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atsfguy:
Jacob,
I live north of Columbus, Ohio, in a small city called Mansfield, about 70 from the Columbus airport.
I have gone to Columbus every two or three weeks since my Cochlear implant was done on 22 Nov 2019. Mansfield is just off I-71 about half way to Cleveland. Easy access on and off. Very convenient.
My layout is small and still under construction. Give me another year and it will be operational and you will be welcome to come by, if your layover allows.
It will be a small switching layout with no continuous running, strictly out and back. It will be more or less flat with some grade changes in places and only about ninety feet long. I am undecided about a turntable but will need a way to turn any steam engines that could pop up.
As I get closer to operational I will PM you with directions. Being retired, I am home most of the time, except in the summer when I fly my RC airplanes.
Every one is welcome to drop by, send me a PM and I will give you a phone number.
TwinStar:
--- Quote from: atsfguy on April 05, 2020, 01:56:05 PM ---Jacob,
I live north of Columbus, Ohio, in a small city called Mansfield, about 70 from the Columbus airport.
I have gone to Columbus every two or three weeks since my Cochlear implant was done on 22 Nov 2019. Mansfield is just off I-71 about half way to Cleveland. Easy access on and off. Very convenient.
My layout is small and still under construction. Give me another year and it will be operational and you will be welcome to come by, if your layover allows.
It will be a small switching layout with no continuous running, strictly out and back. It will be more or less flat with some grade changes in places and only about ninety feet long. I am undecided about a turntable but will need a way to turn any steam engines that could pop up.
As I get closer to operational I will PM you with directions. Being retired, I am home most of the time, except in the summer when I fly my RC airplanes.
Every one is welcome to drop by, send me a PM and I will give you a phone number.
--- End quote ---
Cecil:
Sounds great! Assuming my airline survives this pandemic I'll look forward to it.
I have a similar issue with my Dallas Union Terminal module set. Several trains terminated at DUT and needed to be turned. There was a turn table at the coach yard which was 2-3 miles south and no very convenient. The terminal built a wye over the Trinity river for the sole purpose of turning power (even later diesel A-B sets) and cars that were directional.
Every RC sim I've tried I always crash the thing. It's difficult to fly from the ground. I applaud those that can!
Jacob
atsfguy:
My last civilian job was with a manufacturer thirty miles southwest of Little Rock, AR, and I flew at the field along I-40. We would periodically get a C-130 Pilot from LRAFB who brought his shiny new P-51 Mustang and asked if we would teach him to fly RC. What he actually meant was to watch him crash, he just didn’t know it.
One of our Instructor Pilots would pull out the club trainer plane and tell him he was welcome to fly with an instructor and they invariably blurted out “I fly the big ones, I don’t need an instructor!” We would then tell him the several of the members were full size pilots, many retired USAF and USN pilots. He would relent and agree to the buddy box system and away they went. The instructor made the take off, turned out of traffic, leveled the wings and said “She’s yours” and they plane immediately nose dived. The instructor would take over and the pilot wannabe would invariably say that it was harder to learn to fly RC than the big ones. One receives different signals concerning the aircraft attitude.
TwinStar:
--- Quote from: atsfguy on April 05, 2020, 02:35:29 PM ---The instructor would take over and the pilot wannabe would invariably say that it was harder to learn to fly RC than the big ones. One receives different signals concerning the aircraft attitude.
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I don't disagree with that at all. My kids can fly the wings off the sim at Hobby Town. I do as you stated above; Kamikaze straight into the dirt.
drisdon:
I've been working on loads for two weeks and ready for a break. Yesterday I did a load of I-beams and today completed a load of steel tubes. Tonight cleared off the styrene materials, wood 2x4 and 4x4s and pulled out a couple locos to complete electronic installs.
Epoxy with, cabosil, and cat hair or chopped fiberglass do indeed make very strong joints. Composites are one of the few completely repairable materials to use, if it cracks you just add a little wet layup. All fixed. End up with a strong structure, strength of plywood and weight of styrofoam.
Dan Risdon
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