Dallas 1983, 20 mph winds something told me it is not a good day to go
flying, but I did anyway (I was young and foolish back then) I had a
Gentle lady, I stetched out the hi start like I normaly do and as soon
as I let go of it it went straight up and back behind me, it happened
so fast that
Looking back, I would never do this again, but I built a Top Flite
Antares and installed a captive release towhook on it - I think that's
called compounding your problem.
Anyway, I was very green, very nervous, and my first couple flights were
not much more than hops off the line (at the West Carr
A few years ago I built a Klingberg wing. Although I intended it for slope
soaring, I chose to use my trusty upstart for the initial test flights.
After a few hand tosses seemed to show that the CG and elevons were set up
right I hooked the tow hook to the chute of the upstart and stretched it
Sure, Canadians love to laugh at themselves. ;>)
Phil
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From: Walter Carter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: April 18, 2005 7:03 AM
To: Soaring
Subject: RE:[RCSE] New post: hi starts
There is a short thread on monster bungees ("What's with this bungee s
I've been there too Al! A bungee's life is kinda hard and they don't give
too much warning before letting go. The last time I got hit, the clevis
broke and left a sharp edge. That edge ripped my shirt and drew blood where
it hit me in the gut.
It's worse when a bungee is being used by slopers. The
There is a short thread on monster bungees ("What's with this bungee stuff")
in the Hand Launch forum of RCGD Groups.
Phil in Vancouver, I would like to quote your Eraser story there if you
don't mind. TIA.
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-Original Message-From: Albert E. Wedworth
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Subject: Re: [RCSE] New post: hi starts
I believe I got the Monster bungee i.e. Big Black thing from Mark Meck
when ...
Albert E. Wedworth ( AL )
I also have a Monster Bungee story. After purchasing a beat-up
Well...I do I have a story. Kinda hurts to tell ya all..
A few years back I'm thinking the First SVSS Spring Fling... I had one of
Pat Bowman's fomies a Cutlass slope ships..
I believe I got the Monster bungee i.e. Big Black thing from Mark Meck when
I was at CASL contest earlier in the year..
I have a couple of highstart stories:
It was 1985 and I had completed my first RC airplane. It was a Drifter
II and I couldn't have been happier. The radio I had was a 2 channel
car radio on an airplane frequency. Rudder was on the right stick and
elevator was on the left. Anyway, after a co
Two bad ones in a row...
Three years ago I was really just getting into sailplanes and had been
appropriately steered toward an EPP glider as my first RC airplane. I had made
a beginners mistake and mounted the on/off switch on the outside of the fuse.
Predictably I launched the plane and it di
Not counting aerotow, my best thermal times, 1:17:00 and 1:21:00 were from a Hobby Lobby red rubber hi-start...with a Wanderer! That was way back in '79. Too bad I was only a LSF Level I pilot. Wish I could fly that well now
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I have flown almost exclusively from high starts. Fly everything from HL
size to 3 meter.
I built a Skeeter several years ago, (still have the wing). I expected to
fly it off the highstart as well as by javelin launch, so built the wing
with extra shear webbing. My first flight of this littl
My favorite is also rather embarrassing.
When I was younger, I built a series of Gentle Lady gliders. My first
ended in disaster shortly after getting finished.
I used to fly in the back yard of a junior high school. There was
plenty of room to fly there.
I had flight-tested the Gentle Lady wi
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