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Yup. Just timed a lap and did the math. Standard 60’ lines. Actually I think we had some kind of plastic protractor calculator. Been a LOT of years since then.For reals?
Yup. Just timed a lap and did the math. Standard 60’ lines. Actually I think we had some kind of plastic protractor calculator. Been a LOT of years since then.For reals?
Good move. After seeing what my uncle went through no way was I going to mess with a copter. Drones are a whole nuther kettle o fish. When my uncle passed my cousins asked me what I wanted, his UglyStick or Kavan Ranger. UglyStick hands down, that Ranger was my uncles Waterloo. And he was NEVER bested until that thing....I put it down and that afternoon had it sold on Craigslist. I've since moved onto the smaller eFlite and Blade electric birds.
At the time the Torpedo 35 was not at all a common engine. The best engine was the SuperTigre G21 35. It just oozed class and was expensive. We had come up with Johnson 29’s. Highly polished and modified. We had the only Torpedo in the club and it was only because of the incident I mentioned earlier. The original owner had it on a speed plane. Everybody knew it was a beast but it was totally odd. The regular KB 35 was plain bearing, the Torpedo was all ball bearing. The plain bearing was used a lot by the stunt guys along with Enya’s. They were reliable but not a beast. The Johnson’s turned about 90mph, the ST a little better than 100mph and everybody that was more than fast enough.For reals?
And that was back in the good old days, A modern fast combat plane is in the 140 to 150 actual MPH range.For reals?