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Post by Garf on Feb 19, 2005 13:41:54 GMT -7
I have made a few attempts at selecting or creating a logo for myself and my link site. So far, nothing has worked. I need something that will incorperate the theme expressed by my signature-"SAVE ALL THE PIECES"-Phil Brown. I thought looking at some pictures of some spectacular wrecks would give me some inspiration. If any of you have pics of some spectacular wrecks, please post them.
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Post by jj5167 on Feb 21, 2005 8:24:51 GMT -7
Phil, I have a picture of Jim Carpenter, a picture of myself and a picture of both os us together holding a couple of planes. Either or both of us could be considered as being "Old Wrecks". Should I submit these? Joe ;D
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Post by Garf on Feb 21, 2005 17:20:13 GMT -7
Only rekitted airplanes. If human wrecks qualified, I could use myself as an example.
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Post by Tim McTigue on Mar 16, 2005 6:46:23 GMT -7
Phil, I have some good pics of my Smoothie mishap last year, it was pretty spectacular. I'm at work right now, but I'll post a few tonight when I get home...
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Post by Garf on Mar 16, 2005 11:42:08 GMT -7
Sorry to hear about your Smoothee. Is it salvagable?
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Post by Tim McTigue on Mar 16, 2005 16:35:59 GMT -7
Sorry to hear about your Smoothee. Is it salvagable? I'll let you decide... (in a word, no...) Here's what it looked like 2 days before the disaster, on July 9 of last year... Here's what it looked like after... As you can see, though, I did manage to save SOME of the pieces... I'll be cutting ribs for the new one tonight...
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Post by Garf on Mar 16, 2005 22:26:42 GMT -7
If you read the Pampa magazine, You will see that wrecks worse than that can be saved.
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Post by Tim McTigue on Mar 17, 2005 5:14:29 GMT -7
Perhaps, but in this case, it wouldn't have really been worth it. That plane was hopelessly tail-heavy. The new one will be better...
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Post by Garf on Mar 17, 2005 11:46:53 GMT -7
Usually it is easy to fix that. Heavy engines are everywhere. How did it crash? The old "pilot error"?
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Post by Tim McTigue on Mar 17, 2005 12:54:35 GMT -7
Usually it is easy to fix that. Heavy engines are everywhere. How did it crash? The old "pilot error"? Yup. I tried an outside loop for the first time. I had grown very comfortable with inside loops and inverted, as well as lazy-8's, so I decided (inadvisably) to try something new. Didn't get high enough, or lost my nerve, I can't remember which. At any rate, it was not only "tail" heavy... it was also a porker. I had already added 4 oz to the nose to balance it, and I can't remember exactly, but I think it was something like 72 oz altogether. Maybe 76, I can't remember. Much too heavy. Should have been more like 48 oz. Still, it was flying pretty well, but fixing that disaster would have made it even heavier. This time I'll use a built-up tail instead of solid, I'll make sure I don't use ANY epoxolite in the aft area (I used a bunch on the first one... poor building skills), and I'll cover it with UltraCote instead of my usual too-heavy silkspan-and-dope brushed-on finish. Should be a big improvement...
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Post by minnesotamodeler on Mar 17, 2005 13:34:37 GMT -7
Tim, try your first outside loops from the backside of that lazy eight...instead of pulling out upright, just keep on going around. The "eight" should insure that you're high enough. --Ray
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Post by Garf on Mar 21, 2005 11:51:12 GMT -7
I'm thinking of a pile of wreckage similar to a WW1 biplane that planted straight in. I can only envision the spruce goose piling straight in from 10K'.
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