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Post by mebigbear on Jul 27, 2011 3:58:45 GMT 1
;D so I'm new to this thing called flying ! i mean i make my Rc cars,trucks,bikes fly but they never stay up long enough . lol lol have a blade CX2 but all ways wanted to fly a plane , love the super cub and could not pass up the deal and got a buddy of mine to get one too . Looks like july 27th Wed or 28th Thur could be are first flights . oh ya I'm in Canada  . will post pics of before and after my first flight oh ya i will have on board keychain cams on the SC to see how bad i really do fly. i guess that's it for now, im sure i will have lots of questions. great site. |
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Post by iflyforfun on Jul 27, 2011 8:55:36 GMT 1
1. Disconnect the ACT
2. Get as much altitude as possible
3. If it gets away from you and a crash is eminent, cut the throttle!!!!
4. Pucker your cheeks at the moment of impact
5. For the most chance of sucess(and least dammage) go to iowa, find a wheat field of about 200 acres, stand in the middle and go for it!! :-)
Sorry about 4 & 5, lol
Hey, good luck and welcome to the family. Cant wait to see the vid's!!!!
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Post by hawkeye20 on Jul 27, 2011 10:51:40 GMT 1
also before your first flight you might want to do a few mods to it. check this out you will learn a few things. #1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eA-RhCIkkQ&feature=email#2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn8xjXYQj5w&feature=email there is a lot of other info on you tube also you might want to put clear packing tape along the leading edge of wing that will help save wings from getting banged up. and across the middle were rubber bands go. and were wing struts go on fuselage put Velcro on struts and under fuselage there is a vid on you tube some were about it. good luck & happy flying |
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Post by mebigbear on Jul 30, 2011 8:02:21 GMT 1
well my buddy and i got are planes up and the air i went first and few for almost a hole battery and yes forgot to put the Key chain cams on my plane i do have a pic of the before , my buddy's plane was not so lucky i told him to tape his plane i think i might have taped a bit to much but few great and easy to fly.
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Post by toff on Aug 8, 2011 0:47:14 GMT 1
Was it a good flight? Did y'all land successfully? And can you now fly? We want to know!
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Post by mebigbear on Aug 15, 2011 5:42:54 GMT 1
Well lets put it this way first flight was great even did some touch and goes , did a loop by mistake even landed the plane . now the second flight was not so great got to full of myself and just about planted the SC into the ground. so right now I'm waiting for parts and some more battery's.
oh ya lost my cam some where in the filed so no vids yet .
can't wait to get the SC back in the air.
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Post by toff on Aug 15, 2011 8:48:30 GMT 1
Yup! 'pride and ego goeth before the fall.' Done it and got the T-shirt! part and parcel of the learning process - This is easy! Ooh...I'm really good at this! .....Aaah, WTF happened then! I wonder if I can fix this?.............. Learning, just can't beat it!  |
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Post by iflyforfun on Aug 15, 2011 22:41:59 GMT 1
@toff, you hit it right on the head. The whole learning process has become fun. Now with cheap electric power and foam you just cant beat it. I would never have takin chances with my balsa planes back in the late 70's and early 80's. So you got the "pride and ego" T-shirt. Well I got the pride and ego "T-shirt, pants and underwear. Lol I never mentioned it 2 weeks ago, but when I was in Ireland my beautiful MPX Fun Cub lost its nose because of "pride and ego" (P&E). ;D To be honest, it lost everything in front of the wing after I planted it on the beach like I was drilling for oil. ;D ;D  Thank God that was one of the days my son was not filming. Lol Lets just say that the motor and about 6" of the fusalage including that landing gear were laying about 10 feet away from the rest of the plane. I got the pieces back to the house, checked the electronics, put a spare 35-36 in it, used a bunch of Epoxy and glued the front of the plane back on. The next day I was flying like nothing had ever happened. Back in the 80's I would have bin out of action for 3 months because of "P&E".lol I always seem to crash when someone is watching!!!! ;D Time to start flying alone again!!!! Lol Ifly |
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Post by renard80 on Aug 16, 2011 0:14:48 GMT 1
I never mentioned it 2 weeks ago, but when I was in Ireland my beautiful MPX Fun Cub lost its nose because of "pride and ego" (P&E). ;D To be honest, it lost everything in front of the wing after I planted it on the beach like I was drilling for oil. ;D ;D Thank God that was one of the days my son was not filming. Lol Lets just say that the motor and about 6" of the fusalage including that landing gear were laying about 10 feet away from the rest of the plane. Thank you so much for posting that confession. I get pretty frustrated from viewing video of clever guys seemingly flying like eagles without ever crashing. WTF am I doing wrong? Then I read something like this and realise that you smart guys also crash with disastrous results, just like us lesser mortals. But presumably most people only post videos of their successful flights . . . Thanks again for your honesty. |
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Post by mebigbear on Aug 17, 2011 5:48:04 GMT 1
yup when i get some vid no mater what happens i will post it . I'm just waiting on a new key chain cam and off i will go.
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Post by mebigbear on Aug 17, 2011 5:54:24 GMT 1
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