Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Building aircraft from scratch is harder than all that.

And yes I've done all 4.

I was getting pretty good with my model but lost interest along the way.


[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHj6o14sBNw[/ame]

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by korhun

Slot car championships are also insane.

. Wing cars are so fast you don't have time to blink.

We used to have a great place in San Jose with 4 tracks and a drag track. Then everyone started buying their parts online cheaper and he had to close shop. Idiots.

Here is my HO track. Each lane is 70 feet. Modern cars with a good driver can get laps in seconds. I have an excel spreadsheet with the best times on the track computer. I'll have to look it up.

Which reminds me, I need to get my butt out in the garage and start working. I want the track working again by this summer.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I was getting pretty good with my model but lost interest along the way.

Yeah I only flew a real model a few times when I was a kid before moving on lol. Though I have hours and hours on Realflight RC simulator.

[Stephen W.]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Yea, I totally greased the landing in Delta's L1011 simulator right before we decommed it, with a little help from the instructor I suspect. That's a whole different class of simulator, even 20 years ago. < snip >

Hey, I did the same thing first time I tried to land 8 Wing's old C-130 simulator. The instructor hit me with a cross wind just as I was about to touch down. My race instincts kicked in and turned the yoke instead of kicking the rudder. Dug the wing tip in and did a big old ground loop.


I'd love to try out their new J model but, sym time is expensive and I don't have that connection any more.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

. Wing cars are so fast you don't have time to blink.

We used to have a great place in San Jose with 4 tracks and a drag track. Then everyone started buying their parts online cheaper and he had to close shop. Idiots.

Here is my HO track. Each lane is 70 feet. Modern cars with a good driver can get laps in seconds. I have an excel spreadsheet with the best times on the track computer. I'll have to look it up.

Which reminds me, I need to get my butt out in the garage and start working. I want the track working again by this summer.

That does look fun...

What's not fun is sitting in a crowded MVA getting MD licenses...

[JD001]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

. Wing cars are so fast you don't have time to blink.

We used to have a great place in San Jose with 4 tracks and a drag track. Then everyone started buying their parts online cheaper and he had to close shop. Idiots.

Here is my HO track. Each lane is 70 feet. Modern cars with a good driver can get laps in seconds. I have an excel spreadsheet with the best times on the track computer. I'll have to look it up.

Which reminds me, I need to get my butt out in the garage and start working. I want the track working again by this summer.

What kind of track is that? Can't see any slots..

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Stephen W.

I'd love to try out their new J model but, sym time is expensive and I don't have that connection any more.

When my son was in high school, the Dad of a buddy of his was responsible for the F22 simulators at Dobbins Air Force Base. He got invited to go try them out. I was seriously jealous, but couldn't weasel my way in.

When he got back and I asked him how it was he said "Yea, it was OK". Only time I felt like he needed some corporal punishment applied.

[Stephen W.]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Building aircraft from scratch is harder than all that.
< snip >

My dad built his own plane, a Health Parasol powered by an in-line four cylinder Henderson motorcycle engine.

[IceFyre13th]

Originally Posted by Boomerang

Heard a funny thing today, someone legitimately referring to the Corona-virus as the Carnivorous... lol

https://www.boredpanda.com/coronavir...mpaign=organic

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Real planes are way easier than sims. Sims are way easier than RC models.

Same with cars too. Sim doesn't have enough sense of speed or rotation besides wheel feel. RC is like trying to play a top down video game with a TV that moves farther or closer to you.

I did get my RC truck up to 57mph on the radar gun in the parking lot the other day. Then it hit a pine cone, caught air under the body, and kart wheeled a pretty good distance.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

Same with cars too. Sim doesn't have enough sense of speed or rotation besides wheel feel. RC is like trying to play a top down video game with a TV that moves farther or closer to you.

I did get my RC truck up to 57mph on the radar gun in the parking lot the other day. Then it hit a pine cone, caught air under the body, and kart wheeled a pretty good distance.

Notice in that video how the camera is never pointed at me? I still can't fly anything toward myself.

[Spuds]

If y'all might be so kind:
https://www.ft86club.com/forums/show...15#post3306115
I figured I would make another thread for archival purposes rather than ask here.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by ScoobsMcGee

My productivity for the afternoon is shot, and I'm hoping to take at least one of you with me.

i was talking about that the other day, and then someone mentioned this.

just as good.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55iTYdRDG4s[/ame]

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I was getting pretty good with my model but lost interest along the way.

what size is that? seems like quite a vibration issue...