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  1. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Equal drag on each side of the plane through the entire range of stick travel. It's not that hard, and it's a nice thing. That's all we're saying. :shake:
  2. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    I've always loved QQ. My favorite quote from him was in an old interview from the 90's... when asked how he was able to do what no one else was doing he said in that QQ high pitched soft voice, "Well, first you must know what it is you are doing." Great advice for life. haha :)
  3. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Quique understands:
  4. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Um.... exactly. :banana-dance:
  5. Joe Hunt

    SoCAL GS Dude's, do you want an event this January?

    Not 20 days, Judge!!!! haha I'm thinking 3 days... Friday through Sunday. Probably the IMAC learner on Sunday since that is always a go home early wrap up day.
  6. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Agreed, and agreed. And, I have so far, been able to get all the various ARFs closet to excellent without modifying. On this Pilot Extra I was able to get the ball link pivot point =exactly= where I want it with no mods. I also agree that you can set it up per the manual and it will not fail. It...
  7. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Yes, I've seen that happen with guys through the years, once that lightbulb goes off, they're set. It's not that difficult to do, and then finishing the plane is easier and faster, and flying it is better. :fist_pump:
  8. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    haha... I hear ya', I hear ya'. :) But, once the lightbulb goes off for people it's no big deal to always get your resolution, linearity, leverage, and geometric angles in a best practice result. It's been like selling maintenance on a house, though, not as easy as selling a shiny new granite...
  9. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Yeah, that changes things a bit from my old thinking. Back before I took a break for 8 years, the servo arms were really all between 1 and 1-1/2" long. So, I could generally work with a manufacturer's hardpoint location, most of the time. Now, with a lot of planes being factory setup for more...
  10. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Yes, I get you, eventually the manufacturers will need this to be plug and play for the masses, but still be 100% correct, accurate, best practice. Longer life on the servos and linkages, least failures of same, etc. That's what I'm trying to say... I'm not using the radio or programmer. :)...
  11. Joe Hunt

    SoCAL GS Dude's, do you want an event this January?

    Got at least a dozen guys that will come... so this thing is on!
  12. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    I was asked to explain some of this in a video in the last review (of the AW Yak55), here's that video:
  13. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    HI TERRY! :) Tell me more! So far this summer I assembled the H9 Sukhoi (control horn pivot point over the hinge line, control horns drilled for approx. same height over the hinge line compensating for tapered wing/aileron, but not finely adjustable, and not able to offset for make throw), the...
  14. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    I do like purple. I hope that's not indicative of anything odd. haha Yes, the old notch the wing a little for the control horn trick, I like it! :)
  15. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Okay, I looked at the hardpoint and I would have really had to change it to be happy with a bolt style control horn (e.g., DUBRO) like I put on the YakittyYak: And, I was feeling too lazy to change the hardpoints so I used the stock control horns and setup the geometry the way I did on the...
  16. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    P1 Hobbies sent me some graphics, um, this plane is definitely purple. haha
  17. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Well... I wanted to go fast on this one... really I did. ;) haha Okay... like everyone nowadays, I guess, the pivot point of the control horn is over the hinge line (with the stock setup). The control horns are also like an inch away from the servo body. So, 1) I don't get bevel to bevel travel...
  18. Joe Hunt

    SoCAL GS Dude's, do you want an event this January?

    I have a slot end of January at OCMA... but there are a couple of other possibilities. I need you for the IMAC judging, Bill! :)
  19. Joe Hunt

    SoCAL GS Dude's, do you want an event this January?

    So far it's you and me, Xpress. haha Actually Smok'n Joe McBride will go. Jason Benson will go. I'm sure my new friend John from OCMA will go. Probably Greg Stone will go... he likes this stuff. Who else?
  20. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Yeah, I'm getting a 100cc right now too, stang... I was trying to decide between a mini me (same scheme) on the Pilot Extra... getting the Pilot Edge instead... or some other plane.
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