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  1. Luckily I found a thread on RCGroups where one had the exact same model. He did cut out the door, hinged it and made a locking mechanism. I cut out the door with an x-acto and access is as good as I could hope for now. Being not only my first plane but also my first scale, I don't mind the decals got slightly roughed up where I cut the door. If this model survives my first take offs and landings, I'm looking into going super scale on it as far as weight allows (got around 200 grams to spend before a new motor + ESC are needed) and if so, then those decals will go anyway. Found the one to model it after, if I can find more photos/documentations. Securing the door should be easy enough. Long term goal is to make it look like this one
  2. I seem to remember there are a few here who fly rc planes. I come from rc helicopters but planes are a complete mystery to me (for now), and I could use some hints and tips from the guys here who have experience with these things. The plane is an electric 5ch ST Models Beaver with lights on an optional 6th channel (distant plans of separating the lights for 3 channels). My radio gear is an 8ch DX8 with an 8ch rx + satellite. The plane is a high wing full body scale foamie ARTF. Now that it has been assembled, the interior is pretty hard to access for fixing and securing the rx/sat and I toy with the idea of cutting out one passenger door. Issue is, this door is underneath the wing and I'm concerned cutting out the door with weaken the hull strength around the wing attachment points. I know I better fit the rx away from the ESC/motor so having them both in the cabin sounds like a good idea to me but again, getting access there is a PITA., without cutting out the door. Any tips in general on where to fit the rx/sat on a foamie? Does it matter much as the only conductive material of note is 3 carbon rods securing the wings, and both motor and ESC are in the nose (battery compartment). Would it be worth it attaching the rx on the outside? (the aerials are really short on the spektrum receivers) Or would it be a very silly idea, considering the lack of protection there? Any tips mucho welcome!
  3. In which country is Audi the biggest seller? In Audi Arabia. In which country do they play loud? In Audiorabia. (aaaand I'm spent and a bit ashamed...nah)
  4. Cleopara: Elisabeth Taylor rules ancient Egypt, she knows how to talk and she really wants a cracker. Metropols: Futuristic vision of a robot hellbent on mastering Norwegian folk dances. The Even Samurai: One mathematically gifted samurai must get along with 6 odd ones. Jurrasic PaK: The stegosaurus may be well armoured but the rexes have a new weapon.
  5. ATC recordings on Youtube can offer a good laugh. Kennedy Steve is (still) always ready to drive pilots to giggles and tug drivers to drinking. "Super tug, you're not very super.... Yes, mediocre tug?"
  6. Probably my favourite pilot story: http://www.jollygreen.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Perceptual-Interpretation.pdf
  7. Pseudo quotes and more: The fighter pilot's prayer: "Lord I pray for the eyes of an eagle, the heart of a lion and the courage of a combat helicopter pilot." Gunter's Second Law of Air Travel: The strength of the turbulence is directly proportional to the temperature of your coffee. Tower: "Eastern 702, cleared for take-off, contact Departure on frequency 124.7" Eastern 702: "Tower, Eastern 702 switching to Departure. By the way, after liftoff we saw some kind of dead animal on the far end of the runway." Tower: "Continental 635, cleared for take-off behind Eastern 702, contact Departure on frequency 124.7. Did you copy that report from Eastern 702?" BR Continental 635: "Continental 635, cleared for take-off, roger; and yes, we copied Eastern...we've already notified our caterers."
  8. London's finest still going strong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG3LAEzAmsM
  9. Played it way too much some time back. It is sort of addicting but I grew tired of the randomness in it throwing any strategy out the window. No maths involved and not much of a puzzle. Now, cross 2048 with Sokoban and it could get weirdly interesting.
  10. Fishermen won't bother if the fish doesn't bite. Do they run up to any stray dog they see as well, to pet them?
  11. Up & Don: Drive your veteran car uphill and downhill, see if you can impress the local mafia. Not to be confused with Up & Doon which is all about Geordies in traffic.
  12. The original Batman movie and TV series are still Batman to me. Need to re-watch them now. R.I.P.
  13. Why did the blind man fall into the well? He couldn't see that well.
  14. To Numberphile fans and in the comment section of every single N.P. video: "I have a wonderful comment that this post is too small to contain." To every Youtube fan not out of their wits: "First!"
  15. "Hope to see you again soon" she said smiling. Them bloody dentists....
  16. To put it this way: I don't think there are many ways left to draw statistical data from sensible text, that is text that form meaningful words and phrases, that the intel community hasn't already studied in depth. They can tell if a garbled text is fake or genuine in that the ungarbled text was meaningful. If you want something truly random then patterns is a no-no. What people type on their keyboards would be full of patterns, over time.
  17. The teacher asked me why I didn't bring a calculator to the maths class. Told her I prefer mental arithmetics. She said "alright then, what's the cube root of pi?". Told her "a million and a half". She said "that's madness", told her "see I told you it was mental".
  18. Trike Force Cobra - The toddlers must defeat the evil moms and dads who are shoving broccoli down the small gullets. Damebusts - Defeat the enemy with British made bouncing bombs. (removed one and rearranged another. Letters that is, not bombs) Thin On A Spring - Sell as many el cheapo exercise contraptions by mail order as you can before the consumers spot the design flaws.
  19. Pierre De Fermat - so I could corner him demanding the proof of his last theorem. Sam Cooke - So I could hear him live in concert. Nikola Tesla - So I could play with his remote controlled boat. The last Basque remembering where they came from and ask where they picked up their language Any of those who wrote in one of the undeciphered scripts EDIT coz I can't count: Gary and Punka Khoza, Ivan Kadey, Paul Giraud and Mike Lebesi from National Wake to learn what guts means.
  20. Huge fan of Matt Parker, Numberphile and pretty much all things coming from Brady and Nothingham Uni. That link is on par with the bamboo calculator in terms of sillyness. Love it.
  21. My impression on repairs and maintainance, after working in a bike repair shop for 3 years is the two are about the same. If you find one easy to repair then the other will be too, if one is a PITA then the other will be too. They don't need much maintainance anyway GIVEN they are proper quality. Low quality and trigger becomes slightly more reliable. No idea how many low quality twist grips I've seen falling apart as soon as they are out of the box or not installed on the bar. High quality and dont worry about any of that nonsense. I have twist grip on my bike just like the one you linked to and I'm well happy but I can see others prefering not having to readjust their grip after every gear shift. Last: I definitely agree with those who say try the bike before buying so online stores can be a bit iffy if they have a no return policy or general poor customer support.
  22. Took a while before it dawned on me but finally: Your style reminds me of the drawing of F'murrr a.k.a- Richard Peyzaret who made my all time favourite comics. There is something in your lines that really made me think of his work. To all: Awesome artwork by you lot.
  23. Birds Of Pay: (PG18) Get paid. Flying Sauce: Food fight at Area 51! Future Was: Go full speed on a head on collision course with time itself. Platon: As a soldier, you decide it's time to think things through. Martin Memorandum: Tex Murphy is taking on his hardest case to date: Who is Martin and who gave him that last name?
  24. (Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation) You've got a bad calculation That's the word out on the town It gives a certain fascination But it can only bring you down You better turn yourself around Turn yourself around You're landing upside down Turn yourself around You've had parts break well that's tough luck You play too hard too much rough stuff Staged too slow, engine's cold That bad calculation made the struts fold Turn yourself around Turn yourself around Don't land upside down Turn yourself around
  25. In the beginning Back in 1925 Man didn't know about a rocket launch show And all that jive The Chinese had their fireworks The chemists had the juice Noone knew what they was gonna do But Tsiolkovsky had the news He said Let there be sound. And there was sound Let there be light. And there was light Let there be smoke. And there was smoke Let there be a roar! And there was a roar Let there be rocket! And it came to pass That rocket launch was born All across the land every rocket man Was blowing up a storm The rocket men got famous Doin business on the moon In every barn there was gun cotton yarn and a green and grinning loon There was 15 million Kerbals Learning how to play And you could hear the crowd a-snickerin' And this is what they had to say Sound Light Smoke Roar Let there be rocket
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