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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Notes to Self 10<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Last time we visited our fearless leader (?) he and OFB were headed to
the hobby shop for some supplies.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>As we focus in on this episode,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> OFB pulls up to the hobby shop after the hour and a half ride.
“I’m supposed to pick up a new airplane from a guy here
today”. I look in the back of the suburban and wonder “Where in the
heck are you going to put it?” You have to understand OFB, his truck,
trailer and model work shop all look the same. He never throws anything out,
wherever he lays it down is where it stays. There isn’t 6 square inches
of clean room in any of them. Well the guy pulls up and I see a Focus 2 in the
back of the truck, nice looking airplane, looks brand new from top to bottom.
He makes his deal as I go inside to find only about ½ the things I wanted to
get. 30% heli fuel is $25, I’ll pass on that thank you very much. We do
our shopping and head back to the truck and I find the new airframe lying
across the tops of the seats. Well this should look good when we get home. I
wonder how many dents will be in it by then. On the way back OFB tells me what
he paid for the airplane and I’m sure glad I wasn’t driving as I
sure would have wrecked us from the shock. I figure he paid about twice what
the airplane was worth. Oh well, not my money. Next weekend OFB has the airplane
ready to test fly and hands me the transmitter, I look over the airplane and
tell him the pipe isn’t secured well enough. “It’s ok just
fly it” “Ok I’ll fly it” Take off is smooth and very
little trim is required and the airplane flies well. I start into some
maneuvers above just straight up, down, back and worth and suddenly the
airplane gets REALLY LOUD. “Well there OFB I guess the pipe came
loose” We land and sure enough the pipe has slid out of the coupler. Ok let’s
adjust a few things while the pipe cools down. Pattern King jumps into the 9303
programming section and dials in some down trim with low throttle to correct
the slight pull in the down line and set the rates to where OFB liked it on all
rates so he doesn’t have to worry about a switch being out of place and
making him need new underwear during a flight. We fix the header coupler and
away we go. “Hmmmmmmmm there OFB looks like you really get along fine
with that airplane”. “Yeah I love it the PK it suits me just fine”
The airplane is a bit slower than what he’s been flying and his reactions
are not what they used to be so this has helped him a lot. As long as
it’s made him happy I’m happy for him. I can’t stand to see
my OFB unhappy. Money isn’t always the determining factor.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Fast forward 3 weeks, PK hears the phone ring, “Tim this is Gary
Harris”, “Hey buddy how you been”? “Well I thought
I’d call you and inform you that there’s a Focus 2 for sale
that’s like brand new” “Really now” My interest in this
conversation goes up 10 fold. Seems Dean Wilson is selling his backup and it
only has about 6 flights on it. “Ok <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Gary</st1:City></st1:place>
call him and tell him I’ll take it at the asking price” SO OFB and
PK set up a time to pick up the airplane and drive over and get it. Back at the
shop they start installing the gear only to find out PK needs Central Hobbies
to be next door not in fly over country. Ok Monday order what we need and wait.
“Oh carp I forgot this, this and that”. Ok Thursday rolls around
and we seem to have everything we need. So PK schedules a Sat morning thrash
session to get the airplane ready for a Sunday maiden flight. So Sat morning we
get everything in the airplane and start setting up the radio. “Dang
there OFB I can’t really tell if the elevators are centered or not with
no fixed tips.” Hmmmmmmm what to do. “I know OFB get my laser level
and let’s try that” Well the laser level works just dandy. PK lines
up the center of the LE and the Trailing edge and makes sure the hinge line all
line up with the laser. (BTW a small piece of tape across where the laser light
shines through the case will cut the line down to a very thin line.) “Ok
that looks good, now lets get Jerry Budd’s magic invention out and check
the throws” PK scans RC universe for Don’s Focus 2 Build thread to
get the cg and throws. “Ok looks like Eric and Don used close to the same
for throws so lets set it up that way”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Get the airplane all set up, cycle the batteries and wait for Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Sunday dawns just perfect for test/trim flights Sunny no clouds and
less than 5mph winds.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>“Ok there OFB Help me get this together and we’ll test fly
it” OFB “Have you ran the engine yet?” “No I have not
so we need to be care full on the idle setting” Ok after a hour of trying
to get this brand new YS1.60DZ running at all I give up and take a break. OFB
is over there rolling laughing at me and my engine troubles, OFB gets his out
and puts it together and heads to the flight line to fly a bit and guess what,
his engine won’t start either. I hold the high moral ground and
don’t even snicker at him; until I went behind the trailer then I
couldn’t hold it any longer and about broke a rib laughing so hard.
“Ok OFB what’s common between both of our airplanes?” THE FUEL!!!!!!!!!!!
So we drain mine and flush everything out and change fuel to a new batch. Mine
roars to life!!!!!!!!!!!! And we have to adjust the idle a bit. Ok shut it down
and let it cool off so I can put the cowling back on. Mean while OFB has his
refueled and started and we go out for a flight and it goes well, about half
way through the exhaust gets really loud AGAIN. “Ok there OFB land it and
lets see what’s wrong now” Pipe came loose again and slipped back
out of the coupler. “Here OFB try these AAP spring clamps instead of
those tie wraps” That fixes his for good. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Now onto PK’s test flight, Engine is just purring now that we
have good fuel, Idle seems perfect and transition is very good for a new
engine. Roll out is normal and lift off is calm with a slight right roll easily
corrected with about 3-4 clicks of right aileron trim. Elev is perfect and
rudder needs about 4-5 right clicks. There now, it’s tracking well, CG
seems about right low rate is a bit slow and high rate is a bit fast but
center rate is just about perfect. So make a mental note to adjust all the
rates to the center settings. About this time a fellow club member is taking
off with his new trainer and I hear the engine screaming and the pilot uttering
*&^)&!#_&*_(%*^)(&^_!@&$*& then the thud and dead
silence. Seems he didn’t check his ailerons and took off with them
backwards. Ooops.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Ok time to land this thing and check it out. PK makes the turn to final
and the airplane isn’t slowing down as well as he expected, pull the
throttle trim all the way back to kill the engine but nothing happens. The
engine will not shut down but the idle isn’t too high to land it just a
bit longer than normal. No biggy.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>OFB picks the airplane up and we walk back to the stand to check the
airplane over. “Hmmmmmmmm I swore I put 3-4 clicks of right aileron in
this thing but my trim is at neutral.” OFB “Oh I thought they were
out of trim so I moved the trim over a bit until I thought they were
level” “Thanks a lot there OFB” This isn’t a killing
offense so I let it go with a stern look. </span></font><font face=Wingdings><span
style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The front of the canopy is loose. Seems the locating pin came off during
the flight but it’s not to be found inside the airplane. So PK fixes it
and checks the rest of the airplane out, everything seems fine just have to fix
the engine idle. Next flight the dang engine won’t start AGAIN. OFB
“Did you release the fuel shut off? “Yeah I was testing you on how
long it’d take you to figure that out” Lesson for PK. New airplanes
sometimes require new sequence of events for proper operation. Ok so 3 more
flights Sunday and all go perfectly. PK is a happy man. So is OFB.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>We fade to Black as OFB and PK load up the trailers and head to the
barn</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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