OT: 1/2 A Control Line length

Thirty five feet is a good starting length.

Have a ball!

Geezer

Standard length for 008" stainless lines was 26'. They are still available from Sullivan products as #S-127.

Cheers,

Bill

I used 20' nylon lines 50 years ago for 1/2A planes.

snipped-for-privacy@bellsouth.net wrote:

Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great (and sometimes not so great) words of knowledge:

I you get dizzy and fall down, lengthen them a bit.. :)

David

I found when I picked up CL flying after years of RC that I had to get used to walking in a circle.

So the _first_ thing to do if you find yourself getting dizzy, is to fill the tank up less (or use an unreliable engine :-). Once you acclimated yourself then you can go up to full tanks.

If you're using fuzzy string (make do), I would fly at around 25 to 30 feet. If it is windy with fuzzy strings, I drop down to about 20'.

I don't think I ever had wire lines of the proper gauge for flying 1/2A.

Ed Cregger

ok, pure speculation from memory: I had a CG lil wizard and it was on 56 ' lines. seems like that was a whole roll of dacron line. the (non trainer) 1/2 As flew on half of that. 25' or so. mk

Let me give some advice. If you aren't flying combat stand in one spot, just shift your feet.

OR only look at the plane. I learned to ignore the surroundings and keep the ground strictly in the perifrial vision. Then you only get dizzy after you land...esspecially when you run tanks bigger than

-- Keith

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I can see 35 to 40 foot lines if you are using metal and the wind isn't bad.

Ed Cregger

The easy way out is a set of SIG 1/2A dacron lines and handle. They are about 30 feet and can be obtained either direct from SIG or do a web search for Good To Go Models, a good internet based CL hobby shop based in Plattsmouth Nebraska. He can help you with anything from the basics to a "high zoot" (his words not mine) stunt model Bob Furr

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Anyone that uses the expression "high zoot", is okay with me, and probably a Baby Boomer.

Ed Cregger

eh, hem. I STILL think the three line set ups for Carrier events is high zoot. Same thing with CF tuned pipes and I'm not olde' enough to be a boom (I'm arf kit vintage 1966)

p.s. I still think the old GT750 and Moto Guzzi's of the 70's are high zoot also.

-- Keith

eh, hem. I STILL think the three line set ups for Carrier events is high zoot. Same thing with CF tuned pipes and I'm not olde' enough to be a boom (I'm arf kit vintage 1966)

p.s. I still think the old GT750 and Moto Guzzi's of the 70's are high zoot also.

-- Keith

Well, Keith. Your spirit qualifies you for an honorary degree in boomerology.

Ed Cregger

;^) uhg...I'd rather hang with the lost generation or the dada crowd. They turned out a little better. ;^)

-- Keith

;^) uhg...I'd rather hang with the lost generation or the dada crowd. They turned out a little better. ;^)

-- Keith

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But nowhere near as wealthy.

Ed Cregger

Yeah, but they had more fun! If I had a choice between a life that was fun and being as rich as, oh say the Rockefellers. I'd rather have fun...money isn't fun. Even when you know how to use it well.

-- Keith