It's not nice to attack Master Yoda. The dark side is in you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Eckel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 10:32 AM Subject: Re: [RCSE] extreme extreme extremely boring - oh yeah! > So what's your point? You didn't use any balsa ribs, you didn't use any > covering like silkspan, tissue or monocote. The wing probably isn't bent > in the middle and doesn't have any saggy areas between the ribs. How can > you say you build your own planes when you haven't done any of those things??? > > Cripes, I'll bet you even want credit for building when you when ahead and > put flaps and ailerons on the thing! Installing servos inside the WINGS, > for gosh sakes, cannot be considered building... > > Rick > "Sarcasm from Orlando" > > > > > At 07:10 AM 3/29/01 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ><<Having someone build their own ships for them, you mean? > > > >Now wait a minute! One of these guys shaped his own fuse plug, pulled a > >nose cone mold and fuse mold, shaped and molded an inner > >nosecone mold. Used these molds to build his own fuse. This same guy > >bagged his stabs, bagged his rudder. The wing molds - sanded, > >polished and waxed for tens of hours prepping these for pulling parts. > >(Brian Buas helped rubbing and buffing.) Then - worked side > >by side as the wings were being molded. I admit, I had some help. Brian > >McClean came down to do the lay-up on the wings. I was > >running out of time. He did a great job! > > > >I now have all the components to complete the first proto. Going into > >build out - servo installation frenzy in the next couple of > >days. Hopefully I'll be able to fly the first proto this weekend, probably > >late Sunday afternoon at my local slope. That is, of > >course, if the foamies will give me a 10 minute window. ;-) > > > >The model looks pretty impressive - 132" span, and the stiffest set of > >components I've ever seen. It's definitely not light, but it > >is stout! > > > >I do need some help from a machinist out there. Need a steel joiner > >machined. Norm, can ya help me out? > > > >Anyone willing to help me out with a joiner, please e-me. I'll give you > >dimensions. It needs to be cut, not bent due to the wing > >mounting system. > > > >Thanks for all your support, > > > >D > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > << > > > Boy are you wrong here...Mr Perkins and Mr Wurts/Peters are in fact both > > > world champs and they are both in fact building thier own ships...so > > there. > > > >> > > > > > > Having someone build their own ships for them, you mean? > > > > > > Norm > > > PBSS > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" > > and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" > >and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
