that Futaba region codes their 12FG Tx and the HF Module so you can not change the HF module yourself and have it working when you travel the world!?

I recognize this from early DVD era when DVD:s were coded so you couldn't play them on other regions DVS players. It dissaperaed very soon, didn't it!

Lets hope that Futaba Prod Mgmt, (if they have any) get back to their senses soon, before they go bust!

Finally decided to break down and put up a proper website. My degree is actually in internet marketing, so I might as well use it. I don't sell anything on the site, its just there as a place to put my vids and pics and other stuff....

Anyway, it was fun to build.

www.chinnaero.com

I have never been this sick. 4 days so far of temperatures at night hitting 102, A cough that feels like fire in my chest. Im ready to go absolutely berzerk.

Bright note: I got some really great cough syrup that puts me right to sleep.

This is completely out of the norm for me. I havent been this sick since being in Mexico for the Superbowl in 1998. 10 years

Any of you guys get this ?

Well I've been waiting for an excuse to try out 2.4 on my airplanes and with the introduction of a second flight line at Joe Nall this year I now have my excuse .

I picked up the Spektrum module and AR9000 receiver for my 9303, and an additional remote receiver. I tucked one remote receiver way back in the tail of my 33% Edge, and the other remote receiver up on a mast that reaches straight up into the cockpit area.

The first thing I noticed, and the only complaint I have, is that I have to be real careful about laying the transmitter down with the Spektrum module in the back, as it sits on the antenna connector instead of the transmitter handle. My friends 10x doesn't seem to have this problem with the same setup as the handle sticks out further. I bound the receivers and set up my failsafe, and I made sure that my optical kill switch still performed the way it should. In fact it didn't perform at all when I first set it up. After much head scratching I realized that I had to do a "smart bind" to make it work.

Out at the field I range tested it, with and without the engine running. I literally ran to the opposite end of the field with the little button pressed down to see if there was any sign of a glitch. There were no problems. So with buttocks clenched I took to the skies, hoping I would see my baby on the ground again in one piece. It flew great, and after a succesful flight I brought her back down to the ground safely. Since then I've put a gallon of gas through this setup and its locked in solid.

I know several people who fly Spektrum, all without problems. I'm not sure what I was so worried about, I knew it would work, but there was just something about switching from something known and proven to something new and exciting that got the nerves going...

Hey guys, its Kevin again. I'm wanting to get some opinions on a few things. I'm wanting to get a new plane (2 actually) and I'm looking at A Godfrey Extra 32.5% and possibly a Wildhare Sukhoi or BME Edge 50cc. Just want to know some opinions on these planes and if either would be a good buy. I know Godfrey has a great name and I'm wanting a good 50cc just to kinda practice some 3D stuff on... Thanks and I look forward to the comments!!.... Happy Landings!!

This has been a really fun week. On Monday, two of my better designs started shipping.

The Extreme Flight 'Chinn Yak' 55SP Arf began shipping earlier this week. This is truly one of my favorite designs that I've ever done. I've built it in everything from 15" span electrics on up to the 47" ARF size. And to have Extreme Flight produce the thing is just awesome.

Also, the Fancy Foamy Vantage began shipping this week from Fancy Foam. I began work on this airplane last year almost immediately after the ETOC. My goal was to design an airplane combining the best of both the European monoplanes used in FAI F3p and the the biplanes which most pilots used in the 07ETOC.

With that goal in mind, I think I succeeded. The airplane builds extremely light without any mods, and flies more like a pattern plane than a 3d foamy which has been modified to fly straight lines. I guess I came at the problem from the 'other' direction. I hope it works! : )

Of course my goal with the airplane was/is to get into the 08 ETOC with it. Can't wait for the final list to come out

After visiting a hobby store with my wife and having admired some of the planes there, she gave me an electric plane for christmas (a couple of years ago).

The guy at the store (a different store) told her it was the easiest plane to learn to fly. Wow, I felt bad not being able to get that sucker in the air. I watched videos, practiced on a flight sim, and repeatedly crashed that plane. Finally the wings broke in one crash ~50m after takeoff. Damn

After sitting in a heap for a year and a half, I've dusted the thing off again and ordered a couple of sets of new wings.

Looking at forums and reviews of this plane, I've found that it is NOT a great plane for beginners & requires excessively high speed to stay in the air. It's also prone to stalls when turning.

It's a hobbyzone Firebird Freedom, but I think of it more as a Fireball. One on-line reviewer said that his wings were warped when he got it & it was really hard to fly. I wonder if that's my problem?

Helicopters seem really easy to fly compared to this fireball, but my friends tell me that they've had the opposite experience.

I am new to the 50cc 3d world. Looking forward to learning all I can about it.

Well, its almost a week since that tornado plowed through the area......
Things are mostly back to normal at my workplace. Lunchtime is still odd, because all the restaurants I used to go to during lunchtime are half caved in, or boarded up from the total destruction they endured....

While dealing with the aftermath of the event, I was part of a big team at my workplace that was getting things back online. Among other things, I run facilities, so getting the building usable again was a priority. While another co-worker worked with electrical contractors to get the building on generator power, among other things, I worked on getting sanitary conditions usable. 28 PortoPotties outside the building had to take care of just short of 1000 people.

Initially, I felt kinda down because what I was doing did not seem like it was having a big effect. Then I began to realize what a severe demotivator it is for people to have to face unsanitary conditions. Getting those toilets in place and maintained kept the workforce here and working (people were walking off the job before they got here).

I also spent a good bit of time with our landlord in the warehouse district where I work. I made arrangements for my company to provide generators to the other local businesses to keep them running. While it seems a small thing, doing so apparently helped keep about 4k people working --> no power = no job = no paycheck in most of these places.

This whole community pitched in to get things running and 'back to normal'. While I wish the tornados never hit, I'm glad to have been part of a community that worked hard to keep things moving!

This also put into perspective events like what New Orleans experienced. What we dealt with here was a drop in the bucket compared to what people in Louisiana had to endure, but it definitely helps put it in perspective.

Yesterday, storms hit the Memphis metro area where I live.....

I left work to go get my daughter from daycare, and by the time I got there, the Tornado warning sirens were blaring hard.....

The daycare kept us there for quite a while, and when I got home, the news gave quite a shock.....

One of the tornados that came through Mempho hit the area where I work. It imploded the warehouse behind the one I work in and killed 3 people, while seriously injuring a dozen more.

The mall and restaurants near my warehouse (1/2mile away) was pretty much wiped out as were some neighborhoods nearby.

My own workplace suffered no structural damage, and thankfully no one was hurt.

The building that was destroyed near mine is less than 200 yards away

I found out this morning that another (or the same) tornado that hit my workplace missed my home (about 15 miles away) by about 3/4 of a mile.....

Heres my 2nd version of my monowing design. This one is milled, and I am hoping to have this one 4.25 oz or less. Just finished milling the plane. Hopefully will have it done by this Saturday night, so I can maiden her at the dome. Heres a pic . . .

EDIT:

Airframe finished, weight as she sits is 1.65 oz. Old one was 2.15 oz at this point. Total loss of 1/2 oz by milling and using smaller carbon on the tail.

Seth
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Well, my originally planned pylon racer for the E-fest did not fly as well as I had hoped, so I decided to make a little something else up.....

I scratched this little bird out in a matter of a little less than 4 hours (from raw sheet wood to what you see here).

Took her out this morning and gave her a fling. She flies verrrry well and ridiculously fast!

17.75" span, 2.6ozs rtf.

Does anyone think our know if a DA-100 would fit in the new hanger 9 su-26. At first ithought that it would just fly really heavy but i dont know. Thanks

So, on Christmas Eve my brother-in-law loans me the Season 1 DVD of Lost. I figured it would be something cool to do on New Year's Day when I was too hung over to do anything else. So, New Year's Day, I sit in front of the TV, pop in the DVDs and .... well ... fast forward a week and Max was running from store to store looking for Seasons 2 & 3! We're hooked!!! LOST JUNKIES!!! We spent another two weeks watching that show every free minute we had!

I am so extremely excited to have the season start up on Thursday!!!!!

Anyone else???

It really is funny to me how just regular life will keep you busy Obviously the poeple on this site all have somewhat similar lives in that we are trying to jam some enjoyment in the form of RC Flying into our already busy lives.... Its true of every one of us to at least some extent.

For me, the last two weeks have been mind-bending busy.

It started 2 weekends ago, when my team at work suddenly had a multi million dollar project at work scream to a halt. 6 months of planning hit a wall when the vendor delivered the product we were to have installed. Unfortunately, they made the wrong stuff and none of it was compatible with the rest -IE, we could not install anything. As the team leader, I managed to get us a contingency plan going, and the team kicked a$$ (its great to work with great people) so the project is now moving along again.

Then I got home one evening mid-week and my trusty family desktop screeched at me (mechanical freeze) and shot me an error message through the screen. Yup, one hard drive ruined with mechanical lockup. Unfortunately, I had not backed that up in a while. It had all my wife's work as well as all of my cad work for the past 6 years on it. Most importantly, it had every picture I've taken of my baby girl on it.

I can redraw anything, and re-write anything, but I can't get a picture back of my daughter being born...... After talking to a couple of flying buddies that work in the IT field, they helped me realize all the places I had kept those files. The result was that I got 98% of the pics of my daughter and family back. I was also able to get approximately 80% of my CAD files and articles.

Needless to say I'm working on getting my backup setup set in place and running....

Finally, this weekend, while trying to finish up a new prototype foamy for the upcoming indoor precision contests, my wife called and asked if I could come to her sister's house and help them move..... Never one to shy away from helping family I went. When I got there, my sister-in-law's husband was in the foyer of their new house chipping away at a marble floor.

I told the girls I really needed to help him as he had to have the removal job done by this morning. Ten hours later we had the job done, and I had severly bruised and blistered hands and forearms. A lot of work to put down some laminate flooring, but it will look good when done.......

If you've read this far, you must be terribly bored, so back to airplane stuff.

The cool news is that during those 2 weeks I managed to finalize the graphics and final build for my new indoor pattern plane. I also built the first production cut of it. I've also got the manual for the Chinn Yak .40 size Profile Arf almost done.

Something else cool worth mentioning is the little 'secret weapon' I'm building for the pylon race at the E-fest. Should be fun!

Hello Boys,

Is there any FG guys out there that fly Scale Masters. I was hoping to start a string on the finals, new class and scoring, any thoughts out there?

Bernie

I'm going to blog, and yeah English is a second languge so forget the gramatical errors that I'm sure will happen.

Warm Welcome, This was great!!! A few of the say "Old Timers" with respect guys, as I call myself a "Newbie" left me some comments in my Welcome is it Thread? I almost fell as if I'm at a new job. That means a lot to to me. As a Newbie to this hobby, I'm very amazed at the technology. Radio's, servos, and the planes large and small. Yeah a bit over whelmed also. I surf (late night) sites, read articles, check out internet hobby stores...and build a wish list. The list is getting expensive! I have planes, engines, and flying on my mine constantly. But, "I am not alone".

Did I mention I have a business to run, and a family. WOW! And I'm Blogging...hey gotta go practice on the Simulator!

To all!

I am building a video based website that is coming along fast! It is dedicated to all die hard 3D maniacs.

Show of your skills at www.Extreme3DFlying.com

Please let me know any input you have.

Thanks my friends
Rafael

Hi All
Recently I have bought a showtime 4D 90 - an awsome machine .
I'm very happy with plane, however, I'm really confused about the right gas engine for it.
I know this is was discussed in the site before, but from all I've read ,there is not enough info...
So, Evolution 26 ... too heavy? how heavy will it make my Showime ?what about 3D behavior with that setup?
BME 90(a converted Super-Tiger 90)- too small?
what about servos, will the 2.18oz HS-5645 be too heavy?
etc . etc. If you have any info, don't be cheap, share it with me

I have a long standing rule that I don't fly what I did not design and build. Only recently did I ever break that rule, and only because becoming a dad just does not allow as much time anymore....

Anyway, I thought I'd put up some pics of some of the designs I've done over the past few years.... I guess I did it in part to remind myself of what I've done.... (and part to be a show-off LOL).

Here ya go....