One week ago was our monthly club contest and I managed to break my AVA fuse on a trim flight with my DUMB thumbs and then found a broken left v-tail push rod in my Sharon Pro. Needless to say I scored nada for our April club contest.
But I was ready for yesterday. I actually didn't get out to the field until around 3:00 pm and was told that I had missed all the good air. Okay, no big deal as I was planning on trimming out 3 sailplanes and the air was quiet, 0 to 5 max and partly sunny. First the Sharon Pro, an ex Tom Kiesling bird with a new Carbon push rod of course. First time with the JR 9303 TX so my set up was best guess. As usual the Sharon rotated quickly and climbed out without as much as a wimper. The zoom was as expected with 250# test braided line. Pretty soon we were at 1/2 launch altitude and I began to think about my crow setting and was about to test that when the signal with the tail up and a slight speed increase said not yet. I worked myself into the core of a small thermal and within 3 or 4 minutes I was speced out and had to return to the field. Now with over 10 minutes of flight time I finally tested the crow and got an 80 + landing. Sharon is ready for the season. Next was my E-4 with a new to me but slightly used fuse from Skip Miller. Actually near perfect condition, thank you very much Skip. Same routine, Great launch mit zooom and 3 to 4 minutes looking for that elusive bubble. Sure enough, in the same location the E-4 climbed out to spec in the sky. I brought it back, checked the crow, and landed with another 85 + landing. The third bird is a new Graphite 2 flown once just before winter and put away. Needless to say another spec job resulted, crow worked perfectly and was followed with another 80 + landing. These three birds are ready for the season, the question is, am I ? What a terrific day for flying. Regards, Dave Corven. 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
