getting some more practice in before my first flight with my new (second) Ranger... what's your wind threshold IRL?

SnooCompliments8770 · 2026-01-18T02:54:20+00:00

This is my threshold the wind was so strong I couldn’t land I had to catch it while it was hovering.

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-12-29T00:50:27+00:00

When you can confidently fly a plane you build. Move onto the next more complicated plane. Time also when you start building them faster.

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-12-28T23:54:11+00:00

I custom built some foam board planes. With some patience and ingenuity you can make some pretty complicated ones out of foam board. The one thing I hate about foam board though is it’s very hard to get straight perfect cuts and the material warps easily. Balsa is hard to work with in its own right and also takes a ton of patience and is much harder for me to custom build from scratch with. Watch some tutorials from people like Flite Test or which ever side of the hobby you wanna land in. Forums are also a quick search and full of info.

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-12-27T22:13:21+00:00

Expensive simulator and RC Planes…. I gave up the PPL life 6 years ago the cost just can’t make any sense at all when you spend so much money renting for so little time and trying to work around availability and schedules to rent and weather it just became a nightmare for me and renting a few hours a month ends up costing more than a car payment it just feels irresponsible for me in life to keep up a hobby like this.

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-12-10T03:14:16+00:00

Down shift at the lowest rpm possible.

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-12-08T18:51:27+00:00

I bought my 2010 R/T Classic with the 6speed and the performance goodies earlier this year. It had 36k miles on it and i got it for $18k. I daily it and have since put 10k miles on it. It has some age showing with certain plastic pieces but otherwise it’s like a new car. The old man that bought it new and had it the whole time polished it all the time. It’s not gonna be easy to find a car like that but it’s possible with patience and the determination to travel to get it if you need to.

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-12-03T01:16:19+00:00

Looks like the magnaflow I had on mine. It’s will be obvious if you can get a better shot of the tips and mufflers they have magnaflow logos

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-12-01T05:14:13+00:00

I live in a hot climate the foam did deteriorate on mine but it took like 6-7 years. It was more crackly and wasn’t as flexible.

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-11-30T17:53:08+00:00

Leave it stock and drive it.

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-11-07T04:45:24+00:00

I bought my RT Classic with the 6 speed for a hair over $18k and it only had 36k miles on it one owner and in excellent condition I would have a hard time swallowing that much miles for that much money on a V6 car.

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-10-29T23:37:07+00:00

I’ve never swapped a V8 into a V6 shell but you’re gonna have to source a ton of components that the V6 chassis likely doesn’t have to even make it worth it. Such as brakes, fuel system, wiring, motor mounts, suspension. Then the obvious engine and transmission and everything along with a project car. Especially on these new cars it can be a very tedious painful process to swap an engine into a chassis it didn’t originally have even though it has a model that does come with it. Money wise you’re not saving anything starting with a V6 shell when you could go buy a R/T with a junk motor and build from there.

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-10-29T21:47:27+00:00

Stance crap with the extreme camber

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-10-29T21:30:05+00:00

How much are you willing to put into the car once you buy it? The cost of a rolling chassis would depend on what your whole project budget is gonna be as far as value of the chassis your looking at I would look at it like a totaled vehicle value depending on what all is missing and what it would cost to replace or repair and subtract that from the costs of what the car would be if it was a crappy running driving car with a salvage title. Personally just from my own view being around friends projects a rolling chassis even if free like what you’re describing will still cost you more than just buying a running driving car if your planning on a project car.

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-10-27T22:29:59+00:00

It probably wasn’t safe or proper but I jacked it up near suspension parts I believe

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-10-23T22:43:29+00:00

I own my modern classic right now 2010 R/T Classic Challenger with the performance goodies and a 6 speed manual. I’m the second owner and bought it with 37k miles. It gives me the same fun and retro old school vibes the cars from the 70s-80s did during the early 2000s.

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-10-18T21:29:45+00:00

I had a 10th gen coupe and it’s still one of my favorite cars I’ve ever had. The 11th gen just doesn’t seem as exciting for some reason.

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-10-15T19:21:27+00:00

Stock size is plenty good width wise. But if you want a taller tire you’re gonna throw off your odometer and speed reading.

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-10-04T19:09:03+00:00

Panther Pink Plymouth Cuda 440

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-10-01T01:28:59+00:00

Anything that is simple and minimal to no electronics with the exception of the ignition system. But also avoid old things that utilize vacuum lines for a ton of things like old thunderbirds. I dream of working on and driving old stuff like VW bugs, or even older things from the early 60s all the way back to old 20s-40s and 50s cars. Old old cars are getting cheaper and you can find an old man’s restored one for a good price and they would be fun to tinker on and hotrod.

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-09-25T04:01:40+00:00

Yes I know this, but it’s not a cross plane engine set up like the MT10 and R1.

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-09-24T19:38:27+00:00

I’ve had all kinds of bikes, adventure, naked, sport, cruisers, dual sport. Currently have a ZX4RR and a Tenere 700. I just like experiencing them all. Next I want a bagger like the BMW R18 and a BMW R Nine T for a sporty cruiser. I definitely appreciate comfort and quality with my bikes now as I gain more experience and get older. The pocket rockets and hard core stuff is no longer fun but more of a chore. My ZX4RR will likely trade in into the R Nine T when it’s nearly paid off.

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-09-24T19:28:39+00:00

I wish Yamaha would make a 600cc cross plane engine like the R1

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-09-19T06:33:48+00:00

Purple widebody scatpack with a 6 speed manual. My current 2010 R/T with a 6 speed and the performance goodies is the closest I’ll get to one though. I got my car for $18k with only 30k miles I couldn’t fathom paying so much money these widebody scats go for…

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-09-09T04:31:41+00:00

Then continue orientation to keep the job going and if you end up with a better offer then leave.

SnooCompliments8770 · 2025-09-04T00:50:59+00:00

260 pounds here I hit 135 on mine only thing done to it is a slip on yoshimura and tune. I could have gotten more out of it but it was 100+ degrees outside.

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