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

[Keith Hoard]

What is a "CL" plane??

On 10/10/06, george w. kennie <geobet at gis.net> wrote:
>
> 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>
> To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> 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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Keith Hoard
Collierville, TN
khoard at gmail.com
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