kermit
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Post by kermit on May 4, 2011 9:07:14 GMT 1
Hi all just wanted to say cracking forum by the looks of things. Im sure ill be picking a few brains as times go by. Just brought myself my first Super Cub ;D Ive not been around RC stuff in many a year mainly being around RC cars in the late 80's early 90's. Always been in to aircraft wot with family RAF background but for some reason never owned an RC plane all though i have flown the odd glider some years ago. So after a lot of reading up etc i brought a Super Cub as a start off aircraft and here im am. I see there seems to be a lot of banter about loads of Southerns on here not so many Northerns. Im bang in the middle being form Robin Hood country. Roll on the weekend so i can get a short test flight in, well thats if this dam wind drops by then Regards Scott
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Post by pauliepilot on May 4, 2011 11:26:18 GMT 1
With ur merry men! :-) wellcome to the club scott....have u made any mods yet!
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kermit
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Post by kermit on May 4, 2011 19:55:28 GMT 1
Merry yes could do with a drink :-) Mods not as yet but do plan on a paint job at some point, other mods i'n time once I've got some flying time under my belt nothing major. I run a Carp fishery so have a nice big lake to land on so some floats would be nice. But trying to land on water is way way down the line after hrs of fly behind me. Again due to the lake I'm really interested i'n mounting a camera under her belly. But for the mo I'm just really pleased with getting my Cub & really looking forward to flying her, just wondering if the big man up stairs would be kind enough to turn the gravity switch down a bit ready for my first flight. As the ground is a bit hard at the min !!
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Post by pauliepilot on May 4, 2011 20:31:47 GMT 1
One usefull tip unplug the act...it can do more damage then anythink,oh and keep it high and level till you get the hang of it..its easy when you know how :-) I learnt to fly with the cub lp that was 10months ago,i picked up a phase 3 ef16 today but have had a phase3 p40"with this i bought a dx6i",swift wing,phase3 squall,and now a ef16. But still fly the cub now and then :-) Oh i forgot about my other brushless supercub
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Post by john66 on May 4, 2011 20:33:56 GMT 1
Hi Scott & welcome. Not so many northerners I guess as this is quite an expensive hobby and really requires alot more delicate handling than alot of northern hairy palmed types can actually deal with, I even understand there are only a small handfull (no pun intended) that have opposable thumbs. Just a thought! ;D John PS Toff who we make an exception for, I guess from his name that he is actually one of us who probably emigrated oop north
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kermit
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Post by kermit on May 5, 2011 20:03:22 GMT 1
Hi thanks for the tips on the ACT, just watched the video that bloodboughtchad has posted on tips section. Watched a few other very interesting vids off the back of his. So going to sit down and make a few mods before my first flight
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Post by renard80 on May 5, 2011 22:25:15 GMT 1
. . . going to sit down and make a few mods before my first flight I recommend you do the "ice lolly stick on the wing saddle" mod before flying. On a virgin plane, there's still a nice straight bit of foam to glue it to - but should you crash, you risk damaging that foam, which can make the job more difficult. Welcome to the Club. Oh, and please forgive john66 his insensitive comments about northerners. Some of us southerners were brought up properly and were taught to treat people north of Oxford almost as our equals, provided they keep their whippets under control and don't wear their clogs in the house. ;D
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kermit
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Post by kermit on May 10, 2011 14:01:39 GMT 1
Well my cub is built I've done the battery box mod and the wing saddle mod also disconnected the auto crash sensors Now itching 2 get some flying done but this dam wind ain't dropped for over a week now. You watch the wind will drop & it'll start raining!
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