[RCSE] F3J is not for me...or my Pikes
Wow Gordie, you really do need all that secret glue. JDK Heh Heh Heh Heh Heh Heh Heh RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
RE: [RCSE] F3J is not for me...or my Pikes :-(
Dearest Gordon, Perhaps you might want to consider going to the movies more and any of your flying could be done on a good simulator. Oh Yeah, of course we would want daily reviews of any simulator flights you had. Movie reviews would be helpful also. Yuz gets the flights yuz deserves Best wishes Clkff Lindgren From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 10:33 AM To: Soaring@airage.com Subject: [RCSE] F3J is not for me...or my Pikes :-( Well flew my first F3J event and it was in Denver with Skip Miller. We had school kids paid to tow, and they were weak, giving me launches 30m less altitude I had wing connector problem on one launch disconnecting the aileron and that caused a double pop offzero. On another flight I was skied out another pilot came overand wemid airedhard, I got it down but it hit a fence pole and destroyed the wing. Today I did a test launch to get the new kids towing some experience. When I dove to get off the line they stopped towing and I over rotated some, the line wrapped around my vertical and sawed it off right at the stab pivot, and both popped off, and destroyed the entire plane. Tower cost $200 for the weekend, motel and rental car expense approx $800, two Pikes approx $1,100 and the flight out $450. F3J in the Rockies cost me pretty close to $4,000. Figure I got 4 actual flights in counting the practice flight...you do the math, I'm gonna be a little sick :-) Star Wars was great the other day though! Gordy
Re: [RCSE] F3J is not for me...or my Pikes :-(
Sorry to hear about your loss. You should have come to Tullahoma for a nice relaxing weekend of flying without the high pressure of FAI rules. Chuck RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] F3J is not for me...or my Pikes :-(
Gordy, Nobody deserves the loss of two good airplanes in one weekend!! Sorry to hear about that. Now a sim is just that a sim. And, if I can get on my box, I think sims are one thing that has lead to the reduction in the participation in this wonderful hobby. Instant gratification and no consequences for your actions and decisions seem to be what drives our society now days. Burn me if you want to guys, but just hitting the reset button is too tempting for some people these days. What they miss is the satisfaction ofthe accomplishment one feels when they actually create/animate something that otherwise just sits there asan inanimate mass. Mark W. - Original Message - From: Cliff E-Mail To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Soaring@airage.com Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 7:47 AM Subject: RE: [RCSE] F3J is not for me...or my Pikes :-( Dearest Gordon, Perhaps you might want to consider going to the movies more and any of your flying could be done on a good simulator. Oh Yeah, of course we would want daily reviews of any simulator flights you had. Movie reviews would be helpful also. Yuz gets the flights yuz deserves Best wishes Clkff Lindgren From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 10:33 AMTo: Soaring@airage.comSubject: [RCSE] F3J is not for me...or my Pikes :-( Well flew my first F3J event and it was in Denver with Skip Miller. We had school kids paid to tow, and they were weak, giving me launches 30m less altitude I had wing connector problem on one launch disconnecting the aileron and that caused a double pop offzero. On another flight I was skied out another pilot came overand wemid airedhard, I got it down but it hit a fence pole and destroyed the wing. Today I did a test launch to get the new kids towing some experience. When I dove to get off the line they stopped towing and I over rotated some, the line wrapped around my vertical and sawed it off right at the stab pivot, and both popped off, and destroyed the entire plane. Tower cost $200 for the weekend, motel and rental car expense approx $800, two Pikes approx $1,100 and the flight out $450. F3J in the Rockies cost me pretty close to $4,000. Figure I got 4 actual flights in counting the practice flight...you do the math, I'm gonna be a little sick :-)Star Wars was great the other day though! Gordy
[RCSE] F3J is not for me...or my Pikes :-(
Well flew my first F3J event and it was in Denver with Skip Miller. We had school kids paid to tow, and they were weak, giving me launches 30m less altitude I had wing connector problem on one launch disconnecting the aileron and that caused a double pop offzero. On another flight I was skied out another pilot came overand wemid airedhard, I got it down but it hit a fence pole and destroyed the wing. Today I did a test launch to get the new kids towing some experience. When I dove to get off the line they stopped towing and I over rotated some, the line wrapped around my vertical and sawed it off right at the stab pivot, and both popped off, and destroyed the entire plane. Tower cost $200 for the weekend, motel and rental car expense approx $800, two Pikes approx $1,100 and the flight out $450. F3J in the Rockies cost me pretty close to $4,000. Figure I got 4 actual flights in counting the practice flight...you do the math, I'm gonna be a little sick :-)Star Wars was great the other day though! Gordy
Re: [RCSE] F3J is not for me...or my Pikes :-(
Learning to play with the big boys priceless!! - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Soaring@airage.com Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 10:32 AM Subject: [RCSE] F3J is not for me...or my Pikes :-( Well flew my first F3J event and it was in Denver with Skip Miller. We had school kids paid to tow, and they were weak, giving me launches 30m less altitude I had wing connector problem on one launch disconnecting the aileron and that caused a double pop offzero. On another flight I was skied out another pilot came overand wemid airedhard, I got it down but it hit a fence pole and destroyed the wing. Today I did a test launch to get the new kids towing some experience. When I dove to get off the line they stopped towing and I over rotated some, the line wrapped around my vertical and sawed it off right at the stab pivot, and both popped off, and destroyed the entire plane. Tower cost $200 for the weekend, motel and rental car expense approx $800, two Pikes approx $1,100 and the flight out $450. F3J in the Rockies cost me pretty close to $4,000. Figure I got 4 actual flights in counting the practice flight...you do the math, I'm gonna be a little sick :-)Star Wars was great the other day though! Gordy
Re: [RCSE] F3J is not for me...or my Pikes :-(
Gordy, Ouch! Did anyone else experience such calamity or were the F3J gods saving their wrath for you exclusively? Mike RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
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My Condolences Gordy. I hope your planes had a donor card. Star Wars was good. Incredible graphics. Steve At 12:32 PM 5/29/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...stab pivot, and both popped off, and destroyed the entire plane. Tower cost $200 for the weekend, motel and rental car expense approx $800, two Pikes approx $1,100 and the flight out $450. F3J in the Rockies cost me pretty close to $4,000. Figure I got 4 actual flights in counting the practice flight...you do the math, I'm gonna be a little sick :-) Star Wars was great the other day though! Gordy
Re: [RCSE] F3J is not for me...or my Pikes :-(
Wow ... And I was cranky about a stripped servo... DJA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Soaring@airage.com Sent: Sun, 29 May 2005 13:32:38 EDT Subject: [RCSE] F3J is not for me...or my Pikes :-( Well flew my first F3J event and it was in Denver with Skip Miller. We had school kids paid to tow, and they were weak, giving me launches 30m less altitude I had wing connector problem on one launch disconnecting the aileron and that caused a double pop offzero. On another flight I was skied out another pilot came over and we mid aired hard, I got it down but it hit a fence pole and destroyed the wing. Today I did a test launch to get the new kids towing some experience. When I dove to get off the line they stopped towing and I over rotated some, the line wrapped around my vertical and sawed it off right at the stab pivot, and both popped off, and destroyed the entire plane. Tower cost $200 for the weekend, motel and rental car expense approx $800, two Pikes approx $1,100 and the flight out $450. F3J in the Rockies cost me pretty close to $4,000. Figure I got 4 actual flights in counting the practice flight...you do the math, I'm gonna be a little sick :-) Star Wars was great the other day though! Gordy RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
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Incredibly poor luck Gordy. I want to go on record to say that you are a true sportsman and competitor. Gordy took time out during the carnage to assist me in getting my Artemis KC back in action. I use Volz servos in this 7 year old model and to date have never stripped a gear or had a Volz servo failure. Thanks Gordy for your assistance during a contest that did not have the probability curves working for you. Tom Gressman/RMSA/Denver
RE: [RCSE] F3J is not for me...or my Pikes :-(
Title: Message Gordy, I'm sorry all that happened. I hope tomorrow will be a better day. Jon
Re: [RCSE] F3J is not for me...or my Pikes :-(
Ok... that's just too much for me... bad luck? tow-er's fault? Hmmm. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Soaring@airage.com Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 11:32 AM Subject: [RCSE] F3J is not for me...or my Pikes :-( Well flew my first F3J event and it was in Denver with Skip Miller. We had school kids paid to tow, and they were weak, giving me launches 30m less altitude 30m less than what? Skip? He had the same kind of help pulling for him. Hmmm. I had wing connector problem on one launch disconnecting the aileron and that caused a double pop offzero. Luck? Hmmm. On another flight I was skied out another pilot came over and we mid aired hard, I got it down but it hit a fence pole and destroyed the wing. I wasn't watching where Joseph came from, but you were both very high and could easily make your times. No luck involved here. Joseph has been to the worlds, and kicks ass in the air. He paid with an Escape wing for this mistake. 50-50 fault. Flying low over a fence instead of setting it down in the nice grass short of the fence? Hmmm. Today I did a test launch to get the new kids towing some experience. When I dove to get off the line they stopped towing and I over rotated some, the line wrapped around my vertical and sawed it off right at the stab pivot, and both popped off, and destroyed the entire plane. I've been a tow-er, and there is no stopping at the end for anything. This was not the tow-er's fault... Hmmm. Tower cost $200 for the weekend Let's see, two school kids, four pilots at $200 is $800. $400 each? Hmmm. motel and rental car expense approx $800, two Pikes approx $1,100 and the flight out $450. F3J in the Rockies cost me pretty close to $4,000. Figure I got 4 actual flights in counting the practice flight...you do the math, I'm gonna be a little sick :-) Star Wars was great the other day though! Gordy RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
