Re: Re: where are all the beginners?

From: Bill Carney <wcarneyjx_at_comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 03:43:29 +0000 (UTC)

Ron,

I'm just curious about your "set the hook before I decided to sell everything off" statement. Does this mean that you are no longer planning to fly indoor? or That because of Kibbie you have decided to keep your stuff and continue to build and fly?


Bill Carney
That Florida Indoor Guy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Patten" <ronald.patten_at_att.net>
To: "Indoor Construction" <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 7, 2012 11:05:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Indoor_Construction] Re: where are all the beginners?








I'll put my 2 cents in since I'm a "raw" beginner. My problem is getting the best materials, wood, there is a good source but for how long? Secondly is the rubber for the motors. Some fliers have many pounds of the "good stuff". I paid a small fortune for some "vintage rubber" years ago. Then you have the basic tools, winders and rubber slitters . I was fortunate to be able to purchase a Geauga winder and rubber slitter which at the time the two totaled about seven hundred dollars. I had the money then! Also you need a balance that weighs milligrams, that cost me about three hundred dollars, a balsa stripper of some sort, and the simple torque meter, do you see the pattern?

A raw beginner can probably get by with less in some areas, but indoor flying really is a technical sport. Clubs could probably pool their assets to reduce individual expenses. I have intended to fly indoor duration for about seven years now. Originally work commitments, then health issues have kept me from doing anything but observe through whatever "portal" that was available with indoor duration information.

My Kibbe Dome Experience this year set the hook before I decided to sell everything off. The experience of observing and timing flights was a fantastic experience. I was able to fly a LPP twice before I put it back in the box. The first time was about 7 minutes, with a little help from Larry Coslick , he changed the pitch of the prop with his fingers from about 24 inch pitch to about a 23 inch pitch. The second flight went over 10 minutes. I was satisfied that I could get a model airplane to fly on a rubber motor for more than 30 seconds. I did not post any times.

After that flight, I just sat back and watched Larry do his thing! I feel that the Pro-Am category should be included at all indoor contests if possible, there is nothing like having an instructor
one-on-one to correct and recommend, something I once did in my past life!
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