We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/as_someone_who_has_lost_a_few_rc_aircraft.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:06:39 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification ...my heart goes out to these fellows. Don't forget to watch the movies. A jet-powered model B-52. Hat tip to Ghost of a Flea, who has a nice post that neatly encapsulates why I blog - to beard the lions in their den.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/as_someone_who_has_lost_a_few_rc_aircraft.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/as_someone_who_has_lost_a_few_rc_aircraft.html Wed, 08 Sep 2004 10:47:08 -0600 John, thanks for being nice to me when I was starting to foam at the mouth. I dang' near got tossed from The High Road for saying lesser calumnies against a Trekky. Thanks for turning my plaintext into a hyperlink. Maynard Hill really is a magnificent cool old guy. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/as_someone_who_has_lost_a_few_rc_aircraft.html#comment-6619 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/as_someone_who_has_lost_a_few_rc_aircraft.html#comment-6619 Thu, 09 Sep 2004 23:28:17 -0600 Whoosh! Someone feels strongly about things... As for 1/1 Scale... if I could afford a Mustang, I'd buy a Mustang. I'll just settle for a model to play with, thanks! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/as_someone_who_has_lost_a_few_rc_aircraft.html#comment-6591 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/as_someone_who_has_lost_a_few_rc_aircraft.html#comment-6591 Thu, 09 Sep 2004 06:37:54 -0600 here. The airplane Maynard and his guys flew from Newfoundland to Ireland weighed about 11 lbs. (]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/as_someone_who_has_lost_a_few_rc_aircraft.html#comment-6588 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/as_someone_who_has_lost_a_few_rc_aircraft.html#comment-6588 Thu, 09 Sep 2004 01:52:12 -0600 Ok, now that my head has cooled a bit, I do see yer point there. I don't have a real problem with R/C in SCALE models, if you like those things. I've always thought, though, that if you want a scale model, it should be built at a scale of 1/1, or what's the point? If that model had actual working gas turbines in it, yup, that's cool, but considering scale effects etc, the thing would have probably flown better with ordinary glow motors. When it comes to cool R/C airplanes, I commend to y'all's attention the one flown across the Atlantic Ocean recently by Maynard Hill (A REAL R/C pioneer, from back when you had to build yer radio from components) and his friends. Of course it was really more of a F/F, what with the autopilot, and all. snork. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/as_someone_who_has_lost_a_few_rc_aircraft.html#comment-6587 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/as_someone_who_has_lost_a_few_rc_aircraft.html#comment-6587 Thu, 09 Sep 2004 01:28:44 -0600 I quit flying R/C models so many years ago that my R/C motors have exhaust throttles. (ca. 1972) You know, before mufflers? Rubber and lightly-doped Jap tissue make no noise, and are fun to chase. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/as_someone_who_has_lost_a_few_rc_aircraft.html#comment-6586 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/as_someone_who_has_lost_a_few_rc_aircraft.html#comment-6586 Thu, 09 Sep 2004 01:03:20 -0600 R/C? R effin'C? Played with by whiners, sissies, ignorant boneheads who don't know how to design an airplane with inherent stability? Mouthbreathers, listeners to rock'n'roll music, people who, as far as I know, may be sodomizers of dogs? I'v lost at least two dozen hand-launched gliders out of sight overhead, in thermals. Most of them were of my own design, and weighed maybe 5 or 6 grams. Real, creative, human, makers of things design and build airplanes. We delegate lesser folks, or machines, to fly them. The best ones don't need anyone to fly them, they fly themselves. Viva Vol Libre! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/as_someone_who_has_lost_a_few_rc_aircraft.html#comment-6584 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/as_someone_who_has_lost_a_few_rc_aircraft.html#comment-6584 Thu, 09 Sep 2004 00:47:54 -0600 I flew RC planes for twelve years. Most were my own designs with wingspans from two to twelve feet. Most finished their careers in flights to Valhalla. That's just the nature of the sport. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/as_someone_who_has_lost_a_few_rc_aircraft.html#comment-6583 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/as_someone_who_has_lost_a_few_rc_aircraft.html#comment-6583 Thu, 09 Sep 2004 00:17:02 -0600 Man... they did a wonderful job with the recreation of the plane. It really sucks that all they had left was a small pile of broken parts. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/as_someone_who_has_lost_a_few_rc_aircraft.html#comment-6574 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/as_someone_who_has_lost_a_few_rc_aircraft.html#comment-6574 Wed, 08 Sep 2004 11:13:07 -0600