Meh, bad weekend for flying
Meh, bad weekend for flying
Published on May 18th, 2009 @ 05:56:29 am , using 327 words, 239 views
The Wabash river is at around 20', and the North flying field floods out at about 14', so, yeah, it's long gone. :D South field is available of course, but it has its own set of issues. It can be totally calm or near-calm in town, and you go out to that field and the wind is all over. That was what it was like yesterday when I headed out, so I didn't get in any flying.
Mainly just watched one of the big glow guys fly his 60 and 90 sized glow planes and fight the wind with them, and try to convince a guy that, yes, his Blade 400 really is mostly junk. :D
I put the 3DHS long arms back on my SHP and set the plane up with the Stoops-recommended low and high rates. I had a kind of breakthrough the last time I flew my Slick, and I realized I'm to the point where I can handle flying things with absurdly high control throws. So those long arms are back on the SHP and I'll see how it goes. I've yet to fly it since.
The Slick is still away from home. It was at Chad's for landing gear repair, and he also needs a pair Slicks for a Top Secret Project™, so I haven't had it home yet. But I'm definitely (probably) keeping it (maybe). Heh. The landing gear repair he pulled off, though, is amazing. It looks like it's never been repaired, yet it's easily twice as strong as stock. If the landing gear breaks again, it'll be because the plane is mulched.
I also realized I need to drag my Addiction out to the field. I've only flown it once since I bought it!
The weather's supposed to be good today, so I'll be heading out to South field (North still flooded, of course) after work to do some flying. Hopefully I won't be posting pictures of any mulched airplanes later... ;)
