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Post by **civilguy** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:21 pm

I would say that Hartford would be your best bet at 35 miles or so away, but I'm not sure on prices to get there & rental car prices at that airport. (Southwest does Phoenix to Hartford for mid 300s.)
JFK would be a 2 hour drive, but the price differential (flight & car) may make up the difference if you don't mind driving (1:1 cars that is).

Good luck!

Post by **Erich Reichert** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:39 pm

Bradley is the closest (hartford) but any of the NYC airports are about 1.5 hrs away. You can also try Westchester (white plains) airport

Post by **civilguy** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:59 pm

Erich- 90 minutes from JFK? You must drive faster than I do....

Post by **tecnica2001** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:06 pm

civilguy wrote:Erich- 90 minutes from JFK? You must drive faster than I do....

Waterburry is about 30 minutes from me (New Haven) and I'm about 1:15 from JFK, so that's about right

on a day that there's not traffic, no construction, no accidents

the chances of that are slim

Post by **Bongo Fury** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:16 pm

civilguy wrote:Erich- 90 minutes from JFK? You must drive faster than I do....

Maybe the older gentleman in his avatar is really his 1:1 car mechanic?

Post by **mrlexan** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:18 pm

You don't know who that is?

Post by **Bongo Fury** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:31 pm

Sure, it's Mike somebody, used to help run the Reedy race right?

OK, so Jay Leno ain't worried about losing his gig. Back to my cave.....

Post by **mrlexan** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:51 pm

Yeah, just ran that Reedy race.

Could never figure out why they named the race after him?

Post by **MelvinsArmy** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:56 pm

Erich Reichert wrote:They do have transponders but also can accept personals for those who have them.

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Are transponders the same as they were back in the early 90's? That is, should I drill a 3/16" or so hole in my body and bring along an extra body clip to secure it? How are they mounted now?

Post by **kaybo19114** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:06 pm

MelvinsArmy wrote:Are transponders the same as they were back in the early 90's? That is, should I drill a 3/16" or so hole in my body and bring along an extra body clip to secure it? How are they mounted now?

Same deal - personals are the only things that are different

The biggest thing about the new transponder is a Yellow #5 IS NOT THE SAME as a Red #5 - that's assuming they have 2 sets of transponders...

The new system reads all 9 digits of the transponders ID

Post by **MelvinsArmy** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:12 am

Thanks Kaybo. Do people still mount them to the underside of the body? If so, am I right on the hole size, 3/16"?

Post by **kaybo19114** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:36 am

MelvinsArmy wrote:Thanks Kaybo. Do people still mount them to the underside of the body? If so, am I right on the hole size, 3/16"?

most of the time yes...sometimes people get "fancy" and make up a lexan holder that's attached to the chassis - but mostly I've seen them attached to the body itself...

3/16's sounds right - but i haven't run a "house" transponder in YEARS (been only personal in that time)...and I've always "winged" the hole - ie, grabbed a transponder and a reamer and made a hole until the transponder fit

Post by **tecnica2001** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:48 am

How about the Losi XXT, does it qualify for the nationals

Post by **Brandon G** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:32 am

clinehobbies wrote:I am looking up flights for the V Nats... What airport should i pick to fly in to?
anybody flying across the country for this besides me?? if so what did you find for ticket prices???

I purchased round trip tickets nashville to hartford for $225. But that was about 2 months ago.

Post by **Bormac** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:28 am

Just wondering if anyone is going to run a vintage Schuey in this meeting?

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