Getting ready for the ETOC......

[randy archer]

Nice man, are all of those planes for etoc?
ryan

[Matchless]

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	Nice man, are all of those planes for etoc? ryan

Yeah, I'm planning on taking all of them..... truth be told, one of them is for flying 'after' the ETOC.... maybe a hotel lobby or two?

[madmax]

YES! Jer, let me get my paws on that biotch!

[hpapilot]

How many planes is everyone else bringing? I'm going to have 2 pattern planes and 2 freestyle planes ready to fly. Of course hopefully I won't need more than one of each, but...

Oh, and I'll have to throw in a lobby-flying plane too.

Anyone have a bit of advice for me on the 270 degree roll-snap-roll-snap-roll-snap maneuver? I'm new to pattern and that one's giving me a little trouble.

[Matchless]

HPA, I'm not the right guy to give advice on that maneuver, however, my suggestion would be to get the sim running, set the speed on 50% and fly through the maneuver slowly... Then speed it up a bit until you are flying through it at regular speed....... I also found that I need to keep a little more speed throughout that maneuver than I had originally thought...

Oh yeah... I'm bringing 5 birds... Mainly just incase one gets damaged in transit.....

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	YES! Jer, let me get my paws on that biotch!

You fly mode 1 bro?!!!!! Coolllll (OK, I know the real answer to that one LOL) Seriously, are you gonna bring your bigarse vid camera to the hotel again?

[hpapilot]

Yeah I've been working on it on the sim, but something just get lost in translation between sim and real world. It's just not gonna be my prettiest maneuver... the rest is pretty good though.

I've got bigger problems now, though. I popped open a kit to build my primary freestyle plane, only to find the foam horribly warped . Not just a gentle bend, but like a wavy irregular warp. I don't have enough Depron to cut another, so it looks like I'll have to order another kit and hope I've got time to get it finished.

Good news, the new motors will be here in the morning...

[Matchless]

RJ, I'd take that depron and see if you can't 'de-warp' it with a little heat gun finesse. At least thats better than waiting.... You can't really make it worse than it is if its already unusable....

The day off has been good..... Got Rush playin in the CD player and glue flyin'

5 Berg Recievers soldered up with Azarr antennas
3 airframes assembled with servos and motors in place on stronger mounts than I was previously using

2 airframes to go basic assembly.

Pushrods and control horns left to install.....

[hpapilot]

Nice... those planes look great!

As a matter of fact that's what I did... I managed to get it almost back to usable shape. It had some odd effect on the foam, though. It's like it made it softer... we'll see how it flies tomorrow though. No sense in not at least trying it out...

One more thing... I'm using fiberglass motor mounts (in the shape of an X) that glue directly to the front of the fuselage, with no room for fillets or really any reinforcement. The only thing I can do is wrap something around the edge of the foam, over the motor mount arms. Any suggestions for what to use?

[Matchless]

HPA, I'd use some fiberglass reinforced packing tape... Should be able to get it at the grocery store or an office supply store.

Well, I finished one airplane, all up weight RTF is 3.75ozs, I should be able to finish the rest tomorrow morning. Just need to finish bracing the last bipe and do all of the pushrods for 4 of them.....

[asher]

3.75 ozs.... Whats the wing span?

[Jason Noll]

Ok, that's it. I am bringing a digital gram scale with me to Toledo!

JN

[asher]

You and me both!