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Post by mrmugen on Dec 29, 2008 16:41:17 GMT 1
Nice collection you got there! How did Dad like his gift? Has he flown it yet? If so how does it fly?
Kevin
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Post by graves on Dec 29, 2008 18:37:07 GMT 1
Thanks mrmugen. I'm running out of space to store them without invading other parts of the house. Lucky for my parents I only have 1 more year of college so they can finally kick me out of the house for good ;D
My dad hasn't "flown" the apprentice yet, I think he's working up the courage to do so. He's been taxiing up and down the street and making short bunny hops. Today may be the day though! Its ~50 degrees with 5mph winds. I'll be sure to take out the camera.
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Post by admiralev on Dec 29, 2008 20:33:56 GMT 1
yea a vid would be great. did you win a promotional stunt with horizonhobby? you have almost every plane they manufacture. i love that taylorcraft
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Post by SCC on Dec 29, 2008 23:38:07 GMT 1
Thats a great hangar you have there Graves.  |
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Post by graves on Dec 30, 2008 0:13:31 GMT 1
Haha thanks guys. No I didn't win anything with horizon. They just happen to make very nice airplanes that I love and are small enough to fit in my wranger  . I still have to get the Piper Cub and the Beaver, but at 68 inches across, I doubt I can transport the beaver without taking the wings off. Unfortunately, the Apprentice suffered a bit today. Old man didn't want me to help him on its first flight, so the batt was half charged, wasn't trimmed, and he didn't bring the trainer cord. So I offered to make the first flight to trim it out but he thought his real world flight training would take care of that. -sigh- I wish noobs, whether stubborn family members or not, would just listen. He took off, flew a few circles constantly fighting too much up trim and he finally handed it off to me. I had control for maybe 2 seconds when the apprentice just went into a full nose dive straight down. I frantically moved the sticks around hoping control would return but it never happened. I had this exact same problem with the Pawnee (the post regarding malfunctioning receivers) but it turned out to be a binding elevator servo. The plane crashed nose-first into some thick brush (same bushes you see in the pawnee pic), right between the water and hard earth. The plane came out relatively unscathed except for a deep 3-4 inch gash in the wing. And to top it off, one of the mains on the trojan "fell off" on landing. I'll have to glue it back on later. What a crappy flying day today  |
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Post by graves on Jan 4, 2009 8:49:13 GMT 1
Ok guys, after a week of tinkering I've found out the dx5 that was packaged with the apprentice was a dud. I kept losing signal to the plane using the radio. So I binded my dx7 to the apprentice and did two 10 min flights with no problems. Then binded it back to the dx5 and lost signal twice within 2 minutes of it taking off. After landing it, I binded a different dx5 to the apprentice and it flew perfectly fine. I took the radio back to my lhs to get it replaced. It'll be about a week before getting it back.
Anyway, the apprentice flies just like it should - a trainer...It can also fly very slow for its size, surprisingly slow! Slow enough that someone can run under the plane and just grab it from the air. Landing it is a joke...just cut the throttle and keep the nose and wings level. It settles on all three wheels with no bounce. It just floats...floats...floats....and touches down so smoothly.
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Post by duck on Jan 18, 2009 4:04:44 GMT 1
Those are some nice planes. I like the little Cessna, too bad parts are hard to find.
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Post by graves on Jan 31, 2009 7:49:41 GMT 1
Actually, towerhobbies is now carrying spare parts for the cessna  |
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Post by graves on Apr 18, 2009 6:50:14 GMT 1
Got tired of stacking planes on top of each other so I threw this together in under an hour    No more hanger rash from bouncing around in the back! (my second hobby - keeping this in tip top shape)  |
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Post by duck9191 on Apr 18, 2009 9:33:00 GMT 1
neat idea. i need to make one for my house lol. the problem i have now with getting my plane in the car is that most of my wings are 65"+, they don't fit in my small car. amusing trying to get them in there though. nice jeep, i had a cherokee until some one drove in to me |
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Post by graves on Aug 23, 2009 9:44:28 GMT 1
Shoop de whoop   E-Flite PT-19 Pilots from McDonald's happy meals...(gf's suggestion...it has to look "cute") Next up (I think...) will be the Champ from Pilot-1/Hobby-Lobby. |
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Post by graves on Sept 1, 2009 17:06:08 GMT 1
Decided against the champ and went for the eflite cub   |
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Post by graves on Sept 1, 2009 17:16:37 GMT 1
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Post by graves on Oct 10, 2009 8:15:57 GMT 1
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Post by SCC on Oct 10, 2009 12:38:36 GMT 1
Hi Graves. Super pics. I have been looking at the Eflite Beaver, have you had it in the air yet? What are you powering it with? The Taylor craft is another of my favourite planes. I have all the hardware for one, I really should get one. |
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