<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">You're right, Earl! I started with the Whirlybird 505, then the Shark, A Hughes then a Kavan Jet Ranger. I have kits for all of these and hope to get them flying again!<div><br></div><div>Tony</div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 23, 2009, at 7:27 AM, Earl Haury wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div bgcolor="#ffffff" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font face="Arial">I flew the Hughes 300 / O&R in the '70's. No mixing, no collective, no gyro, no power - yet it looked like a heli and sure taught one to use the rudder thumb!</font></div><div><font face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial">Earl</font></div><blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; "><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; ">----- Original Message -----</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); background-position: initial initial; "><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="frackowiak@sbcglobal.net" href="mailto:frackowiak@sbcglobal.net">Anthony Frackowiak</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">General pattern discussion</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, October 23, 2009 9:12 AM</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off the wall....</div><div><br></div>I have a .60 Shark I'm in the middle of rebuilding. Had one way back. I also have two NIB Hughes 300's with the O&R engine. Should be fun to put those together!<div><br></div><div>Tony</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 23, 2009, at 6:13 AM, Bob Richards wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top">I had one of those, too. Engine never put out enough power, so I replaced it with the .60 conversion. I still have the remains of that copter :-)<br><br>--- On<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Thu, 10/22/09, Tony<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i><<a href="mailto:tony@radiosouthrc.com">tony@radiosouthrc.com</a>></i></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(16, 16, 255); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; "><br><div id="yiv1592644920"><div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0in; "><font color="navy" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt; ">I had a Dubro Shark helicopter in the early 1970’s with an O&R Gasoline engine with a pull-start. It did look like a chainsaw engine.</span></font></p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0in; "><font color="navy" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt; "></span></font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"> </div></div><div><font color="navy" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt; "></span></font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"> </div><div> </div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>_______________________________________________<br>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</a></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><hr><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>_______________________________________________<br>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</a></blockquote>_______________________________________________<br>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</a></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>