Some pics of Dad's RC Aircraft

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Postby Naki » Fri May 07, 2010 12:19 pm

The 1/3rd scale J-3 Cub was built by my late Uncle and now flown by my Dad (pictured at a recent Springhill meet) and the 1/4 scale Tui Sport was built and flown by my Dad.







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Postby Ian Warren » Fri May 07, 2010 12:50 pm

Bloody Brilliant Paul thumbup1.gif and this time no chance loosing your Dad , just look for an oversize model Cub or an undersize real one and you will find him at the controls biggrin.gif
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Postby spongebob206 » Fri May 07, 2010 4:48 pm

Awesome mate

My father and uncles were into model aircraft too.

very impressive.

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Postby madkudu » Fri May 07, 2010 8:29 pm

Nice shots!
I was there at Springhill, I could even be in that second shot.
Im a member at Springhill AC and I got to see that plane fly, beautiful smile.gif
Was a good weekend
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Postby Splitpin » Fri May 07, 2010 8:59 pm

thumbup1.gif Paul, it seems you had no choice about an interest in aviation....your Dad, your uncle......its in the blood. Great shots, the last two are jsut 100% cub.....no way to tell the scale, amazing.
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Postby FlyingKiwi » Sat May 08, 2010 12:49 pm

That's very cool, it looks like a really accurate representation of the Cub too.
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Postby Naki » Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:07 pm

..and heres Dad's 1/7th RC scale Kittyhawk.

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Postby Ian Warren » Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:39 am

Jezzz Paul , you must have had fun when your a kid , having a Dad with this interest and modeling skills and pilot to boot cool.gif
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