Temptation finally flies

[John Gayer]

Thanks for the kind words, Dennis.
You've got more energy than any three people I know.

John Gayer

D Suding wrote:
> At approximately 6:30 pm yesterday, I flew my new Temptation for the first
> time. It took off into the west, towards the setting Arizona sun.  It was
> a little rich, but had very good power.
> 
> I was racing against the clock to get the thing done before the Vegas
> contest next weekend. I also wanted my dad to see it fly, and he was
> leaving to go back to Colorado Sunday night.
> 
> We moved into a new house over the last couple of weeks, so we temporarily
> have two houses, so I kept the tools in the garage at the old house, and I
> can build in peace.
> 
> I started Monokoting last weekend, and John Gayer and I painted the fuse
> last week. After the painting was done on Saturday we shot a light clear
> coat and glued the canopy. Then I had to go entertain friends and mom and
> dad until 10:30pm.  Drove over to the old house.  All night long I put all
> the gear back in, and mounted everything. Drove back to the new house. I
> slept from 6am till 11am. Got up, made brunch for wife and mother
> (omtellets with rib-eye steak) and then went to work getting the thing to
> fly. John came over at about 4:30 and helped me stretch the pull-pull
> cable.
> 
> We fired up the motor in the driveway, and called everyone (mom, dad,
> daughter) to meet us at the flying field.
> 
> Wife picked up a pizza on the way to the field. Everyone cheered as the
> plane broke ground. It was two months of intense building at a crazy pace.
>  I don't know how my wife stands me as it is, but the last two months I've
> just been a crazy idiot.
> 
> Thanks to EVERYONE on this list. The hints and suggestions here were
> applied to my plane as I built. Hearing about other people building and
> flying and getting excited about contests really heps you when you look at
> your plane and know there's 100 hours of work left to do.  I'll post a
> link to some pictures tomorrow.
> 
> Absolutely HUGE thank you to John Gayer.  He let me use his HVLP sprayer
> and also lent me a plane to fly while I was building the Temptation. The
> man is a master builder and checked and corrected my work all along the
> way.
> 
> I'm back. Who's going to Vegas?
> 
> -Dennis
> 
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