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

[george w. kennie]

Hey Jim,
My local club just absorbed an uprooted CL club and I built a plane to try 
to join in the fun. The first time I flew it I couldn't make one full 
revolutiion
before I was ready to fall on my face and I used to do this stuff years ago. 
Now I understand why everyone has been telling me for years what a dizzy 
buggar I am.
G.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jivey61 at bellsouth.net>
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Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off topic,nothing like a crash to keep us 
humble


> 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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