Thursday, June 21, 2012
Mowed, flew, hovered
Mowed the field as soon as I got there since nobody was around. As soon as I was done, Don showed up, so we both flew. I took my SNAFU up 4 times and Don flew his electric cub. On the first two flights, the engine sure wanted to sag when the plane was inverted, moreso than other days. Checked the fuel lines and found one badly beaten up by vibrations against the engine, and this was the line to the carb. Luckily I had an equal length of new tube in my flight box and changed it out. Crossing my fingers that the worn fuel line was possibly leaking air even though I saw no cracks or cuts through it, I flew again. No sagging now, so that was the prob, yahoo! Later flew the Blade 400 through two packs. Good day with no damage, and one cured SNAFU.
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Fathers Day 2012. June 17th
Flew the SNAFU about 4 times, and the Imagine 50 three times today. Very nice flying weather with wind mostly down the runway from the West! What a novelty, not having a strong crosswind. Jer and Tad came to spend time with me on this Fathers Day. :) While I had the Blade 400 with me, I never got around to fly it before the wind increased, and I was fatigued anyway.
Flight Log: 06/16/12
Nice weather, but the JB sprinkler guy was making a nuisance of himself all day by walking all over the field, primarily near the runway, to adjust the new layout of irrigation pipes and sprinkler heads. PAIN! Anyway, I ran through 4 battery packs on the Blade, and flew the SNAFU a few times and the Yak 54 once. Still it was a nice flying outing.
Friday, June 15, 2012
Sbach and Blade
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Foamy Bay
Found the energy to paint a seascape yesterday, and am pretty pleased with the result after not doing a seascape for almost three months. I remembered how to do most parts of the painting. The main wave with all the foam is the best feature to me.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Flight Log: 06/10/12
It was a really pleasant morning with calm air and temps starting at 55F and climbing slowly. Started off with the Blade 400 and used two batteries hovering. No damage again! Flew the SNAFU 3 times and the Toledo Special also 3 times. First flight on the SNAFU ended with a dead stick after trying to hover too late in the flight. Seems to be running ok now after fiddling with both the needle valve and the low idle/mixture screw. I want it to be running good for the funfly in a few weeks. The Toledo Special just flew like on rails with the replacement Saito 82a up front. Fast and groovy.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Lotsa Flights!
For ME, it was a lot of flights that I had today. Really nice weather, just overcast, but cool, calm, and no rain to speak of. I flew the Stinger 4 times, the Intruder 3 times, and the Blade 400 through all 4 battery packs. All came home in one piece, and I did not damage any blades on the Blade 400. Although it was a great flying day, there were hardly any fliers today. Bob R left when I arrived at 9AM. Rudy came an hour or so later. Rudy successfully maidened his second new Osiris with great success...looks like his new fave plane! Anthony and Quang beat the air to death with electric and nitro choppers. Quang remaidened his big chopper after totalling it a couple weeks ago at his other club when the clutch went out at 3' off the deck. Mike came but not to fly, just to train Ken late in the day. Shane came late, as did Joe. Most of the time, it was just Rudy and me flying, with Mike kibbitzing. Made for a great day , and I came home totally spent. With so few fliers, we actually had more spectators than fliers, with Dan and Matt saying they just sent me their membership forms and fees, Dave and sons watching, asking, and showing much interest in the hobby, and another fella from the Mt Angel club who came to buy a Cub from Joe, but spent a couple hours watching and talking to us. Came home around 3PM after about 6 hours at the field!
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