Anyone planning on flying tomorrow ?

[thehaze]

Ok so I guess Ken can now say "We we warned"

[Ededge2002]

Hours till the weekend starts!  I suspect its going to be a busy one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUSxKPbwTYY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

"I think this baby is gonna fly!"

[sihinch]

Ed - what are you doing to us? Have you lost your mind?

[Ededge2002]

I figured there might be a few hanger queens out this weekend...

Oh and was there question about me losing my mind??  That ship has sailed buddy

[Papa]

This prooves, once and for all, that you have way too much time on your hands.

You need a hobby to keep you occupied!

Jack.

[thehaze]

Well this thread has finally hit rock bottom

[Ededge2002]

Well this thread has finally hit rock bottom

Do I get credit or blame for that?

It is after all a rule now to have your wings...  hence "always with wings" hahahaha

[thehaze]

If you don't already own this shirt... I'd add it to your Christmas list.

http://t-shirtguru.com/2008/04/15/men-s-that-guy-t-shirt-palmercash/

[thehaze]

Despite the windier than forecast conditions, there were quite a few members at the club. None of which were "active" 

Highlights included some nooner lap practice, on one occasion we had 5 planes racing at the same time. I think the Nooner racing  is going to be a lot of fun, the chosen model is a very good flyer, and it is very stable going around the course.

After stressing about it for a while, I finally maidened my Sundowner 36 Ef-1 racer. It went really well. And I'm really happy with the model.

All in all, a great way to start a long weekend.

[Gregor77]

I wish I could have flown. Tomorrow for sure!

[Polecat]

Despite the windier than forecast conditions, there were quite a few members at the club. None of which were "active" 

Highlights included some nooner lap practice, on one occasion we had 5 planes racing at the same time. I think the Nooner racing  is going to be a lot of fun, the chosen model is a very good flyer, and it is very stable going around the course.

After stressing about it for a while, I finally maidened my Sundowner 36 Ef-1 racer. It went really well. And I'm really happy with the model.

All in all, a great way to start a long weekend.

Mike That's great the SD maiden went well for you, a much better design than the Pogo.

Ken

[thehaze]

Yes, it is.

The Pogo was excellent in the air but a nightmare on the ground.

The Sundowner tracked much nicer on the ground. And the ailerons had more authority in the air. The Pogo rolled very slowly, I setup the SD as per the manual, but I think I'm going to reduce my rates a bit or increase my expo, as it rolled much quicker.

Hard to tell which one was faster though. My guess is that the Pogo went a few mph faster in the air.

[sihinch]

Well, 2 more successful maidens for me this weekend - or more accurately re-maidens.

I flew the HK Lancaster for the first time. It crashed on take-off last time I tried, so I got my Handlaunching-Assistant to "give it a firm toss!"

And I flew Michael's old Super Chipmunk for the first time.  Obvisouly Michael had flown it before, but it was new to me.  Amazing plane, I loved it.

[Gregor77]

It was a great weekend!  I missed Sat - Sunday, but had a good full day of flying my H9 Camel "Roy Brown" and the Great planes 40 size 80" cub. This was a maiden for that plane and it was perfect.  A bit over powered and the esc was getting a bit warm. I am going to reduce the prop to a 13X8E.  But none the less it flew very well.  The wind really picked up and unfortunately it flipped the plane and I broke the tip of the rudder. 

[Ededge2002]

As the warbirds day event has been canceled and I've already charged batteries....

Who is going to fly tomorrow anyway?    I plan in going out and doing a little battling with the wind!

Its the battle of the wind funfly!

Bring out your battled and weary and challenge yourself to fly when no one else will!