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my new pin stooge
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my new pin stooge
Easy build; 6" x 6" x 1/2" plywood base with a 1/4" step-block, 3/32" m.w. pin with 7/64" brass-tube guide, x2 landing-gear straps, compression spring and soldered 3/32" wheel-collar along with some small assorted steel washers and a couple of 1-1/8" screw-eyes. The wheel collar helps to compress and hold the spring slightly while soldering it to the pin. Two aluminum gutter spikes (7"L.) on an angle, through two holes in the rear of the base, secure it to the ground.
next comes a handle for the trip-line, that also stores the line... and will dispense up to 70 ft.
next comes a handle for the trip-line, that also stores the line... and will dispense up to 70 ft.
Last edited by roddie on Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:43 pm; edited 1 time in total
Re: my new pin stooge
Mmmmmm! That may have given me an idea!
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Re: 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?
Re: my new pin stooge
roddie wrote: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?
I must admit, handles are a sore point with me. Especially 1/2A handles
No, as usual, I looked at your ingenuity and thought of something better and it won't need a stringy pully thing with a "handle"!
For me to know and mull over, for you to wonder!
This emoticon looks a bit like me with my outdoor specs and a cigarette
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Re: my new pin stooge
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
Re: my new pin stooge
This is what I came up with for a stooge on larger models:
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Re: my new pin stooge
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
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Re: my new pin stooge
cool I have one of those , Never thought of it thow , Thanks Phil ...Getback
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Re: my new pin stooge
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.
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