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Post by hawkeye20 on Jul 20, 2011 10:08:55 GMT 1
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Post by pauliepilot on Jul 20, 2011 20:13:37 GMT 1
€20,000 up in smoke wow....but if ur stupid anuff to spend that sort of cash on a rc plane"no matter how cool"then so be it...smash
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Post by hawkeye20 on Jul 20, 2011 21:42:16 GMT 1
yeah that's what I say I can think of better things to spend $20.000 on
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Gohmer
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Post by Gohmer on Jul 21, 2011 3:20:10 GMT 1
Nothing worthwhile or entertaining about that. Just sad.
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Post by john66 on Jul 21, 2011 9:14:40 GMT 1
Nothing worthwhile or entertaining about that. Just sad. Good point, very well made. John |
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Post by dman on Jul 21, 2011 10:42:38 GMT 1
In the comments section he claims the jet is actually worth $6000, still a huge amount.
I don't see anything wrong with spending huge amounts of money on jets as awesome as those, as long as you have the cash, are a really good pilot and accept that all it takes to lose it all is a split second lapse in judgement.
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Post by john66 on Jul 21, 2011 10:57:00 GMT 1
In the comments section he claims the jet is actually worth $6000, still a huge amount. I don't see anything wrong with spending huge amounts of money on jets as awesome as those, as long as you have the cash, are a really good pilot and accept that all it takes to lose it all is a split second lapse in judgement. Ahhh, that explains alot, so not $20,000 just 6k, say no more, the idiot was probably using a junk orange rx and cheapo HK components. I'll withold anymore judgements until I hear what ghomer has to say? John |
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Post by flydiver on Jul 21, 2011 15:36:12 GMT 1
Once you get to that level you have long long ago dumped junk electronics. Those guys have $500-1000 TX, $100+ RX, Servos at $50-100/each, etc.
Set-up and pre-flight can take more than an hour. They are pretty careful for the most part.
No, they really don't want to crash but neither do we, eh? We still do.
It all depends on your risk tolerance and need for speed and thrills.
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Post by renard80 on Jul 21, 2011 15:42:51 GMT 1
John - I am monitoring your comments on this thread with fascination (and trepidation) . . . .  |
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Post by john66 on Jul 21, 2011 16:20:01 GMT 1
Once you get to that level you have long long ago dumped junk electronics. Those guys have $500-1000 TX, $100+ RX, Servos at $50-100/each, etc. Set-up and pre-flight can take more than an hour. They are pretty careful for the most part. No, they really don't want to crash but neither do we, eh? We still do. It all depends on your risk tolerance and need for speed and thrills. My error, from what I had learned on this forum, particular from our friend ghomer, was that pay the right money and everything is bulletproof. Are you sure he had decent electronics in there. I really wouldnt be so sure? John |
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Post by flydiver on Jul 21, 2011 16:52:37 GMT 1
Methinks he had a classic 'dumb thumb'. One of the problems with flying that kind of $$$ is it tends to make you nervous. At that speed small errors have drastic consequences.
Nothing is bulletproof, you put in redundant systems if you are smart.
One of the best ESC are Castle. I've had them fail right out of the package.
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Post by john66 on Jul 21, 2011 17:42:23 GMT 1
Methinks he had a classic 'dumb thumb'. One of the problems with flying that kind of $$$ is it tends to make you nervous. At that speed small errors have drastic consequences. Nothing is bulletproof, you put in redundant systems if you are smart. One of the best ESC are Castle. I've had them fail right out of the package. Point taken. Out of interest I checked out there site and see they have a few vacancies going if any of our American friends are interested who live in Kansas!...... www.castlecreations.com/information/jobs.htmlJohn |
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Post by john66 on Jul 21, 2011 18:23:20 GMT 1
John - I am monitoring your comments on this thread with fascination (and trepidation) . . . . LOL, nowt untoward goin on over here fella! John |
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Post by toff on Jul 28, 2011 23:26:52 GMT 1
At that speed, what chance do you have? At the most, our planes ( even fast pushers and EDF's) are topping 80 mph. That must have been hitting 200 or so. And, it was very low, and remotely piloted ( which, as any fighter pilot will tell you) is harder ( from an orientation point of view) than flying a real 'plane! Got to feel for the guy, www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL7upK2kUqQWatch the jet at 43 seconds. The russian pilot of that plane was in tears after the crash. Thats how costly and intense R/C jet flying is! |
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Post by leisureshoot on Jul 29, 2011 14:58:49 GMT 1
At that speed, what chance do you have? At the most, our planes ( even fast pushers and EDF's) are topping 80 mph. That must have been hitting 200 or so. And, it was very low, and remotely piloted ( which, as any fighter pilot will tell you) is harder ( from an orientation point of view) than flying a real 'plane! Got to feel for the guy, www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL7upK2kUqQWatch the jet at 43 seconds. The russian pilot of that plane was in tears after the crash. Thats how costly and intense R/C jet flying is! From that video, it would appear that 50% of Russian RC Jets have malfunctioning landing gear  |
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