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Often there are aircraft that modelers would love having but for one reason or another they don't come to fruition. The Christen Eagle II might fall into that category for one reason more than others. A proper Christen Eagle II must have a proper finish ... and a proper finish would normally involve a magnitude of hours of painstakingly applying the colors of the "feathers" that make up the Christen Eagle II scheme. Hangar 9 has bypassed that step for the modeler and provided a very authentic ARF replication of a Christen Eagle II that any modeler would be proud to have in their hangar. Hangar 9 states ... "If youre a sport flyer ready for more advanced planes or an aerobatic pro looking for a fun, sport scale model, the Christen Eagle II 90 has what youre after." Well, maybe I am a little of both ... OK, much less pro than sport flyer, but lets see if the Christen Eagle II has what I'm after.
From the manual ... Introduced in 1977, the Christen Eagle II was the brainchild of avid aerobatic pilot and entrepreneur, Frank Christensen. His idea? Give pilots a refined, aerobatic kit plane almost anyone could build. The sporty little two-seater was so well-received that a slightly modified, single-seat version became the plane of choice for one of the greatest aerobatic demonstration teams of all timeCharlie Hillard, Tom Poberezny and Gene Soucy, otherwise known as The Eagles. The trio flew the plane from 1979 through 1995, thrilling millions at air shows all over the world.
|54" Top wing
|Wing Area:
|878 sq. in. Total
|Wing Loading:
|26.14 oz. sq ft.
|9lbs. 15.4 oz. (airframe without flight or receiver pack 7lbs. 13 oz.)
|50.25" End of rudder to tip of spinner
|17.5" Ground to top of top wing
|Wing Loading:
|xxxx oz/sq. ft.
|DS821 by Spektrum
|DX8 DSMX by Spektrum
|AR8000 8-Channel DSMX Receiver by Spektrum
|4000mAh 4S 14.8V 30C LiPo,12AWG EC3 by E-flite
|Power 90 Brushless Outrunner Motor 325Kv by E-flite
|Phoenix ICE 100 BL ESC by Castle Creations (75 Amp is recommended)
|Hangar 9
|Available From:
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Recommended items for completion (electric version):
What was my first impression after removing the kit from the box? ... "I'm glad I wasn't the one who had to cover this kit". The Christen Eagle II ARF 90 looks great. The colors really pop and the finish on my kit was very well done. There were a few bubbles and wrinkles but they were nothing to complain about. The Fuselage is a bit shorter than I was expecting for a 90 size airframe but it sure has some girth. While I had the fuselage out, I wanted to take off the canopy/cockpit assembly and check inside the fuselage. The canopy/cockpit assembly is removed from the fuselage by sliding back two latches that are located on the side of the canopy/cockpit assembly (The front of the canopy/cockpit assembly is aligned to the fuselage with two tabs). The latches are aligned with holes in the fuselage. It was a little awkward to remove the hatch (awkward holding the airframe and sliding two latches at the same time ...and the latches were not entirely smooth) and I could tell by the indentations on the side of my fuselage where the hatch pins aligned that the person who built my kit had some issues too. The fiberglass cowl and wheel pants are very rigid without being too heavy...tough wheel pants are always appreciated, especially by those flying from grass. The wings and tail surfaces were built with precision and were very rigid as well. The main gear seemed very sturdy and is painted in a nice matching white paint. Everything looked to be about what I expected or better, but the one thing that worried me was the plastic main gear fairings...they on the other hand didn't appear to be thick enough to handle anything but the best of landings. With everything inventoried, I pulled out the well executed manual and began my usual read through. After I was comfortable with the task ahead I moved on to the build.
The landing gear installation is very straight forward and resembles that of most tail dragging aerobatic aircraft with a few extra nice touches. A gear cover is used to conceal the screws that attach the gear to the fuselage and gear fairings are used to contour the gear to the side of the fuselage.
The gear are attached to the fuselage with three socket head screws and then covered with a well fitting landing gear cover to conceal the screws. Although the manual recommends gluing the cover in place I chose to use 3m tape to hold it in place.
Small plywood plates are added inside of the wheel pant by the modeler that will later serve as the securing plate for "anti-rotation" screw to keep the wheel pants from rotating on the axles. The wheel assemblies consist of the axles, wheels, wheel collars, and metal and plywood washers. These assemblies are inserted into a hole in the wheel pants and secured to the main landing gear with a large aircraft nut...but before you do this, make sure the gear fairing are trimmed and installed onto the main landing gear.
The landing gear fairings are trimmed for final fit by the modeler. Care must be taken when cutting them for final installation. I found the plastic to be a bit brittle. When I was making my rough cuts before final shaping I did have one of the fairings crack just outside of its final trim mark. Luckily it was outside of the final trim mark so it didn't show up in the final assembly. I would have liked the fairings to be made from fiberglass. It seems they have the potential to crack on those less than stellar landings when the main gear might flex. I will do an update on this later if it becomes an issue.
***Note: Although I show the fairing installation picture here because it is part of the sequence, I did not permanently install the fairings until I was closer to the end of the build. I was waiting on the proper glue for installation but continued with the build. You might notice that some future pictures show the fairings in various states of attachment.
The horizontal stab and elevators come slotted and have the hinges inserted at the factory, although the hinges are not glued. The elevators are also joined at the factory with a joining wire that already has the holes cut into each elevator half for attachment. This is provided un-glued as well to facilitate ease of installation for other steps along the assembly process. As provided the elevator halves were perfectly aligned with the joining wire in place which is not always the case with ARF's.
The hinges are glued in with CA as outlined in the manual. The elevator joiner wire is attached with epoxy. The manual recommends a "t-Pin" method to align the hinges and then remove the pins before gluing both sides of the hinge while it is inserted into the elevator and stab. I find if I hinge the elevators first, let them dry, and then glue them into the stab I tend get a stronger hinge bond (its easier to get glue directly down the slot), so I opted for that method.
As with any horizontal stab assembly most of the time spent on installation comes from aligning it on the fuselage. I used all the recommended ways outlined in the manual for alignment but also added an extra step to help ensure it was straight. I drilled a small hole at the front end of the fin slot so that I could see the stab through the hole while it was temporarily mounted on the fuse. I had previously marked the center of the stab at the tip so now I could align my mark on the stab with the center of the hole I drilled.
Once I was sure it was aligned properly I marked the outline of the fuselage onto the top and bottom of the horizontal stabilizer. The stab is then removed and the covering inside of the marks I just made was cut away to facilitate a proper wood to wood bond when the stabilizer is permanently attached. After I attached the stab permanently, I inserted a small factory covered wood block that fills in the space at the rear of the stab opening.
Before permanent installation, the fin must also be marked against the fuselage and have the covering below the fuselage line removed. I used slow curing epoxy and builders square to ensure proper alignment of the fin. I attached the rudder to the fin with CA hinges using the same process I used for the elevators.
The control horns are attached to the control surfaces with the provided screws. Why is it worth mentioning something this mundane? Because the provided screws are the proper length as provided! It is a small pet peeve of mine, having to cut screws that are way too long. So many ARF's come with hardware screws that seem more of an afterthought than well thought out.
To attach the tail wheel, I needed to mark the mounting holes for the tail wheel assembly and drill two small holes at the rear bottom of the fuselage. Self tapping screws are then used to hold the assembly in place. A nice touch for the steering assembly is the addition of the steering bracket to the bottom of the rudder which is attached to the tail wheel. This makes setup and especially maintenance much easy than having the wire "tiller" arm inserted inside of a hole drilled in the rudder.
At this point I installed the elevator and rudder servos into a factory installed plywood tray in the fuselage. There is nothing out of the ordinary here and there is plenty of room in the fuselage to easily complete these steps. The servos are installed using the hardware provided with the servos.
Although there is a spot on the radio tray for a on /off radio switch, I decided not to use a switch. I have moved almost all of my receiver batteries over to A123's which I plug directly into the receiver via a Deans connector. I mounted the receiver and a telemetry module to the radio tray with Velcro.
I used the factory installed push rods to connect the servos to the control surfaces. Z-bends are used on the servo ends and threaded clevises are used on the control surfaces.
While I was preparing for the aileron installation onto the bottom wing panels I noticed that the covering didn't quite cover the entire internal surface on one of the wing panels where the aileron attaches. This is not much of an issue for electric flyers, but if you fly glow you will want to cover any open wood areas. Before moving forward with the aileron servo and linkage installation, I glued the aileron hinges using the same process I used for the elevator and rudder installation.
I mounted the aileron servos to the wing mounts with the servo hardware. A servo extension wire is needed to get the servo connection out to the end each wing panel. I used a small piece of dental floss (manual recommended) tied around the connection to prevent it from pulling apart. The servo extension is pulled through the wing panel with a factory installed pull string.
After I attached the aileron servos to their mounts, I then attached the servo mount assemblies to each wing panel with four small wood screws. The aileron control horns are screwed into the ailerons with wood screws but unlike the rudder and elevator, there is no backing plate used for the control horns on the ailerons (they are screwed into the wood of the aileron). It makes for a nice clean installation when viewed from the top. The control linkages for the ailerons are made from straight push rods with screw on clevises for both the servo and control surface ends.
Before the cabane struts could be installed, I needed to cut away the covering over the strut holes. The cabane struts are installed in the fuselage holes and attached to the fuselage with machine screws. Use the manual for proper orientation of the struts.
Next, I installed the upper center wing rib on top of the cabane struts. The center wing rib is held in place with socket head screws and nuts.
Who doesn't like options? Although the parts for installing the electric motor are listed on the parts package as "parts for EP option", there was no option for me ... EP all the way! Although, I can understand the draw of putting a nice 4-stroke engine in this airframe as well.
Although the manual recommends installing the battery tray at this time, I decided to move ahead to the motor installation. The battery tray is not entirely rigid and I was contemplating some small additional reinforcement...more on this later.
Before I could install the motor, I needed to drill the firewall in preparation for the motor box. A much welcomed "tool" for drilling the firewall is the included WOOD template. The template lays out the proper placement for drilling the pilot holes for the motor box in the firewall...much better than the usual paper template! After the template is removed, the pilot holes are drilled out in preparation for the motor box attachment.
Next, I attached the motor box to the firewall with socket head bolts and blind nuts. Wood triangle stock is then cut to length and glued around the motor box for additional support.
I attached the E-Flite Power 90 motor to the firewall following the instructions and hardware supplied with the motor.
I used a Castle Ice 100 esc (that's what I had on hand ... the manual recommends a Castle Ice 75) that I mounted to the side of the firewall with professional strength Velcro. Note: Before the maiden flight I moved the controller to the inside of the battery compartment. It made it easier to connect the batteries and I also did not want to extend the battery wires on the esc.
At this point I decided to go back and revisit the battery tray installation, but there was one thing bothering me. The screws used to attach the motor box to the firewall reach into the battery compartment. As long as the flight batteries are secured there should not be an instance where the batteries contact the metal screws in normal flight. But, in the event of a nose first crash, I can imagine a small ball of fire coming from the battery compartment if the batteries shift forward into the metal screws.
In order to feel a little safer with my new project, I decided to cut the motor box screws off with a Dremel and then add small pieces of balsa to protect the batteries in the event of a nose first crash.
After removing and repositioning the batteries on the stock battery tray a few times it became obvious that as provided the tray could stand to be a little more rigid. One of the sections between the lightning holes made a slight noise that I didn't want to repeat as I was pulling off one of the packs from the Velcro on the tray. I decided to reinforce the tray with another plywood plate cut into the shape of the original tray. The two trays were then glued together with thick CA. I also moved to one plywood strap that now overlaps at the center of the batteries instead of two at the ends of the batteries.
As provided, the fiberglass cowling is very rigid and has a nice glossy finish that matches the rest of the airframe. The manual has a few steps in it that have changed somewhat. One of the most obvious changes shown in the manual is the location of two of the cowl mounting screws. In the manual they are shown in the sides of the cowl, but the pilot holes that are factory drilled in the cowl are on top. The cowl is held in place with four small wood screws after it is aligned with the spinner back plate.
Although one of the best things about a biplane is the look of the two wings it also seems to be one of the worst things about it when building a model of one ... more specifically alignment of the wings. Hangar 9 has taken all of the guess work out of this process and provides the modeler with a system that should provide success every time.
The Christen Eagle II uses a system of interplane struts with aluminum alignment pins. These are secured into factory drilled holes in the top of the bottom wing panels and bottom of the top wing panels.
I inserted a screw through the bottom of each of the wing panel bottoms and up into each of the interplane struts to secure them into place on the bottom wing panels.
Next, I slid each of the wing panels onto the lower wing tube and secured them to the inside of the fuselage with socket head screws.
I placed the upper wing tube into the left wing panel and slid it through the hole in the upper center wing rib on the cabane strut. ** Be careful when sliding the upper wing panels into place. It is easy to scratch the bottom of the upper wing against the alignment pins in the interplane struts! The wing panel is then set in place by inserting the alignment pins into the bottom of the top wing panel and then securing it with a screw through the top of the wing that goes into the interplane strut. Although the manual doesn't recommend it, I used washers on the screws that are inserted into the interplane struts to spread the load on the wing panels. Next, I slid the right upper wing panel onto the upper wing tube and secured it with the same process used for the left panel. The two upper wing panels are held together in place (one panel has a tab, the other has a slot to receive that tab) with a socket head screw through the top of the wing.
I used the included 270mm threaded rods, nuts, clevises, and silicone tubing to make aileron connecting rods. They are secured between the top and bottom ailerons via a tab on each aileron that is factory installed.
It is always nice to have a small addition to a kit that provides some sort of convenience in assembly or transportation. The wing transport frames are that nice surprise in the Christen Eagle II kit. The transport frames allow the right and left wing panels to be transported as complete sub-assemblies without having to remove the screws or interplane struts.
The Christen Eagle II ARF 90 kit comes with a white spinner but I opted for the aftermarket aluminum spinner recommended by Hangar 9. Unfortunately, as provided the aluminum spinner does not work with the stock prop adapter provided with the Power 90 motor and the screw provided with the aluminum spinner (the screw is too short to reach the adapter). Hangar 9 recommends a separate TRU-TURN adapter made specifically for the power 90 and the aluminum spinner...so I ordered that. Unfortunately, the hole tapped into the top of the TRU-TURN adapter was now too small for the screw provided with the aluminum spinner and the TRU-TURN adapter didn't come with a screw. Still following along? The solution? Stay with the stock adapter that comes with the power 90 motor and just buy a longer screw for the aluminum spinner and in the process save yourself some aggravation and about 20 bucks.
With the plane balanced at the recommended C.G. my battery packs hung off of the back of the battery tray by about a half an inch. The manual included the control throws for the control surfaces but no exponential rates are noted in the manual, however there are some recommendations on the Hangar 9 web site (listed below).
My Christen Eagle II had been built for over two months at his point so as you can imagine I was really looking forward to getting it in the air. Although the manual doesnt show any recommended transmitter expo rates, The Christen Eagle II page on the Hangar 9 website does have some recommended settings. Even though I am not a fan of expo, I decided to go with the recommended expo for the first flight.
I initially had the rudder on high rate when I began to taxi out for my maiden and it quickly became obvious the low rate setting would be better. On low rates, the Eagle II taxis well (all of my flights have been from pavement) but it can begin to get squirrely on the ground if you try to taxi at a high rate of speed or if there is some cross wind.
Take offs with the Christen Eagle II are mostly uneventful, but there have been a few that were interesting. I find that if I slowly feed in throttle until I am up to flying speed I begin to drift on the runway especially in any kind of crosswind. Although, if you punch the throttle and just go for it you can end up in similar drifting situations or more likely completely off course! The large prop will torque this airframe fairly easily if you get overly aggressive with the throttle. My preferred method of takeoff is to slowly feed in some throttle to get it moving on course and then smoothly, and somewhat quickly, feed in throttle until the tail begins to lift off (let the tail lift off, if you try to hold it on the ground it can become hard to steer and might end up taking off before you and it are ready). At the point where the tail lifts off, I feed in more throttle and slowly begin to add some elevator after the plane reaches flying speed. At lift off I am usually somewhere just over half throttle but not quite at ¾ throttle. It took a few attempts to find that perfect throttle transition speed on takeoff, but after I did I was happy with how easy it was to get it tracking and lifting of smoothly from that point forward. After my maiden lift off, I was surprised at how little trim it needed just a few clicks of down elevator and right rudder.
*Note: Although I have not flown my Christen Eagle II from a grass strip I have taxied my eagle in short grass. In the grass, I felt like I had more positive control of the Christen Eagle II. It didnt drift as much. I look forward to flying it from a grass strip in the near future.
Landing the Christen Eagle II is mostly uneventful, but there have been a few that were interesting. The Christen Eagle II settles in to the landing pattern very well. As a matter of fact, it seems to do this better than the maybe 6 or 7 biplanes I have flown. Even when slowing it down just before touchdown it still has great positive control. I find that if I let the Eagle II bleed off speed while using the throttle to help determine altitude, and use a small final flair, it settles onto the ground somewhat easily. Bleeding off speed with the prop running allows me to set it down on the runway with only a moderate amount of up elevator. The few Chopped throttle landings that I have tried have had mixed results one was good and the other was not so good which is why I no longer tried them after the review flights. If you chop the throttle the Eagle will descend quicker as you slow it up for landing. It can also drop somewhat quickly if held off without throttle just before touchdown which could result in kangaroo landings.
One thing I recommend against doing with the Christen Eagle II is bringing it in too fast and trying to force it on the ground. This is not an airframe that sticks to the runway. If you are anywhere near flying speed and you hit the runway you will most likely be back in the air or experience multiple landing syndrome. The landing gear that is provided has some spring to it so always try to set it down fairly softly. If I landed the Eagle II a little fast I was also rewarded with some control issues on the runway before it came to a stop.
After I had the Christen Eagle II 90 ARF trimmed on my maiden flight, I flew a complete circuit of the field just to get the feel of the airframe in the air. What I noticed was that I was really feeling the effects of the expo on this airframe. It felt soft in control. I only have a few airframes in my hangar that I use exponential on, mostly jets, but I decided early on this wouldnt be one of them. I landed and promptly removed all expo settings from my transmitter.
Without the expo, The Christen Eagle II flies better. Actually, I cant recall a biplane that I have flown that feel as neutral in the air when doing basic flight it feels very stable and is rather easy to fly at moderate speeds and lower rates. The Christen Eagle II tracks very well and responds positively to input but it doesnt have that complete precision feel not that it needs to, its a sport aerobatic airframe. The E-Flite Power 90 electric motor provides this airframe with enough power for unlimited vertical climbs. All of that power can also propel this airframe to speeds faster than scale. The airframe is much more responsive near the higher end of its flight envelope and had a nice howl as it cuts through the air. At the lower end of its flight speed envelope it becomes a little mushy but I never felt like I was out of control, it still responds well. The Christen Eagle II has a fairly soft stall but can fall off to a side. Recovery is straight forward with a little power and some elevator. Dont punch the throttle to recover from a stall; the torque from the prop can induce a spin.
The Christen Eagle II is a sport aerobatic dream and with the rudder being very effective the Christen Eagle II provides spectacular spins and snaps. The snaps are incredibly violent when entered in to at high speed and high rates (If you are flying an electric version, make sure those packs are strapped in good!). The Christen Eagle does have a tendency to over rotate on snaps and spins when on high rates by a fair amount so make sure to allow for that. On low rates and a lower rate of speed the snaps and spins are very graceful but again be aware of slight over rotation. Inverted flight is easily accomplished and only a moderate amount of down elevator is needed to maintain level flight.
As stated before the rudder is very effective so I was looking forward to some nice long knife edge passes. I thought I would need a high rate rudder to accomplish this but I was wrong. The Christen Eagle II has a fair amount of rudder/roll coupling so when I applied high rate rudder while rolling to the edge it promptly flipped itself back out towards its wheels. On low rates, there is still coupling with rudder input but it is much more manageable. Extended knife edge is possible but it takes a bit of corrective elevator and some aileron. The Christen Eagle II performs some of the most graceful and easily executive stall turns I have ever performed, especially when a slight amount of power is added at the top of the turn. Loops can be as big as you like. I usually dont find myself looping my planes in a normal flight routine, but with the power on tap here it is fun to pull up and power into a gigantic loop that takes up the entire sky over the flying field. Rolls are easily executed but some down elevator is needed If doing a slow roll or traveling at a lower rate of speed. Rolls are ever so slightly off axis but still look great. The Christen Eagle II 90 ARF will handle four channel sport aerobatics with ease. Loops, rolls, split-s turns, stall turns, Cuban eights, and snaps were all easily executed.
**I have been experimenting with different C.G. locations by moving the batteries further up into the battery compartment. With the batteries moved up about ¾ of an inch from the stock location I find the Christen Eagle flies better and is a little more precise in advanced maneuvers. It still doesnt have that complete precision feel but thats not exactly what this airframe is designed for.
I was initially concerned with wheel fairings that are included with the Christen Eagle II kit ... and what I thought could happen, did happen. The Right wheel fairing cracked on my second landing. I was landing with a slight crab and touched down on the right wheel first. The plane rocked back and forth on the wheels before it came to a complete stop and the right wheel fairing split. I used a Dremel cutoff wheel to cut both of them back so the main gear legs could no longer touch them when flexed.
No, this is not for a beginner, although it would be a great choice for someone with intermediate flight skill who is completely comfortable with a tail dragger. Depending on the surface you are flying from, the tail dragging part can make a difference with how comfortable you are with this airframe based on skill level.
Let's remember what Hangar 9 stated in the manual ... "If youre a sport flyer ready for more advanced planes or an aerobatic pro looking for a fun, sport scale model, the Christen Eagle II 90 has what youre after." I was after a well crafted, attractive, good sized, powerful, great flying, everyday electric biplane. What I got was mostly that. Where did it come up short? Well, The Christen Eagle doesn't disappoint...it flies great, and to say it came up short probably isn't fair, but I was hoping for a little more precision when the airframe is pushed to the outer edge of its flight envelope (I will say things improved when I moved the C.G. forward some). For the sport flyer it does it all. For the more advanced flyer you will notice little things like over-rotation in snaps and spins, a little less than locked in feel on point rolls, and coupling in knife edge and rudder maneuvers. Overall, am I satisfied with the Christen Eagle II ARF? Yes! I might have been looking for something this airframe can't completely provide but what I did find is an airframe that I thoroughly enjoy flying and having in my hangar.
**Thanks to Tim Vincent, Michael Magnacca, Greg Poppel, and Ken Scruggs for their video and photographic services.
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I'm sure the color scheme is scale, but it looks like the top and bottom look almost the same. The "feathers" run at the same angles and the color sequence seems to be the same from center to wingtip. How do you tell top from bottom at a distance?
thanks microflitedude...
kingsflyer, its actually pretty easy to tell top from bottom at a distance because the top wing is lifted from the fuse and displays as seperate while the bottom wing looks to be 1 part with the fuse (and the fin is prominent at a distance). If you get too far and you are in a bank, well, i think any plane might look like a blob under those circumstances
quick note: it appears I left the wing loading out. it is 26.14
Also, i fly with the 16x10 prop all the time now. it torques the airframe less and speed is up at partial throttle (and full throttle - but extended full throttle is rarely needed).
Great review Kevin - I have had a few Eagles including a 25%er that I converted to E power ( Power 160 ) and it flew GREAT but to be honest, I sold it as battery swaps were a real pain.
Excellent and truthful review! My experience with my Eagle has been spot on with yours. It's refreshing to read a truthful review for a change. A recent magazine review of the Christen Eagle actually stated that it had very little knife edge coupling...
I have been flying mine from cement as well, and have noticed the same ground handling issues. I haven't tried low rate rudder for take off and landing, but I'll give that a try next time I'm out. I did add a little toe-in to the main wheels though, and that helped a bunch.
Great tip on adding washers to the wing strut attachment bolts. I originally did mine as per the manual, and the screws started to pull through the wing ribs. I used thin CA to harden up the screw holes in the ribs, and then used washers. I haven't had any issues since then.
kingsflyer - I was worried about orientation too with the stock color scheme. It hasn't been a issue though. The shape of the Eagle is very distinctive, and I haven't had any issues. Even during rolling circles and such it's easy to tell top from bottom in my experience.
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Glad to see that some wood ARF model manufacturers continue to show support for the option for electric flight. I converted many a glow wooden airplane to e-power... some good, some not-so-good... and swore I'd never do it again. This looks to be a beautiful scale ARF model that's mostly well-thought out for electric power. Thanks for another great review!
Its very tempting to go after one of these Eagles after reading this review, I've always liked bipes.
I agree with your other respondents: This was a comprehensive and well-written review. However, I did not see any power measurements in your report. Did you check how many watts your set-up produced? And would you be willing to share this?
FYI careful application of one band of white electrical tape around the bottom of each of the landing gear fairings has held up for nine months and more than fifty flights off grass, it is barely noticeable. It does occasionally (and embarrassingly) flip over forward, as landings come to a stop on long grass. "Move along, nothing to see here folks".
No damage except for a few grass stains on the spinner! (still a one out of eight event for me)
yes, i do have the power system numbers on a piece of paper somewhere in the basement...and yes they should have made it into the review
But for now (going by memory here don't punish me if they end up being off ... I will update it later) ... after a ten second run somewhere around 1480watts and 50 amps with the stock setup.
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'Tis the season to check government's toy recall list
WASHINGTON -- The government is urging consumers who got an early start on their holiday shopping to make sure the items they bought haven't been recalled for safety reasons.
Workers hoping to stay on after holidays
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Just in time for the holidays, Carlita Cane got a cashier's job at a Cracker Barrel restaurant and store. She is hoping to keep it after Christmas -- and Cracker Barrel would also like her to stay.
Business briefs
Felix Livingston, a professor of economics and business at Flagler College, has been appointed to the board of advisors for the Free Market Project.
Book mobile schedule
The following is the schedule for the St. Johns County Public Library System's book mobile for the week of Dec. 1.
COA menu
The following is the menu for the St. Johns County Council on Aging for the week of Dec. 1-5.
Senior spotlight
The AARP 55 Alive/Mature Driving course will be offered at two locations in December.
Column of the day: Daytime dial
ALL MY CHILDREN: Ryan refused to accept Greenlee's assertion that she no longer cares for Juan Pablo. Tad assured Jamie that J.R. need never know that he, Jamie, slept with Babe.
Social Security Q&A
Q: I am 56 years old and have just been approved for an SSI disability check. I thought there would also be a payment for my wife and child, but there is not. My wife is age 46 and our child is 14. How do I get their SSI checks started?
WWII bugler believes vets deserve better than CD recording of 'Taps'
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The old soldier stood on a hillside in a Central Texas country cemetery, dressed in uniform, shoulders thrown back, his silver trumpet under one arm.
Neighbors: North Beachers count their blessings
We are so blessed this Thanksgiving, and every day, for the numerous benefits and blessings we enjoy. First of all, for God, who gave us the breath of life and who gives us a reason for living. For our parents, Jim's passed away several years ago, but left good examples of hard-working, God-fearing, family-oriented people.
Midships Career
When some people hit middle age and feel the need for a major change, they try to turn back the clock by purchasing the literal or metaphorical sports car. More cautious folks might grimly set their minds to tolerating another decade or two of a job from which they'd just as soon retire.
Family talent passed through generations
Pierre Henri Matisse, grandson of the deceased Henri Matisse, will be at the Absolute Americana Art Gallery, 77 Bridge St., during the First Friday Art Walk.
'America's Women' celebrates the nation's unsung heroines
Eleanor Dare, Elizabeth Blackwell and Esther Morris. Their names may not be recognizable, but they are trailblazers, according to a new book recounting the progress and status of American women.
The FBI and the mob: 'Line of Fire' tells two tales of one city
NEW YORK -- Any pilot episode is a sales pitch, a prospectus, a pledge for the series it hopes to grow into. Here's hoping for the future -- uncertain as it is for any new series -- of ABC's crime drama "Line of Fire."
New movie at the IMAX theater opens today
Jolly Old St. Nick and the Snowman will resume their battle for a second year when "Santa vs. The Snowman" returns to the World Golf Hall of Fame IMAX Theater today.
Nation's Oldest City to celebrate British history next weekend
A re-enactment of the 18th century period, when St. Augustine was part of the British Empire, will be Dec. 6-7.
Life in a Nutshell: Mommy dearest knows best ... or not?
My mother's mad at me this holiday. Not screaming mad. Not won't talk to me mad -- she could be in a coma and I would still get three calls a day. It's more of a "my son's a disappointment and he needs to floss more" mad.
'The Haunted Mansion' should be exorcized out of theaters
You don't have to sit through much of "The Haunted Mansion" before you realize Eddie Murphy isn't going to pull off what Johnny Depp did for "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl."
Private eye V.I. Warshawski tumbles into murky family scandal
V.I. Warshawski isn't your typical detective-story heroine. This Chicago private eye is a one-woman operation who works hard just to pay her bills. She is stubborn, and has a penchant for breaking the rules. But she's also tenacious.
Iranian actress tries role of grad student
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) -- A young actress who starred in "Secret Ballot," an Iranian movie that's banned in her native land, has a new role: college student.
Limelight Theatre begins holiday season with a twist
The Limelight Theatre's next production, "Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol" by Tom Mula and starring Eric Davis is scheduled for eight performances Dec. 11 - 21.
Not much missing in this movie
Is it a slasher film or a sagebrush saga? You can't really tell from the TV ads for "The Missing," which are all shrieks and shock cuts directed at the "Friday the 13th" demographic rather than the more, ahem, demanding "Lonesome Dove" crowd.
People: Meat Loaf set to resume British tour after heart surgery
LONDON (AP) -- Singer Meat Loaf, who underwent heart surgery after collapsing onstage in London last week, said Friday that doctors have cleared him to resume his stalled British tour.
A look at what's going on with the arts in St. Johns County
57 Treasury: Douglas David's oil on canvas, "Florida Palms," will be featured through November. St. Augustine artist Arlen
'Bad Santa' not so bad for adults
You better watch out: The ads for "Bad Santa" suggest that it's a wacky holiday romp. Far from it: The movie is relentlessly dark. It's also infinitely funnier than you'd expect
Movies: What's playing
The fable of what transpires when a young man raised by elves goes back to investigate his human roots, it manages to be both genuinely sweet and just a teensy bit wised up. Directed by Jon Favrea
Out & about
Annie's Cafe, 124 St. George St., St. Augustine, 829-8697: Joel Swan and Andy Magee will play Saturday evening.
Crichton's 'Timeline' is an overblown blast from the past
In "Timeline," a time-travel fantasy based on the Michael Crichton novel, a group of archaeology students is sent back to 14th-century France to find their teacher, do battle with the British during a feudal war and serve as guinea pigs for the corrupt scientist who sends them back.
Boston set to welcome first new museum in century
BOSTON -- If all goes as planned, sometime next spring this city which nicknamed itself the "Hub" of all things cultural will break ground on its first new art museum in a century.
Flagler ODK chapter taps 10
Flagler College's chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) tapped 10 students earlier this semester to join the National Leadership Honor Society. The ceremony recognizes students in front of their peers and usually in class.
4-H members have been keeping busy
The 4-H program in St. Johns County is rockin' and rollin'. That's the word from participants and 4-H agent Andy Toelle, now in his fifth year.
Making the grade: On the A list
The following students have been named to the A list during thus far this school year:
The Cathedral Parish School junior high science fair will be open to the public at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the parish hall. All are invited to view this year's projects.
'Garden Perennials for the Coastal South' outstanding
Many gardening books are sent to us for review. From time to time, one will come along that stands above the rest. "Garden Perennials for the Coastal South," by Barbara J. Sullivan, is such a book.
Your Gardening Q&A
Q. Could you tell me the type of palm that is used along the entry way to the Belz Mall?
Garden briefs
Master Gardeners of St. Johns County invite you to Make Your Own Live Wreath Dec. 6.
Garden Hotline: Some plants need added nutrients
You may have fed your landscape for the last time this year, but it may be advisable to scout around to make sure no nutritional deficiencies are present.
Wildlife Discoveries: Treasure-hunting blue jays have an eye for bright baubles
Dismissed as aggressive and mean, blue jays are part of our everyday experiences whether we notice them or not.
Eye Center Landscape Honored
The appealing landscape of Eye Center of St. Augustine & Palm Coast, 1400 U.S. 1 South, has been honored by the Garden Club of St. Augustine.
Dr. Donohue: Explaining Sydrome X and its conditions
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My husband has X syndrome. He never gets the details of his medical exam, and I am at a loss to understand what this is and what it implies. Please tell me. -- L.B.
November 28, 2003
The following real estate transactions were recorded at the St. Johns County Courthouse recently. The list is complied by Equifax, and amounts of sales are based on documentary tax stamps.
Bush visits troops in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- President Bush flew to Iraq under extraordinary secrecy and security Thursday to spend Thanksgiving with U.S. troops and thank them for "defending the American people from danger."
Bush's trip to Iraq reveals power of incumbency
WASHINGTON -- President Bush's surprise Thanksgiving trip to Baghdad served as a crash course on the power of presidential incumbency.
For The Record
Monika Ardelt, associate professor of sociology at the University of Florida, speaks on "Love Thy Neighbor: Religiosity and Compassionate Love" at the Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.
Police Report: Woman found injured
Detectives are investigating a suspicious incident that occurred 9 a.m. Friday, when a woman jumped, fell or was forced out of a moving pickup truck in the area of West King and Volusia streets, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office.
Biggest day for shopping is worrisome for many
For some, today marks the biggest shopping day of the season. But for others who can't afford to go shopping, today is filled with worries about providing a good Christmas for their children or even having a holiday meal.
Mayor Gardner to portray British governor
His accent's less Manchester than Rochester, but Mayor George Gardner should be jolly well able to portray St. Augustine's first British governor next weekend.
American dream is intruding on restoration of the Everglades
MIAMI -- Osvaldo Cueli's 10-acre nursery, with its rows of potted mahogany saplings and towering Royal Palms, stands stoutly in the way of a massive effort to replumb the Everglades.
AARP grows from retired-teachers insurer to $636 million empire
WASHINGTON -- AARP's fight for legislation giving private insurers a new role in Medicare surprised many Democrats, but in fact the giant retiree group has long been in the health insurance business itself.
Bush visits troops in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- President Bush flew to Iraq under extraordinary secrecy and security Thursday to spend Thanksgiving with U.S. troops and thank them for "defending the American people from danger."
2003 Atlantic hurricane season active, but most miss U.S.
MIAMI (AP) -- The 2003 Atlantic hurricane season was busier that usual and blamed for 62 deaths in the United States, but forecasters say that the season could have been even worse and they worry that the relative calm in storm-prone areas won't last.
Plane crash kills one
JACKSONVILLE -- A plane carrying five members of a Texas family crashed in a wooded area in east Arlington early Thanksgiving morning, killing the pilot and injuring the passengers, as other family members waited for their loved ones to arrive at nearby Craig Municipal Airport.
Tourism operators hope a restored Everglades will draw more visitors
EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK -- Not far from where the tram full of tourists glimpsed an alligator lurking among saw grasses, a guide dares them to wade knee-deep into the swampy, dark water surrounding them.
Helping others in Need
Boxes of food were scattered in Maj. Timothy Roberts' office this week as he and a crew of volunteers prepared for Thanksgiving.
Financial help on way for projects
Nearly $2.5 million in federal assistance is on the way to fund several community priorities in St. Johns County. This follows on the heels of $1.23 million announced after a spending measure was filed in Congress on Tuesday, said U.S. Rep. John L. Mica, R-Florida.
Grandmother caring for grandson among those in need
Last year, The St. Augustine Record's Empty Stocking Fund helped a 60-year-old grandmother raising her 11-year-old grandson because his father is disabled and in a nursing home after being struck by lightning.
Church's founding pastor dies
The founding pastor of Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic parish in Ponte Vedra Beach died Tuesday after an extended illness in Jacksonville.
A holiday for the generations
CRESCENT BEACH -- Dressed in a royal blue pantsuit with matching royal blue pumps, Merceda Layton sits in a floral print whicker chair midday Thursday as her family prepares a Thanksgiving feast.
Police Report: Items stolen
The following was compiled from police reports collected from the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office (SJCSO), St. Augustine Police Department (SAPD) and St. Augustine Beach Police Department (SABPD):
Joys of going wireless at home could involve a little agony
After a hard day's work as a grocery store manager, the toughest decision Joe Swantack has to make is where he'll relax while surfing the Internet.
Patrick to leave post at Chamber
Don Patrick, president of the St. Augustine & St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce, will retire from his post next fall.
For the Record
An evening ceremony and memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, to commemorate World AIDS Day. The brief ceremony will be at the Great Cross, and afterward there will be a candlelight procession to Prince of Peace Church for the memorial service.
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Phyllis A. Freechack
Phyllis A. Freechack died peacefully at her St. Augustine home on Nov.25, 2003, following a brief but courageous battle with cancer. A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at Craig Funeral Home Chapel.
Irene Childress
Irene Elizabeth Gilliam Childress, 73, of Laurens, S.C., died Nov. 27, 2003, at Laurens County Hospital. She was a native of Greenville County, S.C. and moved to Laurens from St. Augustine in 1990. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith.
Perspective: Gay marriage: A trip to the moon on gossamer wings?
Following the gay marriage debate -- and now the Massachusetts court ruling legalizing gay marriage -- feels like being lost in a house of mirrors. Everywhere you turn, there's a dead end, a wall, a shattering of logic, a splintering of instinct.
Letter: Save Guana preserve
Editor: I feel I must speak out against any development in the Guana River State Conservation Area and this definitely includes a high school for Ponte Vedra Beach. There should be no exceptions to preserving Guana River or any other state park or preserve.
Around Florida
In the case of Terri Schiavo, Gov. Bush continues to put the state where it does not belong and continues to show that his intervention is more about politics than Ms. Schiavo's welfare.
Letter: Nease is too far away
Editor: I have attempted to stay out of the issue concerning a possible new high school to be located in Ponte Vedra Beach. I, like many others, have too much going on in my life to add one more cause to fight; however, a recent drive on a Friday night has changed my mind.
Letter: County should justify tax increase
Editor: In light of the recent property tax increase, I have some questions for the county commissioners, which I believe are of interest to all county residents.
Letter: The cross is the answer
Editor: In the Nov. 8 issue of The St. Augustine Record there was a letter to the editor from R.W. Peacock, expressing his view that in the Genesis biblical account of Sodom and Gomorrah the sin was not homosexuality, but rather "selfishness, pride, neglect of the poor and inhospitality to the stranger." While these certainly are not virtuous attitudes and, in fact, are condemned elsewhere in scripture, the writer is seriously in error about God's very explicit prohibition of homosexuality.
Perspective: Things are more the same now than they've ever been
n U.S. troops are invading a foreign nation. The Republican president is accused of being a war monger for sending them.
Perspective: Politics Today: Bush's purpose in London
WASHINGTON -- Why in the world did President Bush go to London? If it was to help Prime Minister Tony Blair, his pal and co-sponsor of the invasion of Iraq, deal with an angry British public, the visit certainly was a flop, and a predictable one.
Local religious notes
North Beach Baptist Church meets weekly for worship and Bible study at the North Shores Community Center, 120 Meadow Ave., Vilano Beach.
Children help spread Thanksgiving cheer
"It's Fhanksgiving!" young Eric Toler pronounced last week. At the time, Eric and some of his classmates from Anastasia Baptist Childcare were surrounded by a collection of non-perishable items donated by families of the children in child care and by Kim and Rick Gore and their clients at Curves on the Beach.
Reaching Out to Georgian Students
One church is sparking new beginnings and bringing a country together by giving a new generation hope.
More college students are getting religion from inside a classroom
MIAMI -- Students crowd into two of the University of Miami's Religion 101 classes, the latecomers sitting cross-legged in the aisles.
Memorial minister of music honored at surprise party
The tables were turned Nov. 15 on Janet Graham, minister of music at Memorial Presbyterian Church.
SJA students plan trip to do good works
Jan. 15, St. Joseph Academy's Campus Minister Bryan Ott will escort 15 St. Joseph Academy students from throughout the First Coast to the island of Jamaica for a five-day mission trip. This is the fourth trip of its kind. Several teachers and chaperones will join the group on their compassionate adventure.
Fund-raising fashion show will help needy children get shoes
A fund-raising fashion show to benefit Shoe the Kids is planned from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Two J's Steakhouse, 4255 S.R. A1A S., St. Augustine Beach.
Political group formed by progressive clergy
WASHINGTON -- A group of 27 clergy from diverse faiths announced last week that they're forming a political organization to provide a liberal counterweight to right-wing religious groups such as the Christian Coalition of America.
Catholic bishops remain cautious on 'private devotions'
You're Roman Catholic and have a private practice of saying the rosary? Great. But be certain to go to Mass, too.
Music fills the air at area churches
Special programs have been planned throughout the community as the holiday season gets under way.
Rebuilding teams still have their stars
Each of the four public school county boys basketball programs had at least 17 wins last season yet in some facet are all entering rebuilding years.
'Horns, Benson hammer A&M
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Cedric Benson ran for 283 yards and four touchdowns and Texas strengthened its position for the school's first Bowl Championship Series bid. with a 46-15 rout of Texas A&M.
Schilling headed to Fenway, Red Sox
BOSTON -- Arizona right-hander Curt Schilling accepted a trade to Boston on Friday after agreeing to a contract extension that could keep him with the Red Sox through the end of his career.
Ball braces for meeting with tough Georgia 'D'
ATLANTA -- On paper, the matchup clearly favors No. 5 Georgia. Georgia Tech quarterback Reggie Ball, the first true freshman to start a season opener in school history, faces the second-best defense in Division I-A, a big, fast unit that allows only 249 yards a game.
Three years later, Schnellenberger's built another winner at FAU
BOCA RATON -- Teams have a way of succeeding under Howard Schnellenberger's watch.
Roundup: Jaguars cut once-fallen linebacker
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- The Jacksonville Jaguars waived Keith Mitchell on Thursday, halting the comeback hopes of the linebacker who briefly lost feeling in his extremities in a game two months ago.
Tech can wreck SEC plans
ATLANTA -- Georgia Tech is back in the Southeastern Conference. Well, sort of.
O'Neal, Artest help Pacers improve to 13-2
INDIANAPOLIS -- Jermaine O'Neal had 27 points and 11 rebounds and Ron Artest added 21 points in the NBA-leading Indiana Pacers' 93-70 victory over the New York Knicks on Thursday night.
QBs Young, McNeal finally meet on the field
AUSTIN, Texas -- In high school, Vince Young and Reggie McNeal were two of the best quarterbacks in the country, guiding their teams to the 2001 Texas state playoffs.
Column: Mourning's predicament shows fragility of the strongest among us
SEATTLE -- Temporarily, Ray Allen has been robbed of his game. At the beginning of his eighth season, in the prime of his career, Allen can't play basketball. He is out until December after undergoing ankle surgery.
Washington, Fason bring prep rivalry to big stage
JACKSONVILLE -- They played in the same city at the same time, a couple of high school tailbacks with different running styles but nearly identical statistics.
Sorenstam faces long-hitting men in Skins Game
LA QUINTA, Calif. -- Annika Sorenstam is going against three men this time -- not an entire PGA field -- in the conclusion of what she calls the best year of her Hall of Fame career.
Wake Forest, Maryland to meet Saturday in final ACC game of the season
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Wake Forest has seen a lot of ups and downs this season heading into Saturday's regular-season finale against Maryland.
No. 2 Texas pounds Navy
FREEPORT, Bahamas -- Kadidja Andersson scored 10 of her 18 points in the second half and finished with seven rebounds, leading No. 11 Minnesota to an 88-72 victory Friday over Texas A&M at the Junkanoo Shootout.
No. 1 UConn rebounds
NEW YORK -- Connecticut's Preseason NIT stumble turned out to be a temporary condition.
No. 8 Florida shocks 'Zona in Tipoff Classic
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Bonell Colas' layup on an inbounds pass with 7.3 seconds left -- his only points of the game -- gave No. 8 Florida a 78-77 victory over No. 4 Arizona in the Tipoff Classic on Friday night.
Orlando loses 15th straight game
BOSTON -- Paul Pierce had 26 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds for his first triple-double of the season to lead Boston past the Milwaukee Bucks 106-96 Friday night, the first time this season the Celtics have scored 100 or more points.
'Fins savors third straight victory
DAVIE -- Miami Dolphins coach Dave Wannstedt ran onto the field with his arms raised high above his head and started hugging players.
Flyers keep on rolling
PHILADELPHIA -- Kim Johnsson assisted on three goals Friday and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 to extend their unbeaten streak to 11 games.
LSU clinches SEC West title, rips Arkansas
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Matt Mauck made sure the only thing LSU had to worry about was the BCS computers -- not another last-minute comeback by Arkansas.
Packers get stuffed by Lions
DETROIT -- Brett Favre's gambling style has helped him win three NFL MVP awards and plenty of games for Green Bay. It also cost the Packers a win Thursday.
Claflin tops Flagler in OT, 83-82
DAYTONA BEACH -- Thinking out loud and in range of press row, Flagler College's Chris Crumpler disregarded Claflin College strong start to a "bunch of lucky shots."
Rebuilding Baylor puts its faith in new coach Scott Drew
WACO, Texas -- Scott Drew leans forward and presses a button on a plaque sitting on the desk in his office at the Ferrell Center.
Commentary: Florida knows playoff football
GAINESVILLE -- Nobody plays big games like the Florida Gators -- nobody! By the time the Gators are finished with their regular season on Saturday, they will have faced seven teams that have been ranked in the top 15 this season and six that have been ranked in the top 10.
A lot on the line
GAINESVILLE -- Outsiders may look at the rankings and assume the Florida-Florida State game means less this year.
Pitt may get Orange Bowl bid that '63 'No Bowl' team missed
PITTSBURGH -- Forty years ago, Pitt had everything a college football team could want.
Sherrill goes out with lopsided loss to No. 17 Mississippi
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Eli Manning and Mississippi sent Mississippi State coach Jackie Sherrill into retirement with his worst Egg Bowl loss ever.
Stanford finally over Willingham's departure
STANFORD, Calif. -- Rarely did a day go by last season that Stanford's players didn't speak Tyrone Willingham's name.
'D' is for Dolphins
IRVING, Texas -- Jay Fiedler took the first snap, dropped back and threw deep to Chris Chambers. While pass interference prevented them from hooking up, the theme was set.
Belfour stout as Leafs stop Thrashers, 3-1
ATLANTA -- Ed Belfour made 31 saves, allowing only Ilya Kovalchuk's NHL-leading 17th goal Thursday night in the Toronto Maple Leafs' 3-1 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers.
Pittsburgh needs to elevate its play against Miami
PITTSBURGH -- Almost since the day Miami joined the Big East Conference before the 1992 season, there's been the Hurricanes and then there's been everybody else.
Pasco boy dies after being hit by father's pickup
ZEPHYRHILLS -- A 13-month-old boy has died from injuries suffered when his father accidentally backed over the child with a pickup truck on Thanksgiving morning.
Poll: Voters are divided over revamping Florida's sales tax
TALLAHASSEE -- Florida voters remain divided over whether they want to overhaul the state's sales tax system by eliminating most exemptions, a new poll shows.
U.S. Army occupied Bagdad (Fla.) 139 years ago
BAGDAD, Fla. -- The public will get a chance next weekend to see an unusual graffiti calling card that the U.S. Army left when it captured Bagdad.
Fantasy 5 Payouts
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- No one picked all five correct numbers in the "Fantasy 5" game, meaning the 185 tickets with 4-of-5 correct are worth $1,106.50 each, the Florida Lottery said Friday.
Panhandle death linked to West Nile, state's sixth fatality
WYNNHAVEN BEACH -- A 62-year-old man from this Florida Panhandle community has died due to complications related to West Nile virus, health officials say.
Charlotte Harbor girl on life support after Thanksgiving shooting
PORT CHARLOTTE -- A 16-year-old girl is on life support after being shot in the head by a man who intended to scare someone else with a gun, authorities said Friday.
Joys of going wireless at home could involve a little agony
After a hard day's work as a grocery store manager, the toughest decision Joe Swantack has to make is where he'll relax while surfing the Internet.
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Rick Ungar
March 21, 2013
The Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI) has today released its report highlighting the intense state of insecurity American workers are experiencing as they look forward—with ever increasing trepidation—to a retirement without sufficient money to see them through.
According to the data, American workers have very good reason to be afraid.
Per the survey conducted by EBRI, 57 percent of American workers currently have less than $25,000 in total savings and investments (excluding the value of their homes) put aside for retirement. In 2008, that number was 49 percent. As a result, almost 50 percent of the nation's workers are either "not too confident" or "not at all confident" that they will have sufficient resources to cover the bills in their retirement—while many who are feeling a bit better about the future may just be kidding themselves.
What's more, it's getting worse every year.
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There are countless posts online about competitive link building and also about broken link building, both of which can be very powerful tactics when working to acquire links for your website. In today's post, I want to talk about competitive research and using your competitors pages that are dead to your advantage. I hope that this post is laid out in a very clear road map on how I approach this tactic and hope that you can take what you learn and work it into your mix of link acquisition tactics.
Phase 1 Research
The first step in any competitive link building is the research. First and foremost, you will need to identify the competitors you want to analyze with a tool like Open Site Explorer (OSE) or Majestic SEO. Once you have that, run the report. For this example, we will be running the data through OSE and doing it on one of our competitors SlingshotSEO.
Once you've run the report, you need to jump over to the top pages section:
Here we are looking at first, the HTTP status (look for 404 pages) and then looking at the number of linking root domains.
Here's one… Hey friends over at Slingshot, you are gonna want to get that fixed today 🙂
Check the URL to make sure it is in fact a dead page and then it is time to move on to our next section of research!
Phase 2 Research
The next thing you will want to do is click on the little magnifying glass next to the dead page. This will open up a list of the links that point to this page. There should be six.
Sure enough and they look like they have some decent page authority and domain authority. This is BEAUTIFUL!!!
Content Build Out
Once you know your competitor has a dead page on their site that has some good links coming back in, you need to put together a content plan to help you approach the linking sites to have them replace the dead link with the new link from your site.
The very first thing I do, is run the dead URL through the wayback machine to see if I can see a copy of the content. If so, I take that content, re-write it, and re-publish it. If not, I need to determine what could have been on that page and build on similar. The latter is definitely more time consuming.
The last piece of this puzzle is performing the outreach to each of these sites. I have found one very effective way of doing this and one semi effective way. The way you approach it depends on your linking strategy.
First, the very effective one! Before I contact the webmaster, I try to find a similar resource on the competitors site, maybe they moved the content, maybe they updated it and it moved to a new URL. If I can find this, I will email the webmaster letting them know the link is going to a dead page and give them the right page it is supposed to go to. I will then offer them another similar resource that I think will be a good addition to his page. This tactic is crazy effective!
Second, the semi effective one. So, take what I last just told you, except cut out finding the same resource on the competitors site and just go for the kill. Tell the webmaster that the link is dead and that you have another resource, yours, that he can replace the link with. This still works, but the first works MUCH better!
Taking the time to do some competitive research and leveraging your competitors laziness can mean huge returns for you or your clients. I highly recommend you make this a part of your link strategy from month to month.


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This is a follow-on article, with more detailed discussion of the deceptive marketing techniques being used for the Whitehat Copycat 2 product launch. You can read the full Whitehat Copycat 2 Review for more information about the product itself.
Whitehat Copycat 2 Marketing Campaign
We've discussed the merits and faults of the product itself in our review, so it's time to turn to what we consider the big problem with it: the way it's being marketed. There are certain techniques used frequently in Internet marketing that we consider at best unethical, and at worst, despicable. We've seen these techniques being used more and more frequently, especially in the last 4-6 months. They're practically a plague in the IM industry at this point, and we've decided we're going to do something about them.
Don't get us wrong: it's very possible to make good money marketing online, and it's also possible to do it ethically, by producing good products that provide real value. It's also possible to slap together half-baked products that don't provide any information or value you couldn't get for free, then make a quick killing on them by using deceptive marketing practices. What's really sad about the Whitehat Copycat 2 campaign is that they do have a good product, and there was absolutely no need for them to resort to these techniques -- but they did!
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If you are not sure who Arkon is, they are a leader in the tech industry for providing mounting solutions for our mobile gadgets. I just finished testing out one of their new models, the Heavy Duty Tablet Clamp, Model # TAB802. This is a 22" adjustable mount for your tablet that attaches with a clamp to a table, desk or cart. (Note that Arkon also has a shorter model.)
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We've thought it over, and there's just no way we could possibly top Editor-In-Chief John Manuel's Weezer-inspired Hot Sheet last week. We considered many bands follow up with, from Rage Against The Machine to A Tribe Called Quest, but we just couldn't do it justice. Or even make it even close to being Manuel-esque.
This week, we would like to throw out special props to three Orioles prospects, however. Give it up for filthy reliever James Hoey jumping from low Class A Delmarva all the way to Camden Yards this season showing 97 mph heat combined with a devastating slider. Another reliever raising eyebrows in the system is lefthander Rommie Lewis, who is seemingly putting himself back on the prospect radar this season after missing all of last year with arm (and personal) problems. In 50 innings this year at high Class A Frederick, the fourth-rounder in 2001 is 5-3, 2.17. And of course, infielder Billy Rowell, who was called up to short-season Aberdeen–with just a week left in the season–after hitting .329/.422/.507 in 152 at-bats at Rookie-level Bluefield.
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|1. Philip Hughes, rhp, Double-A Trenton (Yankees)
|The second Bronx farmhand in as many weeks, so stop it with the Yankee-hater e-mails already. Hughes tossed five no-hit innings this week, lowering his August ERA to 0.72. Even working on a strict pitch count, Hughes is securing his case as the top pitcher in all the minors.
|2. Cedric Hunter, of, Rookie-level Arizona (Padres)
|The third-rounder from King High in Decatur, Ga. has had no trouble adjusting to pro ball. Hunter had a streak of 48 games reaching base safely snapped on Saturday, but he was still hitting .368/.463/.483. What might be most impressive is that in 201 at-bats he has walked 37 times and struck out just 20.
|3. Tim Lincecum, rhp, high Class A San Jose (Giants)
|Like Hunter, Lincecum is another 2006 draftee who has seamlessly moved into the professional ranks. Just like he did at Washington, Lincecum continues to miss bats with the best of them. In 27 professional innings he has already struck out 49 hitters.
|4. Alex Gordon, 3b, Double-A Wichita (Royals)
|In July Gordon hit .355/.450/.691 with nine homers and it seemed safe to assume that it would be hard to top. Think again. Now hitting .374/.491/.780 with 10 homers in August.
|5. Yovani Gallardo, rhp, Double-A Huntsville (Brewers)
|Similar to Gordon, it seems like he can no longer top himself but he does. Now 3-0, 1.74 in August with a 36-10 strikeout-walk ratio and his 185 strikeouts are the best in the minors. For good measure, he went 3-for-5 at the plate last week.
|6. Chris Lubanski, of, Double-A Wichita (Royals)
|For the second straight season Lubanski is shaking off a mediocre first couple of months and exploding in the second half. The 21-year-old hit .355 from June 1 through the end of the year in 2005, and this year he is hitting .325/.420/.583 with 10 of his 15 homers since the all-star break.
|7. Jeff Niemann, rhp, Double-A Montgomery (Devil Rays)
|Let's stop talking about the minor surgical procedure Niemann had last October to shave down the bone between his collarbone and shoulder and start talking about the here and now. Since returning to the mound in June, Niemann is 5-5, 2.88; including 4-1, 2.79 numbers in 29 innings in August.
|8. Jimmy Barthmaier, rhp, high Class A Salem (Astros)
|Troy Patton and Chad Reineke might have passed him to Double-A this season, but Barthmaier and righthander Felipe Paulino will give the Avalanche a nice 1-2 punch in the Carolina League playoffs. Barthmaier tossed seven shutout innings last week and is 5-0, 1.15 this month.
|9. Jeff Fiorentino, of, Double-A Bowie (Orioles)
|Salvaging the season has taken on a whole new meaning for the 2004 third-rounder out of Florida Atlantic. Slowed by injuries he decided to play through rather than miss time this season, Fiorentino is finally healthy and raking at a .378 clip in August–including currently riding a 16-game hit streak.
|10. Josh Bell, 3b, Rookie-level Ogden (Dodgers)
|It was a big week for the fourth-rounder in 2005. Bell, 19, went 10-for-17 with three homers and 14 RBIs. He is now second in the Pioneer League in home runs (12) and slugging percentage (.579).
|Hayden Penn, rhp, Triple-A Ottawa (Orioles): Appendicitis? What appendicitis? Penn was unreal this week, reeling off two wins, carrying a 0.66 ERA and whiffing 18. In August, the O's righthander is 4-1, 1.98 with a 39-8 strikeout-walk ratio. Can you say September callup?
|Dexter Fowler, of, low Class A Asheville (Rockies): Though still relatively raw, Fowler has shown that he is more than just tools. After going 10-for-23 last week, the 20-year-old is now hitting .346/.404/.543 for the month with three of his eight homers. His basestealing still needs work as he is 6-for-10 in August and 37-for-58 on the year.
|Eric Patterson, 2b, Triple-A Iowa (Cubs): While he put up OK numbers at Double-A West Tenn, hitting .263/.330/.408, Patterson has been on fire since getting called up to Triple-A on Aug. 19. In 36 at-bats with the I-Cubs, Patterson is .417/.425/.528.
|Wes Bankston, 1b, Triple-A Durham (Devil Rays): First base is one of the few positions where the Devil Rays have a long-term opening, and Bankston might be the man to fill it. After hitting .357 with three homers last week, the 22-year-old is up to .306/.346/.468 in 173 at-bats for the Bulls.
|Brad Snyder, of, Double-A Akron (Indians): A lot of Tribe fans were outraged when Snyder didn't start the year in Triple-A, but Snyder was sent back to Akron to work on plate discipline–and his two-strike approach in particular. While his discipline hasn't improved–with 151 strikeouts in nearly 500 at-bats–Snyder is recognizing pitches he can drive better, and has seven bombs in August. Last week, Snyder hit .433 with a pair of homers and drove in six.
|Nick Stavinoha, of, Double-A Springfield (Cardinals): His position might be in question, but Stavinoha has done nothing but hit since the Cardinals made him a seventh-rounder in 2005 out of Louisiana State. Stavinoha went 13-for-24 last week and has an OPS of .1038 in August to raise his season line to .285/.325/.445.
|Jeff Natale, 2b, high Class A Wilmington (Red Sox): Natale destroyed the South Atlantic League to open the season but struggled in his first trip through the Carolina League. He seems to be figuring it out his second time through though. The Trinity (Conn.) College product went 9-for-20 last week and is hitting .360/.484/.547 in August to raise his Carolina League line to .278/.420/.381. Like he did in the SAL, he has more walks (57) than strikeouts (51) in the CL.
|Chris Errecart, of, Rookie-level Helena (Brewers): The fifth-rounder from California is showing why he was considered one of the top hitters of the class of 2006 entering the season. Errecart went 10-for-23 last week with four home runs and has shaken off an awful June where he hit .186. The 21-year-old now has an OPS of .920.
|Nate Schierholtz, of, Double-A Connecticut (Giants): Schierholtz put up pedestrian numbers for much of the season and then August happened. This month, the second-rounder in 2003 has blasted eight homers and driven in 22 runs for the Defenders. He also has the longest active hitting streak in the minors at 22 games.
|Clay Buchholz, rhp, high Class A Wilmington (Red Sox): Like Natale, Buchholz earned a promotion from low Class A Greenville to Wilmington. Unlike Natale, he has continued his fine performance from the start. In two starts for the Blue Rocks Buchholz has allowed just two earned runs in 11 innings of work while striking out 16 and walking three.
|Luke Hochevar, rhp, low Class A Burlington (Royals): Though his action has been limited, it has been all systems go for the first overall pick. Hochevar has thrown nine innings over three starts and has yet to allow an earned run for the Bees.
|Andy Baldwin, rhp, high Class A Inland Empire (Mariners): Scenery change. Baldwin went 8-8, 4.04 in 147 innings at low Class A Lakewood in the Phillies system before being packaged for Jamie Moyer. In two starts at high Class A Inland Empire, the 2004 fifth-round pick went 2-0 and has yet to allow an earned run in 15 innings.
|Alexander Smit, rhp, low Class A Beloit (Twins): Smit started to blossom at the end of June this season when he moved back into the rotation. As a starter, the 20-year-old righthander is 5-0, 2.28 in 67 innings. In August alone, the native of the Netherlands is 3-0, 1.20 with a 45-15 strikeout-walk ratio.
|Glen Perkins, lhp, Double-A New Britain (Twins): Perkins was solid early in the year, but didn't get much run support. Then he struggled for three months with an ERA over five before regaining his form again for the Rock Cats. While he has 3-11, 3.91 numbers overall, this month Perkins is 2-1, 3.70 and posted a 16-5 strikeout-walk ratio in two starts–both wins–last week.
|Tyler Clippard, rhp, Double-A Trenton (Yankees):
Clippard was No. 1 on this list a week ago on the heels of a no-hitter.
He had two more solid outings last week (10 innings, three runs) and
continues to recover from a disastrous start as he has won his last
nine decisions.
|Radhames Liz, rhp, Double-A Bowie (Orioles)
|Liz appears to be tiring in his first full season. While he still misses bats (with a 30-19 K-BB ratio this month), he's getting a lot more contact now than, say April. Liz has given up 11 hits over his last 10 innings, and has a 7.57 ERA over his last four starts.
|Samuel Deduno, rhp, high Class A Modesto (Rockies)
|There's been nothing Bullish about Sammy The Bull over his last eight innings on the mound. During that span, Deduno allowed 12 earned runs, walked 14 and whiffed just two.
|Corwin Malone, lhp, Double-A Birmingham (White Sox)
|Yikes. Malone, a ninth-round pick in 1999, hasn't won since July 22, he's allowed 18 earned runs over his last 22 innings and is 0-3, 7.43 with a 22-28 K-BB ratio in August. We'll say it again: yikes.
|Carlos Gonzalez, of, Double-A Tennessee (Diamondbacks)
|One of the most exciting position players in the minors hasn't been all that exciting since being called up to Double-A, with just five hits in his first 40 at-bats (.125). He's still battling to get the mechanics of his swing straightened out after getting hit in the neck in the Cal League, but 5-for-40 is bad enough to earn you a spot on this list. Even if four of those hits were doubles.
|Jose Vaquedano, rhp, Double-A Portland (Red Sox)
|Slightly similar to Malone, Vaquedano has allowed 13 earned runs over his last eight innings and is 1-2, 6.75 with a 16-17 K-BB ratio over that stretch.
|Charles Thomas, of, Triple-A Sacramento (Athletics)
|Just two seasons ago Thomas hit .288/.368/.445 for the Braves and was an integral part of another one of their division titles. Then part of the package sent to Oakland for Tim Hudson, Thomas struggled with the A's in 2005 and has been toiling in Sacramento since. If he can keep hitting like he has in August, he might soon get another shot. The 27-year-old is hitting .382 in August with eight of his nine homers and is up to .281/.354/.390 in 356 at-bats.
|Jonathan Herrera, ss, high Class A Modesto (Rockies)
|Herrera is quietly having a solid year in the Cal League, both offensively and defensively. Though he's repeating the circuit, the 21-year-old Venezuelan was named the best defensive shortstop in the league in BA's Best Tools survey, featuring good actions at the position and a plus arm. Herrera's always hit wherever he's been and is finishing strong, hitting .340 this month.


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- Name: American Sign Language III / IV
- Discipline: Deaf Studies
- Units (Credits): 6
- Transfer Information: (Courses with numbers 100 to 299) This course is designed to apply toward a WNC degree and/or transfer to other schools within the Nevada System of Higher Education, depending on the degree chosen and other courses completed. It may transfer to colleges and universities outside Nevada. For information about how this course can transfer and apply to your program of study, please contact a counselor.
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Business Council of Australia president
On Saturday night, his nervous wait for the first Australian Football League game of the Greater Western Sydney Giants, of which he is the inaugural chairman, will end.
The Giants will take the field against Sydney Swans at ANZ Stadium in front of an expected crowd of more than 35,000 people. It will be the first big test of which of the two AFL teams in Australia's largest city will be the more popular.
The Giants, fielding 17 debutant players, are not expected to be competitive. But Mr Shepherd, one of the best-connected business identities in Sydney, is working to ensure the Giants are one of the stronger teams off the field.
"We've had great corporate support for our inaugural year and a lot of people have been drawn to the Western Sydney story," Mr Shepherd said from the Giants' final training session on Friday.
"What they are drawn to is that the west of Sydney is a great mixture of different cultures and tribes. It's representative of Australia as a whole, really. It's what this country is all about."
Western Sydney is in rugby league's heartland, but Shepherd has managed to attract 800 executives to attend a pre-match dinner at the stadium on match night. They include Virgin Australia chief executive
The Giants have signed big sponsorship deals with car manufacturer Skoda and insurance broker Lifebroker, and have a multimillion-dollar contract with the ACT government to play their season and preseason matches in Canberra.
The deals combined are worth more than $5 million a year.
The Giants' board, which was headhunted by the AFL – Mr Demetriou lobbied Mr Shepherd to be the club's inaugural chairman – includes
With 30 years head start, the Swans have deep links into Sydney's business community. Board members include property industry veteran
"In terms of major sponsors, I don't think too many other teams in any sporting codes would have the line-up we have," he said.
The Giants are relying on the AFL to cover losses for the first six years. The league recorded a $23.6 million loss last year, mostly because of the amount of money it poured into the Giants and the Gold Coast Suns, who made their debut last season.
The league spent $22 million establishing the Giants. This included $10 million for refurbishing the Skoda Stadium at Olympic Park in Sydney's west, which will be ready for use in round nine on May 26 when the Giants play Essendon, where coach
Before then, the Giants will play matches at ANZ Stadium, Blacktown International Sportspark and Manuka Oval in Canberra. They are working to secure a better training arrangement at Blacktown, after being forced to train at various venues around Sydney's west in the off-season because the oval was being used for cricket.
The Swans are entrenched at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Mr Colless expects them to maintain their membership numbers of more than 25,000 this year. The Giants have sold almost 8000 memberships and Mr Shepherd said the club had a target of 15,000 to 17,000.
"Membership is growing but we need to ramp things up," he said. "We should get an increase now some of our cheaper membership packages are on sale."
Fans signing up for the new team shouldn't expect instant success. Though the Giants have signed experienced players such as Tom Scully from Melbourne, they also have a squad of inexperienced players such as rugby league convert Israel Falou. Critics say the team may not win a match in 2012.
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Say It Ain't So, Olie
Olie Kolzig shuffled from the ice to the locker room in Arlington yesterday, removed his skates and shook his head. He appeared tired, frustrated.
Bruce Boudreau, the team's neophyte NHL coach, informed the 37-year-old goaltender on Monday he would not start against Eastern Conference leader Ottawa last night at Verizon Center, even though Kolzig is 3-0 against the Senators this season.
The benching followed being pulled in the 6-4 loss to the Flyers on Sunday after allowing four goals. It's enough to make the pre-Ovechkin face of the franchise wonder how much longer he will play and where he will finish his career.
"I've talked to my wife about retirement," Kolzig said after the Caps' morning skate. "Things just haven't gone as well for me as I've thought the past two years. I'll wait and see how things play out."
The possibility of Olie the Goalie hanging it up, maybe playing for a team other than the franchise that drafted him in 1989, should be disturbing for even the most peripheral fan.
Just as Washington attempts to turn an abysmal 6-14-1 start into an improbable playoff berth, behind Ovechkin, their newly minted $100 million man, and Boudreau, the meat-and-potatoes, minor-league lifer who finally got his shot, Kolzig leaves? Just as the Caps rejoin the NHL conversation, the guy who held the fort for 12 years might not be here beyond this season?
Kolzig, the player who tended goal full time for the Capitals since 1996 -- the Canadian-reared guy who's been in the orguhn-eye-zation for 19 years and is an unrestricted free agent this summer -- getting cheated out of one more run into June?
Business is business, but that decision would just leave a bad taste throughout the franchise.
With all the incarnations of this team since they went to the Stanley Cup finals in 1998, Kolzig has remained the one constant.
He watched as a new owner, Ted Leonsis, played the big-name game with Jaromir Jagr. He saw Leonsis go the way of new-age, NHL frugality by dumping everybody and building through youth. Then came the drafting of the next NHL superstar and then, 2 1/2 years later, signing Alex Ovechkin to hockey's first $100 million contract. Olie was there, long before Ovie.
"We have the team to do it, to get back there one day," Kolzig said. "We're playing really well. It's unfortunate we dug ourselves such a big hole early on, but I think if we can get ourselves in the playoffs we're a team that can do some damage."
Kolzig, coming off a sprained right knee last season, has a goals against average of 3.04 this season. His save percentage is .888, far off his career-best years. He is asked if he feels like he's slowing down.


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'Too-big-to-fail' financial institutions: risks and remedies
Too-big-to-fail (TBTF) institutions pose a systemic threat to financial stability, as they exploit the implicit guarantee offered by the State to further increase their businesses as well as the risks they raise for taxpayers. Although TBTF problems have been widely debated in the literature, practical solutions are still lacking in all advanced economies around the world. This paper puts forward a structural reform of banks' bookkeeping, with the aim of refining the latter in order to make it fully transparent, to gain the competitive advantage that results from a financial industry that is more resilient to systemic risks and crises.
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