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Originally posted by jord070
my new toy
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Hey Jords,
Why the offset straps? Do you find it helps you with waveriding on a particular tack?
My new toy is my avatar, but only been wet once.
Getting a new toybox in a couple of weeks, 4wd LWB diesel Toyota Hi-ace.
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Originally posted by poor relative
My new toys. hopefully my wife will let me unwrap and play with them today YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
TOYS
comin soon
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hope i don't get the pink 
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comin soon
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hope i don't get the pink
Hey I just noticed that the clew has been made shorter.
Thats a good idea.
Im guessing its so you dont have to have your boom extended as far to reduce boom flex?
yeah, that would be the reason.
a couple of centimeters.
flex central.
phew glad dats sorted.
Check out my new toys. So new they haven't been built yet !!!! Coming soon .
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Originally posted by mineral1
In the end I could'nt handle it any longer. "What’s in the box Darl...."
$4k sewing machine
Promptly justified with "but watch what it can do,,,,,,, this thing is fantastic,,,,,,,, look I just stitched a pretty butterfly, isn’t it pretty.
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Mineral, Mineral, Mineral
This from a man famous for soooooo many negotiations with "BYT's" (Big Yella Tractors, Trucks & Things)
There is maybe, just maybe one more sail left in the deal that I can squeeze out But only used as a last resort
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Originally posted by mineral1
Welllllll I tell you, I was given a royal showing on "all" its features, I did hear at the start "It can do...blay blah blah blah (think I hit the mute button about 30 seconds later)
Good thread dude, the little box to the left has my juicey twin and single fin waveies. Tried one that bluejuice built and just had to have one ................or two. Big fan Mike, love your work .
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Originally posted by Mr. No-one
Good thread dude, the little box to the left has my juicey twin and single fin waveies. Tried one that bluejuice built and just had to have one ................or two. Big fan Mike, love your work
Lovely new wing:
www.peconicpuffin.com/the_peconic_puffin/2007/03/le_55_nouveau_e_1.html
and in response to the popularity of new longboards, rehabilitated an oldie...kind of...
www.peconicpuffin.com/the_peconic_puffin/2007/07/longboard-lust-.html
G'day Greeny 'n' juice, say weren't you two in a video together . I'll have to look at how to post photos, haven't got around to it yet but here's another little pic(they sleep in my bed, I sleep on the couch). If you get the chance to try one, go for it! 
From the photos it looks like you have a bigger board. Is that the twinnie?
What are the volumes of the boards and what wind range are you using them in?
Absoludelydoodely, the small ones a single fin with a single concave throughout at about 76ltrs, 54.3 wide 5.2Kg which is good for 4.2>5.5 for good wave conditions in moderate to strong wind. The twiny at around 85ltrs is 50mm wider with a deep single concave right through for 4.5> 6.0 in very light to strong onshore to offshore conditions.I love this board, it planes very early, climbs white water, trucks upwind and makes airials easy, 80% of my sailing would be on it. 
My new toy for windless days as of Wednesday
The best i can manage so far is a 7 second hover in the garage 
but it's fun az
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Originally posted by Haircut
My new toy for windless days
The best i can manage so far is a 7 second hover in the garage
but it's fun az
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Originally posted by Mr. No-one
Absoludelydoodely, the small ones a single fin with a single concave throughout at about 76ltrs, 54.3 wide 5.2Kg which is good for 4.2>5.5 for good wave conditions in moderate to strong wind. The twiny at around 85ltrs is 50mm wider with a deep single concave right through for 4.5> 6.0 in very light to strong onshore to offshore conditions.I love this board, it planes very early, climbs white water, trucks upwind and makes airials easy, 80% of my sailing would be on it.
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Originally posted by Haircut
My new toy for windless days as of Wednesday
The best i can manage so far is a 7 second hover in the garage
but it's fun az
hey haircut,
why not strap your camera to the winged beast and then chase us while we windsurf....
Blimmin heck Haircut, that's a proper swashplate and everything!
Is it 4 channel?
When do you think you'll be able to take the wiffle balls off?
apparently it'll lift about 400grams with some serious stick, so attaching the camera is the plan
if i ever learn to fly properly 
1 servo for elevator, 2 for ailerons, (elevator & 2 ailerons combined for main rotor pitch) 1 for tail rotor via a piezo gyro, and electronic speed controller. The gyro has a feedback connector that goes back to the reciever via a 6th channel, and i have a spare 7th for anything else, and i've programmed all the swash mixing via the radio - but only 4 axis needed to fly it
wiffle balls - please explain......is it some-kind of safety device for L platers, how do they work?
hey BJ what happened to the disney graphics??
wiffle balls.. yeah, a safety device for learner flyers (or more particularly, learner landers!)
The idea is that you get a nice long lever that intercedes between your rotors and the floor if things get a bit crazy at low altitude. It also avoids catching the end or side of your skids on a lump (like the edge of a rug) and tripping the machine over when drifting over the ground, just barely lifting it's own weight.
They're no help at all if things get crazy when you're not close to the floor though!
Flying a camera is not an easy thing to do - lots of people start out with good intentions, but learning to fly is tricky enough! Learning to fly a heli is an awesome challenge. If you've got a good simulator program that you can plug your transmitter into, you can learn a lot for much less than you'll spend fixing up your first decent crash on the real one. (and your mates can have a go too..)
Once you do get around to sticking a camera on it, there are all sorts of hassles with vibration, and flying still enough to get a good shot.. You also don't want to fly too far away from yourself. Standing on the roof of your van with a monster lens is a cheaper and much safer option for good photos!
The best thing we ever stuck on our helis (much bigger glow engined ones) was a couple of roman candles rubber banded between the skids late one evening.. Nothing like hanging a lit incendiary device 50mm from a plastic container of Methanol and Nitro on a $3000 heli, and then flying it in the dark to get your heart rate up!
Made a cool video though - fireballs shooting out the front of the chopper against the night sky. We keep meaning to do it again with better lighting..
nope.. it wasn't us that caused BJ's fire..
I think they're called wiffle balls... they give you a bit more stability both on the ground and hovering.
Choppers are notoriously difficult to fly...
I had a go on a simulator once, it was a tilting plate with a ball bearing that rolled around. You had to keep the ball bearing within a painted circle. I could do it, but the pilot wouldn't let me have a fly of his machine... can't see why not!
Haircut's doing very well to get the thing airborne for more than a couple of seconds, it's like rubbing your tummy and patting your head, but with five arms.
