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  1. #11 Crazy Carl 
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    Hi Crazy Carl ,
    been enjoying reading posts mostly lately, rather than posting . I useually have to take a breathe after reading yours and Signets, they are soooo full of information and wonderment to us folks here in the States, it takes awhile to ponder and imagine ourselves in your shoes ???? Kinda cool to just watch the diversity around here too .
    I think most Americans are the mouthy posters, me being one of them of course . Just our nature to spew dribble I guess ?
    I use Crayola Color Crayons to draw lines in the sand now that I am wiser , gave up flagpoles recently , does no good to deliberately make enemies is what I learned .
    Yes indeed the Hurricaine was a fine plane , as was the German Stuka
    ( spelled wrong ) . The list of fine planes is toooo long , but we all got our favorites obviously . Mine I guess stem from Performance and gracesfull lines, just like my Woman !!! Planes are Woman , thank God Almighty for that . Personally I prefer radial juggs too Crazy Carl , nothing sounds or feels better than a 1920's 30's Bi-Plane rumble . Make mine a 12 cylinder please I am sure someone has put those motors into a cycle , they are just not alive to give us a test report from the experience of trying that . Hell, even Jay Lenno owns a bike with the Turbo-Jet Helecopter motor and rides the thing too from time to time . Now thats crazy . :

    Cheers , Have a good day , now go outside and play like I am going to be doing . Were doing the Shinray DB200 MX today for my jollies on the track .
    Nice day off, self appointed day off no less

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    Snortin'

    No worries. I spent much of the last two weeks out playing, most of it between 14,000 and 16,000 feet. Now I'm paying for it with reviewing and post-processing over two thousand pictures. Full trip report to come after the photos get uploaded.

    I also don't mind getting stuck in some mud every now and then!

    - 4,500m/asl - Photo by ChinaV


    Lets some mud pics!

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  3. #13 Yeh but Crazy Carl 
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    Yeh but Crazy Carl , I don't see a 7-11 convenience market on that trail you got stuck in
    Lordy lordy , now that's isolation riding, gotta love it . That's how I felt in Saudi Arabia . Its nice as long as you don't concern your mind with breaking down . And I am sure by now your mind is far from worrying about that there .

    Later, cheers, Snortin out

    PS ... Maybe I missed it, but whats up with DesertDog aka DCscooterdude ?
    Simon e-mailed me saying somethign was wrong , do you know what ???
    PM me if its fragile.
    Thanks , Culcune sounds pretty busy
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    Quote Originally Posted by Snortin Norton View Post
    USMC , Yeh But ???????
    Where's the picture a of the Lightning 38

    P-38 on the bench.. Old photo.


    Mosquito is nice, but a bad airfoil to convert to R/C. Infact most people who flew them would never do so witout being in comba. Bad temperment plane. RR motors are nice, but only if the counter rotate.

    Hurricane was a great plane, but was outdated by the time the Battle of Britian came around.

    Stuka was the most unrecognized aircraft of WWII ahead of the B-24. Hitler would have gotten no where without the Stuka. As I recall in my past reading, it was Joe Kennedy who stated that the Stuka was an defensive weapon, not offensive.

    Thought the B-17 was a great plane, the B-24 was better.. Why, well cheaper to build, and had a longer airframe service, if it wasnt shot down... But it was Memphis Belle not a B-24 to make it through the first 25 mission.

    Currently have a B-25 with twin 1208-32 BL motors getting ready to go onto the building board. That is this winters project. Hate to build in the bad summer time weather as the CA accelerated to fast with the humidity.. It is funny as you can speed the drying (kicker) time up, but you cant slow it down..
    What the h@!! is an Aluminum Falcon?
    I dont travel to go dirt riding, I dirt ride everytime I travel!!
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    Musty,

    That's a great job! What kind of servo and radio control units do you use?

    When I was younger I whined my parents into getting me a styrofoam RC Cessna Cardinal with a tiny ass Cox engine. I got to the part about drilling a hole in the firewall and it ended there.

    IIRC, the 24's had a longer range and were vitally important to patrolling the Pacific for subs. The 17's I think are better looking planes with more elegant lines but the brickish elephant like front nose of the 24's always got my juices going.

    Also, which came into service first? the 24's or 17's? I think the survival rate of the aircraft went up a little after the P-51's came out with long range tanks.

    Oh and...the Flying Tigers I think had the coolest teeth of any WWII plane even though the P40's weren't the best machines around. In China the Flying Tigers were and still are a respected part of SW China fight against the Japanese in Yunnan and Burma. They did okay for a bunch of volunteers and the teeth left a lasting impression on both sides of the conflict.

    The new planes are outrageously cool, but after the A-10, I think something got lost. Warthog had some cool teeth too.


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    Semper-Fi guy ,
    nice job , and that aint a small RC you got there ,that's a big-gun one . Very cool .
    Cheers, Snortin out

    PS.........Then there is the Corsaire nobody mentioned, or should I say , The flying Ford Pinto more aptly named ..............
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    I truely love A-10's. They saved my ASS in the Gulf in 1991. As a enlisted man at the time, it was part of my job to go out in the field to grade my analyst work. I was in the three corners of Iraq, Q8, and Saudi when we ran into a nice line of Soviet tanks that no one including myself had noticed. We began to take fire from them, and called for back up. I was shot, and one of the men in the unit was killed. Then from no where these BEAUTIFUL A-10's from the ANG, came in letting those cannons in. When it was over there was 5 less Soviet tanks. At that point I decided I wanted to be an officer, and avoid a situation like that.

    B-24 was old compared to the 17. The survival rate of the 17 was higher, but the 24 was capable of caring a heavier load a further distance. Compared to what the British had in there bomber arsenal, a PT-17 looked good. Dont have much good to say about the Lancaster.. Many claim that the 51D was the best escort aircraft, but talk with a bomber pilot, and they will credit the 47D thru M Jugg. The 51D was one of the first aircraft that was able to escort all the way to Germany and back, and once again stole the glory af another aircraft.

    I am running a Spektrum DX-7 2.4Ghz. Was running a Futaba Attack 6 on 50 Mhz, but the local flying club is frowning on Ham Band.. This one is to big to fly from my small field in front of the house. The P-38 is an older Sterling Models kit designed to run twin .60 SuperTigre's of the 60's-70's. Never could imagine running on a galloping ghost or escapement system, but they did.. Early proportinal systems ran in the range of $100-150, this was in the 70's, and $3000 would buy a car..

    Anyways..... It is on the bench again getting a revamp. The big reason for the new cowl is I am going over to brushless. Thank goodness again for the Chinese.. Bought my motors and batteries from www.R2hobbies.com . Saved me a bunch, and now I can get rid of the last of my fuel motors. I hated flying the plane with non-counter rotating props. Now with the brushless I can fly without 3/16" R throw in my rudders..

    Love the Corsair, well as a Marine, it is a requirement. Did you know that the Navy rejected it, as its long nose made it nearly impossible to land on a carrier? It was the British who learned to land it on the carrier, than the Navy recalled there order, and took posession of the remaining. It was one of the first single engine aircraft that could out do the Zeke in every aspect. The F-6F did a fine job, but was still a bit slow, guess "Grumman Iron" earned thier name again..

    Those who love the FA-18, keep this in mind. The Navy rejected it, as it was not able to carry the payload of the F-14. The USMC loved it, as it was able to go from ground support to air to air combat in the same sortie. The only other jet able to do that was A-4 "Scooter". The MC placed an order, and within 3 years the USN to placed an order.

    Remember, as in the case of the P-40. It isn't the aircraft that makes the pilot, it was the pilot that made the aircraft. This has been the MC combat fighter moto for years. Alot of Betties and Zekes buried deep in SW China from an inferior plane and inferior pilots..
    What the h@!! is an Aluminum Falcon?
    I dont travel to go dirt riding, I dirt ride everytime I travel!!
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    Here are some photos of the last 2 years at the Reno Air Races.. Few with me, some with my wife, and a few of my father (O-7 USAF Ret.).. The one with him doing something with his hands is his explenation to me how he get his first North Korean Mig in '51. We were standing in front of a F-86D, similar to what he was flying. My wife took the picture at the wrong angle and missed the plane completely. Dumas

    This will be the first year since 01 that I will miss it. I will be reporting for 3 months active duty at the end of this month to Fallon NAS. I will be 50 miles away, but will be to busy for a weekend off.

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