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  1. AKNick

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    Eagles here are just glorified vultures LOL! I had another fun experience where a few eagles were circling above me so I launched up to them, a few more eagles joined in and I was trying my best to avoid hitting them. There were eight eagles plus me all going up in the thermal. At one point my...
  2. AKNick

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    I've been flying the snot out of the Flitz2. It's just super convenient to fly for me. Today I had a neat experience at the turf field after work, the wind was calm, but then it was switching back and forth. I looked around and felt where the breeze was going and launched high (well for me)...
  3. AKNick

    89" SkyWing Laser 260 V2 Assembly Thread

    Maiden Video is up!
  4. AKNick

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    Been flying my Flitz2 DLG and OMG!!! Couldn’t be happier with the performance in signaling, launching, control, and my ease in finding thermals.
  5. AKNick

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    Sound like big plane problems LOL! :rolleyes: I know all about small field landings in tight spots... I dead sticked my new 89" laser on the second flight to a perfect landing. lucky to have airspeed and altitude on my side.
  6. AKNick

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    Time to call them out on it and have them send you a roll to the Philippines ;) Honestly it kinda blends itself together and looks neat. You could even make another accent stripe between the colors (eg: silver/red) that tapers to the fwd side a bit. maybe that's just my artistic flair but, it...
  7. AKNick

    Cub 1/3 scale

    welcome to GSN! I'm not entirely sure what you are asking. There are several different methods to secure wings in place. The most common is a nylon wingnut through the fuselage and a metal blind nut (T-Nut) on the backside of the wing root rib. BUT there are many other options but they all...
  8. AKNick

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    pretty sure it’s midnight blue, true red, bright yellow. https://www.horizonhobby.com/product/ultracote-midnight-blue/HANU885.html
  9. AKNick

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    Another Timber video!
  10. AKNick

    15 year old amazes crowd at big RC show

    Rory is pretty good! He is a huge contributor to a lot of the new 3D planes available on the swap pages for Real Flight Simulator. Him and one of his buddies create the planes, post them, and host a lot of sessions. Pretty awesome to have such great young talent in the RC world.
  11. AKNick

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    Threw my mini-dart after work yesterday and not only did I catch an interest with a group of young kids that were part of a robotics class... but I finally caught some wicked thermals. They were big enough I could circle inside them without loosing altitude and really noticed when I left the...
  12. AKNick

    89" SkyWing Laser 260 V2 Assembly Thread

    Finally!!! I’m off swing shifts and got to maiden this beauty! CG was spot on, had a very slight roll to the right. Only got two break in flights and need to tune the motor as the transition was not so good and my last flight the propeller stopped turning... but landed great! So far, it flies...
  13. AKNick

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

    So much truth to this. The hunt for earthly signs of lift and the struggle to find it in less than ideal conditions will never have you looking at the ground the same. Listen to Joe Wurts talk about low level thermal soaring and you'll see just how far a guy can get into it. It's such an art and...
  14. AKNick

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

    For something so small, there sure are a lot of details LOL!!
  15. AKNick

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

    It is a elusive sport with acronyms LOL. DLG, HLG, RES, F3K, F5J... ect It's taken me some time to understand some of them. SS - Slope Soaring (wind hits a pinnacle of some sort to allow moving air to rise upward from it - producing lift DLG - Discus Launch Glider (Spin around in a circle...
  16. AKNick

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

    @BalsaDust I made my own little tray for the Flitz2, going to make some tweaks as I had to sand/trim it a bit.
  17. AKNick

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    Well the wait is over to have a US distributor for PMT tires. Northwest RC is now carrying them. They are a pretty penny! I Ordered a set... whoopsie https://northwestrc.com/PMT--262mm-Inflatable-Bushwheels_p_3369.html https://northwestrc.com/PMT--197mm-Inflatable-Bushwheels_p_3370.html
  18. AKNick

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    Nice! I'm not even sure I would have tried to take off with that cross wind!
  19. AKNick

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    Dangit! That’s wonderful it’ll be airworthy again though... that happened quick! Sorry man
  20. AKNick

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

    The falcon is going to spoil me with 4 in the pod LOL. Think I've said it before, but Oleg Golovidov (onRCG) designed the falcon and sells them there thought his web page. To be honest, with prices going up like crazy this is one of the cheaper 1.5m DLG's on the market IMO for what you're...
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