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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Everyone needs to fly a BM! :-)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>- Robert Beaubien<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>- NSRCA, District 7 Webmaster<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>krishlan
fitzsimmons<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 30, 2008 5:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> General pattern discussion<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2008 Season wrap-up<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Flying the BM huh Robert???
lol <br>
That sounds funny.. <img id="_x0000_i1025"
src="http://mail.yimg.com/a/i/mesg/tsmileys2/18.gif"><br>
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color:#0000BF'>Chris </span></b></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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--- On <b>Sun, 11/30/08, Robert L. Beaubien <i><rob@koolsoft.com></i></b>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>From: Robert L. Beaubien
<rob@koolsoft.com><br>
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2008 Season wrap-up<br>
To: "General pattern discussion"
<nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br>
Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 3:20 PM<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It's
been my first full year flying pattern. 2 planes, 7 contests, 150+
flights, and 2nd place in district championship points. All in all, not
a bad start. I've learned a lot, had some fun, and met a lot of neat
people. My flying has improved drastically, thanx to practice and a LOT
of help from Troy. Moving up to Intermediate in the last contest was a
lot of fun and it should be challenging next year. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I'm
down right now to send in my 12z for its 2 year service and work on my new
Black Mamba. My goal is to start flying the BM starting at the February
Phoenix contest (assuming I get it finished). I also hope to attend
NATS for the first time.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It's
been a good year.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>-
Robert Beaubien</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>-
NSRCA, District 7 Webmaster</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>rcmaster199@aol.com<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 30, 2008 2:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2008 Season wrap-up</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>That's
several folks I have heard who changed wheels after a couple
hundred flights. Suggestion for youse..... If you lined the
foam initially with a thin layer of bicycle inner tube (ca'd on), your wheels
(the foam) will last much longer. Maybe 5 or 6X if you fly off
pavement. This tid bit ought to make Van Putte smile<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On
flying, I count flights too as Scott is. My Temptress saw about 39 flights
this year (3 gallons +). And we did fly in one whole pattern
contest...woweee!!! Seven flights there alone. Temptress has just completed
her 6th season, some 1500 flights in that span, 75% of which came in her
first 3 seasons in Fla. Been in NJ for 3 seasons with a grand total of
about 350 flights. Oh well. I've met some great folks though....<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I
also got to fly grandson Cason's Vapor about 40X and his foam glider (EZ
Star?) about 15X. And his CX2 about 3 dozen times before breaking the
rotor blades. Cason is 4 and loves flying as long as Pappou (that's me) does
the flying. But hey, he drives his little RC cars and trucks so it's a matter
of time before he competes for stick time<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On
the Vapor, this has to be the easiest to fly trainer ever made. My son Isaac
actually loves to fly it. I've been trying to get the boy to fly with me for
15 years with no practi cal success and along comes the Vapor and makes it so
easy. I am pleased!!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>MattK<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
From: James Oddino <joddino@socal.rr.com><br>
To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br>
Sent: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:51 am<br>
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2008 Season wrap-up<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I'm
not finished yet but I'm only at 259 flights this year. Twenty flights
were testing my new 14MZ and 2.4GHz modules in January, and the rest were
with my Abbra. All electric powered. I did change the motor, a
DualSky 6360, at flight 422 on the Abbra, thinking the bearings were getting
noisey but they really didn't need to be changed. I'm now at 493
flights and I think I'm on my fourth set of wheels. I also tightened
the rudder cables once. I'm constantly tweaking the transmitter as
there isn't much to do on the plane. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I
only got to three contests all late in the year, but I did see improvement in
my flying after watching and listening. Practicing alone will not get
it done.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Jim
O<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On
Nov 29, 2008, at 2:17 PM, Scott Smith wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Since
the list is slow…</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I’m
guessing I flew my last flight for 2008 today; it’s just getting too cold
here in<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>New England! So
barring a warm spell, I ended with 404 flights since April 17<sup>th</sup>.
Contests were a little light with three district meets and the Nat’s.
Electrics worked very well for me with battery cost currently at $2.91 per
flight.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>(I
know, I know…it’s sick I count flights. But that’s my aviation
upbringing and computer nerd side!)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>How
many flights/contests did you do this year?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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