Today was even better than Saturday weatherwise, with near 70F light winds from the North (crosswind), and very sunny blue skies. I took 3 planes today...the P-47, SNAFU, and Apache. I got in 3 nice flights with the P-47 but am not happy with my take offs. The plane requires full up elevator to keep the tail on the ground during all taxiing, and even with that, the tail is bouncing all the time. Take off requires judicious application of throttle while decreasing up elevator and keeping on the rudder to steer properly. I need to let go of up elevator sooner so that the plane does not take off from its 3 point stance like it did all three times today. Oh well, once up, the plane flew like a dream. Low passes were gratifying, giving me big grins all flight long. On the last flight, Joe took his ME-108 up at the same time, and we got in some nice dog fighting and low passes together. He is flying that plane so well, and it is not that easy to fly because it looks like it has a high wing loading.
Flew the SNAFU a bunch of times, perhaps 5 flights, many with Joe flying his Ultra Stick. Pretty evenly matched, we made lots of circuits for low high speed passes, and also low and slow to see who could get lowest to the ground. Unfortunately, after my last flight, Joe kept flying his and ended up totalling it when the engine quit in a low altitude stall turn. Durn it.
I flew the Apache a bit and managed to latch onto a small thermal for perhaps a 5 minute flight. Jer flew his Colibri and Joe his Swift but weren't able to find much lift.
Jer flew the pants off his Extra which performed pretty well with the muffler repair that Jer concocted, to plug a hole left by one exhaust stack falling off the muffler last time out. Tad flew his AW Extra 300 and was crisp and spot on during landings today. He was real happy with how the DLE-55 started so easily today with the new NGK CM6 spark plug in the engine.
Mike flew his Stearman which is giving him some small fits by not running right. Sounds great on the ground then it richens up in the air. He has an idea for resolving the problem. Kudnas flew today, all kinds of planes as usual. Jer maidened a Funtana for Bruce and Brandon, and managed to save the plane with a pancake landing after the engine quit at fairly low altitude while inverted! Dean flew very nicely his UCanDO, which made him happy. Jim Stone flew his Radian probably longer than all of us on several long flights that he had. Al flew early and departed early before most people came. Bob Ross was there a long time with his Saratoga and TF Texan.
To sum it up, one of the best days of flying this year!
This is just a place for me to ramble (sometimes rant) about my hobbies which include radio controlled airplanes, oil paintings, my sports cars, and any other random blithering from me.
Aloha and Welcome to my small speck of cyberspace! Dec 8, 2010 is the birth date of my blog. Never had one before, but my son encouraged me to have one, and it seemed like a good way to at least keep a log of my RC airplane building and flying. With the initial design kicked off by my son, I'll carry on from here and have fun with it. Now that I have it, I will use it to also keep track of my oil painting efforts, and any other ideas, hobbies, travels, or whatever else that come up. LIFE IS GOOD!
Update on 02/25/2011. It's been a few months since I began this blog, and I am enjoying creating and having it! I like documenting the things I have done in my hobbies, and sharing with my small family. I think Jer and Tad actually view it fairly regularly, as a means to see what I've been up to lately. At worst, it serves as a reference for my own use.
Update on 12/22/2011. This blog stuff is habit forming. My blog is a year old now, and I make an entry about every other day or so as that seems to be the frequency of doing something in one of my hobbies. Like my hobbies, this blog is a lot of fun, and it has become in itself another hobby that I enjoy.
Years are flying by...update on 01/11/2013. Still enjoying maintaining this blog even though hardly anyone sees it. I don't advertise it anywhere or to anyone, and it is mainly just a way for me to keep my own notes and thoughts on my flying, painting, and cars. If a stranger happens upon it, I think it is by pressing NEXT at the top of the current blog they are visiting, lol. It's a great device for me.
August 2014: still here! Took up flying RC helicopters one year ago and got hooked. Had flown micro Helis up to then, but got serious with 450 size for a couple months, then bought the Goblin 500 and Gaui X5 . Also got my Boxster in April 2013. Most importantly, Ariel was born 12/02/12 followed by Skylar 07/20/13, and they are little beacons of joy in our lives. Life is indeed good!!!
Sunday, May 1, 2011
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Great day! So much fun! Good flying Dad.
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