Flight Log: 02/01/2013

While there today, the weather at the field was not as good as yesterday.  47F and low haze kept me from flying for about 45 minutes.  After that I got in 3 nice flights on the Toledo Special.  My third flight turned out to be my last due to lack of depth perception and smarts...too rusty!  I landed fine from left to right, and thought I had cleared the right end of our protective fence.  Unfortunately, I had not, and the plane smacked into the orange netting.  Luckily there was not damage to the prop, cowl, pants, or wing tip that hit first.  BUT the tail gear must have caught the brunt of rebound from the fence because it broke the wire near a bend just below the hinge.  Anyway, I came home and found a decent wire that I hope will last as tail LG.  It may be a little too pliable because it is for control linkage use.  I had to figure out a new way to mount it since the stock tail gear is the type that goes through a plastic hinge glued into the fuselage.  Basically I just did some zigs and zags and CA'd (thick and thin) it into new holes drilled into the rudder.  Quick fix and maybe it will last.  If not, I will do something better next time.