--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Most spectacular flight had to be a Bubble Dancer that was superbly trimmed. In the next to last round on Sat., this plane was lauched and (best guess) the RX battery died shortly after launch. The plane thermalled magnificently for about 10+ minutes in view before circling away out of sight WAY downwind. John Diniz took off in his truck, picked up pilot who was in chase on foot, and they took off after the plane. They had to give up about 2.5-3 miles away when they couldn't cross a park between them and the thermalling plane, hooking up yet again and gaining altitude. The owner's name was in the plane, I hope he gets it back. >
That was my Bubble Dancer. It was the last round of the contest actually (the 15 minute task). For me, the moral to this story is to make proper use of the technology you have. I had a few 1 hour flights on that model as well as some "all day sessions". But I had not flown it much over the winter or this spring due to moving. I should have used my Cirius battery checker to see if it would still deliver the 600 mA it did when I first checked the pack out. I also should have used my Cirius Pro to charge it after every flight. I posted a note to the Allegro group, but I'd like to send a big "shout out" to John D. at JR. JR/Horizon is doing a great job sponsoring the OVSS. I really appreciated John's help attempting to hunt this "runaway sailplane" down. I'm hoping in a few days the media reports that the Bubble Dancer is found in Reno (or wherever they found the runaway bride) playing some baccarat. The CSS guys put on a great contest. Ryan Woebkenberg 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
