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Kim Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:31 pm

Hey Guys,

I was finally successful (I think) in getting the footage of an .010-powered Hughes Hercules on YouTube. This happened at the S.M.A.L.L. Fly-In down in Little Rock, Arkansas back in 1998.

A great time, a long time ago....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAFk3oKcGNo

andrew Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:55 pm

Ha!! That sounded like someone threw a rock at a hornet's nest. That was pretty slick -- it was impressive just seeing eight .010's cranked and running at one time.

Thanks for the posting.

andrew

Kim Mon Sep 26, 2011 11:57 pm

Hey, You're welcome!

I don't remember the guy's name. He had a bunch of very creative models...including a PBY'ish model with a mere FOUR .010's for power, and several electric models including a large, super-slow biplane made of pink foam, and aptly named "Pink Panther".

He definitely had the multi-engine technique nailed down...both times I saw him fly the Goose...he walked right down the row of engines, and had it ready to go with less trouble than I can get from one of my little monsters.

nitroairplane Tue Sep 27, 2011 1:49 am

Kim wrote:Hey Guys,

I was finally successful (I think) in getting the footage of an .010-powered Hughes Hercules on YouTube. This happened at the S.M.A.L.L. Fly-In down in Little Rock, Arkansas back in 1998.

A great time, a long time ago....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAFk3oKcGNo

Thank you so much getting the video of this Kim that is an amazing model if only I could afford 8 more tee dee .010s...... Huh...

Kim Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:08 am

You're welcome, Nitro.

I can't remember the exact time-frame, but I believe this footage was at about the time I bought my new .010, and was building the scaled-down "Blunderbus" I posted in my album. I knew then that I should have "bitten the bullet" and bought a few more, but had other responsibilities that were drawing on my paycheck.

Figure that I'm lucky to have what I have, though....

microflitedude Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:41 am

Awesome! Really floated in.

PV Pilot Tue Sep 27, 2011 1:27 pm

Yeah, getting them all running at the same time is a feat by itself.

That was really cool.

nitroairplane Tue Sep 27, 2011 1:29 pm

PV Pilot wrote:Yeah, getting them all running at the same time is a feat by itself.

That was really cool.

Yeah i have enough respect for him because i know how hard it is to get 8 tee dees with a similar power output.

Carl Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:47 pm

this is very amusing! hes got a good $1000 in 010s in todays prices. too bad its not like the 1998 prices, sadly 1998 meant estes era

jetpack Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:06 pm

Thank you, Kim!

I could only imagine plate spinning and sabre dance music trying to start the last engine before the first engine was out of fuel to the lead-up to them showing him run them. Each tank took quite a bit of fuel!

nitroairplane Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:09 am

jetpack wrote:Thank you, Kim!

I could only imagine plate spinning and sabre dance music trying to start the last engine before the first engine was out of fuel to the lead-up to them showing him run them. Each tank took quite a bit of fuel!

i really like the way he has them hooked up to those coo in cowl tanks.

Big Al Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:54 am

Thanks Kim for the viedo, my first time at SMALL was apparently the next year after his last appearance. I heard about this plane from Dickey Bird and others but it was hard to pcture. I guess seeing is believing!
Al

nitroairplane Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:55 am

Big Al wrote:Thanks Kim for the viedo, my first time at SMALL was apparently the next year after his last appearance. I heard about this plane from Dickey Bird and others but it was hard to pcture. I guess seeing is believing!
Al

We need dickey bird on here dont we...
i havent heard anything about him for ages.

Big Al Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:57 am

Yeah, me neither. He treated me like a long lost friend at SMALL. I got him to fly a demo of my .010 Mustang that I thought was a bit risky for me (couldn’t see very well before cataract surgery and it was pretty quick), and didn’t want to endanger anyone. Some of the guys are still around tho,
Al

Kim Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:03 am

Hey..you guys are all very welcome !

I'm really glad you liked the video. At the S.M.A.L.L.-Fly, the fun starts at dawn and goes all the way into the night...hope I can make it down for another one.

nitroairplane Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:35 am

[quote="Big Al"]Yeah, me neither. He treated me like a long lost friend at SMALL. I got him to fly a demo of my .010 Mustang that I thought was a bit risky for me (couldn’t see very well before cataract surgery and it was pretty quick), and didn’t want to endanger anyone. Some of the guys are still around tho,
Al
[/quote
I love that mustang Al with that lovely spinner. Do you have a video of it?

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