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05-02-2007, 09:56 PM
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| I Fly In Circles......   Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wentzville, MO Age: 32
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 |  An idea on a windy day.....
Last Saturday I was flying with some good friends and there was a bit of wind. A steady 10mph was blowing for the first 3 hours. Not bad at all. Well after three hours or so every once in a while we would get a wind gust that would blow pretty good. Not frequent enough to pack up, but enough that if you weren't by your plane it would get lite on its gear and would blow the tail around a little. Well I was joking with Cody and said that all we need are some full scale tie-downs so that our planes wouldn't get messed by the occasional gust. As I pulled off my neck strap I saw a light go off in his eyes. He walked over to his trailer and came back with a handful of EZ-Up stakes. Well this is what we came up with and it worked great. It obviously works better if you use a longer neck strap.
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05-02-2007, 10:02 PM
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| Learn how to work Kid.   Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bloomington, Il Age: 40
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Cool. Now I have a use for my neck strap.
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05-02-2007, 10:15 PM
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| Learn how to work Kid. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bloomington, Il Age: 40
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| Re: An idea on a windy day.....
LOL...
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05-03-2007, 06:43 AM
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| If he Fries it, I will come   | Re: An idea on a windy day.....
Fick...you could have made millions! "Ficks Tie Downs" Trademarked it, Patented it... Millions I say!!! But....sadly you posted it on on opne forum... so consider the idea stolen! Thanks! (Great idea... I like it.) 
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05-03-2007, 08:03 AM
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| I Fly In Circles...... Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wentzville, MO Age: 32
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| Re: An idea on a windy day.....
It would have to be called FickenMorgan Stakes...haha I was actually surprised on how well it did work. | ||||||||||||||||||
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05-03-2007, 08:33 AM
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| I Fly In Circles...... Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wentzville, MO Age: 32
Posts: 6,619
| Re: An idea on a windy day.....
Yah Dan, he put on flights #3,4,5,6 on it that day. It has a brand new 3W150 in it so he's being careful with it still. But he's enjoying the heck out of it.
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......Or even a bungie cord could work.
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