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ok, i'll go first.

never really did it as a kid.

had a Cox PT 19? Control Line.

i promptly crashed it!:)

now, today, the present i'm 'starting at the bottom'.

Guillows rubber powered.

Have A Nice Day!
 
Hello RB,

Good idea!

I, as did so many others, started out back in the 50s' with .049 plastic and later balsa planes, theoretically C/L but they were so woefully underpowered they 'flew' like a log on a stick. Graduated to built up balsa models, then 'graduated' to stunt and combat, still, all C/L.

Eventually got the 'bug' and went off into radio control, but with everything in between including rubber powered, handlaunch, you name it.

Currently getting back in with RC - have one semi-trainer, Goldberg Falcon ~95% complete, (built-up, not ARF) and started on Proctor Antic Bipe (lots of building to do on that!)

Just picked up another radio and a couple of electric powered aircraft so I'm hoping to get some flight time in as soon as the weather well and truly breaks, perhaps as early as this weekend.

I'll be visiting a local HS gym Thursday evening where the local club guys have been flying indoor 'micro RC' and have been promised some stick time.

Lots of fun, but boy, how the technology has advanced!
 
mike

answer once and for all how the engines are measured.

how does a .049 compare to Fox's 15 and 35?

that'll really help!:)

Have A Nice Day!
 
mike

as far as your 'Gym Expedition'.

i think it will be this kind of Electric Flying and smaller.

be prepared for the 'Helicopter Craze'.

it's just me. i have no interest Helicopters

because i would NEVER go up in a private party one!

military or police professionally maintaned ok. if i had to!

just life experience!

Have A Nice Day!

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racecar builder said:
mike

answer once and for all how the engines are measured.

how does a .049 compare to Fox's 15 and 35?

that'll really help!:)

Have A Nice Day!
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Hello Bob,

Definitely not the 'definitive' answer, but basically they are talking about displacement in multiples of 1/100th cubic inch (ci), a function of cylinder diameter X stroke: 049 just under 5/100th cubic inch; the 15 would be 15 X 1/100 or 15/100th ci, and so on. You had the noted the Fox Stunt 35 - it is 35/100th ci, and the 'big dogs back then were the 60s' - 60/100th ci. Of course now there are multi-cylinder engines extending into the multiple cubic inch range and larger.

Also there are the 2-stroke vs. 4-stroke engines, with the 2-stroke firing once each revolution where as the 4-strokes fire every two revolutions.

The smallest (I believe) was the Cox TeeDee .010 (i.e. 1/100th cubic inch displacment). Those little buggers cranked up to something like 30K RPM.

Now to complicate things, I'm sure some engine manufacturers use metric, so the size is in given in cubic centimeters.

Hope this is correct! :eek:
 
Helicopters don't fly anyway they just beat the air into submission. :biggrin:

In a way I went "full circle". When I was young I had a passion for the little balsa glider kits, the Hi-Flyers if memory serves me. I remember a couple of control-line attempts that ended quickly and dramatically. Once I was a bit older and radio equipment was becoming more reasonably priced and available I became involved with a couple local RC clubs where I built and flew powered aircraft as that is what the clubs were geared for. The "full-circle" thing was complete when I went off on my own to pursue sailplanes (gliders) again. I spearheaded the formation of a local glider club and petitioned the local Natural Resources District to allow us to fly at one of the public dam sites. After serving as President for a few years I stepped down to allow some new blood. About that time my wife and I had the first of our kids and I curtailed my building activities (I had limited space and didn't want to expose the kids to the fumes from all the CAs and epoxy resins I used.) The club then lost it's flying site due to encroachment of the soccer trolls who have a much larger and stronger lobby. Life kind of "got in the way" and I drifted away from the club members and the hobby.

Oddly enough, as I was writing this I did a search online for my old club and they are still flying in the area. I even recognize some of the guys in the pictures on their site. It's good to know that the club I started 25 years ago is still active, not very big, but still active. :) Here's a shot from their site...


I'll have to figure out when and where they are flying a sneak up on them. My son is to the age where he's interested in things like this now.

-Ron
 
scrap metal

gliders/soaring really doesn't work for me.

i guess it's a beer/whiskey versus 'fine wines' thing.

like Top Fuel Hemi Dragster vs. Ferrari.

sophistication thing.

there's another glider guy around here somewhere.

Have A Nice Day!
 
I've no problem with that. The modern "electrics" are a combination of the two. I still have my .60 Super Tiger as well as a super cool little engine with a built-in "tuned pipe" for pylon racing.

-Ron
 
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