Commie Warbird on home page

[Kiwi]

OK Sadler the gloves are off now,

Guys for those of you who I have not meet or somehow gotten involved with on the old site I hope the following will explain a little.

Mr Sadler begged and moaned for a week to have a little history on the Kiwi bird and how he got so ****** addicted to RC and the web scene. So being a kind hearted gentle creature who would barely say SH%T even when I step in it I finally broke down and done a little story. As part of the story I mentioned the culprit who caused this disease to spread in me ( Uncle Baldrick) who scratch builds em from balsa, glass, carbon etc. You name it he done it and I included a photo of his latest creation in a batch of photos I uploaded to Max with the story.

Well Sadler lookin to humble me savagely took to the Commie Warbird with retracts like a wet fart sticks to your undies. I am not sure if it humbled his P51 that Tony Russo (wood is good) has almost finished for him or if it struck a patriotic nerve. Whatever it may be the man is facinated by the Commie Polikarkov Rata.

Biffy old mate, we know you are a super guy but trying to hide your war bird passion, or is it affliction, is not working. I mean if gays can get married in public in this modern society, then why cant a super closet warbird freak like you come out and proudly proclaim your turn right, fast low pass passion in a public statement biffy.

Mate I know it goes against the grain but maybe you could even cajoul Max into setting a small warbird forum just for personal enjoyment my fine feathered P51D huckin friend. Even a chat channel just for the turn right fly fast guys.

Biffy we feel for ya mate. Dont feel bad.

Kiwi

[YNOT]

It is Flying Giants, not the Flying Scale Aerobats, Huckin It, or Flying Airplanes And Making Them Do Crazy Stuff.

I kinda figured that part of the new site was to expand the membership beyond the SA & 3D crew.

Many warbirds do great rolling circles and you can torque roll them.

[Kiwi]

Hows the leg doing today Tony. Guess your going to be one of top posters for a few days to come???

Kiwi

[YNOT]

Yea, I figure I can be top poster casue I got nothing better to do for a while.

Leg hurts, bad, really bad, even with good meds. It hurts trying to move any part of my body.

Thanks.

Kiwi, you making the Nall the year?

[GremlinX]

How is Jeeum's warbird build coming along now?

[Kiwi]

Hey Mopar.

Hows it like being a happily married man now. I will let McQueen answer your question but I think he is looking for Huey Cobra or Blackhawk right now. Seems that shankboning got to his head since he moved south.

Kiwi

[GremlinX]

Oh thats cold, he is looking for an old Llama or something used for viewing farm animals. Married life is great! Thanks for asking bro.

[JeeUm]

The Bearcat is coming along nicely, I'm not the one building it though. Got a friend from the warbird days doing it. Wing is done, fuse is being sheeted. Remember, variety is the spice of life. I love my aerobats, but that is ALL I've been flying for the past 3 or 4 years. Had to mix it up a little bit. Keeps the blood pumping. Funny thing is, I used to think Heli's were expensive, HAHAHAHA. Drop in the bucket compared to what i've got tied up in planes.

[kevgofly]

I've been working on a lot of warbirds lately, rebuilt a wing for a Spitfire, helped out mounting an engine and cowl on a p51, just work on the side to fund my new IMAC project, and I gota admit, I was kinda grooven on it. My buddy loaned me his warbirds over the rockies DVD tonight and I watched it. THE URGE HAS PAST! Holy crap! It was about 1 1/2 hours of guys talking about crashing, and then when they showed them flying, I could see why! HORRIBLE! No rudder usen' broken retract haven, nosen' over busted prop gettin', garbage bag toten, over weathered paintin', way to fast roll rate to be scale, 10,000 victory roll flyin warbird geeks. Good God, somebody pass the remote, maybe sport center is on, I need a good dose of testosterone!

Kev

[JeeUm]

Easy big guy. Take a breath.LOL

[choppedlow]

I thought that the warbirds were kind of lame, until I saw that GREAT dvd from the AMA. That Zirolli P-50something that Matt Chapman flew was cool enough to spark my intrest. All I had seen before that was those little popcorn fart ones that Tower sells. You know, with the wire landing gear? Never liked those. Like a lost cross between a trainer and one of those "intermediate" planes they try to get you to buy after you have soloed.

[White Knuckels]

warbirds are where those that dared learned aerobatics .imalman turn, split s ,3 turn spin was developed buy sopwith camel,cause eaven the pilot dident know where it would come out,come on if it flyes see what she does.

[red_z06]

skill required to fly a warbird ( take-off, fly circle, land ) that means if you can fly a trainer you can fly a warbird.
and many go past their skill limit and get them seduced by their looks.

skill required to fly am aerobat (take-off, fly cirlce, land) that means if you can fly a trainer you can fly an aerobat.
but most wait until skill levels exceed for required maneuvers ( see above for required maneuver ).

good example is that there are more % of warbird owners that are not The pilot than aerobat owners.

warbird owner (does not aways = ) warbird pilot
aerobat owner (usually =) aerobat pilot



I fly warbirds for the lack of speed exercise while flying aerobats (and for the number of times i had to answer the question "how fast does it go?" with "the horses are designed for how slow??? not how fast)

for example my h9 mustang with da50 with apc 18x12 was clocked at 134mph

[Biff]

Okay
Kiwi has pushed me into a response. That Yuka-puke-jagmeeoff 32,,,,,,,, even if it were built with factory scaled down drawings, factory paint found in Krablakastan, sprayed by a grandson of the spray chief, powered by a micro- exact scale 9 banger radial (with weathering), and test flown by Igor Rotchacockoff himself,,,,,, it would still suck.


I have one warbird right now. A Gruman Tigercat. Factory suggested 2 G-62's. It's kicking 2 of Kenny Baker's 5.1's and goes pretty good......... not that good to cause it to make the trip to the field often. Like almost never. Probably 9 flights in as many years.




Warbird speed.......... zzzzZZZZzZZZZzzzzzzzZZZZZzzZZZZZZzzzzz......ZZ.... .zzzZZzzz The only warbirds I've seen going fast are the unlimiteds. 230 mph is something that would compensate for flying a warbird. Even so you would have to fully research the entire history of the squadron assembly line and plant where the bird was produced. And share that knowledge again and again and again with everyone in your club.Next thing you know you need to buy war surplus gear and a genuine 1940 jeep... that you drive in your town's parades.


Next step is to get your buddies to buy matching jump suits with sew- on patches of your favorite Lt. Col. of the Mighty 8th Air Force. Then to finish your transformation,,,, As you sit in your 1940 Jeep complete with a restored to new condition trailer (wooden .50cal on mount in the back seat) listening to Glen Miller with your newly appointed XO,, you see a 3D pilot headed to the flightline.


As you lower your vintage Ray-bans and reach for the volume knob of the completely stock AM radio ,you say the dreaded words. " Those idiots will be the doom of RC flying! Look at 'em XO,, how non-scale is THAT. Why don't they do at least one badass high speed low altitude CROWD PLEASING pass to demonstrate REAL SKILL??!! How much skill does it take to fly the stupid things like Bell 385 vintage choppers complete with non GPS analogue instrumentation?? These guys suck."


Next and final step in the slow subtle transformation is sitting in club meetings with all AMA patches ever produced on a vest hand crochet'ed by your wife with like dressed buddies. Let's pool our vote and make this an all warbird field. All in favor? "Nose gunner checking in,, I vote aye sir. Top Turret checking in,,, I vote aye sir,,,,right waist gunner checking in ,,,,, left waist gunner had to work late as a greeter in Wall Mart,, he told me to pass his aye vote to you guys."



Then you die.



Moral of this storie? Fly warbirds and die.

[SleepyC]

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	Moral of this storie? Fly warbirds and die.

Unless you can TR one!!