#4571153 - 06/07/21 01:03 AM
Re: Jumped into balsa and glow engines
[Re: messyhead]
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Dart
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Lifer
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The opinions of this poster are largely based on facts and portray a possible version of the actual events. More dumb stuff at http://www.darts-page.comFrom Laser: "The forum is the place where combat (real time) flight simulator fans come to play turn based strategy combat."
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#4571594 - 06/12/21 03:08 PM
Re: Jumped into balsa and glow engines
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oldgrognard
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Lifer
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I tried the balsa plane route when I was a young teenager. Didn’t have the patience. So my build when from very good at the beginning to poor as I tried to hurry to finish. Crashed it on second flight and it was write-off. That ended it for me.
Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
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#4572630 - 06/24/21 12:13 PM
Re: Jumped into balsa and glow engines
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KRT_Bong
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It's KRT not Kurt
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Sarasota, Florida
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Might make a good electric instead of glow motor..
Windows 10 Pro Gigabyte 970A DS3P FX AMD FX6300 Vishera 3.5 Ghz ASUS STRIX GeForce GTX 970 Overclocked 4 GB DDR5 16Gb Patriot Viper 3 RAM DDR3 1866Mhz Onikuma Gaming Headset (has annoying blue lights I don't use)
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#4572877 - 06/26/21 08:05 PM
Re: Jumped into balsa and glow engines
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KraziKanuK
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My Dad still builds and flies the old "slimers" as they are called. Cleaning the "slimey" fuel of of them after flight is a bit of a pain. Here is one of my Dad's "classics". I'm not sure sure if this is an old Goldberg, or a Fairlane, or Falcon. I used to knows these all very well. https://SimHQ.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/4282298/Re:_Classic_RC_plane
There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
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#4572903 - 06/27/21 12:34 AM
Re: Jumped into balsa and glow engines
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KraziKanuK
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Thanks KK. My memory is not what it used to be. I didn't even remember that post from earlier either. Still, love the old balsa wood RC planes.
I did a 'search web for image'. What did you think of the video of the rubber powered I posted?
There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
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#4575605 - 07/27/21 08:25 PM
Re: Jumped into balsa and glow engines
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messyhead
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I've not updated on here as I ended up joining an RC forum and posting progress on there and getting help from folks. But I created an Instagram to post progress if anyone's interested. https://instagram.com/rc_plane_adventures
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#4578016 - 08/23/21 10:53 PM
Re: Jumped into balsa and glow engines
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JohnnyChemo
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Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty. This is known as "bad luck.” -Robert Heinlein
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#4580717 - 09/21/21 02:41 PM
Re: Jumped into balsa and glow engines
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Clydewinder
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I miss the smell of running glow motors.
Robots are stealing my luggage.
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#4580741 - 09/21/21 05:31 PM
Re: Jumped into balsa and glow engines
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oldgrognard
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They really did have a unique smell didn’t they ?
Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
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Exodus
by RedOneAlpha. 04/18/24 05:46 PM
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