Not to Shabby

[Rcmaster199 at aol.com]

No model flying at all tomorrow in Jax. Our field is  quarrantined due to the 
Stuper Bowl. Within 30 miles of the stadium,  everything is pretty much down. 
Tried to go downtown for the NFL Experience  tonight but things were so bad, 
I turned around and came home. Seems  there are a million people there boozing 
it up--should have been a  blast.
 
Matt
 
n a message dated 2/5/2005 10:05:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
kerlock at comcast.net writes:

I was more concerned with it launching through this thin cowl into the  cow 
pasture =) I can hold my own a little, but MAN talk about a balance  issue!
 
Tore up the inside of the cowl, the nose ring mount tabs, the throttle  
linkage, cracked the chin cowl in several places, and shook every screw in the  
plane loose. 
 
BUT.....it's still on my wall charging for tomorrow =) And yes Cameron, I  
tightened the bolts before you even say it =P
 
-Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From:  _Rcmaster199 at aol.com_ (mailto:Rcmaster199 at aol.com)  
To: _discussion at nsrca.org_ (mailto:discussion at nsrca.org)  
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 10:01  PM
Subject: Re: Not to Shabby



Heck Mike, it shouldn't have been a problem. Just a bunch of down and  you 
would have been fine
 
Matt
 
 In a message dated 2/5/2005 9:30:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
_kerlock at comcast.net_ (mailto:kerlock at comcast.net)  writes:

Yup excellent day here in N Ga,  but....
 
I must be the luckiest guy alive. After 4  flights my engine became erratic. 
After landing I noticed a black streak  of soot trailing from the chin cowl. 
Upon removing the chin cowl, I  discovered that the entire mount would rotate 
completely in either  direction, all the way till it hit cowl.
 
Took it apart, discovered that 3 of 4 bolts  came loose that hold the mount 
to the firewall, and the last one was  holding by 3 threads. It did a lot of 
damage, but after an all afternoon  shift, it's ready to go again in the morning.
 
So, ask me if I feel lucky =)
 
-Mike (with what is now a free  plane!)






 
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