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

[george w. kennie]

Wow Jerry,
I couldn't have done that 48 years ago !
Georgie



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Stebbins" <JAStebbins at worldnet.att.net>
To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off topic,nothing like a crash to keep us 
humble


> 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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