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  1. Wild man

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    I received this one yesterday Very nicely done with a lot of scale detailing. The E-Flite A-10 also has a great paint job that does not lift when masking to paint more color. this one gets two thumbs up from me.
  2. Wild man

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    I went out this morning with my Air Tractor on floats. We just got another 8" to 12" of new snow here in Rapid City SD. A little on the cold side though 15 degrees and overcast made three flights did many touch and go's in the snow wind 10 to 15 but was able to use the wind to my advantage no...
  3. Wild man

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    I have seen many accidents like yours. I wish we could never have this type of thing happen to any body but it does. I do not wish to offend any body, accidents happen all the time and will continue to happen. Complacency will always plague us all. I practice all the safety rules I can, I never...
  4. Wild man

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    Not likely! I always have one leg against the tail and the other against the Fuse even if I start it at full throttle. God forbid, it is only going to move forward a few inches. All the accidents I have seen has happened to people in front of the plane. and the plane lunges forward due to a...
  5. Wild man

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    I have found that most AMA Clubs that beat Safety to an extreme are the ones that have all the accidents. So when you had your accident were you out front of your plane when starting and how did the plane get away from you to strike your arm? I start my gasser's from behind with one flip, well...
  6. Wild man

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    Why NOT ?????? There is nothing wrong with flying by yourself in my book. I do it a lot. by myself when flying alone you have complete concentration with NO distractions. Just you and your plane
  7. Wild man

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    I flew one for years. Wore it out and sold it last year. I have a new one I have yet to put together. What engine are you running? I am installing an EME 70 with a starter. The one I sold had an EME 60 that would out preform many DA 60's, easier to start and would Idle at 1200 rpm hit the...
  8. Wild man

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

    I have and actually use both. The Krylon and the Rust-Oleum with the same results, just depends on what I can get the best price for it. The Rust-Oleum does have a larger selection of Colors though, at least in the stores around here
  9. Wild man

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

    I have been using Rust-Oleum 2X Painter's Touch (Paint+Primer) Our Ace hardware had the stuff on sale 2 cans for $7.00 bucks so I stocked up on it various colors, in Gloss, Santin and Flat colors. I picked up 20 cans. I should have enough to last me for awhile LOL!!!! Make sure if you use this...
  10. Wild man

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

    here in SD we have been Practicing Social Distancing since 1880. I am not staying home I am going flying over in new Castle Wyo Where Men are Men and Woman are hard to find LOL!!!!
  11. Wild man

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

    I just got some Deluxe Materials EZ-Kote I am going to glass the floats with The stuff, it's supposed to be great and 10 times better and much lighter than Epoxy resin. I will soon find out, and it will be dry to the touch and ready to paint they say in 20 to 30 minutes rather than a whole day...
  12. Wild man

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

    Almost what I was thinking Floats will be Silver, I have two cans of Aluminum 2X Rust-Oleum, and the Nose will be RED I like that thank you WMcNabb That Helps me with such a big dilemma I was having LOL!!!!! Used most of the left over decals from my 78" B-24 Liberator on this Timber Man it...
  13. Wild man

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

    Just finished painting the Timber Fuse AF Gray, need to paint the D-Day Strips on the bottom of the fuse yet. I Also changed out all the Crap Clevis's on the 2m T-28 To Ball links from Motion RC. Now for the floats, but I haven't decided on the color. I have to decide what Color to paint the...
  14. Wild man

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

    Painted Timber Fuse tonight and started putting decals on my new 78" B-24D/J
  15. Wild man

    Help! Need some help programming a JR 12X Radio

    You may find that what you want will not work with some of the Gyro's out there. They require 100 % travel in both + & - directions and when using a 3 position switch the 3 positions being 0, 1 and 2 the 1 position has to be left at 0 to make the gyro fuction correctly been there done that, also...
  16. Wild man

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

    I just started another project for a very good flying Buddy. I am Painting his 1.5 E-flite Timber, Air Force Gray with D-Day stripes on the top of the wing and on the bottom of the Fuse. Have both wings painted Gray with the Leading Edge Slats Black and the D-day stripes done one one wing.
  17. Wild man

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    Awesome plane AKNick. You are having nicer weather then we are. Here is one that I am going Flying with tomorrow.I have been flying this one strictly off snow I did not care for the springy aluminum gear it came with. So I ordered the floats and painted them to match the Plane.
  18. Wild man

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    last night and this morning we got another 5" of the white stuff. So I Cleaned the porch with my leave blower and went over to the Church parking lot and flew my UMX Turbo Timber until the snow removal guys showed up and ruined my morning of flying in the cold temp. 20 degrees
  19. Wild man

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

    Actually I have three. Two single action Paasche one of which is the Gravity feed and my new Iwata dual action gravity feed. I have a very good friend that is a wood carver who talked me into the Iwata. he uses one to finish His carving's sometimes I traded him a 2m E-flite T-28, Batteries...
  20. Wild man

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

    Yes I do, I have many, but this time of the year I just fly my Electrics from 2.1 Cessna 150 1.2 war birds 1.2 an 1.5 Bipe's the two I am going to take out after the Snow storm we are having right now are the new E-Flite Air-Tractor with floats I finished to match the plane and my Twin E-Flite...
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