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Jul 22, 2004 6:36:10 GMT -7
Post by ctdahle on Jul 22, 2004 6:36:10 GMT -7
Let's hear some good OOS stories.
The best one I ever had was with an AMA Delta Dart that I built for my nephew. We tired of flying it in the yard and took it up to the park.
We had a half a dozen flights of thirty seconds or more, and a few landings in the trees. Finally we decided "one last flight before we go home" We launched the model over the grass and the breeze carried it over a parking lot. It began to soar and soon was a speck in the sky, heading north accross the Rio Grande.
My six year old nephew was a bit upset about it, so we made sure to put his name and telephone number on the next one.
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OOS
Jul 22, 2004 10:19:30 GMT -7
Post by Britbrat on Jul 22, 2004 10:19:30 GMT -7
Just a couple of weeks ago I was flying one of those dept store plastic B2 bomber electric thingys (~$40). It was caught in a thermal & steadily wound its way up & over the Ottawa River to someplace in Quebec. Great fun -- it wasn't mine!!
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Aug 3, 2004 17:07:08 GMT -7
Post by Wagon1 on Aug 3, 2004 17:07:08 GMT -7
Super Snifer. I was about 10 (30 years ago). It was a polyhedral playboy looking thing. After I launched it, and it seemed to be running a bit long on the tee dee, I asked my dad how much fuel he put in. "I filled it up....why?"
I think it's still flying somewhere.......
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RRyan
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OOS
Aug 7, 2004 11:07:42 GMT -7
Post by RRyan on Aug 7, 2004 11:07:42 GMT -7
'99 Nats, Mulvihill. I'd checked the tracking radio on the ground prior to launch and went for my first Max. I launched right into lift and by the time the model had reached the opposite end of the field it was a dot overhead. Time to get the radio together, what the heck!?! No signal. O watched the airplane circlign and drifting toward the reservoir never to be seen again. The irony? a $6 airplane lost carrying a $140 tracking transmitter, duh!
Better one. I had a Jimmie Allen Thunderbolt that had pretty close to outlived its sevice life. I was again at the Nats in Muncie, but 2000 this time. I decided to fly the model away as a fitting end to a long enjoyed model, sort of like spreading ashes. It took 4 tries but it finally thermaled and started to climb away. Very little wind so I got to watch it for a good long time circling up and up until it vanished into the low cumulous clouds. Beautiful! A friend said I had the most satisfied look on my face afterward but that he just couldn't understand flying away a perfectly good model.
Randy
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Aug 7, 2004 13:55:50 GMT -7
Post by jim on Aug 7, 2004 13:55:50 GMT -7
I had flown indoor handlaunch glider some. We had lost our indoor site and my two or three airplanes were beat up and overweight to begin with. I took then to one of our local outdoor FF contests. It was a fairly calm day with patchy light lift. I managed to oos all of my old indoor gliders (two or three, I don't remember exactly). I enjoyed that!
Jim
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Sept 16, 2004 17:16:14 GMT -7
Post by 50PLUSAIRYEARS on Sept 16, 2004 17:16:14 GMT -7
I was trim flying a new Flash HLG at our R/C field. had about 40 seconds, when it suddenly got caught in a riser and flew a considerble distance downwind until it was lost from view over the surrounding woods. The club president was so excited, he put a write-up about it in the club newsletter. Why can't I have this kind of lift at contests?
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OOS
Sept 16, 2004 17:18:22 GMT -7
Post by 50PLUSAIRYEARS on Sept 16, 2004 17:18:22 GMT -7
I was trim flying a new Flash HLG at our R/C field. had about 40 seconds, when it suddenly got caught in a riser and flew a considerble distance downwind until it was lost from view over the surrounding woods. The club president was so excited, he put a write-up about it in the club newsletter. Why can't I have this kind of lift at contests?
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