Pattern Fun

[Rick Wallace]

Congrats, Ed!!!

And just to paint the pic a little more, a Hanson Elan with in-the-wing 
fixed gear and a used engine (from the WRAM show swap shop) -- on a muffler 
-- won Intermediate...



>
>Hear that folks ??? ST 2300 Hanson Dalotel with maybe 60 flights wins in 
>Advanced at Bridgewater !!!! It doesn't have to be made of unobtanium nor 
>cost 3K to be competitive. Now as far as the "list to starboard", that 
>almost was as funny as the Scottish version of "throttle curve". You just 
>had to be there..... Perphaps the funniest D1 contest this year, all were 
>in prime form. My sincere thanks to Dave Funk for the retract and leg and 
>Frank Granelli for the 5/32" axle that I forgot to return.
>Ed M.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Henderson,Eric [mailto:eric.henderson at gartner.com]
>Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 7:34 AM
>To: 'discussion at nsrca.org'
>Subject: RE: Pattern Fun
>
>
>On Friday practice Ed Miller snapped a gear leg on his big Hanson Dalotel. 
>David Funk came to the rescue with a spare leg, but Ed needed a 3/16 leg. 
>David again came to the rescue with a whole retract that was 5/32nds. 
>Looking good. Nope!  the axle was 5/32nds. Eventual;l Ed fitted Dave's 
>wheel as well, BUT, the wheel was much smaller than the one that was still 
>on the other wing.  Result was a lean top starboard. This bad for taking 
>off to the left but good the other way because the wing tip was high into 
>the wind.
>
>Abusively as ever we teased Ed about not having his wings level on 
>take-off.or landing. A laugh a minute. He still won his class but he paid 
>for it all weekend :-)
>
>Evil-Eric.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: RC Steve Sterling [mailto:rcsteve at tcrcm.org]
>Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 12:41 AM
>To: discussion at nsrca.org
>Subject: RE: Pattern Fun
>
>
>Eric-- you need an airplane to haul your airplanes around in.  I find a 
>Cessna 182, with the backseat removed, fits a pattern plane fine, although 
>the tail feathers stick back into the tail cone a foot or so. Has enough 
>useful load to haul those big trophies back.
>
>Cuts those 6 hour drives down to a 2 hour or so cruise above the traffic. A 
>real bonus if the pattern contest is held at a field where you can land.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On 
>Behalf Of Henderson,Eric
>Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 7:10 PM
>To: 'discussion at nsrca.org'
>Subject: RE: Pattern Fun
>
>
>Enjoyed 1-wing-low-Miller...
>
>Only took 6.5 hrs to get home to SOUTH JERSEY...
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dave&Sue Funk [mailto:dnsfunk at peoplepc.com]
>Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 7:48 PM
>To: discussion at nsrca.org
>Subject: Pattern Fun
>
>
>Anybody that doesn't think pattern fliers have fun should have been at the 
>D1 Bridgewater contest this weekend.
>I started laughing Friday after noon and haven't stopped yet.
>Great weekend, great contest, lots of fun.
>
>Dave
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