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

[Jerry Stebbins]

George, you out to try flying a "D" speed model after 48 years. What a dumb 
thing to do-I lucked out when it quit after three laps. Old age=dumbness 
sometimes.
Jerry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "george w. kennie" <geobet at gis.net>
To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off topic,nothing like a crash to keep us 
humble


> 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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