Temptation finally flies

[D Suding]

I flew two flights last night. It only needed a click of left aileron and
three clicks of down elevator to get it do fly straight and level.  I
didn't "wring it out", as I like to take the first couple of flights to
ease her in.  Knife edge is great.

I flew another two this morning before work, and started to get into the
Advanced pattern.  The most remarkable thing is the down lines.  I was
getting impatient waiting for the thing to finish a loop!  She's a very
magestic flier, and I'm looking forward to putting many gallons of fuel
through her.

If you're building a Temptation, keep at it. Don't give up! Finish the
job. Email me or call me if you have any questions about building yours. I
really like the way mine turned out.

-Dennis

> Dennis,
>
> Congrats on the new plane. Can't wait to see the pics.
>
> It sounds like a lot of Temptations were built over the
> winter. Can all you lucky folks post some flight reports?
>
> Larry in Denver
>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of D Suding
>> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 11:24 AM
>> To: discussion at nsrca.org
>> Subject: Temptation finally flies
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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