I must be getting old! I have a F3F race this weekend and I ordered some models in December so I would have them in time for the season. Because of one thing or another they haven't arrived yet. I was able to pry a Pike F3F model from Mark Taylor's cold dead fingers for this weekends race. I have a few 'Hot Laps" on the Pike at my local slope in Costa Mesa but that is all. The Pike is a very easy plane to fly and is quite fast, by all means a world class model. But it's not mine. As I was getting my work life in some kind of order so I can get away this weekend, the guy in the little truck pulled up and delivered my Acacia order. I tore open the box, found the hardware and assembled the model.... Yea Baby!! Now let me think, if I do an all niter I can get it together, get up early, pack the car, change my oil, drive to Los Banos before the sun sets for some trim flights, enter the contest, post fast time, win every round.......Hey, after all the model is already built! The younger Tom would just be removing the wings from the bag of his next "World Beater" two days before the contest anyway. That set up was good for a few victories in the past, it also had a built in excuse for a bad showing! Now the Getting Old part. I didn't do it! I thought about it. I just couldn't do it. The thought of a good night sleep was too overpowering. (The bench was dirty anyway) The older (Wiser??) Tom Copp COMPOSITE SPECIALTIES http://www.f3x.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
