Critical Mass Pass

[FENCELINER]

From the fenceline 1996 or 1997

[bearfan]

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BRING HER BACK!!!!!

[Chris300s]

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Fenceliner -
I can't say thank you enough for that video. It's going in my hard drive forever. I'll just say that at 13 y/o Blind Man's Bluff was the first racer I ever saw in person and I haven't been able to get enough of it since.
BTW - I too finished my CM model (someone else posted in another thread). It is one of the most neutrally unstable planes I've ever flown. Hunts in yaw, rolls, pitch sensitive... I'm pretty sure the real one's similar.

[Wild Bill Kelso]

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Fenceliner -
I can't say thank you enough for that video. It's going in my hard drive forever. I'll just say that at 13 y/o Blind Man's Bluff was the first racer I ever saw in person and I haven't been able to get enough of it since.
BTW - I too finished my CM model (someone else posted in another thread). It is one of the most neutrally unstable planes I've ever flown. Hunts in yaw, rolls, pitch sensitive... I'm pretty sure the real one's similar.

Take some of the right trust out of that model. Mine flys hands off now, but before that oh my gosh. My next one will have taller gear too.

[stuntflyr]

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You can sure tell the difference between the slow nose case and this one by the prop sound.
Chris...

[Ken Dwelle]

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Cool. Thanks for posting that. Gotta tell the old man.

[GeeBeeZ1931]

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From the fenceline 1996 or 1997

Fenceliner;

Man oh man! Thank you for that. Brings back memories and gives me chills.

Bill Kohler

[GeeBeeZ1931]

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You can sure tell the difference between the slow nose case and this one by the prop sound.
Chris...

Uh, Chris....as I'm still learning can you please explain what you're saying for us who aren't engine gurus please?

[TWD]

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Ken

How many times do you think CM ever ran full power on the course?

TWD

[Wild Bill Kelso]

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Uh, Chris....as I'm still learning can you please explain what you're saying for us who aren't engine gurus please?

He was referring to the prop reduction drive. You can tell by the prop noise how fast it is spinning. The "slow nose" is late connie reduction drive. 3:1 I THINK.

[FENCELINER]

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Fenceliner -
I can't say thank you enough for that video. It's going in my hard drive forever. I'll just say that at 13 y/o Blind Man's Bluff was the first racer I ever saw in person and I haven't been able to get enough of it since.
BTW - I too finished my CM model (someone else posted in another thread). It is one of the most neutrally unstable planes I've ever flown. Hunts in yaw, rolls, pitch sensitive... I'm pretty sure the real one's similar.

Another pass from that week

[Dialtapper]

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He was referring to the prop reduction drive. You can tell by the prop noise how fast it is spinning. The "slow nose" is late connie reduction drive. 3:1 I THINK.

Pretty close. .355. Stock is .433.

Thanks for the 2nd clip. Who is that CM goes by like they where tied to a stump? Dreadnought?

[FENCELINER]

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Pretty close. .355. Stock is .433.

Thanks for the 2ed clip. Who is that CM goes by like there where tied to a stump? Dreadnought?

Sorry to say, I believe Miss Ashley II, #38

[Fence Sence]

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Miss Ashley II was my first guess. I sure do miss that old barbed wire fence.

[FENCELINER]

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Miss Ashley II was my first guess. I sure do miss that old barbed wire fence.

I too miss that fence