Chris, Thanks for passing this tip on, I still have a flying Windfree.
You CA guys didn't win all the trophies in Chicago, I still remember the 1979 LSF Speed Runs in Chicago you and I fought so hard to win. Take care ....... Ray Hayes http://www.skybench.com Home of Wood Crafters ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <Soaring@airage.com> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 7:36 PM Subject: RE: [RCSE] travel boxes > As a suggestion, go to Home Depot, or local Hardware store, and get one of those Cardboard Cement post pouring tubes. > > Fairly inexpensive, and all you have to do is make sure the diameter fits the wing chord or tailfin, and you can cut some plywood ends and screw them in as inserts. Kinda a one use item, but might work. Mark Smith , and thatis along time ago, used stovepipe exhausts to do the same thing for his old windfrees. > > BTW, I use the tubes in my 4-runner to side my wings and fuses in when I am on the road. Cheap, and you can pile stuff on top while still not crushing the plane parts. > > Chris > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [RCSE] travel boxes > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, September 15, 2005 5:15 pm > To: Soaring@airage.com > > > I am going to fly to cape cod for business but somehow i want to take a sloper with me. > > What works on airplanes? Some mag article wrote that a local boxes would do it cheap. > Wrongs, not for a 2 meter sailplane. They just dont do it after 15 calls made.One firm in chicago would do it for about $50 becasue they have a cadcam system to cut the cardboard. > > Im not looking for alum cases yet. The skiboard carriers are expensive. > > Any ideas helpful > > Dr Bill Snow > Cleveland Ohio > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
