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Somebody stop me!
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Somebody stop me!
Man! I gotta stop. I’m an addict… Any random thing sets me off on a building binge. In this case, it is all Andrew’s fault, the rotten enabler. On the thread where I cleverly hook another new recruit, he brought up the Man-Win Trainer. Since I’ve been on a PeeWee kick, that just set me off. So, may I present my new Min-Win Trainer:
I basically reduced the 24 inch span of the Man-Win to 14 inches, because that seemed about right. I have some coroplast that I got for free waiting for different projects that I used for the fuse. Then I took a helicopter PeeWee and adapted it for plane use. I took an old, broken PeeWee backplate and used it as a drilling template for mounting screws, and then cut down the heli backplate for minimal cross section.
Final weight is 2.5 ounces. A little lighter than I was expecting. I was hoping it’d come out closer to 3.5 or 4 to keep it tight on the lines. What do Y’all think? 25 foot lines?
The Light Mark
I basically reduced the 24 inch span of the Man-Win to 14 inches, because that seemed about right. I have some coroplast that I got for free waiting for different projects that I used for the fuse. Then I took a helicopter PeeWee and adapted it for plane use. I took an old, broken PeeWee backplate and used it as a drilling template for mounting screws, and then cut down the heli backplate for minimal cross section.
Final weight is 2.5 ounces. A little lighter than I was expecting. I was hoping it’d come out closer to 3.5 or 4 to keep it tight on the lines. What do Y’all think? 25 foot lines?
The Light Mark
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batjac- Diamond Member
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Re: Somebody stop me!
These would be great for Flash Mob style combat matches. We just show up in some small grass stip, throw down a combat match, and leave FAST.
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Re: Somebody stop me!
duke.johnson wrote:These would be great for Flash Mob style combat matches. We just show up in some small grass stip, throw down a combat match, and leave FAST.
Now that's funny!!!
Re: Somebody stop me!
duke.johnson wrote:These would be great for Flash Mob style combat matches. We just show up in some small grass stip, throw down a combat match, and leave FAST.
That'd be awesome! Four or six guys drive up and run out into the middle of a park, three guys fueling up and starting while three guys roll the lines out to the center. Fired up and flying in under a minute. Fly a fast combat round. Lines wound up and packed away again in another minute. A quick, five minute flash fly. You could hit six or seven parks in an afternoon. Imagine the news segments that night.
The Imaginative Mark
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Re: Somebody stop me!
Folks would find it funny at first, then.........
I am totally IN though!
I am totally IN though!
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Re: Somebody stop me!
This thing is TOTALLY a calm wind flyer. At just 2.5 ounces, the wind tosses it up and down. I maidened it today as I had the son to pit for me. The first flight was kinda silly as I had a time getting it to stay level. Any gust crosswise and it wants to balloon. I set out two cameras by the door so I could video the maiden, but I left them there when we walked out the door. So, my son used his phone to get some video. Nothing special for the first flights, just roundy-roundy. Here's the maiden flight after he launches for me:
And the second flight. As you can see, it does an absolutely perfect Figure 9. I set the throws for minimum for the first flights. I'll give it just a hair more throw and see what I can get for agility.
The Minimum Mark
And the second flight. As you can see, it does an absolutely perfect Figure 9. I set the throws for minimum for the first flights. I'll give it just a hair more throw and see what I can get for agility.
The Minimum Mark
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