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Old December 25th 05, 09:14 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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4 Animals

A teacher asked her class, "What do you want out of life?

A little girl in the back row raised her hand an said, "All I want out

of life is four little animals, just like my Mom always says".

The teacher asked, "Really and what four little animals would that
be?"

The little girl said, "A mink on my back, a jaguar in the garage, a
tiger in the bed and a jackass to pay for all of it."

The teacher fainted.

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Old December 26th 05, 05:19 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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THIS is what I want for Christmas. I didn't know they got this
advanced with these things. I bought a winded up one once when I was
in Paris.

http://www.compfused.com/directlink/1102/

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Old December 26th 05, 02:02 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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THIS is what I want for Christmas. I didn't know they got this
advanced with these things. I bought a winded up one once when I was
in Paris.

http://www.compfused.com/directlink/1102/


That *is* cool. I, too, bought a wind-up version (in Wisconsin, not
France) once, and had a great time with it.

I wonder how they control direction of flight?
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Old December 26th 05, 02:54 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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I wonder how they control direction of flight?

I think they don't. The clip was made of many short takes, and the bird
appeard to have no real directional control. On-off, a (fixed for
flight) tail setting, and the wind. When the bird is pointed right, you
flap. Otherwise you glide and wait.

Though that's an expensive way to handle RC. I lost a lot of model
rockets that way.

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Old December 26th 05, 07:35 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Michelle P wrote:
My siblings and I decided to stop giving each other present for
Christmas and birthdays a few years ago. The nieces and nephews still
get presents though.


Michelle P wrote:
My siblings and I decided to stop giving each other present for
Christmas and birthdays a few years ago. The nieces and nephews still
get presents though.


We (husband/wife) buy a man gift and a woman gift and then draw numbers
for order of selection. When its your turn, you can choose an unselected
item or choose to steal a previously selected item. The person who has
an item stolen can immediately steal something else or choose an
unselected item but can't choose the item stolen from them...

Makes it more interesting and fun for everyone. We put a $25 spending
limit per item and they can be something useful or a gag gift...

Google "White Elephant" you'll probably turn something up about this...

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Old December 30th 05, 01:50 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:TJSrf.657949$_o.26910@attbi_s71...
THIS is what I want for Christmas. I didn't know they got this
advanced with these things. I bought a winded up one once when I was
in Paris.

http://www.compfused.com/directlink/1102/


That *is* cool. I, too, bought a wind-up version (in Wisconsin, not France) once, and had a great time with it.

I wonder how they control direction of flight?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"



If I were to do it, I would roll the tail back and forth, and angle it up and down for pitch control. It looks like they
did a 'loop' or two in the video.


 




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