World's Cheapest ARF

Been back for three months now! Great to be back where medicine progressed past the 18th century!

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Paul McIntosh
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Welcome home.

I've never been there and probably won't make it in this life time. Always wanted to visit the UK, Germany, France and Holland. Oh well, maybe next time around the ring.

Is it true that they boil all of their food in England?

Ed Cregger

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Ed Cregger

...and dentistry has progressed past the 14th century?

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Ed Paasch

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:16:22 -0500, "Ed Cregger" wrote in :

No.

I lived there for five months in 1998. I bicycled from John O'Groats to Land's End. I had hoped that the "bad cooking" would help me lose weight. The food was, for the most part, exquisite.

You can, of course, find bad cooking anywhere if you look hard enough.

Marty

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Martin X. Moleski, SJ

Marty, You probably only ate pub food :-) - ummm good. Shepard's Pie . . . ..

Red

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Red Scholefield

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Hard to find it in France.

Te reputation for dire English food goes back to the time when the USA first noiticed England - GI's in WW2 who equated the fact that 60% of the food supplies were being blown up en route to a natural cooking style...hell all we HAD was boiled cabbage potatoes and salt beef...

UK food started to improve beyond that in the 60's and is now more varied than in ANY other country I have visited. Certainly much better than the USA.

Paul has suffered from living in an uncivilized part of the country, and not getting out enough..and taking two steps down the social ladder..to a lifestyle that is enjoyed by the majority of Black Americans, who of course, he seldom meets ;)

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The Natural Philosopher

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:00:07 -0500, "Red Scholefield" wrote in :

I ate at all kinds of places, especially on my bike ride.

The worst for my waistline was the Jesuit house in Oxford. There were two French-trained chefs. The meals were outstanding!

Marty

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Martin X. Moleski, SJ

One thing is for sure about the food in England.

It is sure not as spicy as in most of the USA. Mostly kind of bland, I found (I'm the really spicy food type). OTOH, when I was in Dublin, they advised me to order a typical Iris Breakfast. My gosh, that was good, and so many kinds of sausages all at once

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indoruwet

I hope your not in need on medical care Paul. mk

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MK

It looks like an inexpensive trainer. Another alternative is the SPAD ARFs available from FX-Hobbies. See

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In the lower left hand corner is the FX-Cirrus for $44.95. They don't charge much for mailing, so you are looking at something for a bit over $50. I have the FX-Bandit and it is a sweet flying plane, a bit overpowered (for me) with an OS-40FX. I switched to a Evolution 32 and it flies great. It goes together very quickly, much faster than most ARFs. A guy in our club complained that his last ARF took two weeks of part time work to assemble. Not the case here. I'm very impressed with the quality of the FX-Hobbies planes. I'm thinking about even getting one to convert to a brushless electric for flying around my home. Another aspect, the first time out to the field with my Bandit, it proved to be a real head turner and it got a lot of interest and attention. The following day, some new orders were sent out to FX from our club members.

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Marlowe

You must have missed the Indian restaurants completely then..

As well as the fact that fresh food well cooked doesn't NEED a load of spices to make it taste good.

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The Natural Philosopher

I'd looked at some of the "SPAD ARFs" at FX Hobbies before, overall they look like nice planes. The only thing that concerned me was they look somewhat incomplete.

How much extra do you need to purchase with regard to items like wheels, fuel tank, push rods, engine mount, and other miscellaneous hardware? Based on the pictures at the FX Hobbies web site, there appears to be quite a bit of work left to do to their planes before they're ready to fly.

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Ed Paasch

Ed, good question. I had available in my shop all the extra parts needed. I had to add the three wheels (bolt axels and nuts were included), engine mount + screws, fuel tank + tubing, and pushrods + clevis links. All the other stuff is included. The only drawback is the two pages of written instructions, without illustrations or photos, are sparse and assumes the builder is familiar with SPAD building techniques. On the plus side is the two wing halfs are already joined, the control surfaces are ready to accept the control horns (included) through the predrilled holes. It couldn't be much easier. For the entire plane I probably used only 5 drops of thin CA glue and since there was only one small plywood part a bit of clear dope to fuelproof. No epoxy mixing! All the t-nuts were installed for the wing and LG nylon bolts. I assembled most of it sitting on the living room couch while my wife and I were watching the TV. She even remarked about how fast I got it assembled.

For a discussion on RCU see

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To contact FX, give Frank a call at FX HOBBIES

501-984-5826
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(the page is not functioning) or email to snipped-for-privacy@cox-internet.com he is very responsive to inquiries & questions. Another neat thing is they furnish replacement parts too at reasonable prices.

Marlowe

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Marlowe

Mine arrived today and I'm completely convinced that it is undoubtedly the finest $38 trainer available anywhere! ;-)

It is practically built already... the control rods are all in place, engine mount mounted, hinges glued, etc.. Just glue the wing halves together, glue on the stab and fin, install the fuel tank, add the landing gear and it's ready for your engine and radio gear. Mine appears to have VERY little dihedral. The web site says one degree and I'd have to guess it's one degree or less. I can't wait to fly the thing!

Good flying, desmobob

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Robert Scott

Robert:

Check the length of the screws that hold the nose gear mount !!!!

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I already replaced them... thanks!

Good flying, desmobob

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Robert Scott

Just ordered one, spoke to the guy on the phone first. Thanks for th

help guys

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Howard

I'm working on mine right now....

I put a Magnum .52 four-stroke on the nose. I drilled out the holes where the main gear is supposed to mount and tapped them 1/4x20. I used nylon bolts to attach a Du-Bro Duper Strength landing gear (fiber-reinforced plastic -- flexes but doesn't stay bent out of shape; unbreakable). I added hardwood blocks to the corners of the wing saddle so I can bolt on the wing (1/4x20 nylon again).

If it flies well, I might even re-cover it....

Great fun for $38.00!

Good flying, desmobob

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Robert Scott

1/4-20?? man, those are some big bolts for holding on nose gear.. Stuff it in and they'll peel the firewall off before they break... ehhehe
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The OTHER Kevin in San Diego

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