steadykev
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Post by steadykev on Feb 8, 2014 14:04:36 GMT
Hello everyone. I`ve been in the workshop this morning having a general tidy up and decided to sort out my flight case. Now this is an aluminium case that holds my Tx but has a variety of sections in side for my `spares` After going through it all, I wandered if it is just me or whether everyone carries spares. Below is a list of what I carry: 1. Packets of wing bands 2. spare dowels (banded on wings) 3. A bag of lead cut into squares 4. A bag with my home made `ballast` for windy days 5. Control horns 6. Clevis`s/screws 7. servo arms 8. Wing bolts 9. Spare Tx battery 10. Glass fibre tape 11. Cyno 12. Screwdriver x 2 13. Swiss army knife 14. Chocolate (essential !) I`m sure i`ve forgotten something  So folks am I OTT or is this normal? Catch you later...... |
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eagle
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Post by eagle on Feb 9, 2014 12:24:37 GMT
Steadykev,
Like you, I have a box of bits and pieces that I take with me when I go flying. Two items that I have in my box that you do not mention are 5 minute Epoxy and a battery checker, the latter being very important. Checking my receiver batteries before a flight has proved very useful! Saved crashing more than one plane due to low battery voltage!
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steadykev
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Post by steadykev on Feb 9, 2014 14:18:42 GMT
Hi eagle, have to say that epoxy is a good idea. I`ve managed with cyno up till now but I`ll be adding some epoxy  I do have a battery checker but forgot to include it on the list (told you I`d forgotten something--lol). As you say, very important to keep a check on the Rx battery. On all my planes now, I also fit a battery monitor ( the LED ones that just plug into a spare Rx channel), so I can see the state of the battery at a glance. The checker I keep in my box is a back up really in case the on board one fails for any reason. Well that`s two of us that carry spares.........anyone else? |
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Post by JG on Feb 10, 2014 11:34:28 GMT
Morning Everyone.
In my transmitter case is a spare aerial & crystals.
But i always take my tool box with me, which has got every think in which i need to be honest, but i don't take, epoxy but i do have cyno with me and no spare batteries as if there is some think wrong with them, it's a sign not to fly lol
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steadykev
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Post by steadykev on Feb 10, 2014 16:33:15 GMT
Hello JG,
interestingly, I think you have highlighted a difference from flat field flying and slope soaring, as i`m guessing you can park your car pretty close to where you fly,so you can keep spares in the car, where as I have anything from a 10 to 30 minute walk to the edge of the slope (often up hill/muddy/etc) so I have to take everything with me.
Come on you slope flyers........back me up....lol.......or shoot me down !
Take care all.
Kev
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Post by JG on Feb 10, 2014 16:37:03 GMT
Yes Kev flat field is easier till you have to carry a winch, turn around and pedal etc but saying that flat field is the only way to fly  anyone getting fired up lol |
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steadykev
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Post by steadykev on Feb 10, 2014 16:56:47 GMT
JG......wash your mouth out. Only way to fly?  What can be better than climbing up to the top of a (often muddy) hill, getting blown all over the place by the wind, getting to the top and then struggling to put your model together cos the wind is blowing you over, then you get ready to launch and suddenly realize the wind direction has changed and you have to go to a different slope.......This is PROPER flying  |
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Post by JG on Feb 10, 2014 19:56:14 GMT
To be honest Kev i have not done any slope soaring so really i can not comment you may have to show me 1 day. |
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steadykev
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Post by steadykev on Feb 10, 2014 20:09:46 GMT
........and I have never done any flat field stuff--lol Having learnt to fly on the slopes, it holds a special place in my heart. I do think that the variety of this hobby is what makes it so enjoyable and unique. |
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Post by Jef on Feb 10, 2014 22:36:08 GMT
Now, now girls! Although I fly flatfield and slope, I am a flatfielder at heart, and side with JG here. If it needs fixing, I get another model out and break that instead. TBH there are too many models in my collection and I could do with damaging some of my fleet beyond economic repair. The trouble is, most model repairs are a lot easier than they look. Especially if you get someone else to do it for you!!!! Having said all that, I have a suitcase full of repair materials, permanently installed in the massive boot of my 20yr-old Merc, so that when I have a bad day, I can repair the least badly damaged one enough to carry on flying until my brownie points expire. To list it would serve no purpose, as I will always need to borrow something not in the suitcase on that day, from someone else, such is the nature of model carnage! Tongue firmly in cheek,  Jef |
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steadykev
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Post by steadykev on Feb 11, 2014 14:54:35 GMT
Jef, I have images in my head of you hauling a huge suitcase up the side of a hill.....  A bit off topic but you mentioned your old Merc ( I had a 1994 190e 1.8 in red till a few months back--loved it) Take care Kev |
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Post by Jef on Feb 11, 2014 22:05:48 GMT
My Merc is Red too, a 1993 E220 Auto, 2.2L petrol. 40mpg. Free servicing for life. Cost less than £800, 3 years ago. Thought I would buy it, tart it up, take my daughter to her wedding, sell it.... the wedding was in August 2011. Don't seem to be able to offer it for sale. Think I like it too much to sell it and it costs almost nothing to run.
Just in case you were wondering about the free servicing... I do it myself... not sure I could do that on a more modern car.
Jef
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steadykev
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Post by steadykev on Feb 12, 2014 16:21:57 GMT
Jef, I know what you mean. Got very attached to mine and yes, did all my own servicing. I would still have it but it was written off whilst parked in a car park. Long story, but the person parked opposite pressed the accelerator instead of the brake.....slammed into said Merc and that was the end of it  The insurance money I got was pitiful..... Cheers Kev ps; Sorry JG for going off topic. I`ll say no more...lol  |
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Post by Jef on Feb 12, 2014 19:06:31 GMT
Hi Kev. I might be wrong  (It could happen I s'pose, LOL.), but I would have thought going off topic is the prerogative of the Thread Originator. Good job you didn't have any models in the car, when it was hit... mind you that would have given you plenty of spares to take with you up those hills (nicely steered back to the Subject).  Jef |
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Post by Jef on Feb 21, 2014 21:35:10 GMT
Hi Kev,
Been looking for a pic of my car, finally found one and the pic also shows how all flying should be done... ie get out from the car and you're in the pits!!!
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anyone getting fired up lol
(It could happen I s'pose, LOL.), but I would have thought going off topic is the prerogative of the Thread Originator.
