I feel like I’m listening to a beloved uncle tell me about their hobby..and it’s so wholesome :’) thanks for informing me as I dive down this rabbit hole.
Thanks so much for your great explanations and flying. I flew control-line with a Ringmaster and a.35 engine about 65 years ago. Still exciting and so satisfying to see that great sport continuing. From Minnesota, too. We used to fly at "Wold-Chamberlin", remember that field? I've still got the .35 engine. Recently offered it to my son and grandson, interested to see if they want to continue the flying tradition. Thanks again.
Great to hear from a past CL flyer. The Glory Days! I have heard of that Wold field. Never saw it myself. Hope your son and grandson get a plane going. Here is my whole Control Line Playlist if you are interested....ru-vid.com/group/PLahaAdtfX9ZIJYRxo9TS1hNmtMKSvezQn
Thanks for the videos!!! this takes me waaaay back into the early 70's, lugging around a plastic stuka or a pt trainer with .049's and a round tall dry cell battery in my bag, along with a can of cox fuel, wow, still have some of those old engines from years ago, might just take this up again.
I had the Super Sport that I got for my 9th birthday. It did a figure 9 and that was that. I finally got a PT 19 flying in 86, then the P-51. Followed those two with a Sterling Cub and a Deweybird.
Brings back memories of my Fox .35 and Sterling Ring Master. Those old kits could take weeks to build if you worked at it some everyday. Decals on, wheels on, prop on, get my flight box, tank is full...GO! AMA pattern practice time. Love it Shug. Thanks my friend.
When I was in grade 7-8 the shop teacher mr Takach (spelling) ran a fly-by-line club after school. This has brought back some really fond memories. Thanks!
Diving so many hours of what I can only imagine to be frustratingly detailed work toward the ground sounds like a great thrill! Even from the comfort of my couch I was worried for your planes on those dives! This sport looks like a lot of fun!
Man, I can still smell it after all these years. What a surprise to stumble into you here, Shug! Searched for control-line videos and found my favorite cold-weather camping vlogger.
Loved watching the patterns from that camera view. With all the "line and fuel" jargon reminds me of hammock and cannisters stuff. Thanks for the video Shug and keep tight lines
Very nice sir. I had no idea they still flew "U" controlled planes anymore. I tried to fly my first, and last plane back in 1950. It had a an .049 engine in it if I remember correctly. I remember the battery was one of those large round 1.5v dry cells. I remember spending quite a few hours build the plane and the flight lasted at best less than 3 seconds, straight up to about 10 foot and then straight down. The plane was in pieces and the engine must have swallowed some dirt because it was hard to turn over. It's funny I haven't thought about that long ago afternoon until I came across your video. Good job.
I am now 58, in my youth I came third in the Nationals competing in 1/2A combat, I won a sports council award from local authority, for competing in a national sports activity. They did not know that there were only 3 entries in that class :) My pit crew were not great at getting the most out of my Frog 150, shame must have another go at control line.
When I was a kid, every summer at a local school, they used to have a control line rodeo. I always enjoyed watching the dog fights - that is where they had ribbons on the tails and the controllers had to fight each other. Fantastic stuff and very exciting!
That was an awesome video the best I ever saw explaining step-by-step About control Flying. I assume you can fly aerobatics with small airplanes to....
I believe you meant with smaller control line airplanes. And yes all the way down to 049 size airplanes can stunt and combat very well just not the heavy plastic pre-made jobs.
Loved your video I flew a couple of times your self control line but I mainly flu free flight and the radio control fluid her about 67 years and then unfortunately I lost my site I got very little sight laugh I can watch your videos and see a little bit of it and I really enjoy it brings back a lot of memories I also just love your backpacking videos good job keep it up and enjoy it that’s all I really have left to do take care
@@shugemery you know we had a model and model airplanes in our group that was that you buy a a kit and then you go flat and then the next thing you do is you make it back into a kid again I didn’t add a cute one
Though I am teacher of English in school, after classes I also teach my pupils how to build and fly model airplanes. Of course I use your tips. Thanks a bundle. May God bless you!
I used to do that way back when I was 12 yrs. old with my .049 Babe Bee on a Stuntmaster. I can appreciate your piloting skills. I remember crashing mine about every 3rd flight. We used to go to watch competitions. There were 2 pilots at the center of the circle trying to cut the tail off the opponent's plane. Do they still do that? It was fun to watch! Good memories!
Good flying Shug. You know I only gave up control line when I started hang gliding. Then I started RC sail planes. Gave me something to do when I was waiting around for hang gliding conditions to improve.
Nice job on the video Shug! You do the hobby good bruther. I've been burn'n the circle up myself trying to get tuned up for some up coming contests. Practice Practice Practice.
Great vid, thanks for teaching us a bit about control line Shug. I've watched a number of your control line vids but never really knew much about them. I loved the camera work with the wrist view and third person view so we could get a better picture of the hand movements. Looks like fun woo buddy!
I grew up in Reading PA I'm 56yrs old we still have Drenkle Field. On top of skyline drive. I had two favorite planes. My spitfire was my favorite. My Dad n Brother both got dizzy but I never did. I loved seeing people still do flying like this.
I had a bunch of cox .049 planes when I was a kid. One of them was called something like the super stunter. It had huge foam wings. It was easy to get that one to do loops, figure 8s, just about anything the bigger planes could do. When I got a little older, before taking the plunge into RC, I did control line combat. That was the most fun I think.
Nice video Sean! My first was a little silver Testors Mustang back in the 70's, then adopted a Carl Goldberg Cosmic Wing from my brother. Recently restarted flying control line and having a ton of fun with the bigger airplanes. Great hobby.
Nice work on your videos. Brings me back to when I flew stunt in the early 70's. I had a scratch built Ares looking bird but bigger with an ST 46. After seeing your videos I dug out my old slow combat planes and ordered a Gotcha Streak firm Phil Cartier. Got the bug back. Still enjoy RC but can't wait to fly control line again. Thanks for all the great videos and information. Glenn
Love it. It brings back some good memories. Use to get the Kmart special. I think it was a p 59. Something like that. It was yellow and blue and was held together by rubber bands. If you crashe'd it you just put it back together with new rubber bands. It was great for us newbies😃
I never did control line flight, but I was deep into RC flying at one time. My favorite plane was a 1/5th scale Piper Cub. I loved that slow and lazy flight...
Being a poi spinner and prop manipulator, flow artist, and skill toy enthusiast CL seems like the most interesting type of flying. I want to have something with "feel" to tell me about my aircraft. I want something with a small internal combustion engine too! Also the fact that you don't need to abide by the FAA stuff regarding drones like you do with RC is nice.
Yup, a wild ride while you primed up. Pretty wild one during the flight too! And that was all good. I think that was the cheese that attracted me 50 years ago, the wild ride! You do better than I did! It was girls and the mess that lead me astray. When I came back to model airplanes I landed in sailplanes. Kinda the same thing, round d' round at 75' or bust, sailplanes, find lift or sink! Them R/C power boys got it easy, step on the gas and go, nothing to that . . . ;>) New speed record for model airplane 545 mph with a sailplane. It's here on the Tube, FASTEST RC AIRPLANE IN THE WORLD. Thank You for sharing some nice flying!
My late friend, Frank, wanted to fly control line one last time for the bucket list, but couldn't find a club in Davenport, Iowa. He said the local R/C shop literally laughed in his face when he enquired about such clubs. After he was gone, 5/18, a RU-vid search found you, and what an awesome flyer you certainly are! One of these days, when you're at the field, could you do a flight for Frank? Best Regards, Mike
I was going to make a hammock joke, but then I thought better of it. The Shug is all business here. I will say in all seriousness that a) this looks like an easy way to lose a finger, and b) this makes the most complicated hammock rig seem simple. Thanks for sharing!
Tower Hobbies...that takes me back. I remember my first R/C helicopter I bought from them when I was in college. A nexus .30. I remember thinking, I'm a commercial pilot, this should be a breeze....I remember being wrong too, that thing went into about 30 pieces when it hit the ground. Incidentally, learning to fly R/C helicopters, you also get very good at repairing them too.
@@shugemery Yeah, but they stopped selling helicopters for some reason. It is hard not being in the cockpit; however, I think now it is more the lack of instrumentation. I'm a fixed wing pilot that flys R/C helis, I bought my first r/c plane and a few years ago and put the camera on it with the goggles thinking that it would be easier, it's not, I can't tell when I am about to stall and I get disoriented. I still have the pieces of that old nexus .30...good memories.
I did this when I was a kid. My mother tossed it all out. I had a big box of parts for flying these planes.it is fun. I made a few planes from scratch with my dad it was a fun hobby. Only if my mother had not thrown it out years ago. I was asking about it when I was moving out about 20 years ago. She said I threw it in the trash. She cleaned out my closet when I was moving out without asking me. I was very upset.
never seen this before knew nothing about it.... very cool whoo buddy.... you make it look easy.... my 15 hours of build time would be 10 seconds of flying and boom pieces everywhere
Reckon it depended where you grew up. A story I wrote about my experience......www.dropbox.com/s/2vnxfjk9inl79hh/Patterns...a%20Control%20Line%20Story%20.docx?dl=0
Spligum? That’s a new one on me lol. The universal comment by flyers of all types, I’m happy if it lands in one piece 👍. Thanks for the intro to line flying buddy.
Great video! I love your hammock & camping videos and you make control line flying very fun and interesting. I personally prefer rc flying with glow engines. Ever try that? One idea you may consider for ease of clean up is to use a tuned pipe on your Strega. Even if it’s not tuned to your engine it keeps the slime at or past the tail.
Gotta say I didn't think this was something that would interest me. I've seen your other control lime videos, but having this explanation makes it much more interesting. I guess it's because now I can watch with more info and that keeps me engaged. Thanks.
I need to git to selling enough of those Grit Papers so I can get my own control line airplane....used to lust over the ads in Boys Life magazine back in the 1960's Good on ya, Shug !!!
Hey, i'm 66, and now gonna get back into building control line since i was a teen in the 60's. I now bought on ebay many kits, and some from brodack. Just put up my table and all engines and supplies. Watching your videos.....as i remember should not the inside wing be about an inch or two longer than the outside wing? Or the same with just a small weight on the outside wing ? Thanx
You inspire me to learn this noble hobby, Shug. Thanks for taking the time to makeyour videos - unselfish folk like you make the world better :) Best wishes from England.
Hi! I am building a small scale control line plane and I am tethering it to the ground, so I can fly in circles. I am going to use a transmitter to apply throttle and elevator only. Question is: How long of a line do I use to keep the centripetal force in order for the plane to have have enough flying power. I am using a high pitch rotor... one cell battery!
It depends on the thrust and power of the motor or engine. Many small engines such as a1/2A cox engines go with about 30 foot lines. Start shorter and you can always increase line length. If too long they will cause a lot of drag.
Very impressive, I spent enough money learning to fly using a radio. I would be going through the planes if i tried control line even though I fly a lot of inverted and doing inverted figure 8.
Shug, love your videos ! I have to admit hammocks aren't my thing, but still love the videos. The cl airplane and BBQ vids are my favorite. I too have a torn shoulder so I haven't been able to get to the club field and fly with you in a long time. How about a plane or grill giveaway? [ ok, maybe an apron or fuel syringe would do.] Whoooo Buddy, gonna go eat some boiled peanuts while the butt is cooking on the PK original.
Ever thought about painting your wife's name on your plane sorta like Ernst Kessel did?Thanks for the video.I enjoyed seeing all the gadgets and tools too.
I'm a lefty too Shug. I flew with my elbow tucked in. Forearm and wrist control only. Clinched hand, No thumb on top. I never extended my arm out unless I was in trouble...or in Dog Fights. (two plane streamer cutting battles everyone, no actual dogs fighting..)
My friend and I would each buy a Lil' Satan kit on a Friday afternoon and stay up all night building them in mom's basement. Slap on a Cox Golden Bee or Black Widow .049 and fly combat all the next day until both planes were destroyed. Repeat next Friday. What great times of youth.
Hi I came across your videos and thought I would get back into c/l flying again I came across my old engines and wondered if I still could do it .I started when I was 12 that was in 1957 today I'm 76 with want I hope I can.
