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Steve Mosher Club Member Offline LastOn: Yesterday Join: Mar 24^th, 2010 Posts: 464 Reputation: 0 Gender: Awards: 4	New Projects???? Jan 31^st, 2015 at 4:45pm Any new projects on the building table? I have nothing on the go. I didn't fly enough last summer to crash a bunch of stuff - I plan to rectify that this year to clear out some room in my building area.
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Reply #4 - Feb 4^th, 2015 at 8:31am

Fingers wrote on Jan 31^st, 2015 at 5:08pm:

At my usual building pace, all my new projects are really 2013 projects, and I refuse to give the vultures the opportunity to torture me..... Angry

What does that Hurricane Kit count as Sandy? Roll Eyes

Edit: My apologies Sandy I got that confused with the Hurricane ARF which is in fact flying or did fly...

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Reply #6 - Feb 4^th, 2015 at 7:46pm

Ben Lann wrote on Feb 4^th, 2015 at 8:31am:

Fingers wrote on Jan 31^st, 2015 at 5:08pm:

At my usual building pace, all my new projects are really 2013 projects, and I refuse to give the vultures the opportunity to torture me..... Angry

What does that Hurricane Kit count as Sandy? Roll Eyes

Edit: My apologies Sandy I got that confused with the Hurricane ARF which is in fact flying or did fly...

Apology accepted Ben Angry

.... actually the ESM hurricane which scared so many at Margaree did fly some more. Then, as happened so often, while a Spitfire pilot was in the cockpit being checked out, the airfield was bounced. Heroically Raa Raa

the pilot tried to take off and engage the attackers, but the landing gear hit a bomb crater and flipped the craft. Damage is relatively minor

( compared with what I would have achieved ) Undecided

. Appropriate cabinet makers, clothiers and painters have been alerted and repairs are forthcoming Smiley

or at my speed they may be fifthcoming or even sixthcoming....

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Reply #7 - Feb 4^th, 2015 at 10:06pm

I'm picking away at a 60 Ultra Sport to replace the one that surprised all present by rolling quickly to the left at 3 meters AGL. The resulting crash was spectacular.

Anyway; the replacement will start out as an Ultra Sport but I'm going modify it a bit...replace strip ailerons with slotted flaps and outboard ailerons, Lado electric retracts, fibre glass covering, and some sort of WW II camo....possibly Luftwaffe.

I'm crossing my fingers that the OS 61 from the crash victim will be up for duty in the new version.

Yes; it will have guns.

It will be heavy, something like 10 pounds, but it may look nice in the air.

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Mike P. Warbirds just look cool!

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Reply #8 - Feb 5^th, 2015 at 8:49am

But is the pilot ok? Grin

Fingers wrote on Feb 4^th, 2015 at 7:46pm:

Ben Lann wrote on Feb 4^th, 2015 at 8:31am:

Fingers wrote on Jan 31^st, 2015 at 5:08pm:

At my usual building pace, all my new projects are really 2013 projects, and I refuse to give the vultures the opportunity to torture me..... Angry

What does that Hurricane Kit count as Sandy? Roll Eyes

Edit: My apologies Sandy I got that confused with the Hurricane ARF which is in fact flying or did fly...

Apology accepted Ben Angry

.... actually the ESM hurricane which scared so many at Margaree did fly some more. Then, as happened so often, while a Spitfire pilot was in the cockpit being checked out, the airfield was bounced. Heroically Raa Raa

the pilot tried to take off and engage the attackers, but the landing gear hit a bomb crater and flipped the craft. Damage is relatively minor

( compared with what I would have achieved ) Undecided

. Appropriate cabinet makers, clothiers and painters have been alerted and repairs are forthcoming Smiley

or at my speed they may be fifthcoming or even sixthcoming....

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Reply #9 - Feb 5^th, 2015 at 1:04pm

MkIX wrote on Feb 4^th, 2015 at 10:06pm:

I'm picking away at a 60 Ultra Sport to replace the one that surprised all present by rolling quickly to the left at 3 meters AGL. The resulting crash was spectacular.

Anyway; the replacement will start out as an Ultra Sport but I'm going modify it a bit...replace strip ailerons with slotted flaps and outboard ailerons, Lado electric retracts, fibre glass covering, and some sort of WW II camo....possibly Luftwaffe.

I'm crossing my fingers that the OS 61 from the crash victim will be up for duty in the new version.

Yes; it will have guns.

It will be heavy, something like 10 pounds, but it may look nice in the air.

mike, we do have some experience with heavy planes....there was that Kougar Roll Eyes

ooooh my!

Your present exercise will fly, of course. Luftwaffe eh?? Huh

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Reply #11 - Feb 5^th, 2015 at 9:03pm

Smiley emoticon goes here. Yes; I do remember that Kougar; it was a really nice looking plane. The only one I ever painted with epoxy paint. That's probably a good thing.

Luftwaffe paint scheme; yup. It would be fun. Do you remember my Mikersmitt (you helped me cut the foam wing cores)? It had a cool Luftwaffe paint scheme. I may try to do something like I did with that one.

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Mike P. Warbirds just look cool!

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Reply #12 - Feb 8^th, 2015 at 8:25pm

MkIX wrote on Feb 5^th, 2015 at 9:03pm:

Smiley emoticon goes here. Yes; I do remember that Kougar; it was a really nice looking plane. The only one I ever painted with epoxy paint. That's probably a good thing.

Luftwaffe paint scheme; yup. It would be fun. Do you remember my Mikersmitt (you helped me cut the foam wing cores)? It had a cool Luftwaffe paint scheme. I may try to do something like I did with that one.

way nice......always good to have targets.. Roll Eyes

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whitey Club Member Night Vapour Long Duration Champion - Moncton 2013 Fun Fly Offline I Like My Vapour LastOn: Yesterday Join: Mar 10^th, 2011 Posts: 422 Reputation: 1 Bedford, Nova Scotia Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 3 Mood:	Re: New Projects???? Reply #13 - Feb 10^th, 2015 at 3:02pm Well, I am eyes, and ears into setting up my FPV system. Got a set of Dominator version 2's and am setting up my Radian Pro with a pan and tilt head tracking system....awesome. Also added FPV to my DJI Phantom quad, so I can keep an eye on the flying around the field, from up there
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