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

[jivey61 at bellsouth.net]

Bob
 That's a good story. I just through away my dry rotted and worn out Nobler
that I built in 1956-1957 and flew in many contests around the southeast. I
still have the oridinal Fox 35 that I gave $15.95.  Hmmmmm maybe I see an
ARF in the future.
Jim Ivey
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Kane" <getterflash at yahoo.com>
To: <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 12:12 PM
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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