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I finally finished assembling my Sky Raider Mach I ARF. I spent 30 plus hours on the assembly of it and getting everything set right (still working on the CG). The hardware package that comes with is pretty inclusive but the instruction manual is not worth a darn which is fairly typical from what I have heard. The control rods and servo horn attachements were junk, so I borrowed my Dad's z-bend pliers and installed them using z-bends and clevises. Seems like everything fought me along the way in that this didn't fit or the holes that were pre-drilled were a little off. Nothing that I didn't expect going into the build, but still frustrating nonetheless.
I had planned on maidening her this weekend but the winds around here didn't cooperate with that. I broke-in the engine yesterday and I have got to say, that I will never go back to electric flying again! I am hooked on glow/gas and that feeling of knowing that I assembled it, is hard to beat. I can only imagine what that will feel like when I start buidling in kit form, my next plane which will most likely be a Sig Somethin Extra. I
I hope the winds cooperate this weekend so I can maiden and enjoy my Mach I.
BTW, thanks to the guys who recommended the Dead Center tool for engine mounting. That solved my problems in about 15 minutes of time!
Will post pictures of completed plane here in the next couple of days.
I had planned on maidening her this weekend but the winds around here didn't cooperate with that. I broke-in the engine yesterday and I have got to say, that I will never go back to electric flying again! I am hooked on glow/gas and that feeling of knowing that I assembled it, is hard to beat. I can only imagine what that will feel like when I start buidling in kit form, my next plane which will most likely be a Sig Somethin Extra. I
I hope the winds cooperate this weekend so I can maiden and enjoy my Mach I.
BTW, thanks to the guys who recommended the Dead Center tool for engine mounting. That solved my problems in about 15 minutes of time!
Will post pictures of completed plane here in the next couple of days.
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derek533,
Glad to hear that you're getting into the hobby. If you ever come down towards Lawton let me know and you can come fly with us.
You've definitely got to learn to fly in the wind if you want to fly here in Oklahoma. Winds that ground others around the country can be a normal flying day here. But I do understand, the winds this last weekend were really bad (45+ mph). I haven't seen a forecast for next weekend yet, but I know that we are supposed to have a bad cold front blow through tonight. Maybe we'll luck out and get to fly next weekend. Well, Sunday maybe. There is a swap meet in Wichita Falls, Tx this Saturday that I'm planning on going to.
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Glad to hear that you're getting into the hobby. If you ever come down towards Lawton let me know and you can come fly with us.
You've definitely got to learn to fly in the wind if you want to fly here in Oklahoma. Winds that ground others around the country can be a normal flying day here. But I do understand, the winds this last weekend were really bad (45+ mph). I haven't seen a forecast for next weekend yet, but I know that we are supposed to have a bad cold front blow through tonight. Maybe we'll luck out and get to fly next weekend. Well, Sunday maybe. There is a swap meet in Wichita Falls, Tx this Saturday that I'm planning on going to.
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I will never go back to electric flying again!
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I know what you mean about the wind blowing 90 to nothing lately. I just re-engined my Four Star 60 with a Magnum 91. Did the ground portion of the break in, now I need a break to go fly it. Wind's supposed to be down Wed. morning, so maybe I can get it in the air then.
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Thanks for the invite Tom, I am actually waiting on Jared to approve my application for membership. I went by his shop last week, and he said that his wife misplaced it! Oh well, he said that as long as I have my AMA, no problem and I would just have to wait until he finds it to get my gate key and membership card. See you out there. I have already been out there a couple of times just getting some good information from all the fellas out there during my build and meeting everyone.
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I fly at the TORKS field, at Lake Hefner.
Where do you fly at Septic?
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Bring it on out! We should have a great time this weekend( but wear a sweater). Hint: White Uproar 40 Flourescent Yellow Control Surfaces. and yes I got mine back flyin too!![Big Grin](https://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
I second RCKens observation about the winds. But as Septic Shock can attest, it doesnt stop some of us. I was out weekend before last at TORKS, wind was up but sustained. Made it ok. The gusty stuff is when I seem to get into trouble, but usually only on landding. Course if ya wait for the right conditions to land, they never come and guess what,,,,,,ya land anyways! Take offs are fine, just shorter than usual..
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I second RCKens observation about the winds. But as Septic Shock can attest, it doesnt stop some of us. I was out weekend before last at TORKS, wind was up but sustained. Made it ok. The gusty stuff is when I seem to get into trouble, but usually only on landding. Course if ya wait for the right conditions to land, they never come and guess what,,,,,,ya land anyways! Take offs are fine, just shorter than usual..
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Sooner, the winds were really gusty when you were coming in and then it got calm and the wing lost the lift, and it just dropped from about 10' high. From my perspective, I don't think there is anything you can do different in that situation. Plus, as you stated, the way the gear was designed, it was made to do that on a hard landing and not damage the rest of the plane so I am glad to hear you got it fixed.
The seven day forecast this morning (Tues.) calls for 5-15mph winds on both Saturday and Sunday!![Big Grin](https://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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The seven day forecast this morning (Tues.) calls for 5-15mph winds on both Saturday and Sunday!
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Well, I guess it's appropriate to post these pics since we were talking about Oklahoma winds. We've got 35-45 mph winds with gusts up to 60 today. They opened up the door to my shop, tore the door off it's hinges, slammed it into the glass pane and shattered that, and then the door landed on my wife's car. Fun fun fun.
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Thanks for the invite Tom, I am actually waiting on Jared to approve my application for membership. I went by his shop last week, and he said that his wife misplaced it! Oh well, he said that as long as I have my AMA, no problem and I would just have to wait until he finds it to get my gate key and membership card. See you out there. I have already been out there a couple of times just getting some good information from all the fellas out there during my build and meeting everyone.
Thanks for the invite Tom, I am actually waiting on Jared to approve my application for membership. I went by his shop last week, and he said that his wife misplaced it! Oh well, he said that as long as I have my AMA, no problem and I would just have to wait until he finds it to get my gate key and membership card. See you out there. I have already been out there a couple of times just getting some good information from all the fellas out there during my build and meeting everyone.
derek, I'm also an INTRO pilot so we can go fly under my coverage until you AMA comes in
405-414-6947 IF the wind ever dies down. Course I've been flying my heli in the driveway around sunset and at night it's calm. Doesn't help you much though.
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Tom, I have a Hummingbird 3 heli. I have yet to be able to hover that blasted thing for longer than about 10 seconds! That thing is so twitchy it's ridiculous. I hope you are a better heli pilot than me! It's fixed pitch so I am positive that has alot to do with it. I have been told that cp is actually easier to fly than fp as you can never trim fp right as the head speed is always changing.
BTW, thanks for offerring to let me fly under your coverage but I already have my AMA card, I am just waiting on my TORKS membership card and gate key.
BTW, thanks for offerring to let me fly under your coverage but I already have my AMA card, I am just waiting on my TORKS membership card and gate key.
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Well, I guess it's appropriate to post these pics since we were talking about Oklahoma winds. We've got 35-45 mph winds with gusts up to 60 today. They opened up the door to my shop, tore the door off it's hinges, slammed it into the glass pane and shattered that, and then the door landed on my wife's car. Fun fun fun.
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Well, I guess it's appropriate to post these pics since we were talking about Oklahoma winds. We've got 35-45 mph winds with gusts up to 60 today. They opened up the door to my shop, tore the door off it's hinges, slammed it into the glass pane and shattered that, and then the door landed on my wife's car. Fun fun fun.
Ken
Looks like you have a small insurance claim there. Only thing is, that it would be a seperate claim for your wife's car and your shop as there are two different polices involved. If the car is damaged, you might consider taking it over to Pamplins and talk to a guy named Jerry. They are a preferred shop for my company and from what I've heard, do really good bodywork.
I guess you can tell what I do for a living.
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Once you get bored with the mach 1, get the mach 2.
I have been flying one with a 46AX and building up from an 11 x 4 to an 11 x 6. It has flown in 17mph crosswinds and is a lot of fun (my second plane)
A more experienced pilot managed to get this to knife edge, fly well inverted, and hover.
Not bad for a $60 ARF!
I have been flying one with a 46AX and building up from an 11 x 4 to an 11 x 6. It has flown in 17mph crosswinds and is a lot of fun (my second plane)
A more experienced pilot managed to get this to knife edge, fly well inverted, and hover.
Not bad for a $60 ARF!
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There is a guy at our field who has a Mach II. He does all kinds of spins, snaps and what not. I will eventually get one, but I may get a Sig Something Extra in kit form for my next plane. I kind of have the building it myself itch now and want to try to learn how to cover these things. My only complaint about my Mach I and the Mach II's, are the covering scheme. I think it's pretty good quality, I just don't care for the color scheme. I have the red tail version of the Mach I which I have heard, helps with the visibility over the previous versions. We'll find out this weekend weather permitting!
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I can't say enough for learning to fly in the wind. I initially learned to fly in Stillwater and got used to the wind. Now I'm out flying when these right coast panzies are grounded.
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I thought that may have been you. Did you ever get your engine woes figured out on your LT-40?
and yes, I did. One of the LHS owners help me tune it back to shape. Need to be richened about a quarter turn on the low end, that's all.
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We have snow here in Iowa and to make things worse we also have 45-50 mph winds [
] at least i never had to go to college we were menat to have an exam tonight
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