boingk Posted June 11, 2012 Posted June 11, 2012 Nice one guys - mines a bit of a long story though.... As long as I can remember I've always loved flying and aviation. As a kid I built model aircraft from kits, made paper planes and was one day introduced to a rubber-powered kit that ended up looking something like a Cessna 150. Radio control was expensive and rare-ish back then so I didn't go any further. The years passed, I finished school, went through uni and then found myself without a job in my field due to national and world financial woes. I worked as a postie, and then as a bar manager and aircraft detailer (current). Along the way I kept up my passion for flight, but always had it as a sort of dream on the fringe of consciousness and entertained my love of motorcycles instead. One day while looking online for a bike part I stumbled upon a radio control plane with transmitter... for around $200 or so! WOW! Things had advanced since I'd been through highschool and uni, and I did a bit of digging around before purchasing a 2.4Ghz transmitter and a plane. Within a week I was flying aerobatics in a local field. That was 18 months ago, and I now indulge my passion for RC flight as often as possible, with many kits and scratchbuilds in the hangar. About 6 months ago I realised I wasn't going to get anywhere with the field I had a degree in anytime soon, as the labour govt. and job climate were (and still are) terrible. A bit more digging led me to calling the local field and etting up a trial introductory flight. I ended up flying 3 hours that day and commiting myelf to a CPL course! Today I'd about 60 hours up on that first encounter and have my GFPT, RA-Aus student licence (2 hours til full) and many enjoyable aviation experiences. My avatar is a staged photo of one of my radio controlled aeroplanes - an 800mm wingspan Curtiss P-40. The groomed strip its on is a local cricket pitch :D Basically, I'm a 'life long' aviation nut! Cheers - boingk
Chrism Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 Hi ladies and gents, An incredibly proud new father chose this one of his now 4 month old (she's less than a week in the pic), clearly dreaming of her first flight.... The blanket was a present from my hoplessly-romantic-for-all-things-flying mother-in-law; (especially if it's powered by a V12 Merlin, or 4 of them in the case of a Lancaster!) I knew I had to marry my wife when I found this out! 2
IanR Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 80 knots is purely aspirational. This ASI shows that I am nearly there. Now, when I get around to building my own plane (this is also aspirational), I will have to take a photo at exactly 80 knots for my avatar. You could be TAS eighty knots ? 1
rankamateur Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 80 knots is purely aspirational. This ASI shows that I am nearly there. Now, when I get around to building my own plane (this is also aspirational), I will have to take a photo at exactly 80 knots for my avatar. Hank By then you could build a 914i Savannah S and you can lift your sights to 95 knots, and go up a couple of shoe sizes in your carbon foot print as well! Cheers 1
eightyknots Posted June 13, 2012 Posted June 13, 2012 You could be TAS eighty knots ? Of course, that's a good explanation (at an altitude of around 3,000 feet or so). :ha ha:Thanks for pointing it out. I'll keep it in mind the next time another Forum member questions my ASI Avatar.
shags_j Posted June 13, 2012 Posted June 13, 2012 Nah it isnt.LOL its your Hairy plane I don't want to see his Hairy Plane!
Sloper Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 l havent finished my plane yet but have a cool car/cars. regards Bruce
Louis Moore Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 l havent finished my plane yet but have a cool car/cars.regards Bruce You should start a new thread Bruce with some nice shots of your cars, in the general thread section, so I can drool over them ...... Please!
Sloper Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 How about a tease? http://members.optusnet.com.au/hartleyfamily/newindex regards Bruce
Louis Moore Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 How about a tease? http://members.optusnet.com.au/hartleyfamily/newindexregards Bruce Okay, now I am official envious!
facthunter Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 I hadn't seen a 1940 model before. Does it have wishbone front end or the knee action? Very nice.. I had a 1942 model. Like a 1946 except the guards stopped short of the front doors. It was a military model also and was the greatest heap of $h*t I have ever owned. Very poor quality build.. Even the steering box was porous and leaked oil. . I was a Chev fanatic and persevered with it like only a mad enthusuastic teenager would bother to do. You couldn't get american cars then . It even broke the tailshaft. The bottom rusted out of the tank, spring punched the plate out of the wishbone. It had probably done a million miles . Nev
Mark11 Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 Mines a snippet of a random larger picture i just snapped before going on a trial flight in a trike I just bought from Airborne. Turned out the cropped image is kinda cool... on the day, my mind was anywhere but focus on taking top notch photos... Mark 1
eightyknots Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 l havent finished my plane yet but have a cool car/cars.regards Bruce I'm still very curious how that Viking engine will go
Sloper Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 Its a beam front end, luckly. The knee action ones are a pain. To own a chev is to own a oil leak. The Viking sales have taken off so l am told, there still cagy about the new manifiold figures. Just stating more power less fuel. No figures. and of course more money for the upgrade. regards Bruce
fly_tornado Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 I'm still very curious how that Viking engine will go Jan is selling a lot of them, he mentioned a run of 50 engines. he is a smart business man, he buys a used engine for less than a grand, adds a gear box, manifolds and ECU on it and sells it for $13k.
eightyknots Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 Jan is selling a lot of them, he mentioned a run of 50 engines. he is a smart business man, he buys a used engine for less than a grand, adds a gear box, manifolds and ECU on it and sells it for $13k. Shame we didn't think of it first, isn't it F-T?
kermit Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 Mine is from my parachuting days, my jump suit was all green as was my canopy so kermit was a natural name given to me the wings on my avatar is for this new direction giving the finger, well that's saying..... just do it
Chrism Posted June 16, 2012 Posted June 16, 2012 Mines a snippet of a random larger picture i just snapped before going on a trial flight in a trike I just bought from Airborne.Turned out the cropped image is kinda cool... on the day, my mind was anywhere but focus on taking top notch photos... Mark I love how your daughter describes "Dad's big kite.." It's sooo cute!
Mark11 Posted June 16, 2012 Posted June 16, 2012 I love how your daughter describes "Dad's big kite.." It's sooo cute! I know, I thought it was pretty funny... And since I couldn't think of a funny signature myself, I used her interpretation of trike... I did show her a video of one taking off and flying first so she got the idea...
eightyknots Posted June 28, 2012 Posted June 28, 2012 I was going through some old backups and found the Avatar that Nev (Facthunter) use to use...so Nev, if you want to use it again it's yours:[ATTACH=full]16348[/ATTACH] Here is another one from the same family: [ATTACH=full]16346[/ATTACH] Perhaps this is not a bad one for FactHunter? The Avatar FH has now really needs an update OR maybe this one?
eightyknots Posted June 28, 2012 Posted June 28, 2012 Were taking nominations now for a facthunter avatar upgrade. What's your vote?
RKW Posted June 28, 2012 Posted June 28, 2012 Were taking nominations now for a facthunter avatar upgrade. What's your vote? I liked his original one, with the airliner passing by the full moon. Bob
wanabigaplane Posted July 4, 2012 Posted July 4, 2012 Hey Ian, some avatars are interesting, and I would really like to be able to click on them get a much bigger picture to have a better look. Of course, we would have to upload a higher resolution version of our avatar. A mark of somekind should indicate one is available. Jack.
Guest Howard Hughes Posted July 4, 2012 Posted July 4, 2012 80 knots is purely aspirational. This ASI shows that I am nearly there. Now, when I get around to building my own plane (this is also aspirational), I will have to take a photo at exactly 80 knots for my avatar. At 80 knots my aircraft can't even get airborne....
Admin Posted July 4, 2012 Posted July 4, 2012 Hey Ian, some avatars are interesting, and I would really like to be able to click on them get a much bigger picture to have a better look.Of course, we would have to upload a higher resolution version of our avatar. A mark of somekind should indicate one is available. Jack. Avatars can be uploaded at a size of 200px x 200px However they are scaled down to 100 x 100 for display in the forums but they will be displayed at 200 x 200 in the user's profile page if the user has uploaded a larger avatar. For example if you go to my profile page you will see my avatar which is 200 x 200 displayed.
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