Miss Tiny, Built from plans of a 1940’s Modelcraft kit. The original (built by Paul Kugler) is in the Smithsonian. The model is covered in Japanese tissue aquired from Shorty’s Basement. Bill reports the tissue from Shortys is absolutely the best, even going over compound curves nicely. The wheels look like Trexlers but are actually …
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Location: RAMS is located behind the US Airforce Museum on the Grounds of Wright Patterson Airforce Base in Area B. Website: http://www.fastrc.org/ Contact Email: Check Website Access to the field: GPS Geeks: 39.897681,-84.452741 ( 9.772873, -84.097123) Address: Bridenbaugh Field, 10368 Baltimore Phillipsburg Road, Brookville, Ohio 45309 AMA Club Charter: #500 Formed: ???? History: FAST History …
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I wrote previously on the subject of “Confirmation Bias”. Sometimes it is difficult to discover the answer to a technical problem because the person bringing you the problem has a hitch, assumption, or faulty logic step in their diagnostic process. Often people draw conclusions from spotty evidence. For instance a customer shows me a receiver …
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Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment. The woman apologized and explained, “We didn’t have this green thing back in my days.” The clerk responded, “That’s our problem today. Your generation did not …
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This page is all about me having fun playing with my blogsite. 😉 I discovered “ShoutCast” with lots of online radio stations. Hit play and you’ll find music I like or perhaps music I’m sampling. Clicking a link brings up the station in a new window so you can continue browsing. Absolute Classic Rock Station: …
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Artical at Model Airplane News written by: Dave Horvath This is an important artical explaining some of the reasons why 2.4ghz has issues. People can be counted on to always presume that newer is better. I was very late to start using 2.4ghz due to reliability issues. With about 1/3 of our hobby being replaced …
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“Good Evening Mr. Dave: My Name is Stephen Hamilton; I’m one of the Flying Hamiltons; which is my brother Jordan, and my dad. We have using your products for years now, and you are our exclusive supplier of batteries, switches, custom harness, and extensions. We are also flying electrics, and foamies… We also as a …
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