Radical RC Workbench – Page 9 – Thoughts from the workbench of Radical RC. The online retailer of electronics and kits for radio control aircraft. Dave Thacker shares his thoughts and knowledge of electronics, batteries, kit design and overall enjoyment of the hobby.

John Morse Recall Election in Colorado

liberty objector john morse — If your gun is stolen and used in a crime, he want’s to prosecute you! He want’s to limit teachers self defense options. He favors lamenting funerals over celebrating a hero. Recall Senator John Morse

200% of the signatures required to boot this Liberty Objector out of office through the recall process have been submitted. Bye bye John Morse, president of the senate and lead Liberty Objector in Colorado.

The Huffing Post: John Morse Recall Looms; Gun-Rights Activists Gather Double The Signatures Needed For Recall Of Colorado Senator

My public comments left with the story:

Let us cast this Objector to Liberty out on his ear. It’s the ideology of John Morse in their legislation for Colorado that one man can be held responsible for another mans evil deeds. It’s people like him that set up the situations where 20 children can get shot in the face un-opposed by even one lawfully armed and free citizen. He favors the current public school policy of lamenting funerals over celebrating hero’s. Lets let Liberty Ring in public schools. If Liberty were not obstructed by laws designating our public property non-constitutionally free places. (can you believe we stand for that!) then perhaps 4 or 5 of the school teachers would have been armed and this madman’s fantasy could have been avoided or greatly reduced. I am for celebrating hero’s over lamenting funerals. Let us ridicule the ideology which includes forced membership in the Church of Safety Through Weakness. Limiting our teachers and administrators to only running, hiding or fighting back with scissors is irrational, evil and just plain heartless. Do you know why it’s such a joke to go to a gun fight with a knife? Because it’s sooooo stupid. Let us end the tyranny these Objectors to Liberty have established on our public property. Lets us push this ideology back into the dumpster of history’s failed Darwin Awards to which it belongs. I am for Liberty, no apologies.

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Confiscating Toilet Paper in Venezuela

Another fine example of collectivism and anti-capitalism in Venezuela. Toss off the chains of (PC) political correctness as I have. PC is simply a bludgeon designed to force the voices of reason into silence. I am not silent, I am awake, I am for Liberty. Now, listen to this and have a little giggle about these silly nitwits south of the boarder. (Reload page if video does not appear.)

Remember all the jokes over the decades about taking your own toilet paper if you visit Russia? They may have good intentions, but all over the world the result is the same, a ruling elite and the rest of the stinky masses living in poverty. Don’t let them do it to us here. I am for Liberty.

Leno’s Garage B-17

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Name The Derelict Plane Contest

An interesting photo. What is it? Win a Micro Low Stick for being first to provide the correct answer. Photo credit to Thomas Ryan. He is a professional pilot and sends me photos of interesting aircraft from time to time. Visit his website The Building Board

Please give us a link to some info on this aircraft with your guess. At this time, I don’t know what it is. You prove it, win a Micro Low Stick Kit.

Ben Buckle Super Sixty Complete

scott wallace's super sixty ben buckle build — Scott Wallace’s Super Sixty Ben Buckle Build

Hi,

Attached are couple photos of my finished Ben Buckle Super 60 kit I bought from Radical RC last year. I’m pleased with the way it turned out and the kit was pretty nice, I would build another BB kit one day.

scott wallaces's super sixty ben buckle kit build — 3/4 rear view of Scott Wallace’s Ben Buckle Super Sixty Build

Its covered with Sig Koverall and painted with Brodak dope, power is an OS 25AX, 3 channel control using JR equipment.

Cheers,
Scott Wallace
Endicott, NY

Shale We Allow Our Property Rights to Evaporate?

It’s by slow increments we give away our Liberty. Next time you are thinking of voting in a little more power, a transfer of money to those voting against you, a new tax, more zoning, more inspections etc. Next time you are considering voting in any more authority for government, smack yourself awake. Our very right of private property is under attack. And, it’s under attack by us. The perceived benefits of more regulation is always much greater than reality. Don’t get sucked into this ideology, an ideology of force that says others know better than you whats best for you. When you vote others more power over you, in effect you are enslaving yourself to their ideas ahead of your own. It’s a symptom of collectivism where we are each enslaved to each other. What happened to the American individualist? The respect of Liberty?

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Video 1:
John Stossel The End of Private Property

I think he should go ahead with the pigs & Paint the house pink. Objectors to Liberty need to be stood up to. We need to give them what they deserve. Yes, I said deserve.

Video 2:

Keith Shaw’s 1905 Wright Flyer

More info from Keith Shaw who you’ll remember has done some extensive scale detailing to one of our kits. Keith is an AMA Hall of Fame member. He’s tuning and trimming his bird and offers the following.

Hi Dave,
Now have 8 more flights on the Wright. Two improvements have GREATLY helped the directional control.
1) I found that the aileron cross pushrod was buckling. Increased wire thickness to 1/16th, helped a little. Rolled masking tape around pushrod ends and middle to get it up to the ID of 1/8th aluminum tube. Coated the tape with 5 minute epoxy and slipped the tube on. Wing warping is now very solid and uniform over flight speed range.
2) Mine had the few hertz rudder oscillation like yours. Carefully flexed everything back there and found that the vertical wire was wobbling all over the place at the bottom. The rudder pushrod was very solid in comparison, so side loads on the fins cause large distortion of the bottom inch of wire. Drilled out the boom bearings and plywood fin cross braces to use a 3/32″ wire instead. Rudder control is nice and solid and the oscillation is gone. Might have been able to get away with 1/16″ wire, but went for the 3/23″. Besides, I needed to move the CG back. 🙂

Now flying with CG about 7/8″ behind leading edge, still need to do some small tweaks on the motor thrust line. The plane now has a very solid feeling, with only a slight pitch bobble when it hits some turbulence. Flew it twice yesterday at an airshow in Detroit in 10 mph breeze with some minor turbulence. No problems. Before the mods this would not have been wise.
BTW, the crowd at the airshow LOVED it. More photos taken and questions asked than any other plane there.

Take care,

Keith

Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall

East Germany probably is the high point in collectivist/socialist lifestyle. Learn about the history of it’s rise and fall and many stories of those that escaped. It’s amazing, the showcase for this ideology and they had to build a wall around it to keep the people in. History Channel production.

Part 1

Part 2

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Many Thanks
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