 2016, 06:14:21 PM
Nah.  Mike Tallman could be a whimsical guy.  The ping pong balls did exactly what he intended them to do ... make people wonder what they were there for!
Title: Re: The Spider has hatched
Post by: John Jordan on July 11, 2016, 02:21:05 AM

   spider eggs think about it   

Title: Re: The Spider has hatched
Post by: Dwayne on July 11, 2016, 05:12:23 AM
   spider eggs think about it   



I'm going with this one.  <= n~