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Hometown Pride
On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 18:55:44 -0600, Califbill wrote:
wrote: On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 09:03:54 -0500, Poco Loco wrote: On Thu, 23 Jan 2014 23:32:13 -0500, wrote: Sportsmans Guide seems to be getting ammo in (online). They even had 9mm for 27 cents a round in the last catalog. I am still waiting for 20 cents before I dive back in the ammo pond. The hoarders should be running out of room in the bunker and the manufacturers will overshoot the market. I bought three boxes of TulAmmo at WalMart for $10.36/50. Steel case, FMJ, made in Russia. We'll see if I get any misfires. I can't really remember the last time I had a misfire.I saw a few at the skeet range but they were reloaded 12ga. I always shot new ammo. We were buying it by the pallet at about $2 a box so reloading never made economic sense to me. When I used to shoot a lot of trap I reloaded. Only misfires I ever had, were hulls that had been reloaded too many times, and the primer came out. Never had a misfire other than some 22 I had. Old, or moisture got in. Was a box of 50 and probably 40 of them would not fire. I'll have to do without. Don't need another hobby now. Sounds interesting as hell though. |
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On Saturday, January 25, 2014 8:22:04 AM UTC-5, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 16:43:48 -0800 (PST), wrote: From a casual look at the plane you linked, it comes with a charger that has large alligator clips for hooking to your car battery. An AC charger would be another extra charge option, although if you wanted one (and it sounds like you don't) I'm not able to recommend one right now. I'd have to do a bit of research. My planes (and expertise) are gas and glow powered. I do have a couple of small, electric park flyers but they are older nicad powered models. Nothing with LiPo or brushless. There is some cool stuff out there in electrics, and many people are moving to that, but I still love the smell and mess of internal combustion RC. :-) The glow is what I was into many years ago. The Ringmaster was my favorite, and I had a few of them. Crash one, buy another. They were all u-control. Haven't had a plane for about 35 years now, and I'm astounded by the electric technology out there. My first was a Cox .049 on a plastic P-51 that I won by selling magazine subscriptions in 7th grade. That plane would barely get off the ground, but it was loads of fun. That's too funny! The first U/C plane I had as a kid was a Cox P-51 too. I had never flown and had never seen it done. It didn't make it around once before I crashed it. I rebuilt it, then one day I heard someone flying in the ball park near my house. It was two brothers that had some small .049 powered stuff and a large McCoy .40 powered Ringmaster. They had a trainer and I learned to fly it. Found out balsa flies much better than plastic.. Dad set me up a table in his shop with a piece of cellotex ceiling tile on it, I bought some exacto knives, fuel-proof dope, borrow some of my mom's straight pins, and I was hooked. |
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On Sat, 25 Jan 2014 06:18:00 -0800 (PST), wrote:
On Saturday, January 25, 2014 8:22:04 AM UTC-5, John H. wrote: On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 16:43:48 -0800 (PST), wrote: From a casual look at the plane you linked, it comes with a charger that has large alligator clips for hooking to your car battery. An AC charger would be another extra charge option, although if you wanted one (and it sounds like you don't) I'm not able to recommend one right now. I'd have to do a bit of research. My planes (and expertise) are gas and glow powered. I do have a couple of small, electric park flyers but they are older nicad powered models. Nothing with LiPo or brushless. There is some cool stuff out there in electrics, and many people are moving to that, but I still love the smell and mess of internal combustion RC. :-) The glow is what I was into many years ago. The Ringmaster was my favorite, and I had a few of them. Crash one, buy another. They were all u-control. Haven't had a plane for about 35 years now, and I'm astounded by the electric technology out there. My first was a Cox .049 on a plastic P-51 that I won by selling magazine subscriptions in 7th grade. That plane would barely get off the ground, but it was loads of fun. That's too funny! The first U/C plane I had as a kid was a Cox P-51 too. I had never flown and had never seen it done. It didn't make it around once before I crashed it. I rebuilt it, then one day I heard someone flying in the ball park near my house. It was two brothers that had some small .049 powered stuff and a large McCoy .40 powered Ringmaster. They had a trainer and I learned to fly it. Found out balsa flies much better than plastic. Dad set me up a table in his shop with a piece of cellotex ceiling tile on it, I bought some exacto knives, fuel-proof dope, borrow some of my mom's straight pins, and I was hooked. Unreal. Small world, eh? My last Ringmaster died when I was doing a wingover and one of my lines broke. What a pile of balsa that made. Mine were the small ones, with a .19 engine, like this: http://users.tpg.com.au/adslfk4u/Ringmaster.JPG Nice flying u-control. |
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