Recent content by Dr. Jet

What a frustrating deal! I purchased a set of raw props from socco72, and he sent them wrapped in a paper towel and tape. Nothing wrong with that. I set them on the table and my live-in female companion saw the cute little wrapper and thought it should be thrown in the trash. :angry...

Title says it all with a bunch of acronyms. I need a matched pair of counter-rotating X430s, de-tongued, sharpened and balanced. I'd prep them myself, but I just have too many other irons in the fire at this time.

Mark, The counter-rotating prop set arrived today. Thanks much. I hope I wasn't too hard on you. I appreciate the nice work. Just FYI, they are going on a "chopped", twin-motored BBY Micro Scat Cat. I'm using the Santee Spec ultra-cheap Chinese outrunners and a 2500 mah LiPo. It should be...

Thanks Mark, I know those little "backwards" props are hard to find.

I think Mark may need an X430R to complete my order (still waiting on the remainder of my order). Anybody have a raw one they can send him?

Just a little update: Mark has shipped some of the props I ordered, thank you very much, and is waiting for Octura to supply an odd-ball prop to complete my order. Mark did a good job, and I am satisfied. Thanks!

Yes I do. I heard you sold it to someone else who painted it and changed it all around. I sure liked that little boat, I hope you got some fun out of it too. Maybe I'm just getting too cynical in my old age. Based on what Mark has written, I have no doubts he is a decent guy like everybody...

Mark, Thanks for that. It tells me a lot about you. When you do go back in business (employees? machine shop? oursourcing to India?), I would still buy props from you. -B

Thanks Mark. I hope there are no hard feelings. :)

Torrey Pines, Spring '07

John is still running the shop under the name Discount Hobbies. I'm strictly an electric powered guy. I never got into internal combustion power for aircraft or boats. Go to my gallery and I'll post a photo of me at Torrey the day of the Blanik incident.

I spent a lot of money in Westcoast Hobbies when Roman owned it. I have thousands of hours flying slope at Torrey. I started back in the '70s. Names like Neu, Mangenelli, Nelson, Richardson, Banks, Edberg, Fogel and others come to mind. Last season, I was flying a full-sized Blanik at Torrey...

Cliff, I have not called Mark a crook or a liar.....yet. I called him a flake. There's a difference. One is intentionally defrauding and/or damaging someone, the other is just scatter-brained and doesn't know any better. Maybe he has supplied over 7,000 props. I've never seen one that I...

Bill Knoll I got the "Dr. Jet" moniker when I was President of the Silent Electric Flyers of San Diego. I don't hide behind the Jet name, I wear it as a badge of honor. What is your definition of "slow"? That's why I sent him the buck-thirty sight unseen. I think this topic has wound its...

Tim, In the big picture, a couple of props are relatively unimportant. I can re-work my own, no problem. As I said before, I wanted to try some of Mark's props since they came highly recommended. I'll give him more time to respond. I mean, afterall, Christmas was just the other day...