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Offline Wynn Robins

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you have a competition in 5 days and nothing to fly.....
« on: October 27, 2011, 02:05:24 PM »
add in to the mix that you are not living at home but boarding with friends in a different city....what do you do?

our first contest is tomorrow - I have not been able to build anything new for this year due to changing work and what not - and having to board with friends until my family move down ..

  looking around the workshop on sunday before I left for the week  I see my old broken legacy and parts off a vector 40 that a friend crashed and was going to throw out - so the mind started working and I "Fused" the two together...

Had some old covering lying around too (form when I used to cover with film)  - but not enough to do the whole plane as it turns out......so a pop next door to my new work to the sign writers and grab some graphics vinyl offcuts - (grey and white on the fuse)

this is what I ended up with....its rough - but at least I have something to fly ............

will try to get some test flights in tonight or early tomorrow to work out if its a goer - may just end up spectating.......
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Offline Peter Nevai

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Re: you have a competition in 5 days and nothing to fly.....
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2011, 02:15:21 PM »
1. You sir are an insult to those of us who trully have nothing to fly.  LL~ HB~>
2. And what is that other blue and white wing I see lurking in the background? Another Nothing to fly perhaps?  ;D
3 My garage floor looked that clean once.
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Offline Wynn Robins

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Re: you have a competition in 5 days and nothing to fly.....
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2011, 02:17:44 PM »
thats a T-Rex in the background that I am delivering to a fellow flier.... I sold it to him a while ago so am not able to fly it ..........
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Offline Paul Taylor

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Re: you have a competition in 5 days and nothing to fly.....
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2011, 02:22:41 PM »
Wynn that looks great my friend!
what do you call it?
Let us know how it flys.
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Offline Zuriel Armstrong

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Re: you have a competition in 5 days and nothing to fly.....
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2011, 02:40:12 PM »
Le Vector ;D
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Offline John Miller

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Re: you have a competition in 5 days and nothing to fly.....
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2011, 02:50:11 PM »
V'ectasy y1
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Re: you have a competition in 5 days and nothing to fly.....
« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2011, 08:47:58 AM »
That looks great for a throw together plane.   Will want pics of the garage after you get moved in and back to building. LL~ LL~
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Offline David M Johnson

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Re: you have a competition in 5 days and nothing to fly.....
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2011, 09:13:31 AM »
You remind me of the girl who states "Why I have nothing to wear!" Your killing me. LOL
Good luck in the contest when you get done can I have you "finish" some of the Frankensteins I have in my garage?
David Johnson
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Re: you have a competition in 5 days and nothing to fly.....
« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2011, 11:39:14 AM »
If that is your idea of a throw together parts plane, I sure would like to see your regular build stuff. Very nice looking plane, and I like the trim scheme. You can fly it with abandon and put in a barn burner, cause it's only a throw together right! y1 #^
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Re: you have a competition in 5 days and nothing to fly.....
« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2011, 11:49:54 AM »
Good luck at contest, and plane looks good.  #^
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Re: you have a competition in 5 days and nothing to fly.....
« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2011, 11:51:51 AM »
I wish the planes that I take two years to build looked that good !!!!   Good luck with it !!!

Dalton H.
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Re: you have a competition in 5 days and nothing to fly.....
« Reply #11 on: October 29, 2011, 11:35:50 AM »
iF i EVER HAD A PLANE LIKE THAT TO JUST FLY ONCE iT WOULD BE A MIRICLE.
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Offline Wynn Robins

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Re: you have a competition in 5 days and nothing to fly.....
« Reply #12 on: October 29, 2011, 02:47:02 PM »
thanks all - good news is - I got 1st and 5th with it....

1st in Sportsman - 5th in F2B......

had a lot of trim issues - but managed to get it to fly "OK"
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Re: you have a competition in 5 days and nothing to fly.....
« Reply #13 on: October 29, 2011, 04:16:33 PM »
Congratz Wynn!!!!
So what did you call it?
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Re: you have a competition in 5 days and nothing to fly.....
« Reply #14 on: October 29, 2011, 08:55:41 PM »
Quote from: David M Johnson on October 28, 2011, 09:13:31 AM
You remind me of the girl who states "Why I have nothing to wear!" Your killing me. LOL
Good luck in the contest when you get done can I have you "finish" some of the Frankensteins I have in my garage?
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