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  1. -Rick-

    Alert! CALL TO ACTION: FAA threatening new regulations!!!

    I feel the same way snoop. This entire mess is Bull $h!t. We are looking into a private solution. I will keep you in the loop. One problem for our club is we are 2.5nm from a airfield so our members would need to get the RPAS advanced. Not the basic.
  2. -Rick-

    Alert! CALL TO ACTION: FAA threatening new regulations!!!

    Yup, just got that email from MAAC. We are already talking about going private. All because a zone director couldn't be bothered to do his job. I wish I could swear here!!
  3. -Rick-

    Alert! CALL TO ACTION: FAA threatening new regulations!!!

    Snoop. I have telemetry in a few planes for height. I have reasonably good eyesight, not prefect but good. If you take something like a funcub to 400 feet you will have a hard time controlling it. For fun last year I took my 70cc Vertigo up to 700 feet, only reason I could fly it up there was...
  4. -Rick-

    Alert! CALL TO ACTION: FAA threatening new regulations!!!

    It is all nonsense. One point we were told we were good for 700 feet AGL, now we are down to 400. We are outside of controlled airspace but because we are 2.5 away from that... Also I just learned that Nav Canada is now privately owned and they are putting the screws to us, and full scale as...
  5. -Rick-

    Alert! CALL TO ACTION: FAA threatening new regulations!!!

    Yes I don't know why some clubs are still waiting. What zone are you in Snoop?
  6. -Rick-

    Alert! CALL TO ACTION: FAA threatening new regulations!!!

    @AKNick @Snoopy1 I am the president of our club in Ontario. Many clubs that are 3 nautical miles outside of restricted airspace have been opened as far as I know. But MAAC, Transport Canada, Nav Canada still have not reached an agreement for the clubs within 3 nautical miles of restricted...
  7. -Rick-

    Scale 1/3 Scale Extra 330L Build.

    All RC fields in Canada were closed by Nav Canada and Transport Canada. We have to wait for new rules to be written. More to it but it would take many words to explain... It sucks.
  8. -Rick-

    Scale 1/3 Scale Extra 330L Build.

    Same for us. Not getting any good news yet.
  9. -Rick-

    Scale 1/3 Scale Extra 330L Build.

    Has your field been opened by MAAC yet Snoop? We are still waiting for approval.
  10. -Rick-

    Perfect Vought F4U Corsair with radial engine

    Beautiful bird!
  11. -Rick-

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    Sorry to hear that, take it easy for a while and give it time for both of you to get better.
  12. -Rick-

    Scale PJ 295 build.

    She just got out of surgery and they repaired both her wrist and knee. Both on the left side so no wheelchair for a while. Knowing my wife she will be up faster than I would, she has low vision and it amazes me what she still can do. She will get mad at me if I don't work on the plane as she...
  13. -Rick-

    Scale PJ 295 build.

    Going to pause on this plane for a while. My wife slipped on ice yesterday and broke her left wrist and knee. Needs surgery on both.
  14. -Rick-

    Scale PJ 295 build.

    Interesting. I was planning on using one servo per aileron, maybe not now. That picture show a few differences to the plans I have. The fuse strut's on mine are the same but the wing strut's are more like a "N" and it does not show any support wires on the plans or mention then anywhere. I do...
  15. -Rick-

    Scale PJ 295 build.

    Yes that was it, thanks.
  16. -Rick-

    Scale PJ 295 build.

    Thank you for the read Tony. These pictures I have posted make it look like I put glops of glue on, I do not, and I wipe any access from all joints. Tony somewhere you posted hidden control arms, I can not find those posts. Would you remember where those posts are?
  17. -Rick-

    Scale PJ 295 build.

    And now I'm at the firewall. I have a question for the guys whom have built a bipe. The plans do not show any right or down thrust. I have never built a plane without. Is this normal for a bipe? Or should I add some? Maybe not down but two or three degrees of right?
  18. -Rick-

    Scale PJ 295 build.

    Here you can see the cut outs from the ply and the beginnings of the canopy hatch. This is how far as I have gotten to date. Have had a very busy week, dealing with four feet of snow was not fun!! To early.
  19. -Rick-

    Scale PJ 295 build.

    This plane was built to take a lot of abuse! I could not see the point of having all that lite ply in the first half of the fuse, I drew out what I felt I could remove.
  20. -Rick-

    Scale PJ 295 build.

    Top rear deck formers on.
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