Where has the Traveling Prop Been?

Guilty! See last post, previous page.
CEF label was mine. Cox Engine Forum
Bob

Not the CEF sticker the Cox Powered Sticker.

Was there anything special about it's mailing box? (not the little green one, the large white one) I had forgotten to give Rusty the box, so I mailed it to him - That was about a week ago, and it has not shown up.

microflitedude wrote:Was there anything special about it's mailing box? (not the little green one, the large white one) I had forgotten to give Rusty the box, so I mailed it to him - That was about a week ago, and it has not shown up.

Hi Matt,
I put the prop in that box when I mailed it out.
Nothing special there.
Bob

In that case, it'll hit the mail tomorrow, headed for Bob in Naples. Hopefully it'll be there by the Weekend.

It's in the mail. I have a tracking number so we can't lose it. That was a great highlight in my hobby career. One of these days we'll get all the pics and vids posted.

Delivery confirmation---it arrived this afternoon. I am going to open and fondle it after dinner. Can't wait!

Bob

Oh boy! I can't wait either. Have you figured out what you're going to do with it yet?

You could be the first to fly it RC...

I have spent a lot of time thinking about flying it R/C but I think I am too chicken. The two 1/2A planes I have ready to go both have the engines on the front so the prop can easily contact the ground on landing. I think the thing that helped me decide no to do it was looking at the signature sheet and seeing it almost 2/3's filled in. I don't want to be the one to break the prop at this point.

It my daughter can find her video camera and let me borrow it I will definitely run it on at least two engnes and see if I can at least get it dizzy.

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I think Kim's BOT qualifies as RC doesn't it? But in any case, I know how you feel, Bob. That's why my one flight was such a yawner. I didn't want to bust it either. But the force is strong with the TP. It shall be safe and survive in your expert hands.

Oops, forgot about Kim.

I just want to say that this is a great idea with the travelling prop. Would also like to see a video with it on kims suberp tri bot.

Hope this works. This should be a video of the Traveling prop on a Cox reedie.

Well I'll be, it worked. Following should be a video of the Traveling prop on a Cox Tee Dee.

And finally, here is a picture of the basic set up I used to run the prop on the Tee Dee.




I have really enjoyed having the prop in S W Fla. It will be on its way to lovely Homestead, FL early next week.

Bob

The videos are not spectacular by any stretch of the imagination; but, perhaps it is amusing to watch me try to hold a plane with a spinning prop and a tachometer in one hand while trying to dig a camera out of my pocket and snap a shot with the other hand. I did not get the shot but I did tach the run at about 14K RPM.

Thank you for the opportunity to be part of this. It was really fun.

Bob

fit90 wrote:The videos are not spectacular by any stretch of the imagination; but, perhaps it is amusing to watch me try to hold a plane with a spinning prop and a tachometer in one hand while trying to dig a camera out of my pocket and snap a shot with the other hand. I did not get the shot but I did tach the run at about 14K RPM.
Thank you for the opportunity to be part of this. It was really fun.
Bob

Way to multi-task.
Enjoyed the videos Bob.
Thanks.
Bob

A roooma zoom zoom!

Great vid Bob. Onward prop!

Awright, it's traveling right along! Good work, Bob.

Admin wrote:Below is the list of locations (in a order for easiest shipping rounds).

In Americas

•Admin--St. Paul, MN
•Jason_WI--Neenah, WI
•Mark Boesen--Machesney Park, IL
•WingingIt74--Waterloo, IL
•Kim--Jackson, Missouri
•andrew--Murray, KY
•Godsey3.0--Metamora, Indiana
•Godsey.049--Metamora, Indiana
•cribbs74--San Antonio, Texas
•dckrsn--Long Island, New York
•Shell Shock--Toronto, Ontario, Canada
•Jaspur_x--Shanksville, Pa
•RknRusty--Columbia, South Carolina
•microflitedude--Columbia (Matt didn't say, cant be far from Rusty in Columbia), South Carolina
•fit90--Naples, FL (where the prop is now)
•crankbndr--Homestead, FL (Where the prop is headed next)
•Mud--San Diego, Ca

In Europe

•GermanBeez--Bavaria, Germany
•hlsat--Greece (really didn't say where in Greece)
•ideeman1994--Rixensart, Belgium
•mr_cox--Netherlands (didn't say where, could possibly change shipping order)
•nitroairplane--London, England
•John Goddard--London, England
•ivanhoe--Dungiven, Northern Ireland

fit90 wrote:

Hope this works. This should be a video of the Traveling prop on a Cox reedie.

Thanks for the video, Bob. So what did the tach say? If yours is like mine, every time the engine sees it coming whenever I'm trying to impress someone, the engine starts stumbling. I do like seeing your plumbing setups.

14K on the reedie. Neither of the engines liked the bigger prop. Too much of a load for them. I guess they are just a couple of babies.

fit90 wrote:14K on the reedie. Neither of the engines liked the bigger prop. Too much of a load for them. I guess they are just a couple of babies.

Yeah, that's about what the RR1 turned with it too. The Li'l Satan was too tame for comfort in the circle that day.