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qquake2k
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Well thank you, Bill! I wouldn't call it so much talent as luck, though.
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I went to the park and launched Blood Sucker today, so I could enter it in the monthly contest. First flight was on a C11-3. It was a little squirrely off the pad, but landed a couple of yards away. Thrustcurve said 154 ft, but I'm not sure it got all of that. But still, a successful first flight.
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Second flight was on a D12-3. Much better than the C11. Thrustcurve said 360 ft, and I think it got pretty close. It landed in the parking lot, but besides a few paint chips, suffered no damage. It's a fun flier!
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Nice! Beautiful bird and flights. Good luck in the contest! And bonus! We get to see you!
:wave:
:wave:
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Nice! Beautiful bird and flights. Good luck in the contest! And bonus! We get to see you!
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I'm not sure that's a bonus. LOL
o1d_dude
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I think you're supposed to do more than one pour. That way you can better estimate how much you'll need.
Just trim the excess and all will be good.
Just trim the excess and all will be good.
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I didn't pour it, it was this stuff:
https://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5y...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053
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Perhaps I'm a heretic, but I've been using the green Frog Tape and pulling it off while the paint is still wet. If you plan the application with the idea of removing it firmly in mind, it's not all that hard to do. The wet paint tends to self-heal very slight imperfections, and I try hard to avoid any imperfections bigger than "very slight."
o1d_dude
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Solomoriah said:
Exactly right.
I always remove the tape while the paint is still wet.
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Man, I love the sound of that launch!
o1d_dude
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Close call on the landing.
As much as you dislike painting, landing in the creek bed would have been painful!
As much as you dislike painting, landing in the creek bed would have been painful!
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Yeah, those fins are balsa. They're getting dinged up pretty bad.
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