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12-07-2002, 06:12 PM
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The first plane I ever put together was an ARF "Pizazz" I screwed up alot with this one.
1st I glue the ailerons on the wrong sides and upside down.
2nd I didn't seat the Horizontal stab correctly. It was visibly crooked.
That plane never flied right, but I absolutely loved it.
1st I glue the ailerons on the wrong sides and upside down.
2nd I didn't seat the Horizontal stab correctly. It was visibly crooked.
That plane never flied right, but I absolutely loved it.
12-07-2002, 09:21 PM
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I built a Butterfly with the fuse so curved that it would take off in a climbing spin and thermal for hours.... 
. and if you buy that I'll tell you about my heli with rotor's reversed that would....not buying that one at all are you...
. and if you buy that I'll tell you about my heli with rotor's reversed that would....not buying that one at all are you...
12-07-2002, 09:27 PM
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long time ago.. built a ringmaster control line didnt put any off set in the rudder to pull away from you.. . guess what??? plane wanted to chase me.. !!!! scarey,,,
never forgot that i was 15 at the time.
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never forgot that i was 15 at the time.
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12-07-2002, 09:44 PM
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Originally posted by sloper10
I built a Butterfly with the fuse so curved that it would take off in a climbing spin and thermal for hours..... and if you buy that I'll tell you about my heli with rotor's reversed that would....not buying that one at all are you...
I built a Butterfly with the fuse so curved that it would take off in a climbing spin and thermal for hours....
. and if you buy that I'll tell you about my heli with rotor's reversed that would....not buying that one at all are you...
I have heard of having the paddles reversed..
12-07-2002, 10:20 PM
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All in good fun....If you have been at this for years then you have both built in mistakes and mistakenly flown in......It's all part of the experience...
12-07-2002, 11:48 PM
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I bought my son a cessna 182 global kit, He put the stab and vertical together beautifully, however the fuselage sides he built exactly alike so I guess we could have made a profile 182.
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12-08-2002, 07:25 PM
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These are fun to read - and remember - I think my SECOND pattern airplane...somehow ended up with a retract mounting block and cutout on TOP of one of the wings....guess when I discovered it??? :stupid:
(yep - AFTER gluing the halves together)
(yep - AFTER gluing the halves together)
12-08-2002, 10:53 PM
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Nosen Aronca Champ, 2 left wing panels. 
Marks Models Fun Scale P-39, right thrust.......but wait, did not notice until the spinner was fitted and plane was all painted.
Marks Models Fun Scale P-39, right thrust.......but wait, did not notice until the spinner was fitted and plane was all painted.
12-08-2002, 10:59 PM
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It was late in the evening and I wanted to finish.I was epoxying the wing halves together,I fell asleep...................when I woke up my head was glued to the wing.
BTW,its straight and fly's great.Too bad my head ain't.
BTW,its straight and fly's great.Too bad my head ain't.
12-08-2002, 11:15 PM
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Bought two bottles of epoxy.......the first one would not dry......and the second one was just as bad.......
Many, many moons ago I had some of that same epoxy...didn't work well for me either...
Many, many moons ago I had some of that same epoxy...didn't work well for me either...
12-09-2002, 12:41 AM
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Originally posted by rcspud
It was late in the evening and I wanted to finish.I was epoxying the wing halves together,I fell asleep...................when I woke up my head was glued to the wing.
BTW,its straight and fly's great.Too bad my head ain't.
It was late in the evening and I wanted to finish.I was epoxying the wing halves together,I fell asleep...................when I woke up my head was glued to the wing.
BTW,its straight and fly's great.Too bad my head ain't.
LOL...That's to hilarous.....
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12-09-2002, 12:51 AM
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SLoper10 - tom czenthe - Reminds me of my first use of Polyester Resin....couldn't figure out what that little bottle of stuff was, so threw it out....never could get that wing reinforcing glass to be sandable....
12-09-2002, 01:01 AM
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Originally posted by aerobob
SLoper10 - tom czenthe - Reminds me of my first use of Polyester Resin....couldn't figure out what that little bottle of stuff was, so threw it out....never could get that wing reinforcing glass to be sandable....
SLoper10 - tom czenthe - Reminds me of my first use of Polyester Resin....couldn't figure out what that little bottle of stuff was, so threw it out....never could get that wing reinforcing glass to be sandable....
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I "self taught" myself to apply Monocote too. Burned me, burned my chair and desk, warped the wing I was attempting to cover and threatened to burn the wife if she didn't stop laughing....
12-09-2002, 01:15 AM
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built a buterfly-left out the steel wing joiner--glued the two halfs together-one solid wing---wrong--son was flying --did a outside loop--wing tips slapped together, plane sort of did all kinds of wierd things--scooped of the pieces--last buterfly i ever built
12-09-2002, 04:10 AM
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Built a S.P.A.D. Plane off of spadtothebone.com website once, and thought it was a 20 size plane, it was really a 40! So about all I could do is taxi around at high speed, till I put a 40 in it!! Looked pretty silly just running up and down the runway!!
12-09-2002, 04:34 AM
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Originally posted by knpjdad
Built a S.P.A.D. Plane off of spadtothebone.com website once, and thought it was a 20 size plane, it was really a 40! So about all I could do is taxi around at high speed, till I put a 40 in it!! Looked pretty silly just running up and down the runway!!
Built a S.P.A.D. Plane off of spadtothebone.com website once, and thought it was a 20 size plane, it was really a 40! So about all I could do is taxi around at high speed, till I put a 40 in it!! Looked pretty silly just running up and down the runway!!
12-09-2002, 01:16 PM
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A few years back I built a Long Easy (40 size) and on its first day at the field it would barely taxi....back to the workbench to put a 60 in it......at the field it would barely taxi again.......someone suggested (hate those guys) "you got the prop on backwards"...we turned the prop around ant the plane took off like a rocket......
