Re: [RCSE] Receiver Malfunctions after Contact with Power Lines

[Jo Grini]

Oh yes. Offcourse I thought about WC in Canada. But not the Tornado that 
took the tent. On practice days me and Aril (another Norwegian pilot) flew 
when a dustdevil formed. We heard many shouted "land and hold on to your 
stuff". Both me and him headed straight for the devil and got kicked out a 
few times before we entered the center for some breathtaking lift. So yes I 
did think about it....

For those that wasnt there...
http://www.f3x.no/f3j/2004/pictures9/Resize%20of%20P8050068.JPG
http://www.f3x.no/f3j/2004/pictures9/Resize%20of%20P1010089.JPG
Hilsen (Regards) Jojo
www.grini.no
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Jo Grini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <Soaring@airage.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: [RCSE] Receiver Malfunctions after Contact with Power Lines


Awesome pics, glad to hear you are safe.   Did you think you were at the 
F3J Worlds in Canada for a moment. :-)

At 01:16 PM 5/17/2005, Jo Grini wrote:
Not the same but anyhow...
I am lucky to be alive. After a F3F competition last weekend Helge 
Borchert (German pilot) flew his Crossfire (flew nice btw..) and suddenly 
shouted for no contact. He went down far behind and while I flew a 
prototype Taifun my friend Espen asked if I heard a strange sound? I could 
not hear anything but a few minutes later while I was landing I heard the 
sparkling sound and it came from MY antenna on my JR 9303 radio (borrowed 
from Horizon hobbies for Nats). Holy macarony it was a thunderstorm 
building up and it was lightning around us. The electricity made me and my 
antenna a good ground object to go for so I landed immediately. Just after 
the landing a tornado formed after a big bang and Helge came back with his 
radio saying: "Modell 1 wurden verandert..". It had gone crazy by the 
sparkling electricity. Crazy!!!!
Pictures:
http://www.workflow.as/jogrini/diary/804open/mc24.jpg
http://www.workflow.as/jogrini/diary/804open/tornado.jpg
http://www.workflow.as/jogrini/diary/804open/tornado2.jpg

Tornados (atleast big enough to take some beachhouses this one) is very 
rare in Norway...

Hilsen (Regards) Jojo
www.grini.no


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