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Forum: The Clubhouse
02-21-2015, 11:54 AM
Replies: 12,281
Views: 1,337,672
Posted By HighPlains

When I was a freshman in high school, we flew...

When I was a freshman in high school, we flew control line right through the winter. The plane would be started inside a van with the lines running out an partially open door. When the engine...
Forum: The Clubhouse
01-12-2015, 01:21 PM
Replies: 12,281
Views: 1,337,672
Posted By HighPlains

I used to correspond with Don Nix who founded...

I used to correspond with Don Nix who founded Power Master fuels. He retired after a couple decades, and sold the business to one of his long time employees. They ran it for a few years, then...
Forum: The Clubhouse
01-11-2015, 12:11 PM
Replies: 12,281
Views: 1,337,672
Posted By HighPlains

I mix my own fuel. Hazmat charges got fuel...

I mix my own fuel. Hazmat charges got fuel prices up to ridiculous levels. However there is no hazmat for oil ( I use Klotz 80/20 Techniplate), buy the methanol locally from car racing guys that...
Forum: The Clubhouse
01-11-2015, 09:39 AM
Replies: 12,281
Views: 1,337,672
Posted By HighPlains

You can find plans to many of the deBolt designs,...

You can find plans to many of the deBolt designs, I've got his 1952 Livewire Trainer framed up ready to cover, and four or five plans for other designs. The AMA also sells many old plans, and many...
Forum: The Clubhouse
01-10-2015, 08:09 PM
Replies: 12,281
Views: 1,337,672
Posted By HighPlains

Ruffy, here you go, it's still being kitted. ...

Ruffy, here you go, it's still being kitted. Look under classic legal control Line kits.

http://www.rsmdistribution.com/index-2.htm
Forum: The Clubhouse
01-10-2015, 09:24 AM
Replies: 12,281
Views: 1,337,672
Posted By HighPlains

Always listen to the control line guys when it...

Always listen to the control line guys when it comes to dope finishes. Here is a good one that goes set by step:

http://www.rsmdistribution.com/articles/philgrandersonfinishingmethod.pdf

note...
Forum: The Clubhouse
01-08-2015, 06:43 PM
Replies: 12,281
Views: 1,337,672
Posted By HighPlains

Here is a tip when taking photographs of old...

Here is a tip when taking photographs of old magazine covers, you need to be slightly angle away from straight down to avoid the flash from overpowering the image with it's reflection. If taking...
Forum: The Clubhouse
01-07-2015, 03:48 PM
Replies: 12,281
Views: 1,337,672
Posted By HighPlains

That AHC ad really brings back 1968. I had...

That AHC ad really brings back 1968. I had convinced a flying buddy to go in half of the cost of Testers little 1/2A RC plane from AHC. So we sent in a money order around April, and by the end of...
Forum: The Clubhouse
01-02-2015, 10:04 AM
Replies: 12,281
Views: 1,337,672
Posted By HighPlains

Anybody ever have one of those battery powered...

Anybody ever have one of those battery powered airplanes back in the 50's where the motor drove the prop with a cable running through a plastic sheath? Stanzel made several with a handheld unit, and...
Forum: The Clubhouse
12-21-2014, 10:00 AM
Replies: 12,281
Views: 1,337,672
Posted By HighPlains

I want to build another Schoolmaster. I found...

I want to build another Schoolmaster. I found the kit plans, landing gear and engine from my first one, and it's a simple build. I built the first one in 1971, but killed it due to image reversal...
Forum: The Clubhouse
12-10-2014, 01:27 PM
Replies: 12,281
Views: 1,337,672
Posted By HighPlains

I just don't consider any model built with lite...

I just don't consider any model built with lite ply to be vintage.
Forum: The Clubhouse
12-04-2014, 08:01 AM
Replies: 12,281
Views: 1,337,672
Posted By HighPlains

Yes, perhaps a phrase or sentence, but coping an...

Yes, perhaps a phrase or sentence, but coping an entire post of the lengths that have been copied here are tedious to read.
Forum: The Clubhouse
12-04-2014, 07:39 AM
Replies: 12,281
Views: 1,337,672
Posted By HighPlains

Hey guys, this thread would be a lot easier to...

Hey guys, this thread would be a lot easier to read if you don't copy and re-post everything that was posted before. Just saying.

I built one of those basic Comet rubber powered free flight...
Forum: The Clubhouse
12-03-2014, 09:24 AM
Replies: 12,281
Views: 1,337,672
Posted By HighPlains

Does anybody remember a plastic toy set that...

Does anybody remember a plastic toy set that snapped together to make many different jet airplanes depending on which component parts you used? This would have been available in the late '50's.
Forum: The Clubhouse
12-02-2014, 10:21 PM
Replies: 12,281
Views: 1,337,672
Posted By HighPlains

I still have the Mambo I built in 1967 when I was...

I still have the Mambo I built in 1967 when I was 12 or 13. It survived because I never got a transmitter for the Ace receiver and Bonner S/N escapement. I flew it twice as a free flight, and it so...
Forum: The Clubhouse
12-02-2014, 06:08 PM
Replies: 12,281
Views: 1,337,672
Posted By HighPlains

My first airplane was a McCoy .35 powered Comet...

My first airplane was a McCoy .35 powered Comet Rookie that my dad and I built when I was 5. I thought he was taking far to long to finish it up, so one day I got out the dope and painted the entire...
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