Nate, I have a pair each of the NEW 15D B.B. and the CX .11 D. I got these in an engine trade. Is it possible to get a copy of the test report. It's not a big...
Nate, I hope you have good luck with the steel fin Fox .15. I'never been able to get a consistent classic stunt run from these but then I never really worked...
Hello Nate, All of this stuff is amazing to me! A G-20 on a Magician 15 boggles my mind. I use a G-15 .15's on my FAI ZINGO free Flight models it's hard to...
Hi All, It's nice to see some good discussion of assorted Control Line subjects via this list. It's especially good to read the thoughts of Nate Sturman after...
Attention Group..... The Cleveland OH contest is Sept 17 and 18, 2005. The poster is posted in this group's photo section, at the bottom (picture #50). ...
In a message dated 6/28/05 1:23:29 PM Central Daylight Time, ... If you heard the buzz bomb you were fine... when it quit running it was put into a dive and...
Hi Andy, Yeah, the G20 on that 34" magician jr must have really hauled. Can't imagine it's bulk mounted on that long skimpy fuselage...I remember that the MAN...
In about 1961, Steve Dinerman, who worked at Sterling then, built a Jr Nobler with the "matching" center-plug Fox .15 (1959-61) and tried the recommended tank...
First off, I seem to have been too optimistic about crossflow Enya .15II and III and nitro. Most experienced fliers here use 15% or even 20% in them with th a...
Hi Nathan, Your mention of IM Products brings back a few memories. In the late 60s/early 70s I partnered with Lew McFarland in X-Cell Models in Lexington, KY....
Ralph Wenzel writes: [Snip] ... That store was fun, but it killed (or I allowed it to kill) my enthusiasm for the hobby. It seemed that turning the hobby/sport...
Dennis, I do not think anyone can do it -separate the hobby from the business and try to do both. There is an old saying, "You become what you do." I found...
I found some plans for a Goldburg P-40 Stunter, shrunk em down for a fox .15 I have and built it. I posted a picture under nighthawks album. I'll be building...
On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 at 16:50:53 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Fwd: Request Dave Speeking wrote: "Thanks. The group needed that. Dave" ================================= ...
... Do some research and look at the "Flying Tiger" figure that was painted on the side ofsome of the planes. The way that tiger has his mouth open resembles...
As I understand it, the British first applied the shark mouth to their P-40s in the Desert warfare. When the Flying Tigers was formed someone in it remembered...
I love their foam wheels. I had a love affair with photography almost killed off similarly, by a stint on the "other side of the counter" as they said in the...
Their name in Chinese since their earliest (1937 with Vultee Attacks) abortive go at it as irregulars was "Fei Hu", sponsored by Madame Jiang (Chiang) herself,...
Steve and Dennis et al, I wish I had read the rest of the thread before I answered. I guess this is one of those lessons in life we are never, ever entirely...
Nate, Which thread are you referring to? We seem to have three going at once: 1) the difficulty of working professionally in one's hobby (for some of us,...
I meant the difficulty of working in the field we love as a hobby or sport, art etc. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? ...
I've heard this same thing about nitro in motors (some column in a magazine some years back), but the explanation is a little different than one would expect....
In controllineflyingforum@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Auslender" ... their P-40s in the Desert warfare. When the Flying Tigers was formed someone in it...
That makes since as I've seen mickey mouse on a me-109. My 10 year old daughter asked me this question. I like all the answers. I ran the engine twice...