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Want to buy 1 Top Flite 6x3
MikeM Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:58 pm
does anyone here have 1 of these props to sell?
once i get my hands on one i may have a mold made to make them out of CF.
-mike
once i get my hands on one i may have a mold made to make them out of CF.
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Re: Want to buy 1 Top Flite 6x3
Cribbs74 Fri Jan 11, 2013 7:08 am
I'll take a look and get back with you.
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Re: Want to buy 1 Top Flite 6x3
RknRusty Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:41 am
I think I do have a new one. I'll check too, this afternoon.
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Re: Want to buy 1 Top Flite 6x3
RknRusty Fri Jan 11, 2013 7:47 pm
Ah dang I forgot to look. I'll be back out there in the morning.
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Re: Want to buy 1 Top Flite 6x3
Cribbs74 Fri Jan 11, 2013 9:03 pm
This is an old nylon TF 6x3. Not sure exactly what you're after. It's been around the block. With some careful sanding it would still be a good piece to make a mold from.
It has a couple small nicks so I won't put it on an engine. It's yours if you want it.
https://i.imgur.com/NzEKf.jpg
It has a couple small nicks so I won't put it on an engine. It's yours if you want it.
https://i.imgur.com/NzEKf.jpg
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Re: Want to buy 1 Top Flite 6x3
MikeM Fri Jan 11, 2013 9:46 pm
well it doesn't get any better than that.
let me know what you want to send it.
i will still keep looking (hoping) for a copy of a new one.
i have 2 people that can do the mold and they are picky about what they have to start with.
another one in the works is the Rev-Up 6x3
both these props in CF or FG form leave a good bit of blade for fine tuning.
i have all the stuff for making props and have been making the cox 8" for .21 size engines.
the modl Doug Galbreath made for it was from the Cox grey.
makes a beatiful prop.
let me know what you want to send it.
i will still keep looking (hoping) for a copy of a new one.
i have 2 people that can do the mold and they are picky about what they have to start with.
another one in the works is the Rev-Up 6x3
both these props in CF or FG form leave a good bit of blade for fine tuning.
i have all the stuff for making props and have been making the cox 8" for .21 size engines.
the modl Doug Galbreath made for it was from the Cox grey.
makes a beatiful prop.
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Re: Want to buy 1 Top Flite 6x3
Admin Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:30 pm
I'll take a look in my prop stash. I believe most of the old Top Flite props I have were ones I got from eBay auctions and are all used.
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Re: Want to buy 1 Top Flite 6x3
Admin Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:40 pm
Well, I have a 6x3 but its no better than Ron's and I have a really nice 5¼x3.
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Re: Want to buy 1 Top Flite 6x3
Mark Boesen Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:04 pm
ok, I gotta ask? Is the reason you want a Top-Flite prop is for sentimental or nostalgia reasons? The reason I'm asking is I just don't think it's that good of prop? If you're looking to make some props, the Cox grey Comp prop or Master Air Screw would make a nice prop.
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Re: Want to buy 1 Top Flite 6x3
dckrsn Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:09 pm
Here's one Mike.
Even swap for one of your finished product.
Send me your address.
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Re: Want to buy 1 Top Flite 6x3
MikeM Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:17 pm
Mark Boesen wrote:ok, I gotta ask? Is the reason you want a Top-Flite prop is for sentimental or nostalgia reasons? The reason I'm asking is I just don't think it's that good of prop? If you're looking to make some props, the Cox grey Comp prop or Master Air Screw would make a nice prop.
not sentimental at all.
the TF is a great prop for several models, and again not for others............
i do agree though that the Cox grey 6x3 was an excellent prop...........all i've seen so far is the black nylon version and it didn't pitch out the same on both blades.
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Re: Want to buy 1 Top Flite 6x3
Mark Boesen Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:33 pm
I don't think there the same prop, the gray competition prop was common back in the 70s-80's they were pretty stiff and seemed to be the most popular prop around.
As a kid i loved the white and red Top-Flites, i thought they were pret-ty cool.
As a kid i loved the white and red Top-Flites, i thought they were pret-ty cool.
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Re: Want to buy 1 Top Flite 6x3
Admin Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:44 pm
How about some of those crystal clear Grish Tornado props! 
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stevej Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:55 pm
I bet I have some. If you are coming by the house this weekend I should be able to fix you up.
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Re: Want to buy 1 Top Flite 6x3
Mark Boesen Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:56 pm
prop pornAdmin wrote:How about some of those crystal clear Grish Tornado props!
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Admin Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:02 am
I have always been waiting for that day I will run into a mint box of old props somewhere. I regret not buying a big box of old white Tornado props from up at Hub hobby. One day they were gone, I asked where they moved them to and they said they took them off the shelf because a guy said they were old and unsafe and could fly apart. They still have them in the backroom but they refuse to sell them
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Re: Want to buy 1 Top Flite 6x3
Mark Boesen Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:13 am
i found a box of mint nylon 10x6 top-flites in a bottom of a box of stuff at a r/c swap meet bout 10 years ago, keep 'em for about a year before i ebayed 'em...
inside box were a bunch of little printed notes, hand outs, from top-flite telling the customer to boil props before use and to store, wrapped in a damp rag, in a plastic bag!
inside box were a bunch of little printed notes, hand outs, from top-flite telling the customer to boil props before use and to store, wrapped in a damp rag, in a plastic bag!
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Admin Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:22 am
I really should go back up to Hub and see if I could talk them into selling them. It was a good sized box with the top cut off, it had to have a good 50 props in it. I believe they were 6x3s, the white nylon with black stripes on the tips.
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Re: Want to buy 1 Top Flite 6x3
MikeM Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:35 am
Mark Boesen wrote:prop pornAdmin wrote:How about some of those crystal clear Grish Tornado props!
OK Mark.......this is just plain rude
obviously you are going to share right?
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Re: Want to buy 1 Top Flite 6x3
MikeM Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:39 am
Admin wrote:
. One day they were gone, I asked where they moved them to and they said they took them off the shelf because a guy said they were old and unsafe and could fly apart. They still have them in the backroom but they refuse to sell them
must have been one of them modern day RC guys who build ARF's
they never seen what happens when APC's fly apart, but will swear that they are the greatest thing since the toothbrush..
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Re: Want to buy 1 Top Flite 6x3
pkrankow Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:01 am
I have a 5 1/4 x 3 and a 5 1/4x4 that appear unused if you were interested.
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Re: Want to buy 1 Top Flite 6x3
Cribbs74 Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:05 am
Jacob, maybe if you just tell them you want them for display purposes and that it's worthless to them if they are just collecting dust in th back room.
Mike, seems like you have plenty of options now however, if you still want my prop shoot me your address in a PM.
Ron
Mike, seems like you have plenty of options now however, if you still want my prop shoot me your address in a PM.
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