shhh... does anyone else like vintage pattern ships? shhh..

[SuperDave]

Any you Giants bro's like the old pattern ships? I've been dabbling a bit. Taking a break from IMAC for a season. I'm moving to Florida in 51 days where the Ballistic Pattern Association is taking off. Can't wait... got a Troublemaker, a Tiger Tail 3, a Dirty Birdy (kit), a Cutlass (kit) and a Deception being built. Hey, I figure any precision flying can only make me better right?

Can't be all bad, JAS is doing it!

But hey, shhhh... nobody can know I fly anything but big gassers... shhh

Lets start a quiet, off the main drag thread here.

[BobbyRichardson]

This should be a good read... Subscribed

[sprice50]

Super - Old school is always cool.

Keep on smooth huckin.

[SuperDave]

	Quote: Originally Posted by sprice50
	Super - Old school is always cool. Keep on smooth huckin.

Don't tell anyone, but back when they were flying these cool rocket fast pattern ships in the eighties, I was spinning on my head and break-dancin' to Run-DMC... hehe. Still liked to go to the field and watch these guys. Now I have $$$ and can afford them, so now it's my turn!

Smoooooooth and fast (I would say that's how I like my women, but Mrs. Super Dave wouldn't appreciate that).

[shannah]

Looks like a blast. I haven't flown one of those demons for years. But, the downside is glow fuel. Yuck. I learned how to fly with my Dad's New Orleanean on a buddy box (powered by the unbeatable Webra black head). That was my trainer. I flew pattern in the 90's, but these old rocket sleds were gone by then.

Now, since I missed pattern flying, I bought an electric 2m ship and am getting ready for the '08 season. Just not a BPA or SPA ship, but pattern flying is awesome.

Have Fun!!

Steve

[shannah]

By the way, in my book the king of all rocket sleds is Norm Page's MACH ONE.

[SuperDave]

Nice one!

[Chris Puckett]

I have a few. I have an old Mistress and a Desire. Super fast and smooth.

[mmcconville]

This is way cool. I hope to get a couple of old rocket sleds going this year. I have a Phoenix 5 and a Phoenix 7 framed up and just about ready for paint. Of course theyve been that way for 5 ro 6 years now.
BTW, these rocket sleds and the ones mentioned in the original post were from the 70's not the 80's.

Hope to make it to a Ballistic Pattern event.


OMG are the Desire and Mistress vintage pattern ships? I cant be that old! The Desire was an early 90's design anyway. Too new.

[Boulder]

A couple of years ago I flew a LA-2 to the D4 Sportsman Championship, very smooth flying bird, wish I still had it.

[JimC-MD]

OK, Dave. I will play.

Back in the day, I owned a couple of Dirty Birdies. The first was an all wood model that I purchased. It was resin covered and painted. Heavy as a sled. I stripped it with a razor plane and smoothed it back out. I recovered it in mica film and repainted it. I removed about a pound from it. I still have fond memories of that ship (may it rest in pieces in that tree). I liked it so much I ended up getting one of the glass and foam kits and building it up with trike retracts and a newer power plant. I eventually moved into a Supra Fly EZ kit modeled after a Hanno Prettner bird. Smoooooooth.

I still am thinking about refilling those holes in my hangar.

[mrbassman]

Yoshioka Dash 5. Had a pumped OS 61 rear exhaust on a pipe. Wish I still had it.