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now this is cool, user blogs! I dont have much to say but I would like for you all to check out my new website. I am starting a site that will showcase ARF reviews.

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My friend Pengo and his Yak55M painted by him

Milling on Yak55M and beautiful paint. The milling relieved 8g of weight.

After the building the Yak 55M I decided reduce a little its size to fit on one depron sheet of the RCFoam. The flight characteristics remained the same.

The reduced plan is HERE.

The horns easily building with used credit cards and good patience, stay great and result in good command of motion surface.

New Yak55 depron paint by my friend Pengo.

Brian,

Did you ever find a copy of the Pitts Special manual?

I am picking up two of them (well used) at the end of the month and sure need a manual too.

Thanks,
R.C.

How does a sbach 345 fly?
I have a 35% TOC yack 54, does it fly like that or more like a 260 or an edge?

Well it never fails when its time to load up and hit an event there are a million "little things" that need to get done. You know wash the truck, check the oil, check tire pressure. Then there is the trailer that is a disaster from the weeks of flying. Where is the IPOD? is the battery charged? Do I have enough fuel. So last night I started getting things ready and I'm running around like a fool and my wife with cocktail in hand is just standing back watching with that ever so popular smirk. I get a glance and I ask "What" her reply, You think I'm bad when we go places you should see yourself all worked up over what a bunch of Old, over weight, grown men that play with toy airplanes. You are truly pathetic you dont put that much energy into family weekends. Then she pauses and says! Honey would you like me to lay out your clothes for the day? How many of you get the same treatment? I'm sorry that some of the best days of my life have been hanging out with guys in the middle of nowhere playing with toy airplanes. Not to be deterred I gave her the finger pushed her aside and kept at it.. 3DHS shop gig Saturday Dallas TX. I'm coming!

Gmoney

-Fitec 9257 Digital Servo <ST1:CHMETCNV w:st="on" tcsc="0" numbertype="1" negative="False" hasspace="False" sourcevalue="25" unitname="g">25g</ST1:CHMETCNV> For 450-600 level electric helicopter x1

-Fitec 9257 Digital Servo <ST1:CHMETCNV w:st="on" tcsc="0" numbertype="1" negative="False" hasspace="False" sourcevalue="25" unitname="g">25g</ST1:CHMETCNV> For 450-600 level electric helicopter x1

Well, even with all my great planning to get out and get to new friends and new events. I forgot one key factor. "Honey Do's" Ah, well with the role reversal I have been thrust into the last 1 1/2 years I sometimes lose track of time and dates other than flying events of course. Well the wife got home late on Friday and of course I am loading up the trailer and getting the ice chest ready when she says "Hey aren't you going to paint the kitchen, kitchen cabinets this weekend?" I of course replied
"NO" then she swiftly reminded me that memorial weekend is just days away and we have family and friends coming out to the house and I said I would help her out with that before family arrived.. "DOH" Not all hopes were lost I did manage to bag ten flights with my charger foamie. (Hate to see charged batts go to waste). All in all a good weekend with the kids pitching in hitting a baseball game and paint lots and lots of paint. OK, so next weekend for those of you that are airplane Nutz like me, family weekend coming up.. Next up June 5th 3DHS gig in Dallas, TX..


G$

REMOVED OLD CHAINSAW ENGINE WANT TO GET A NEW ONE WHAT CC ?? FOR MY 230 EXTRA 20 LB 8FT WING SPAN FIRST BIG BIRD.

Well its June in Texas and the only thing I look forward to is my long list of events and fun flys that are on my list. Not a day goes by I don't check my calendar or go to the AMA website to check if more events have been posted. I don't care helo's, float fly's, fun fly's, club picnic's, giant scale 3D, electric only,**** I will go to a damn scale event or even glider events.Heck I showed up to a club picnic and I wasn't even a member never even flown there just saw it thought I could get there. I just hate the week days when there are no events. I go to the club field at least a couple days a week sometimes just to watch the grass grow or the birds flying around. I have it so bad I may have to go to meetings again. When I first started in the hobby I got like this but all internal club crap and club events never going far from home.. Now that I know whats out there I only think about getting on the road and meeting new people. Ok, this weekend a Big bird in Mt. pleasant, then a Helo event in Dallas.Then a long week of no new friends.. Man really need to get to the nall in 2011 I think that event could hold me over for the long winter.. Or simply drive me nuts..

Ok, enough rambling storm is a couple hours away I think I'll go fly..

Late
G$

Anyone out there that can recommend a soft mount for a DLE 30, or can you just put rubber washers in between the fire wall and the motor mounts?
Don't know for sure if you need it, but the manual says while breaking it in serious damage can occur to the engine if you don't have the engine soft mounted.
Appreciate some thoughts on this

Night Flight:
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check it out

My friend Pengo and our other friends fly every day on the week in the night, after 11P.M. when the Gym closed for games and stay free for planes. The problem is wake up early in the next day.

Below some photos:

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The plan HERE.

Eletronics:
TURNIGY 35-42D 1000kv
TURNIGY Plush 40amp Speed
TURNIGY 2200mAh 3S 35C Lipo
Slow Fly Prop 12x6
Servos Futaba S148

---EDIT---
We tested the plane with battery 4S, but after 4min of flying the motor burned, we still not know why, can be propeler(12x6) or the bearing, the motor is heavy for run with hand.

Below, the video with 4S battery and the new photo with Pilot(left) and Constructor(right).
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