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  1. BalsaDust

    Radio brand

    I flew futaba for a long time then a couple years ago switched to a Taranis X9D using their stock FrSky protocol and opentx operating system. Huge learning curve with opentx but was well worth it in the end.
  2. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    I found ones that look like that at my local Lowe’s in the lawn and garden section. Work great for me.
  3. BalsaDust

    I’m going out flying thread 2019

    Did some glider towing this morning with the timber. Wow where we impressed with the little ASK-21 glider. My buddy released and fell right into lift and kept it up for well over a minute. Few more flights then he caught some good air and had it up for close to 5 minutes. Little timber towed it...
  4. BalsaDust

    RC Airplane Memes

  5. BalsaDust

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    I got a box of wood.
  6. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Haven’t done any cad work recently. I was issued a brand new laptop a work a few weeks back as we where told everything needed to be on windows 10 going forward. I haven’t had a chance to get AutoCAD installed on the new laptop yet just from being very busy at work.
  7. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Not on the site yet. All I know is 85" span and prolly has a DA50 on it. Would assume weight to be between 15-16lbs and wing area prolly somewhere between 1200-1500 square inches
  8. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Extreme flight has a new true 50cc sized airframe coming out.
  9. BalsaDust

    Scale 1/3 Scale Extra 330L Build.

    The two I have done with the half counterbalances I also do a full radius on.
  10. BalsaDust

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    Something a little different showed up. Big lazybee short kit. This thing is gonna be a gas bag. Never realized how big they where.
  11. BalsaDust

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    Have fun at NALL. I currently have made it up to your neck of the woods into PA for the weekend visiting some of the wifes family in the Shrewsbury and York area.
  12. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Repairs completed other than some light sanding with 400 then 600 grit papers and I can buff and wax and it will be almost not visible.
  13. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Had to do a little repair on my dlg after a dumbass moment yesterday. Buddy offered me to fly his brand new BAMF dlg. Third flight I was ending up a little short on landing and totally missed that my dlg was in the way. Caught the te of the aileron on mine with the bottom le of the vertical on...
  14. BalsaDust

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    Basically a hot liner.
  15. BalsaDust

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    Lots of options of glider kits out there still.
  16. BalsaDust

    Discussion Flying Fields, How Big is Enough?

    our runway is 90'x500' and some guys still struggle to land on it.
  17. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    I played with fire today as well. Just in the fire pit though to cook some burgers for the wife and I. No better way to cook a burger than over a good wood fire. Also got tired of my foot slipping on the clutch and brake pedals in my truck when it’s wet at as the rubber pads have been gone for a...
  18. BalsaDust

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    Crrc pro 26cc. Hardest part I have seen with towing so far is the initial start. When we towed my buddies 100” windfree with my little tundra it struggled with getting the glider to start moving but once it was airborne it took very little to stay up. I was around 1/4 throttle and he was still...
  19. BalsaDust

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    Yes it has. Plane needs a cowl and canopy. Im gonna get it flying first though to make sure it will do the job. Ifso then I will order a new cowl and canopy and strip the plane down to make it pretty.
  20. BalsaDust

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    Special delivery from @49dimes. Should power the 1/4 scale cub just fine and hopefully have enough grunt to tow a scale 124” span glider behind it. Plenty of room in the cowl and the classic style props are just killer looking.
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