new balsa airplane builder's site

Thanks. It looks like I had my head on backwards when I wrote that.

gyrocptr wrote:

This is not the group for heavenly tail. :) mk

Not to be picky but, that image on the front page really needs to b

optimized and the size reduced. Takes about 15 seconds to load at cabl speeds

-- starca

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Geez, it took two seconds to load on my bare-bones laptop!

Harlan

I'm glad to hear that it wasn't TOO slow. My sister who helps me out with the websites told me to reduce the size of the photo, but I like it too much. I was out flying that airplane when a guy showed up with a fancy camera and started taking pictures. He asked me for my email address, and that evening I received about 20 shots of my planes. I like that particular one because you can see every detail of the construction, and you can see the reflection of almost the entire plane in the bottom of the top wings. I thought it was perfect for a building website, and I don't want to lose those details by degrading it.

Anyway, I figured that if it loads too slow you could simply move along and look at something else. Thanks for the input, and thanks for not yelling at me.

I'm planning to do another article soon for beginners. It will be about the small number of tools that are required for building from scratch.

H Davis wrote:

I went back and increased the quantity of hardware you get for a dollar on my website. I was more involved in writing code the first time around. This time I was thinking more about building airplanes, so now you get a lot of screws for a dollar.

I'll be adding other hardware within a week.

I just checked this site again and wow, I don't know what Robert di

but it loads super fast now. Very well organized site in both theme an design. Good Job Robert keep up the great work and keep that sit current as I have it bookmarked

-- starca

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Thanks!

I'm working on a Telemaster so I can teach my boys to fly. I'd like to take some photos while building and do an article on installing aileron servos in the wings the easy way.

starcad wrote:

Hey Robert if you get back to this email me at snipped-for-privacy@starcadplans.net If your going to write it I'd like to add it to StarCad Plans.

Guy (StarCad)

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Believe it or not, Telemasters and scalish Piper Cubs do not make the best trainers for someone starting out perfectly brand new. Yes, you can teach people to fly using these models, but I have taught folks to fly from zero on a Kaos 60. Not the best of choices for a trainer.

What's wrong with the Telemaster and Piper Cub? The vertical stabilizers are too small for optimum basic trainer service and the models are heavily influenced by crosswinds because of it.

Ed Cregger

No?..........I'm all ears.... :)

That's a pretty good one. Did you hear the one about the elephant who went to the doctor?

that must make eating VERY inconvenient

Typing must be tough too

Are you a musician? can you play by ear?

I'm with you Ed.

They are pretty good once you get some experience, for the same reasons you note. They make you actually learn to fly.

But for the first flights, the frustration level and amount of stuff to pay attention to makes them a bit overwhelming

For the first flights, I still like to introduce people to my old Midwest Aerostar 40.

AFTER they get a little comfort zone, then they will learn more thoroughly on a Telemaster etc.

MY OPINIONS

YMMV

bob

Hey, who told you to stick your big nose in?

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So, now that we have ten years flying experience and an R/C website, we're hotshit?

Ed Cregger

Ed, I've always thought you were a pretty decent guy. Don't start with the "wet behind the ears" crap.

I knew a guy in Dallas (16 years ago, incidentally) who used to let beginners fly his giant scale Stearman. You could use just about anything as a trainer if you wanted to. I just thought it was funny that one of the most highly revered airplanes isn't a good enough trainer for you.

When you're young, you can't tell the difference between genius and luck*. The only pilots who can claim real expertise after just ten years of flying are in the military, and they get _intensive_ training

-- even their instructors get trained on how to be instructors.

Your comment may have seemed reasonable to you, but from this side of the screen it sure sounded disrespectful.

After having to come in with a shovel to clean up after cocky youngsters a few times, I can understand Ed's attitude.

Which only makes Ed's point that you can teach someone to fly on just about anything. He _wasn't_ saying you couldn't use a Telemaster, he _was_ saying that it isn't, in his opinion, the best to learn on.

And "highly revered" doesn't necessarily mean "good". It usually does, but just because the whole crowd likes it doesn't mean the whole crowd is right. For that matter, "good at some things" usually doesn't mean "good at all things".

• I should know -- I used to think I was a genius.