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B-25 Bomber Crash (Scale Model)
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Cope
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As someone who flys model aircraft, that's hard to watch.
That's thousands of hours and more than the cost of a home in texas just gone but that's how it goes sometimes. If it was easy everyone would do it.
That's thousands of hours and more than the cost of a home in texas just gone but that's how it goes sometimes. If it was easy everyone would do it.
Ddaddy
I'm changing the World... one pixel at a time!
I saw that few days ago. Damn shame for such a nice plane.
Cope
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Looks like he caught a thermal off the runway then went into a spiral of over correcting. Right from the start of the video I was thinking, "he needs more Expo".
That pass should have been aborted as soon as she nosed up.
But as we all know hind site is 20 20 and it's easy to Monday quarterback.
That pass should have been aborted as soon as she nosed up.
But as we all know hind site is 20 20 and it's easy to Monday quarterback.
Mopar-Mitch
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A friend of mine has several, they tie ribbons on them and have dog fights, first one to get his ribbon cut by the others prop looses. I have a blast watching them.
harrisonm
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I used to fly RC planes. That kinda looked like pilot error.
Fisher
Old Guy with a Cool car.
I am thinking about getting into RC boats. Not sure if thats any smarter.
Cope
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Boats are not cheep. Well depends at what level you want to get into.
I've got over 3 grand in this one.
But that's including a few engines that let go at 23,000 RMP. yup not a typo her average RPM is 18,000.
Average speed 50+ MPH top speed 63MPH clocked with on board Garmen GPS.
If you enjoy the sound of a 2 stroke engine it's the best sound you've ever heard, if not you hate it.
Well I could do this all day... I have a serious RC addiction... if it stupid expensive and can be destroyed in seconds,.... I'm in!
Heres a boat I built for my buddy's kid. It runs off one of those batteries in an emergency exit light. It will run ALL day and cost me about 40 bucks to make. So yeah, there's a scale to cost.
It has a functioning water cannon on the bow and a working winch on the aft deck.
I've got over 3 grand in this one.
But that's including a few engines that let go at 23,000 RMP. yup not a typo her average RPM is 18,000.
Average speed 50+ MPH top speed 63MPH clocked with on board Garmen GPS.
If you enjoy the sound of a 2 stroke engine it's the best sound you've ever heard, if not you hate it.
Well I could do this all day... I have a serious RC addiction... if it stupid expensive and can be destroyed in seconds,.... I'm in!
Heres a boat I built for my buddy's kid. It runs off one of those batteries in an emergency exit light. It will run ALL day and cost me about 40 bucks to make. So yeah, there's a scale to cost.
It has a functioning water cannon on the bow and a working winch on the aft deck.
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That was heartbreaking.
Cope, you got some nice stuff, man.
Cope, you got some nice stuff, man.
Fisher
Old Guy with a Cool car.
Very cool boat stuff Cope.
Looked like his approach was off to the left of the runway. Should have gone around and straightened it up to the center. But like Cope said, it's easy on Monday to tell what went wrong.
Cope
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Thank you. I enjoy it. I even make custom props for them. I made a prop for a buddy and it was FAST. the down side was he did not tighten it all the way and it fell off. He was so in love with it he hired a diver to spend all day looking for it. Never did find it tho.....
Boats at those speeds have a very short life span.
I use to build a lot of boats for people. I have now moved to a hand built wood hulls as the fiberglass ones take way to much work to get true and run clean. A fast boat will not be sitting in the water hardly at all. Once it's up on the prop, all that touches is the turn fin, prop and rudder. The problem is when you dive into a turn the side of the boat hits the water and if the hull is not dead nuts true the boat will "hook" and loose a lot of speed. Each time you turn the rudder it realy slows down the boat so I want as much turn as I can build in with the least amount of rudder input. What I DO NOT want is the driver chasing the boat with the rudder, that is not fast.
It's funny I never thought I would enjoy boats. I cant stand RC cars and i figured boats are just like cars but more expensive.
Man was I wrong. All it took was one guy to let me try and drive his boat and I was hooked. They are not easy to drive.
Boats at those speeds have a very short life span.
I use to build a lot of boats for people. I have now moved to a hand built wood hulls as the fiberglass ones take way to much work to get true and run clean. A fast boat will not be sitting in the water hardly at all. Once it's up on the prop, all that touches is the turn fin, prop and rudder. The problem is when you dive into a turn the side of the boat hits the water and if the hull is not dead nuts true the boat will "hook" and loose a lot of speed. Each time you turn the rudder it realy slows down the boat so I want as much turn as I can build in with the least amount of rudder input. What I DO NOT want is the driver chasing the boat with the rudder, that is not fast.
It's funny I never thought I would enjoy boats. I cant stand RC cars and i figured boats are just like cars but more expensive.
Man was I wrong. All it took was one guy to let me try and drive his boat and I was hooked. They are not easy to drive.
Cope
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Here ya go, finally managed to up load an old video of a test run on my wood Hull.
This is a lake i use to test out props and such. It's not quite large enough to full wind out and get on the pipe. You can hear the engine getting on the pipe on the down hill leg but by then I have to back out and turn.
Enjoy!
This is a lake i use to test out props and such. It's not quite large enough to full wind out and get on the pipe. You can hear the engine getting on the pipe on the down hill leg but by then I have to back out and turn.
Enjoy!
Cope
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Porting work inside one of the engines I built for some one.
The piston on the same engine. I removed all of the skirt on the non thrust side and shaped the piston to force fuel into the transfer port. This creates a super charger affect and blasts the oil fuel mix into the port.
I run these on 10 to 1 mix. One bottle of redline oil to one gallon of gas. Even in cold water, with water cooled cylender head and water cooled exhaust they get HOT!
one little chunk of crap in the water pick ups and you 1,000 dollar engine is melted.
Or mis read a wake and submarine the engine at 20,000 RPM and very bad thing happen. They can punch a rod out the bottom of the hull, destroying both the engine and the hull faster than you can say "oh ****!"....
The piston on the same engine. I removed all of the skirt on the non thrust side and shaped the piston to force fuel into the transfer port. This creates a super charger affect and blasts the oil fuel mix into the port.
I run these on 10 to 1 mix. One bottle of redline oil to one gallon of gas. Even in cold water, with water cooled cylender head and water cooled exhaust they get HOT!
one little chunk of crap in the water pick ups and you 1,000 dollar engine is melted.
Or mis read a wake and submarine the engine at 20,000 RPM and very bad thing happen. They can punch a rod out the bottom of the hull, destroying both the engine and the hull faster than you can say "oh ****!"....
If I wouldn't have heard the talking in the video I would have sworn the video was speeded up!
Damn thing is FAST!!
Damn thing is FAST!!
Cope
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That was probably 2/3 throttle. They realy wake up on along straight.
I run a tuned pipe. The pipe length gets set to the longest straight away. You can also change pipe length to help out with prop pitch but I prefer to just build the right prop and tune for max speed.
Boats are way more airplane than car. It's all about aerodynamics, prop pitch, prop diameter and hull shape.
They literally are flying.
All the parts thatinteract with the water are sharpened to a razor edge. You will cut your self just by touching the hardware.
I run a tuned pipe. The pipe length gets set to the longest straight away. You can also change pipe length to help out with prop pitch but I prefer to just build the right prop and tune for max speed.
Boats are way more airplane than car. It's all about aerodynamics, prop pitch, prop diameter and hull shape.
They literally are flying.
All the parts thatinteract with the water are sharpened to a razor edge. You will cut your self just by touching the hardware.
Go Mango
Never enough beer...
I have a 63" mosquito. I feel his pain!
Cope
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Here's the boat I built my hull after.
If I had all the money in the world, this is what BlackHeart Racing would be building.
I'd drive, pops would run the throttles, my buddy Anson would navigate and my lady would run the campaign.
If I had all the money in the world, this is what BlackHeart Racing would be building.
I'd drive, pops would run the throttles, my buddy Anson would navigate and my lady would run the campaign.
Go Mango
Never enough beer...
Ah, cope. You silly guy! As if one money pit isn't enough! Seriously, more power to ya!!!
Cope
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I know, it's a pipe dream but it's been my dream since I was a very young kid.
I grew up racing flat bottom jet boats, I use to work at the jack London power boat expo and watch the big open water race boats.
I was on the board at the lake Tahoe air port and heavily involved in the air show there. Spent lots of time at the red bull air races and Reno air race.
I worked pit crew on a winston cup car and always wanted a race car of my own.
Now I own a race car and a race car fab shop.
I realise I'll probably never own an off shore race boat or a racing airplane but I can play with the little ones.
I've been dam lucky and some of that is not luck. Its just wanting it bad enough and being willing to commit to the work.
Work for free and do what makes me happy.
I grew up racing flat bottom jet boats, I use to work at the jack London power boat expo and watch the big open water race boats.
I was on the board at the lake Tahoe air port and heavily involved in the air show there. Spent lots of time at the red bull air races and Reno air race.
I worked pit crew on a winston cup car and always wanted a race car of my own.
Now I own a race car and a race car fab shop.
I realise I'll probably never own an off shore race boat or a racing airplane but I can play with the little ones.
I've been dam lucky and some of that is not luck. Its just wanting it bad enough and being willing to commit to the work.
Work for free and do what makes me happy.
Go Mango
Never enough beer...
Wow! You are the man! I'm not worthy!
Cope
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I wish. I'm just a regular guy.
Sometimes if your lucky and work hard dreams do come true.
I dont make much off the fab shop, In fact i still work 2 jobs but I try and maintain the dream that I can make it work.
Only time will tell.
Sometimes if your lucky and work hard dreams do come true.
I dont make much off the fab shop, In fact i still work 2 jobs but I try and maintain the dream that I can make it work.
Only time will tell.
Cope
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My current airplane is the Addiction from Precision aerobatics. The edge 540 I dont fly. It was my friends favorite air plane and when he passed away his wife gave it to me. I fixed all the damage on it painted my logo on the wing and flew her once.
The PA Air frame is the bees knees tho. As you can see my first one was blue and was also a gift from a friend. When that one met its end I salvaged the one wing and bought a full new airframe in red but kept the one blue wing as a tribute to my buddy.
I use to do all the repairs on our club stuff for free so I ended up with folks just giving me stuff all the time. 70 percent of my RC stuff was a gift from people in our club.
The PA Air frame is the bees knees tho. As you can see my first one was blue and was also a gift from a friend. When that one met its end I salvaged the one wing and bought a full new airframe in red but kept the one blue wing as a tribute to my buddy.
I use to do all the repairs on our club stuff for free so I ended up with folks just giving me stuff all the time. 70 percent of my RC stuff was a gift from people in our club.
Go Mango
Never enough beer...
I was a member of the Academy of Model Aeronautics for several years before work took me out of town for 4 years straight. My club was the Black Sheep Squadron, Danville, Indiana. R/C flying is really great, but I brought my Dart home with me from the road, and I've gotta have priorities. I may fly again someday, but the dart is my hobby now.
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