"Roughest thing flying". Show me your pics.

Pork Tornado · Apr 29, 2003, 11:08 AM

I used to go to car shows back when I had my hotrod, and there was an event called "roughest thing running", where the car that looked least lilkely to start would do just that.

In RC airplanes, you will see people come with all manner of flying machines, but when you see the guy drag out his ProJeti with epoxy running through the foam like veins, a crushed wing, canopy made mostly of electrical tape, and battlescars from numerous landings, you just know that bird is a favorite of its owner, and it will fly like none other.

We all like posting pics of our pristine airplanes right after we finish covering them, but what about the old standby? The one you just keep in your trunk and fly whenever the need strikes? Show me some planes with character. The kind that have been broken, stepped on, cut up, modified, but most of all, loved.

Bring on the pics.

-=PT=-

Darren Hintze · Apr 29, 2003, 11:33 AM

LOL!

My Tigermoth has 300 flights on it and to see it up close you'd swear it was more packing tape and hot glue than foam (and it probably is).

Stand 15' away it still looks fine (and flies great with an S300 and two lipo power!). But I have to wear a bag over my head while I get it out of the car and up into the air. They all laugh until I fly it around upside down maintaining 30'.

Don't try that with your pretty boy Tiger Moth!

Here's a recent pic!

sheerLuck · Apr 29, 2003, 11:55 AM

Melfsmite wins, no more entries needed !!

Larry

dstout · Apr 29, 2003, 11:59 AM

Melfsmite - ouch, my eyes!! Being a proud American and a gentleman I will not take offense at that display of red, white, and blue.

Pork, survive the earthquake ok? Didn't feel a thing up this way.

Martin Hunter · Apr 29, 2003, 12:14 PM

Melf, I recall seeing pictures long ago (perhaps a year ago?) when that plane was shiny sparkly new. I'm glad to see her still going but it's amazing the difference a year can make

Martin

Buzz · Apr 29, 2003, 12:27 PM

You know, I was about to post a pic of my "well worn" Wingo, but it isn't close to Melfsmite's pic. The Wingo is the only plane I've ever owned that disintegrates on landing. I'm sure it weights a ton more than it used to. It's a total flying jigsaw puzzle. Most of it is 5 min epoxy now....but it still looks pretty good. I think the only thing I haven't broken is the prop! I do still fly it.... and repair it . <g>

Pork Tornado · Apr 29, 2003, 12:29 PM

Wow. We may have a winner in melf.

Quote:

Originally posted by dstout

Pork, survive the earthquake ok? Didn't feel a thing up this way.

Yeah, but I was wide awake after 5:00 this morning. It was your classic wake-up-from-a-deep-sleep "what the hell just happened?!" scenario. The ladyfriend knew it was a tremor immediately, and she was just as awake as I was. We had a good time watching the local media try to sesationalize it. They love doing that. I thought a truck had run into the apartment building.

It was definitely weird.

More pics of beat up planes!!

Thomas Manson · Apr 29, 2003, 12:50 PM

My first pico stick names "pico pollywing"

**photo deleted by Tres Wright**

***Plase note that we are trying to create a faimly friendly site, and photo's of aircraft like this are best shown were little kids will not get the idea thats it's OK to own such an aircraft...***

wherndon · Apr 29, 2003, 01:10 PM

**photo deleted by Tres Wright**

Aw Tres! Now I don't know what i'm missing

My Cub...
It was still fairly new. Notice the hunk missing from the prop.
Elecrical tape to hold the battery in.
The leading edge of the wing chopped about a half inch of foam off the fuse when powered nose first into the gravel.
I love plane.
- Bil

Pork Tornado · Apr 29, 2003, 02:04 PM

I guess theflyman is in the lead now, if his plane was bad enough to scare children

(dude, you would have had us fooled if you had used a spellcheck.)

member73 · Apr 29, 2003, 02:10 PM

WOW, contest was over before it got started. I can't imagine anything being worse off than Melfsmite's Moth and still flying. Good job keeping her "airworthy'.

sheerLuck · Apr 29, 2003, 03:48 PM

I think there should be a new contest, previous winners not eligible. Melfsmite's moth is in a class by itself !

Theflyman2 had me fooled - he gets a special prize for "Roughest thing that doesn't exist".

Larry

Pork Tornado · Apr 29, 2003, 04:05 PM

Nobody has won yet. Still waiting for more pics. I know there are some haggard looking dishrag planes out there. I have seen them.

Darren Hintze · Apr 29, 2003, 04:29 PM

Woohooo! Now if only they gave away prizes in magazines to "the most beat up peice 'o crap you can fly" contests I could finally win something!

I really should take a picture of her inverted at 20' then ask someone to beat that!

Still, I KNOW there are worse things out there. Heck, that picture even makes my plane look good! You can't see the lower wing cracks at all and only barely detect the tape holding together the outter portions of the top wing.

But I'll wait for others to chime in before posting less flattering pictures of my TM.

Melf

PS -- Plase note that we are trying to create a faimly friendly site, and photo's of aircraft like this are best shown were little kids will not get the idea thats it's OK to own such an aircraft...

ROFLMAO

wherndon · Apr 29, 2003, 04:37 PM

dern. he fooled me.
my apologies Tres.

I'll be back later, gonna do some pylon racing through the pine forest. Gotta try and catch up to Melfsmite....

Apr 29, 2003, 11:08 AM	#1
Pork Tornado Exotic Dancer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Atlanta, Ga, USA Posts: 752	"Roughest thing flying". Show me your pics. I used to go to car shows back when I had my hotrod, and there was an event called "roughest thing running", where the car that looked least lilkely to start would do just that. In RC airplanes, you will see people come with all manner of flying machines, but when you see the guy drag out his ProJeti with epoxy running through the foam like veins, a crushed wing, canopy made mostly of electrical tape, and battlescars from numerous landings, you just know that bird is a favorite of its owner, and it will fly like none other. We all like posting pics of our pristine airplanes right after we finish covering them, but what about the old standby? The one you just keep in your trunk and fly whenever the need strikes? Show me some planes with character. The kind that have been broken, stepped on, cut up, modified, but most of all, loved. Bring on the pics. -=PT=-

Apr 29, 2003, 11:33 AM	#2
Darren Hintze You fly that thing? Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Lehi, Utah, United States Posts: 5,264	Tigermoth LOL! My Tigermoth has 300 flights on it and to see it up close you'd swear it was more packing tape and hot glue than foam (and it probably is). Stand 15' away it still looks fine (and flies great with an S300 and two lipo power!). But I have to wear a bag over my head while I get it out of the car and up into the air. They all laugh until I fly it around upside down maintaining 30'. Don't try that with your pretty boy Tiger Moth! Here's a recent pic! Attached Thumbnails 84.7 KB · Views: 1125

Apr 29, 2003, 12:50 PM	#8
Thomas Manson Tee Sqaured Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Langley, B.C, Canada Posts: 4,501	My first pico stick names "pico pollywing" photo deleted by Tres Wright *Plase note that we are trying to create a faimly friendly site, and photo's of aircraft like this are best shown were little kids will not get the idea thats it's OK to own such an aircraft...* Last edited by Thomas Manson; Apr 29, 2003 at 03:26 PM.

Apr 29, 2003, 01:10 PM	#9
wherndon wild in the park? Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: McDonough, GA Posts: 1,613	photo deleted by Tres Wright Aw Tres! Now I don't know what i'm missing My Cub... It was still fairly new. Notice the hunk missing from the prop. Elecrical tape to hold the battery in. The leading edge of the wing chopped about a half inch of foam off the fuse when powered nose first into the gravel. I love plane. - Bil Attached Thumbnails 89.6 KB · Views: 970

Apr 29, 2003, 04:29 PM	#14
Darren Hintze You fly that thing? Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Lehi, Utah, United States Posts: 5,264	Woohooo! Now if only they gave away prizes in magazines to "the most beat up peice 'o crap you can fly" contests I could finally win something! I really should take a picture of her inverted at 20' then ask someone to beat that! Still, I KNOW there are worse things out there. Heck, that picture even makes my plane look good! You can't see the lower wing cracks at all and only barely detect the tape holding together the outter portions of the top wing. But I'll wait for others to chime in before posting less flattering pictures of my TM. Melf PS -- Plase note that we are trying to create a faimly friendly site, and photo's of aircraft like this are best shown were little kids will not get the idea thats it's OK to own such an aircraft... ROFLMAO Last edited by Darren Hintze; Apr 29, 2003 at 04:31 PM.

Apr 29, 2003, 11:55 AM	#3
sheerLuck Crash Site Instigator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Novato, CA USA Posts: 917	Melfsmite wins, no more entries needed !! Larry

Apr 29, 2003, 11:59 AM	#4
dstout These go to eleven... Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hickory, NC Posts: 447	Melfsmite - ouch, my eyes!! Being a proud American and a gentleman I will not take offense at that display of red, white, and blue. Pork, survive the earthquake ok? Didn't feel a thing up this way.

Apr 29, 2003, 12:14 PM	#5
Martin Hunter Leave me alone! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Kamloops, BC, Canada Posts: 15,109	Melf, I recall seeing pictures long ago (perhaps a year ago?) when that plane was shiny sparkly new. I'm glad to see her still going but it's amazing the difference a year can make Martin

Apr 29, 2003, 12:27 PM	#6
Buzz Noise+Speed= I'll race it! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Daytona Beach, Florida, United States Posts: 5,183	You know, I was about to post a pic of my "well worn" Wingo, but it isn't close to Melfsmite's pic. The Wingo is the only plane I've ever owned that disintegrates on landing. I'm sure it weights a ton more than it used to. It's a total flying jigsaw puzzle. Most of it is 5 min epoxy now....but it still looks pretty good. I think the only thing I haven't broken is the prop! I do still fly it.... and repair it . <g>

Apr 29, 2003, 02:04 PM	#10
Pork Tornado Exotic Dancer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Atlanta, Ga, USA Posts: 752	I guess theflyman is in the lead now, if his plane was bad enough to scare children (dude, you would have had us fooled if you had used a spellcheck.)

Apr 29, 2003, 02:10 PM	#11
member73 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Wilmington, MA Posts: 754	WOW, contest was over before it got started. I can't imagine anything being worse off than Melfsmite's Moth and still flying. Good job keeping her "airworthy'.

Apr 29, 2003, 03:48 PM	#12
sheerLuck Crash Site Instigator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Novato, CA USA Posts: 917	I think there should be a new contest, previous winners not eligible. Melfsmite's moth is in a class by itself ! Theflyman2 had me fooled - he gets a special prize for "Roughest thing that doesn't exist". Larry

Apr 29, 2003, 04:05 PM	#13
Pork Tornado Exotic Dancer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Atlanta, Ga, USA Posts: 752	Nobody has won yet. Still waiting for more pics. I know there are some haggard looking dishrag planes out there. I have seen them.

Apr 29, 2003, 04:37 PM	#15
wherndon wild in the park? Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: McDonough, GA Posts: 1,613	dern. he fooled me. my apologies Tres. I'll be back later, gonna do some pylon racing through the pine forest. Gotta try and catch up to Melfsmite....

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