Well ....

THE Ohio Huckfest was absolutely awesome! I had a good time, and I got to meet and fly with a lot of amazing pilots. It was a really well run event, SleepyC really knew what he was doing. The local club members were all really nice guys and they had awesome food.

The King 50 was a blast, and it was my first competition. It was definitely a learning experience. I had only 20 flights on my new 89" Slick when I arrived, and had only practiced my routine about 10-15 times so I wasn't sure what to expect. It went much better than I expected and I managed to take 6th place! Thats great considering my only goal was to not come it last.

Nightflying was about as good as it gets, I always fly under the lights when I get the chance. I won the "Most Insane 3D Flight" award, which is now hanging proudly in my room. That was a surprise.

I have to thank Joe Smith and RJ Gritter, both helped me out when my muffler broke in-flight between qualifying and the finals. All the King 50 pilots did an awesome job and really put on a great show!

I will be back next year for sure.

My flight:

2011 King 50 finals - James Winstead.avi (3 min 52 sec)

Looking for some help from my flying giants buds. Can you please give me some fed back on the pilot Rc yak 37.5%, plane looks real nice on you tube, any advice or info will greatly be appreciated thanks.

Hey guys, heard that Esm, the Cg on in the book is not right, wonder if you could help me? Im building a 120 size mustang glamerous glen from Esm does anyody know where the cg is ? thanks

The greatplanes Pitts m12s is my second Gasser any body have any helpful hints?? Thanks

First, let me start by saying a heartfelt THANK YOU to Nighthawks RC Club. You folks were awesome hosts, and made my first Huckfest a very comfortable stay, from the way you helped me start my day with a hot cup of coffee and a massive plate of food, to the lunch and wonderful dinners available at a fraction of what they were worth. Anytime I had a question, Nighthawks had an answer. They worked very hard to host this event, and it showed! Thank you for helping me enjoy my stay!

I had no idea how much work went into promoting and sponsoring an event of this order of magnitude. Sleepy C and Ben Fisher made it look easy. Watching them throughout the 4-days made me dizzy…as they never sat still. There was always something or someone that needed attention, and they came through in spades. Nothing I could say would do either of these two gentlemen justice, so I will simply state my apologies for the understatement and say, "Thank you so much for what you did to make my first Huckfest NOT my last Huckfest". My African Grey said it best on Saturday night…”Huckfest, woo hoo!!!”

To the Team Pilots, thank you so much for putting up with all of my snapshots. I was in your way for most of the 4-days, gathering all the evidence I could to support my proclamation of what a fantastic time it was for all involved. I was not easy on you all. I asked a ton of questions and took a ton of photos. I stood in the way when you tried to approach the pit area…and you never once made me feel I was unwelcome, and for that, my wife and I offer up a heartfelt THANK YOU!! You gave it your all to make sure people like me were entertained…mission accomplished. I learned a lot from watching all of you in action.

To Whirly Girl and her hubby Albert, many thanks for all the good conversations AND the RC advice. I so much appreciate Albert having patience with me when I was in error with respect to how the bind process worked on the JR 9303. You two are one in a million, and I look forward to our long term friendship for many years to come!

Joe “Papa” Stek, always a pleasure, my friend. I somehow always feel like a better person for having spent time with you. I hope I treat others as you have treated me. I hope to see you again, soon!

To all of the new friends we made over the past 4-days, I look forward to seeing you all again. I humbly apologize now for forgetting your names. I am horrible at remembering such a simple task. Till we meet again, take care of yourselves. If you think about it, send a friend request through Flying Giants and let’s try the name exchange again. I promise to get it straight after about the tenth try

Sleepy and Ben…the smile has yet to leave my face even though I have left Ohio. Again, thank you so much for the time of our lives. I hope to see you at the “Nall 2012”…I’ll shake the Martinis…

Take care all,
Bill (aka Smacka)

I recently finished framing up a customer project for Chris Campos, & have documented the build here.This project was started on Monday,August 8th (opening boxes) & build completed Friday, August 26,at approx. 8-12 hrs per/day.A unique feature of this build is making the cowl & pants from wood.This enables me to cover the entire model with Monokote for a consistant finish.
This thread includes some of the techniques acquired over the past few years from various builds & experienced modelers like Joe Stek, who's help has been invaluable in refining & making improvements,& proven out in many successful flights & builds.It also goes without saying that Dennis & Caroline produce an outstanding series of Carden kits & the quality & design are consistantly top notch.

Construction is started by making up & transfering measurements from plans to fuse sides.All sheeting joints are made with a 45 degree scarf joint to improve stength & gluing area.This applies to the 1/8" fuse sides,stringers & wing sheeting to make the required length.The long top/bottom stringers are glued to the 1/8" sides first, vertical pieces are added to each end,then additional vertical pieces are glued in.To complete sides,diagional pieces are fitted & glued.

Hey peeps, wondering if someone can help me, i want to purchase a goldwing 50 cc edge any reveiws on it. want to know hows the quality thanks

Hello to you
Went flying today with my Raven
My tail wheel became unhooked and that stupid 4/40 Rod setup somehow the rod was lost
I was going to pack up and someone mention that are best pilot at the field always has a free wheeling tail wheel. So I gave it a try. Works great except at slowest speeds you have to really work that Rudder. Does anyone have any tips for me for this non hooked up tail wheel setup
Birdy

I know there are more than a few guys here on FG that also fly helis So I thought I would throw a quick update up for FG's sister site: Crackroll.com

We have a ton of photos from IRCHA 2011, plus some great videos, which can be found here:

IRCHA 2011 Photos and Videos

We also have a couple of build threads going on, one for the new Thunder Tiger Raptor G4 E720, and one for the Titan X50.

Raptor G4 E720 build thread

Titan X50 build thread

Come check it out, and let us know what you're flying!

-CSpaced.

Hi ALL!! I now import Depron foam and sell my Life size Rc Wingsuit kit onmy website https://www.rcdepron.com/

RcDepron.com RcWingsuit showman 2021 (2 min 5 sec)

here is just a few of the planes im flying these days.

the two extras are carden 35%

the bipe is a 50cc nitroplanes that i gave away to a dear freind that wanted to get into gassers.

some smaller edf's

a hobbylobby sabre

unknown zero

kyosho sabre ic-df

dynam meteor edf

my rex 600 nsp heli i built from parts here and there

su-47 burkut twin 70mm edf

and for my biggest giant of them all....................................Robertson B1-RD u/l, my pride and joy, recently restord and ready to go !!!

Well, once again we enjoyed the hospitality of Muncie, IN. That said, this years IRCHA was marred by asshats and vendors that could not be bothered with the average joe. Here is a low-fly-by of the issues that ruined our IRCHA experience:

1) Vendors placed their Team Pilots on the flight line, instead of back in their courtesy tents. Since there were an increased number of vendors AND Team Pilots, this forced the average joe further down the flight line and made us feel insignificant, to say the least.

2) IRCHA used to be about placing the consumer on the flight line, then having Team Pilots cruise up and down the line and greeting/helping pilots that they saw using their sponsors product. This no longer happens. We have to "seek" out pilots and/or vendors for help AND when we find them they are too busy getting ready for their next "demo" flight to be bothered with helping the average joe having issues with their sponsors product.

3) All flight stations are on a "first come, first served" basis. Not so when it comes to Team Pilots. They would approach a flight station with three or four golf carts and "camp" all day, periodically traveling back and forth to their easy ups for another heli and/or supportive equipment...always keeping someone at the flight line to "hold" their spot so no one else could use that particular flight station. This was happening across MANY flight stations all at the same time!

4) Following the Swarm party on Friday night, Team Pilots were playing bumper cars with the golf carts up and down the flight line. They would face off with one another from 50-yards away, then full throttle head on into each other. I have no idea what the rules were to this game, nor do I know what the bottom line object was to this game. All I do know is that one ****** got out of control and ran into our easy up and snapped the leg in half, while laughing his azz off at the outcome. They were able to find plenty of alcohol at the Swarm party to "fuel" the dueling golf carts event. I wonder if trophies were awarded upon completion of the festivities?

5) Once again these same asshats destroyed private property. Each year, farmers owning fields adjacent to the event rotate their crops between Soybeans and Corn. This year it was corn. They rode golf carts into the corn. That's right folks, once again these mental migets drove their carts out into the corn fields, destroying the crops.

It is sad to see this event continue to degrade over time...

Regards,
Bill (aka Smacka)

please suggest best 3d plane for DLE 30cc.

1 set gear gap

2 assemble shock absorber

3 Adjust the throttle rod limit

4 fine-tuning the remote control

5 understand the gear ratio

6 Start and adjust the engine

7 The basic suspension tuning

8 charging and discharging of Battery knowledge

9. Stick tires

10 produce car shell

Guys,

I have a DA 170 on KS 95's and haveing a heck of a time getting the transition set correctly. I have a 10.75" header on in and have just ordered a new set of pro flow cans. Hopefully with these new cans and less back pressure I'll find the true potential of the motor. Any thoughts or ideas? I'm coming off a DA 150 which was so easy and lovable I'm looking for help.

My name is Ed, The guys at the field call me fast Eddie I love to fly 3D and combat. My left thumb is broke so no flying . I also love a good cigar and I play to much poker My 3D plane is a 38% airwild Giles 300s. There was only 1 giles 300 built and it was such a small aircraft 38% is only 100" wingspan . And i build foam combat there alot of fun and the cost is low. Good flyin to all ,Ed

Hi All:
Spent the weekend at our flying field. We arrived Friday around 5-PM. I had intended to mow the grounds before retiring for the night in our 28-ft Dutchmen. Not to be...we had just enough time to get the bird and dog into the trailer before the weather went wacky! The wind instantly kicked up to well over 50-mph, with lightning, thunder and a fairly heavy rain. I did not even have time to unhook the trailer from our truck.

I got up early Saturday morning and decided to mow the grounds before flying. Good choice, as the winds were already whipping up around 15-20 mph. It stayed that way all day. I tried to fly my newly repaired 3DHS 57" Scott Stoops Sukhoi. The wind was just too much. I had attempted 13-landings before finally bringing it down in one piece. This plane is so light that it hates to fly in the wind, especially a cross wind. Even when I crab into the wind, it gets tossed about and makes landings difficult, at best. Sad part is, when the winds are calm this is the best flying plane I own.

I also wanted to do the maiden on my AW 1.20 Yak 54. When I first built this aircraft, I completed the maiden and brought her in for a soft landing. The landing was perfect right up to the point that the right wheel fell into a ground hog hole in the runway. The fuselage was ripped apart as the landing gear exited the aircraft. Because of the cost of the individual replacement parts, I bought a whole new arf. I figured it would be an easy assembly because I would use the same wings and stabs, saving time. Again, not to be. AW made changes to the fuselage such that using the old stabs and wings were not an option. They would now longer fit correctly with the new fuselage. So, I stayed up long nights and assembled the ARF in four days.

I did not want to maiden the Yak in the high winds, so I waited until Sunday to try again. Guess what? T-Storms started around 4-AM Sunday morning. It rained on and off until around noon. Weather broke BUT the high winds remained.

This is one of those weekends that I just enjoyed talking about RC stuff, eating good food and enjoying good company. Oh, and it was very hot and humid, to boot

I just finished a 48" Extra 300 from 3DHS. I just wanted something to throw around the sky in the early evenings once the wind dies down. It took only two-days to finish the plane, and that is because I needed to wait for some medium CA joints to dry

Life is good

Bill (aka Smacka)

Assembled a new H9-B+Arrow GTR