Comments on: Grass Strips http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/01/04/grass-strips/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:02:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Quartermaster http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/01/04/grass-strips/comment-page-1/#comment-308756 Quartermaster Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:05:53 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=6957#comment-308756 I worked for a guy who was a pilot and had RC AC as well. He did aerobatics with the RC craft, and routinely crashed it. We teased him about strapping one on and doing it. He would come back and say "I won't do that S___ with my butt aboard." We laughed at him for his lack of courage. Last time I saw him fly his RC craft, he crashed it and it took him 9 months to put it back together. It may have been a good idea not to "strap one on." I worked for a guy who was a pilot and had RC AC as well. He did aerobatics with the RC craft, and routinely crashed it. We teased him about strapping one on and doing it. He would come back and say “I won’t do that S___ with my butt aboard.” We laughed at him for his lack of courage.

Last time I saw him fly his RC craft, he crashed it and it took him 9 months to put it back together. It may have been a good idea not to “strap one on.”

]]> By: GreyGoat http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/01/04/grass-strips/comment-page-1/#comment-308734 GreyGoat Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:33:12 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=6957#comment-308734 Patty Benjamin was unavailable for comment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV-zeYkQrXA Patty Benjamin was unavailable for comment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV-zeYkQrXA

]]> By: Liz http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/01/04/grass-strips/comment-page-1/#comment-308636 Liz Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:41:25 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=6957#comment-308636 Hee hee hee. Did you hear the sheepish "sorry" afterwards? I actually cackled out loud. Too funny. Hee hee hee.

Did you hear the sheepish “sorry” afterwards? I actually cackled out loud. Too funny.

]]> By: Sandman http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/01/04/grass-strips/comment-page-1/#comment-308625 Sandman Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:13:38 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=6957#comment-308625 I've seen that waddling view off the angle before somewheres near the A/G and LSO platforms. I’ve seen that waddling view off the angle before somewheres near the A/G and LSO platforms.

]]> By: blackeagle603 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/01/04/grass-strips/comment-page-1/#comment-308589 blackeagle603 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:43:26 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=6957#comment-308589 Foul line? What foul line? Foul line? What foul line?

]]> By: Justthisguy http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/01/04/grass-strips/comment-page-1/#comment-308570 Justthisguy Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:17:55 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=6957#comment-308570 I think it's cooler to build an indoor model that weighs maybe a gram, spanning maybe a meter, with the rubber wound to several thousand turns, and have the thing fly for an hour. I went to the World Indoor Champs at East Tennessee State U. in 1988, and it was just amazing. I was yelled at for walking near the airplanes at normal walking speed. Those airplanes fly at the speed of a veerrryyy slow walk, the prop turning at about 30-40 RPM. Most amazing experience I've ever had. I still remember the smell of the God-awful cigarettes smoked by the Polish Team. Jim Richmond, the American, won with his variable-diameter prop, to take full advantage of the energy in the rubber I think it’s cooler to build an indoor model that weighs maybe a gram, spanning maybe a meter, with the rubber wound to several thousand turns, and have the thing fly for an hour.
I went to the World Indoor Champs at East Tennessee State U. in 1988, and it was just amazing. I was yelled at for walking near the airplanes at normal walking speed. Those airplanes fly at the speed of a veerrryyy slow walk, the prop turning at about 30-40 RPM. Most amazing experience I’ve ever had. I still remember the smell of the God-awful cigarettes smoked by the Polish Team. Jim Richmond, the American, won with his variable-diameter prop, to take full advantage of the energy in the rubber

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