[NSRCA-discussion] Off topic, nothing like a crash to keep us humble

[vicenterc at comcast.net]

Hey Pat,

I flew a Nobler many years ago.  I don't think I use lock-tie.  Yes, it is nice to remember the Nobler after so many years.

Back to work and stop dreaming...............

Vicente "Vince" Bortone

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From: "Pat Hewitt" <phewitt at farmersagent.com> 

> May be you will put some loc tite on that nut next time HEHEHEHE that was a 
> good story I am sure a lot of us have done the same thing 
> 
> 
> Pat 
> 
> ------ Original Message ------ 
> Received: 11:13 AM CDT, 10/09/2006 
> From: Bob Kane 
> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org 
> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Off topic, nothing like a crash to keep us humble 
> 
> Now that the season is finished (at least up here in 
> the soon to be great white north), I am making some 
> cosmetic repairs to my Temptation. For a little change 
> of pace, I decided to test fly my Top Flite Nobler ARF 
> CL plane on Saturday. CL you say? Yup, this is yet 
> another facet of the hobby I wanted to revive from my 
> youth. The last time I flew a control line plane was 
> about 1977, and then nothing bigger than 1/2A. I 
> picked up the Nobler and then spent two years putting 
> together at somewhat of a leisurely pace. 
> 
> First flight, engine running too rich . .take off . . 
> . try a little up and down . . hmmm, not very 
> responsive. I was expecting it to be twitchy, after 
> all this is a "real" stunt ship. Did a loop or two, 
> ran it out fuel. 
> 
> Second flight, leaned the engine a little, but still 
> too rich. Plane is still pretty unresponsive. Some 
> more loops . . . let's try inverted. Oh-oh . . . 
> lines are slack . . . plane heading for the ground . 
> . . I back up sharply and the plane pulls out with 
> inches to spare . . . back to upright flight, run it 
> out of fuel. My mentor suggests I pay attention to 
> where the plane is relative to wind direction when 
> doing maneuver, I had picked the absolutely worst part 
> of the circle to try and go inverted. OK, tuck that 
> one in the experience drawer. 
> 
> Third flight, lean the engine some more, but 
> apparently still not enough. More level laps, couple 
> of loops, let's try inverted again. Oh-oh, thought I 
> picked the right part of the circle to start but now 
> it's not looking good. Lines going slack again, I back 
> up . . plane starts to recover so I think I have it 
> and stop backing up. Plane continues at a 30 degree 
> downline until the Earth jumps up and grabs it. 
> Crunch!!!! . . . followed by silence. Heavens to 
> Betsy, I crashed my Nobler. Could not blame this one 
> on frequency control, just a loose "Nut" on the 
> handle. 
> 
> The short flights were fun, and I will probably try 
> this again. 
> 
> OK, back to Pattern. 
> 
> 
> 
> Bob Kane 
> getterflash at yahoo.com 
> 
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