my new pin stooge

ian1954 wrote:Mmmmmm! That may have given me an idea!

Ian and Roddie's think-tank..   Did I strike a nerve with the handle idea perhaps?

ian1954 wrote:

This emoticon looks a bit like me with my outdoor specs and a cigarette   

yes... a recent photo of you looking for a certain color "Corsair" comes to mind... amazing resemblance   

Just what I was thinking Sunday as my plane was moving to the outside too fast for me as I was setting up to try and fly   I ll show u later but Thanks Roddie I was thinking of you and the pic s I had seen before!   I thinks that does resemble you Ian1954....  Jim that sound like a 22LR getting ready to go again   I like it!!  Getback     my back porch babys 5 of those ... Sparrow's I think

cool I have one of those , Never thought of it thow , Thanks Phil ...Getback  

pkrankow wrote:http://www.lowes.com/pd_409640-355-BTHT47226_0__

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This is what I am using.

Phil

Great idea Phil. Funny thing.. but the FL. yellow Mason-line that I'm using; I had passed-over several times, because it was $5.00/spool. It recently went on sale for $2.99!! The chalk-line "reel" is something I never thought of.

I used to wrap my trip-line around my old stooge for storage, and had a small nail tied to the end which I slipped under the wrap to hold it.

I had thought about making different length trip-lines.. 25', 35', 42', etc. with line-connectors on each, to attach to the loop on the release-pin, but I really like the closed chalk-line reel idea, because the crank-handle locks at any line-length you want.

A tail-skid with a "loop" for a stooge-pin is something I've always built-in to my R.O.G. airplanes. I've even drilled a hole through a tail-wheel for a pin. A quick pin-link can be made from a large safety-pin and line connector, by attaching to the tail-gear strut on the inner side of the wheel... or you can fashion one from a piece of small music-wire 1-2" long, with loops on each end; one for the stooge-pin and the other for a line-connector to the model.  

Flying alone isn't as much fun as having a buddy or two along.. but if you have to; having a reliable stooge is key.