Conference vmszoo::rc

>What this notes file needs is a new note subject.
    
    * Yeah, right, Kay...just what I needed.  ;b^}

>So how come you didn't bring that "Hanger Queen" MiG out for the Fun Fly?
    
    * I _did_ bring it out...I just only flew if Friday in practice. 'Sides,
    if 200+ flights on a scale ship qualifies as a "Hangar Queen," then
    _ALL_ yer' planes must be HQ's since none have even approached that
    number!

>So how are things going out at the NOD (No Output Division)?
    
    * Hey!  Unlike "some" people I know, I deal in quality, not quantity.

>Not only should the president of the Scale Committee be a born American -
>They should not allow models of foreign planes in competition (especially
>Russian planes)!
    
    * I've just sent in a rules proposal eliminating non-descript biplanes
    with designations starting with BJ and any/all entries by people with
    the initials K.F.  Since Dave Platt is a personal friend, I'm confident
    the proposal will pass!

>MiG = "Mauled in Germany"
    
    * BJ = "Big Jerk"

>Bye
    
    * Ay-dee-ose!  Y'all have a nice day now, y'hear.
    
    ;b^)  ;b^)  ;b^)  ;b^)  ;b^)  ;b^)  ;b^)  ;b^)  ;b^)  ;b^)  ;b^)  ;b^)
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    |_|_|        (O>o		|\)____/___|\_____|_/	   Adios amigos, Al
      |     \__(O_\_	        |	  |___/	 o	   (The Desert Rat)

    So *this* is what yankee (American) humour is all about, huh?
    
    The Injun is learning, and never ceases to be amazed!
    
    ajai

    Jeez, Kay!  I just read the list of planes you've trashed in 4.15 and,
    Hokey Smokes! I think you've trashed more planes than I've built in 27+
    years of RC.
    
    I'd say "Keep 'em Flyin" but wonder if I'd be wasting muh' breath. ;b^}
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    |_|_|        (O>o		|\)____/___|\_____|_/	   Adios amigos, Al
      |     \__(O_\_	        |	  |___/	 o	   (The Desert Rat)

Re:    
>    * Hey!  Unlike "some" people I know, I deal in quality, not quantity.


  Hey Al,

   Can I borrow this line?  It seems to fit my building regimen
perfectly! But I do have to admit, I might build slow (5 1/2 planes 
built in 5 years), but at least I do get *some* quantity.  8^)


                     Jim

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    |_|_|        (O>o		|\)____/___|\_____|_/	   Adios amigos, Al
      |     \__(O_\_	        |	  |___/	 o	   (The Desert Rat)

    
    It's been a trend of late to get on Jim C's case about his building
    apeed. Well guys I hate to be the one to tell ya but Jim C. is like
    a dragster compared to someone else we know.  Ya Al you.  The only guy
    who lives in the perfect climate only to not find any time to build.
    
    
    Tom
    
    P.S.
    
    	... and about these cheap shots for Al.  The rat don't deserve
    anything expensives. :-)

Why did Al Casey cross the road?



To pick his Bucker up off it's back :-)

    I used to wonder why there was an Old-Timer sitting on Al's bench
    only half completed for so many years.  

    Now I know it's because there's another Old-Timer laying on the
    couch watchin' TV and sipin' a Colorado Kool-Aid!   :-)

    Time to duck out while Al diverts his fire from Kay to me...  :-)

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                      |     \
                      |      \                          Silent POWER!
      _        ___________    _________   |            Happy Landings!
     | \      |           |  |         |  |
     |--------|-  SANYO  + ]-|  ASTRO  |--|              - Dan Miner
     |_/      |___________|  |_________|  |
                      |       /           |     " The Earth needs more OZONE,
                      |      /                       not Castor Oil!! "    
                      |_____/

    Gee, if Al started that from an original kit (when it first came out?)
    then Jim C has something to strive for with his oldtimer L4 and the
    oldtimer UltraSport 40 and...

    But, ya' see, the point y'all boys is 'a missin' is this; if'n ya'd
    stop tearin' up everything you built, ya' wouldn't _haf'ta_ build so
    danged many airplanes!
    
    Ah'll build me a new one soon's ah' need me one.
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    |_|_|        (O>o		|\)____/___|\_____|_/	   Adios amigos, Al
      |     \__(O_\_	        |	  |___/	 o	   (The Desert Rat)

I think a comprimise is in order here.


It's possible that a few people in this file could use a little more practise 
but....

I notice that with over 200 flights on the MIG, the only 'flight' Al got in
at the fly-in was a "practise" flight. Heck, at 200 flights most people would
of figured out how to fly that thing by now. 8^) 

You ever wonder how Al gets such nice 4 and 8 point rolls in that MiG?
You ever wonder about the true meaning of the desert rat?

The truth has been revealed on the usenet this morning.



Article         4172
From: [email protected] (Jeff Capehart)
Newsgroups: rec.models.rc,alt.rush-limbaugh
Subject: R/C plane w/mouse
Date: 21 Mar 91 20:52:34 GMT
Sender: [email protected]
Organization: UF CIS Dept.
 
Earlier this week on the Rush Limbaugh talk show program, Rush did
an animal-rights update about a guy in southern California who has
the SPCA on his case for "cruelty to animals."
 
Apparently, this person modified his radio-controlled airplane with
a special clear-canopy cockpit that seats one mouse.  He loads up
a mouse and then flies the plane over a scenic route.   He says the
mice enjoy it and that they don't run away after the flights.
 
I think this article was in one of the newspapers in the area in
S. California maybe in the March 18th edition.  Anyone have anymore
details on this?    Does anyone else fly with live animals?   Was
this a powered plane or a sailplane?

    Arrrrrrrrrgh!  My secret's out...and responding to Dan'l's accusation,
    it can now be told that the practice flights aren't for _my_ benefit
    but for that of "the rat!"
    
    But seriously folks, it's clear that .-1 is merely another of Kay's
    fabrications; there can't possibly be anyone actually named Rush
    Limbaugh!
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    |_|_|        (O>o		|\)____/___|\_____|_/	   Adios amigos, Al
      |     \__(O_\_	        |	  |___/	 o	   (The Desert Rat)

    Maybe he needs the practice flights to figure out what/where all them
    switches are on his fancy-smancy Tx?
    
    Along this line, there was a funny occurance yesterday when Kay let
    Dave Walter fly his Chup. Kay hands Dave the Tx and Dave's first
    question is, "Which switches should I make sure I avoid?" (this was due
    to the Vision having so many switches and Dave's memory of trying to
    find the trims on a previous days flying. Kay said that they were all
    disabled except the one on the top (that Dave had just moved with his
    palm taking the Tx). Always interesting to try to find the correct
    protuberance on an unfamiliar Tx with a 2ch plane after hand launching
    it at a 45 degree angle with no engine!

>    But seriously folks, it's clear that .-1 is merely another of Kay's
>    fabrications; there can't possibly be anyone actually named Rush
>    Limbaugh!

Truth be known Al Casey is just his stage name.  Actually he was born
Rush Limbaugh - first son of Orville and Wilma Limbaugh in Apache Junction,
Arizona.

He was forced to accept a stage name before being admitted to the
D&D band because they didn't want a Rush :-)

Bye          --+--
Kay R. Fisher  |
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    For the first few notes, I thought this was actually the "Cheap Shots at
    Kay" note.  I'm glad to see it's back on track...

    I don't actually have a cheap shot for you, Al.

    My mother always told me not to pick on those who can't defend
    themselves.

    Randy ;*}

    Actually, when Kay first started this topic, I thought, "Oh, Hell, I'm
    in for it now!"
    
    But, now I'm pleasantly surprised to find I'm in a battle of wits with
    a crew that's only "half-armed" for the battle.
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    |_|_|        (O>o		|\)____/___|\_____|_/	   Adios amigos, Al
      |     \__(O_\_	        |	  |___/	 o	   (The Desert Rat)

    The ultimate cheap shot would be for the company to tell Al that
    instead of leaving with the severance benefit, he will be kept on

    

    in a facility with no access to the network.
    
    

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    |_|_|        (O>o		|\)____/___|\_____|_/	   Adios amigos, Al
      |     \__(O_\_	        |	  |___/	 o	   (The Desert Rat)

    Al is the only person that I know that has a (crankshaft check) listed
    on his preflight instruction list.
    
    Ken

    That has a Mig 3 with SKID PLATES. 8^)
    
    Steve

    Hah, I wish!  If you'd repaired/repainted wingtips as often as I have
    (actually only 3-or-4 times but I HATE the job), you probably WOULD
    install scuff tape, skids 'r sumpthin'!  Maybe I will if'n I ever get
    around ta' retirin' the ol' MiG from competition.
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    |_|_|        (O>o		|\)____/___|\_____|_/	   Adios amigos, Al
      |     \__(O_\_	        |	  |___/	 o	   (The Desert Rat)

well, this looks like fun.

al, when you were test-flying the guy's citabria, can you more carefully
describe the sound generated upon impact.  i mean, whas it just a simple
WHUMP! or was it more of the prolonged scrapping sound that comes with
asphalt.  how big was the debris spread about.  did pieces fly in all
directions?  is there a dent in the asphalt?  more details please.

everyone, did you know that al finally has an official rc sponser.  no its
not zap or os or even futaba.  its coors.

al, i will learn to type with upper case as soon as you finish building another
scale ship.

al has a new technique for weathering a scale ship.  just keep dragging the
same hangar queen to contests each year, and eventually...

i always crack up when al talks about watching tv in his underwear.  if you've
ever seen al then you already know it can't be a pretty sight.

al always kids about how chuckie c likes his planes fast.  but the speed of his
mig is more like a mig 28 than a 3.

anybody else ever see al's d&d band.  a strange blend of roy orbison and
zamfir.  bob frey definately carries the rest...

few people know that al has a half-brother named norm goyer.

al, i got an idea of what you can do for a living after dec.  around here
there is this old geeser who calls himself "alex the builder".  for a nominal
fee he will build your airplane for you.  what do you think?  i want a baker
p38 and i need it for june 28.  thats 3 months, think you can handle it?

al clear-cotes all his scale aircraft.  thats so the paint aint ruined every
time his retract/hydralok system blows out.

al has a russian coin glued to the front of the documentation book for his
beloved "highly modified" "scratch-built" mig-3.  from trial and errors he's
learned judges are more impressed by an american $20 bill paperclipped to the
3-view.

al had trouble getting the color right on his mig-3.  so he painted his own
color chips and, presto, a perfect match.  now everybody's doing it.

few people know that al, part-time and between other scale building projects,
is building a new masters contest quality ship.  his dream plane, its a yellow
piper cub and al is anxious to check out the rudder/aileron coupling feature
of his new f* radio.

seriously, good bye al.  you've been my scale mentor for 4 years now and have
become a permanent friend.  <insert mush here>  worst case is i won't see you
till next march in phoenix.  best case you will be kicking my butt in at the
masters in vegas!

kevin

ps consider a trip to new england once your work situation is again settled.
airfare is now cheap, about 20 of us would fight over you as a house guest, and
i need a backup pit lizard.