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Mike Rohde did his in some thing like that blue/grey scheme. It doesn't show up well in this picture.

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Or this one. :rolleyes:

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And a @*&$# cell phone.

Maybe, but tossing all that balsa in the trash can on Monday was not something I'd care to repeat.

I still have my original. It's one of my favorite small field birds. I don't think I'll do another upscale. I don't have much of a taste for it anymore.

I never worked in retail, but I have an after-hours story that might make inventory seem a little less hateful. I worked in a pizza place in college, and whenever we got in a new batch of pans,...

Hmmm. How about a Semroc Vega and Centuri Centurion?:cool:

This WAS the BT-80 version.

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At this point I felt like Jerry Quarry, but it was only 3:15 and the bell wouldn't ring until 4:00. I decided to throw one more punch. The last flight of the day would be the Tau Zero Scram Jet...

The new Estes Solar Warrior was next. I loaded it with an E9-4 and a small nylon chute.

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A lesser man would have packed up and called it a day, but I'd driven 2.5 hours for this and I was going to fly if it killed me and my whole fleet.
Well, it came close.:wink:
For #1001 I chose...

Seriously shaken, but flight #1000 is next, and nothing can go wrong with such a momentous flight, right? Well, take a good look at this picture. Even with me in it, the Ventris will never look...

Mojo now back with a vengeance, I got out my 1:1 FSI Dart clone. I loved how this one turned out. :cool:

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I had an E9-8...

Whatever confidence I'd showed up with was gone, and for flight #997 I picked the Zepher 7.95, an upscale of the seldom seen Flight Dynamics Zepher 5. The E9-4 was from the same pack as the...

With flight #1000 only five flights away, I drove to Muncie, Indiana on Saturday to fly with the guys from ROCI. They fly at the AMA Field where they hosted the 2007 National Sport Launch, my...

24mm.

Yes, but I was entertaining!:wink:

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Both at once for MAXIMUM protection.:wink: (You can kind of see it in action in this pic.)

Well, this was actually yesterday, but it was a long day and today was Mother's Day.


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I found an extra Estes Crossfire kit the other night and decided to use the nose and tailcone to clone a Black Brant III. It's flyable now, but this weekend looks like it's going to be for mid-power...

My first mid-power was the LOC Lil' Nuke. I was actually thinking about dragging it out to a launch this weekend.

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That duck has cellulite.

Thanks. I'm also surprised by the lack of newer kits represented. They're worth showing off, too.

But have a camera handy if you do.:wink:

That was cool. I forgot to mention that he should have a camera on hand to film the launch just in case.

Doubtful, but you should always keep an RTF bird on hand just in case.:wink:

The Zepher 7.95, so named because it's a 1.59x upscale of the Zepher 5.

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And here's the Dad and Little Henry picture. ...

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Cheap and dirty clone using shop scraps.

This seemed a little plain-jane when I finished construction, but after paint and a decal, I really like the looks. And I REALLY liked the performance.:cool::wink:
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