Nice January Day

A bunch of us Wingdingers flew at the Dallas field yesterday morning in clear but pretty cool skies, winds maybe 5mph first from the west then from the north.  I got the Toledo Special up three times and had nice flights.  Landings varied though.  First one good, second looked like three bounces, and last one best.  The plane flew well.  Noticed no rudder before first flight, as the plane would not steer.  I caught it quickly, pushed on the rudder a few times, and it woke up.  The servo might be getting old and tired.  Ken and Don each took one flight, electing to not fly when the wind changed to crosswind and they saw my crummy second landing, lol.  Doug flew his foam Corsair and was doing many landings for practice, but on one extended flight, the plane crashed pretty badly on the field to the west.  Totaled, but he says he has another NIB at home, lol!

POLAR FLY DAY!

On a cold day of mid 30F-40F a sizeable bunch of diehards turned out for our Polar Fly Day!  At least it was calm and sunny with great friends to warm our spirits.  Flew my Dirty birdy twice and it was great....so good to be rolling and flowing again!  Landings were good but on the first one, i noticed the plane not slowing as much nor sounding quite right....louder.  As i came in I saw the back half of the muffler hanging low.  Made a good landing but hit the kill switch to keep the plane on the runway.  Yup the back bolt fell off midair.   Forget if there were two to lock on.  Luckily Don had a bolt that fit, with nylon lock collar, so i used it.  After the next flight , it was still there, but i could see the back half vibrated to a new angle.  Tightened it more and hope that sticks.  That second landing was pure butter....greased on!

There were two crashes to start the New Year!  Pat Long drilled his new electric stik into the winter stream first.  Skimming the water on a pullout, the plane went up from there, stalled, and dove in from maybe 20'.  It just stuck like a lawn dart, tail and wings in the air. Didnt look too bad upon inspection at the field.  Then later, Cliff lost all control to his Uproar.  I think it totaled, luckily staying on the field and missing the houses to the west.  There is a vid of Gary helping Cliff by throwing the old Futaba 7 ch xmitter into the ground, ensuring it would not destroy another plane.  YIKES!😂  It was a fun day, more than ten of us out there to start 2019 right!