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1. 07:06 AM - Re: It's going to the paint shop! (Jerry Van Heeswyk)
2. 09:23 AM - Re: It's going to the paint shop! (Jim Langley)
3. 11:13 AM - sending units (Tex Mantell)
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| Subject: | Re: It's going to the paint shop! |
Great picture, Jim. You have more guts than I. What do you do if the
engine quits, besides writing a big check? Being a homebuilder type, my
modeling took a little different route than yours. My interest was in
giant scale. I wrote a couple of construction articles for the mags, and
had a cover or two.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Langley
To: lightning-list@matronics.com
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 11:36 AM
Subject: RE: Lightning-List: It's going to the paint shop!
Thanks Jerry. Yeah, my RC helis were almost always orange and white.
Yes, I will post a pic to the group once it is done. Also, the pics
will be on my website too.
Here's one that I did for FLYRC magazine. I never could keep it
flying right-side up.
Jim!
www.jimslightning.com
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From: owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Jerry
Van Heeswyk
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:16 PM
To: lightning-list@matronics.com
Subject: Re: Lightning-List: It's going to the paint shop!
Jim, I REALLY like your paint scheme. I guess it is the R/C modeler in
us. I always painted my models in vivid colors so that it was easier to
tell orientation at a distance. I guess I have become conditioned to
like fancy paint jobs. Yours will be a dandy. You need to send a picture
when it is all done.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Langley
To: lightning-list@matronics.com
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:16 AM
Subject: Lightning-List: It's going to the paint shop!
Well, we finally settled on the final paint scheme. Even though I
kind of liked the red scheme the best, I was out voted by the Baltimore
Oriole fans in my family and we ended up with white and orange with
black trim. I'm hoping to see the aircraft painted and ready for the
panel installation when I get back from my trip to Maine.
I guess it's not so bad since I like the colors too. The final
orange will be a bit brighter than the pictures I have attached. It's
kind of consistent with how I have painted all my R/C helicopters in the
past anyway...
I have a MGL Avionics Odyssey on order and will be installing that
in the cockpit along with some backup gages and a Garmin SL-40 and
GTX-327. I'll have a complete update with the panel layout on my
website later this month.
Since up until last month, all of my flight experience has been in
Cessna aircraft, I have started flying an Evektor SportStar to get used
to the low wing/stick and rudder setup. I'm not a fan of the higher rpm
Rotax, but the rest should be somewhat similar, just slower.
Unfortunately, it is the only thing available that resembles a
Lightning, (although quite a stretch).
I'm sorry i will miss most of you at the fly-in this year. I need
to save my vacation days for the Jabiru engine seminar in October. Next
year I will fly my Lightning there!
Cheers
Jim!
http://www.jimslightning.com
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| Subject: | It's going to the paint shop! |
Nice!
Well, if the engine quits, there is usually enough rotor momentum that I can
pop the heli back up and over and auto-rotate safely to the ground. I have
had the engine quit before, but never while inverted.
I did some articles for MAN and FLYRC on GS fixed wing, but the only thing
as big as your airplanes was a 42% Exta.
Jim!
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From: owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Van
Heeswyk
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: Lightning-List: It's going to the paint shop!
Great picture, Jim. You have more guts than I. What do you do if the engine
quits, besides writing a big check? Being a homebuilder type, my modeling
took a little different route than yours. My interest was in giant scale. I
wrote a couple of construction articles for the mags, and had a cover or
two.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Langley <mailto:pequeajim@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 11:36 AM
Subject: RE: Lightning-List: It's going to the paint shop!
Thanks Jerry. Yeah, my RC helis were almost always orange and white. Yes,
I will post a pic to the group once it is done. Also, the pics will be on
my website too.
Here's one that I did for FLYRC magazine. I never could keep it flying
right-side up.
Jim!
www.jimslightning.com
_____
From: owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Van
Heeswyk
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: Lightning-List: It's going to the paint shop!
Jim, I REALLY like your paint scheme. I guess it is the R/C modeler in us. I
always painted my models in vivid colors so that it was easier to tell
orientation at a distance. I guess I have become conditioned to like fancy
paint jobs. Yours will be a dandy. You need to send a picture when it is all
done.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Langley <mailto:pequeajim@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:16 AM
Subject: Lightning-List: It's going to the paint shop!
Well, we finally settled on the final paint scheme. Even though I kind of
liked the red scheme the best, I was out voted by the Baltimore Oriole fans
in my family and we ended up with white and orange with black trim. I'm
hoping to see the aircraft painted and ready for the panel installation when
I get back from my trip to Maine.
I guess it's not so bad since I like the colors too. The final orange will
be a bit brighter than the pictures I have attached. It's kind of
consistent with how I have painted all my R/C helicopters in the past
anyway...
I have a MGL Avionics Odyssey on order and will be installing that in the
cockpit along with some backup gages and a Garmin SL-40 and GTX-327. I'll
have a complete update with the panel layout on my website later this month.
Since up until last month, all of my flight experience has been in Cessna
aircraft, I have started flying an Evektor SportStar to get used to the low
wing/stick and rudder setup. I'm not a fan of the higher rpm Rotax, but the
rest should be somewhat similar, just slower.
Unfortunately, it is the only thing available that resembles a Lightning,
(although quite a stretch).
I'm sorry i will miss most of you at the fly-in this year. I need to save
my vacation days for the Jabiru engine seminar in October. Next year I will
fly my Lightning there!
Cheers
Jim!
http://www.jimslightning.com <http://www.jimslightning.com/>
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Mark, thanks for the info on the sending units, mine are already epoxyed
in. Maybe a note in the assembly manual to test them before installation
would be in order.
Tex
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