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Looks like you had fun!
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I'm jealous that you can actually fly anything from a local park!
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I feel like it's not advisable to have your motor container right next to the pad. Especially considering it's opened, and like 2' away...
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I'd give anything to have a "B6-4" field close to home. Our local schoolyard (where my kids flew in the 90s, and this summer my grandkids flew with me for the first time) is just a bit risky on A motors now that the little trees are big ones now. B Motors are definitely out of the question.
I like the launch pad. I've had the drawings for an Estes Tilt-a-Pad for a long time, but the project never makes it very high on my woodworking project list.
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10-29-2015, 05:19 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-29-2015, 05:22 PM by Bill Eichelberger.)
(10-29-2015, 12:51 PM)patelldp Wrote: I feel like it's not advisable to have your motor container right next to the pad. Especially considering it's opened, and like 2' away...
You're right. It never occurred to me until I went back to look at the pics.
(10-29-2015, 12:21 PM)rstaff3 Wrote: I'm jealous that you can actually fly anything from a local park!
I've flown here since 1977. I make sure not to leave anything behind other than footprints. And the rockets in the trees, but no one seems to notice those.
Recently finished: Estes Nova Payloader, Estes Star Wars R2D2
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