old timers look here must be 50+ years only
#302
rebuild info of the only, 2nd flying Mosquito in the world. AND the sound of engine run-up of the 1700 hp each; of the Merlins powering it. It flew at last summers Abbotsford Airshow for 2014. Was there and an awesome sound and sight. You could also try Abbotsford 2014 DH Mosquito.
#304
http://www.amazon.com/Guillow-45B-Bi.../dp/B000BQLE0I
Silk screening was different 30 or 40 years ago, but Guillow still makes them.
#305
Thread Starter
Well the memories are flooding in again.
My dad gave me a drafting board when I was Quite young, he noticed me copying home floor plans from magazines. It was a self contained unit, the tee square slide into a slot on the back locking in two different sized triangles for transporting. my first real venture into drafting many years later I did quite a bit of 3d drafting.
Now that I am thinking of it, as much as I disliked school then(other than my aviation classes) and was so happy when I graduated highschool I swore "no more school for me" well That year I joined the A/F and was sent to school and until 1994 a year did not pass without me being in one school or another ..................weird! After retireing I took alow paying circuit board soldering job. Before I left I had 14 certificates of training in soldering. More school.
G/ghost...now I remember the sleek streek and that little bipe, pictures speak volumes.
My dad gave me a drafting board when I was Quite young, he noticed me copying home floor plans from magazines. It was a self contained unit, the tee square slide into a slot on the back locking in two different sized triangles for transporting. my first real venture into drafting many years later I did quite a bit of 3d drafting.
Now that I am thinking of it, as much as I disliked school then(other than my aviation classes) and was so happy when I graduated highschool I swore "no more school for me" well That year I joined the A/F and was sent to school and until 1994 a year did not pass without me being in one school or another ..................weird! After retireing I took alow paying circuit board soldering job. Before I left I had 14 certificates of training in soldering. More school.
G/ghost...now I remember the sleek streek and that little bipe, pictures speak volumes.
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#306
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Donny
Please don't start on the best way to do a good soldering joint been there done it looked at more X-rays of good and bad joints than I want to remember, was a NASA certified instructor way back on the Apolo program.
Sleek Streek was a fun little bird till we brook the wings then we had to learn how to make them out of sheet stock, made hand carved blocks for the airfoils and dihedral socked the wood rubber banded it to the shapes and let it dry but I am thinking a little farther back say 39 to 41
This thread is a hoot and fun to read.
Cheers Bob T
AMA13377
Please don't start on the best way to do a good soldering joint been there done it looked at more X-rays of good and bad joints than I want to remember, was a NASA certified instructor way back on the Apolo program.
Sleek Streek was a fun little bird till we brook the wings then we had to learn how to make them out of sheet stock, made hand carved blocks for the airfoils and dihedral socked the wood rubber banded it to the shapes and let it dry but I am thinking a little farther back say 39 to 41
This thread is a hoot and fun to read.
Cheers Bob T
AMA13377
#307
Senior Member
[QUOTE=donnyman;11935719. I was a self contained unit, the tee square slide into a slot on the back locking in two different sized triangles for transporting.[/QUOTE]
I remember those, IIRC, Post made them for students. Tee square and the standard 30/60/90 and 45/90 triangles. Never had one, but some of the other kids I went to school with did. Now I have a small table and a couple of Bruning drafting machines, Maybe more convenient, but also maybe not. Still have the aluminum pencil with the replaceable leads, and the sharpener they made for it, still use it. Powdered artgum, and all the other stuff to go with it, probably have a couple dozen of the triangular scales, a lot of curves, from the small one used in HS to ships curves. Drafting compass sets, but no india ink anymore, haven't seen that in years. I remember several times inking a tracing, almost done, then one of my "classmates" walking past, hitting the Tee square and sliding it over the wet ink. "Buddies", how did we live without them.
Rich.
I remember those, IIRC, Post made them for students. Tee square and the standard 30/60/90 and 45/90 triangles. Never had one, but some of the other kids I went to school with did. Now I have a small table and a couple of Bruning drafting machines, Maybe more convenient, but also maybe not. Still have the aluminum pencil with the replaceable leads, and the sharpener they made for it, still use it. Powdered artgum, and all the other stuff to go with it, probably have a couple dozen of the triangular scales, a lot of curves, from the small one used in HS to ships curves. Drafting compass sets, but no india ink anymore, haven't seen that in years. I remember several times inking a tracing, almost done, then one of my "classmates" walking past, hitting the Tee square and sliding it over the wet ink. "Buddies", how did we live without them.
Rich.
#308
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You mean this?
http://www.amazon.com/Guillow-45B-Bi.../dp/B000BQLE0I
Silk screening was different 30 or 40 years ago, but Guillow still makes them.
http://www.amazon.com/Guillow-45B-Bi.../dp/B000BQLE0I
Silk screening was different 30 or 40 years ago, but Guillow still makes them.
#309
How many remember this glider from Keith Laumer's book, How to Design and Build Flying Models:
http://www.outerzone.co.uk/books/lis...ers.asp?book=4
Pipsqueak Glider:
http://www.outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=3814
That was my first scratch build from 1966.
http://www.outerzone.co.uk/books/lis...ers.asp?book=4
Pipsqueak Glider:
http://www.outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=3814
That was my first scratch build from 1966.
#311
Thread Starter
I am kinda thinking of building a CG Sky tiger for old time sake. Being that I am a sentimental sort. I loved that plane. This time around I would throw a gasser on it, cover it with fabric and paint it. May have to start watchin' the bay for one of those. Would love to have the original kit, as opposed to the re-release.
#312
Thread Starter
I remember those, IIRC, Post made them for students. Tee square and the standard 30/60/90 and 45/90 triangles. Never had one, but some of the other kids I went to school with did. Now I have a small table and a couple of Bruning drafting machines, Maybe more convenient, but also maybe not. Still have the aluminum pencil with the replaceable leads, and the sharpener they made for it, still use it. Powdered artgum, and all the other stuff to go with it, probably have a couple dozen of the triangular scales, a lot of curves, from the small one used in HS to ships curves. Drafting compass sets, but no india ink anymore, haven't seen that in years. I remember several times inking a tracing, almost done, then one of my "classmates" walking past, hitting the Tee square and sliding it over the wet ink. "Buddies", how did we live without them.
Rich.
Rich.
#313
Thread Starter
Donny
Please don't start on the best way to do a good soldering joint been there done it looked at more X-rays of good and bad joints than I want to remember, was a NASA certified instructor way back on the Apolo program.
Sleek Streek was a fun little bird till we brook the wings then we had to learn how to make them out of sheet stock, made hand carved blocks for the airfoils and dihedral socked the wood rubber banded it to the shapes and let it dry but I am thinking a little farther back say 39 to 41
This thread is a hoot and fun to read.
Cheers Bob T
AMA13377
Please don't start on the best way to do a good soldering joint been there done it looked at more X-rays of good and bad joints than I want to remember, was a NASA certified instructor way back on the Apolo program.
Sleek Streek was a fun little bird till we brook the wings then we had to learn how to make them out of sheet stock, made hand carved blocks for the airfoils and dihedral socked the wood rubber banded it to the shapes and let it dry but I am thinking a little farther back say 39 to 41
This thread is a hoot and fun to read.
Cheers Bob T
AMA13377
#315
Thread Starter
Most kids today would not have the imagination.
#316
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My 1st RCplane was he Jr falcon and the Mattel radio....on escapement. I remember seeing the add in the back of the hobby magazines and just had to have it. I also remember the old Midwest foam Cessna 150. I was so desperate to get it in the air that I balanced it took it to a big hill and threw it off the hill....didn't glide very far lol
#317
(Photos courtesy of Gary Jones, MADS R/C Club, Clovis, NM.)
Last edited by GallopingGhostler; 12-11-2014 at 04:05 PM.
#318
Senior Member
Rich.
#319
Senior Member
IT should have climbed, he had a .29 in it, and hadn't taken the excess incidence out, full down only leveled it off. But on the ground, that plane was flying with only two rubber bands holding the wings. Never saw them again, but they knew what had to be done before they left. My annual good deed, and I wasn't looking to do one.
Rich.
#321
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It was the Hobby Shack foam 150. WE remember those old planes and wish we had a 2nd shot at them. The one that I wish I could get my hands on is the old Sterling Mambo Special. That was the one that my dad and I built........never flew it, traded for the AAMCO ARay I think it was......
#322
Asked the kid flying how much stick time he had, his old man told me "none". "Gimme the box!" Got it turned back, it wanted to climb like crazy, pulled the throttle trying to kill the engine, it wouldn't quit, only went to about half throttle. Got it pointed back, finally, flew it around until it ran out of fuel. Cranking it around pretty good, landed within fifty feet of the field, still in one piece.
IT should have climbed, he had a .29 in it, and hadn't taken the excess incidence out, full down only leveled it off. But on the ground, that plane was flying with only two rubber bands holding the wings. Never saw them again, but they knew what had to be done before they left. My annual good deed, and I wasn't looking to do one. Rich.
IT should have climbed, he had a .29 in it, and hadn't taken the excess incidence out, full down only leveled it off. But on the ground, that plane was flying with only two rubber bands holding the wings. Never saw them again, but they knew what had to be done before they left. My annual good deed, and I wasn't looking to do one. Rich.
#323
It was the Hobby Shack foam 150. WE remember those old planes and wish we had a 2nd shot at them. The one that I wish I could get my hands on is the old Sterling Mambo Special. That was the one that my dad and I built........never flew it, traded for the AAMCO ARay I think it was......
http://www.outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=5433
#324