What's the matter? Doesn't everyone have a bikini-clad island beauty to launch their planes? I know I have mine...not much of a throwing arm, but who cares! -Silas- Honolulu ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Scaramella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 1:24 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Rock and Roll at the Maui Blow Hole > Can somebody please post Kari again. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Garland Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Brian C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 3:53 PM > Subject: Re: [RCSE] Rock and Roll at the Maui Blow Hole > > > > Ahhhhh, sounds like a lot of fun BUT was Kari there to launch your planes? > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Brian C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 1:56 PM > > Subject: [RCSE] Rock and Roll at the Maui Blow Hole > > > > > > > All I can say is wow! I have been flying slope here on Maui on and off > for > > > over a decade. I think yesterday may have been the most fun I have ever > > had > > > flying here. > > > > > > Four pilots worked the Blow Hole location together until the sun set and > > it > > > got too dark to fly. We had a ball. The winds were absolutely > outrageous. > > > On launch you could not let the nose point up at all while the model was > > in > > > your hands or it would be torn from your grasp. If you pointed the nose > > down > > > the wind striking the top of the plane would press the wings into an > > > inverted V and threaten to snap your spars. Turn the wing sideways and > the > > > wind would almost tear the wings away from the fuselage. The trick was > to > > > quickly step up to the lip, let go, and be ready on the elevator to > power > > > down through the bowl and out into the massive lift. > > > > > > This weekend was the 1st time a group of us have flown this spot. > (Thanks > > to > > > Duane Falconer of Lahaina for discovering it.) We all agreed it was the > > best > > > slope we have flown on Maui. The cliffs there face directly into the > trade > > > winds, and there is a large natural bowl right in front that extends all > > the > > > way down to the ocean a couple of hundred feet below. Once airborne the > > lift > > > is amazing and very smooth. We were all able to hang in a tight pack > just > > a > > > few yards in front of ourselves and maneuver at will. Turbulence was not > a > > > problem. The one thing you didn't want to do was allow your plane to get > > > very far behind the lip unless you had plenty of altitude to penetrate > > back > > > out. Duane got caught a few yards too far back and a few yards too low > on > > > one occasion. He struggled heroically to fight his way back over the > edge, > > > but came up just short, landing just on the lip of the slope. To > > everyone's > > > glee and amazement (including his own), Duane was able to get his > airplane > > > airborne again by rocking his ailerons a couple of times, and then he > was > > > able to press down out of the bowl and join the fray again! > > > > > > Another time Duane attempted to launch but struck the ground about > twenty > > > feet in front of himself down in the bowl. His plane cart wheeled back > UP > > > the bowl about a dozen times and came to rest a good 80 or 100 feet > behind > > > where he launched. Thank goodness for EPP airplanes! > > > > > > We were all flying ballasted warbird foamies. A higher performance > > airplane > > > would simply go ballistic at the blow hole on a windy day, but you would > > not > > > want to mess up a launch. The area is pretty rocky and rugged. There is > a > > > nice landing zone behind the edge, and it is pretty easy to deliberately > > fly > > > back into it and then just kind of hover down for a soft landing. The > > trick > > > is not to let your nose get pointed up on the final approach, or you > will > > be > > > swiftly blown up and back, get stalled out, and tumble down a lot less > > > gracefully a lot farther back then you planned. > > > > > > Anyway we just had way, way too much fun flying this awesome new spot. > The > > > trade winds have been very strong every day for the last week, and there > > is > > > just no better place to slope soar anywhere on this planet, other then > > here > > > on Maui on a windy day. > > > > > > I hope I haven't made all of you poor souls not fortunate enough to live > > > here feel TOO sorry for yourselves!! > > > > > > ALOHA!! > > > > > > Brian Courtice > > > Napili, Maui > > > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. 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