Not to Shabby

[Jim Ivey]

Matt

Humphh they won't think you will try to fly while you are drinking do they?Why shut down the field? You might be a better show than the Super Bowl.hehehe

Jim Ivey   (wide open)
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> From: Rcmaster199 at aol.com
> Date: 2005/02/05 Sat PM 10:12:36 EST
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: Re: Not to Shabby
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> 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
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> n a message dated 2/5/2005 10:05:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
> kerlock at comcast.net writes:
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> 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
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> ----- 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
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> 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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