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Oct 14, 2007, 09:00 PM
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kentucky
Joined Dec 2003
570 Posts
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BE2e maiden
An uneventful maiden-
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Last edited by badaltitude; Oct 14, 2007 at 09:51 PM.
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Oct 14, 2007, 09:35 PM
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Arkansas
Joined Aug 2006
93 Posts
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Maiden
Hi Bad. Liked the landing. I've pulled off a few like that myself.
 Glad nothing got broke, that's a nice looking plane. Have you tried a straffing run on your wife yet? Happy Flying. Dennis
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Oct 14, 2007, 09:41 PM
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kentucky
Joined Dec 2003
570 Posts
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Shhhhh....she's my videographer! Thanks....sorry about the landing, but it's because of the geography of my flying field...I have to walk around a copse of trees to get to the driveway in the front yard...it's hard for me to walk and twiddle knobs at the same time.....and I find the flare and flop method is safer than trying. 
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Oct 14, 2007, 09:46 PM
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Australia
Joined Mar 2005
380 Posts
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Hi Brad,
Lovely aircraft, which flies well. Well done John |
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Oct 15, 2007, 05:45 AM
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Farnborough, Hampshire, England.
Joined Jan 2002
2,130 Posts
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Nice flight, well done........................brave man to fly in that (seems like) location.
Love the BE2.......... Ian |
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Oct 16, 2007, 05:16 PM
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Hamilton, New Zealand
Joined Jun 2005
1,578 Posts
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Nice work and vid on a very rarely modelled subject.
It would be good to see it flying on a site where you have some more elbow room  Have you seen the thread Clancy did on his Be2c?: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=659358 Look forward to some more vids KiwiKid |
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Nov 02, 2008, 10:30 AM
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Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Joined Mar 2008
639 Posts
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Nice model Bad. I've always admired the BE2e especially since I learned that a man with the same name as me, David Davis, flew one of these and was Richtofen's 51st victim.
I've got Ray Scott's old plan of the BE2e, drawn to 1/6th scale. I plan to build it some day once I've finished building Telemasters, (I'm a Hobby Lobby dealer) and repairing some of the other models I have in stock. Happy Landings Monza Red. PS. What news on the Albatros. |
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Nov 02, 2008, 01:40 PM
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kentucky
Joined Dec 2003
570 Posts
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Thanks, David. the Albatros has been on the back burner for quite a while. I sheathed the fuselage with balsa for a more realistic look, and the weight wound up being a bit more than I'd estimated. I figure it'll still be flyable but not with a GWS 350....a brushless upgrade will probably be necessary and then it will probably be a little too fast for my comfort level.
Interesting about that BE2 pilot...it doesn't seem much of a fair match as I believe Richthofen was flying an Albatros at the time. It must have been like shooting doves off a clothesline. 
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Nov 03, 2008, 02:32 PM
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Farnborough, Hampshire, England.
Joined Jan 2002
2,130 Posts
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[QUOTE=Monza Red]Nice model Bad. I've always admired the BE2e especially since I learned that a man with the same name as me, David Davis, flew one of these and was Richtofen's 51st victim.
Monza Red. You are correct, but his surname spelling is Davies............a Welshman from Cadoxton-Barry.25 years old at time of death. His observer/gunner was from Toronto, Canada, George Rathbone.His body like that of the pilot David, Evan, Davies, were never found. Ian |
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