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<DIV>Hey Pat,</DIV>
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<DIV>I flew a Nobler many years ago. I don't think I use lock-tie. Yes, it is nice to remember the Nobler after so many years.</DIV>
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<DIV>Back to work and stop dreaming...............</DIV>
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<DIV>Vicente "Vince" Bortone</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: "Pat Hewitt" <phewitt@farmersagent.com> <BR><BR>> May be you will put some loc tite on that nut next time HEHEHEHE that was a <BR>> good story I am sure a lot of us have done the same thing <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Pat <BR>> <BR>> ------ Original Message ------ <BR>> Received: 11:13 AM CDT, 10/09/2006 <BR>> From: Bob Kane <GETTERFLASH@YAHOO.COM><BR>> To: nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org <BR>> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Off topic, nothing like a crash to keep us humble <BR>> <BR>> Now that the season is finished (at least up here in <BR>> the soon to be great white north), I am making some <BR>> cosmetic repairs to my Temptation. For a little change <BR>> of pace, I decided to test fly my Top Flite Nobler ARF <BR>> CL plane on Saturday. CL you say? Yup, this is yet <BR>> another facet of
the hobby I wanted to revive from my <BR>> youth. The last time I flew a control line plane was <BR>> about 1977, and then nothing bigger than 1/2A. I <BR>> picked up the Nobler and then spent two years putting <BR>> together at somewhat of a leisurely pace. <BR>> <BR>> First flight, engine running too rich . .take off . . <BR>> . try a little up and down . . hmmm, not very <BR>> responsive. I was expecting it to be twitchy, after <BR>> all this is a "real" stunt ship. Did a loop or two, <BR>> ran it out fuel. <BR>> <BR>> Second flight, leaned the engine a little, but still <BR>> too rich. Plane is still pretty unresponsive. Some <BR>> more loops . . . let's try inverted. Oh-oh . . . <BR>> lines are slack . . . plane heading for the ground . <BR>> . . I back up sharply and the plane pulls out with <BR>> inches to spare . . . back to upright flight, run it <BR>> out of fuel. My mentor suggests I pay attention to <BR>> where t
he plane is relative to wind direction when <BR>> doing maneuver, I had picked the absolutely worst part <BR>> of the circle to try and go inverted. OK, tuck that <BR>> one in the experience drawer. <BR>> <BR>> Third flight, lean the engine some more, but <BR>> apparently still not enough. More level laps, couple <BR>> of loops, let's try inverted again. Oh-oh, thought I <BR>> picked the right part of the circle to start but now <BR>> it's not looking good. Lines going slack again, I back <BR>> up . . plane starts to recover so I think I have it <BR>> and stop backing up. Plane continues at a 30 degree <BR>> downline until the Earth jumps up and grabs it. <BR>> Crunch!!!! . . . followed by silence. Heavens to <BR>> Betsy, I crashed my Nobler. Could not blame this one <BR>> on frequency control, just a loose "Nut" on the <BR>> handle. <BR>> <BR>> The short flights were fun, and I will probably try <BR>> this again. <BR>> <B
R>> OK, back to Pattern. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Bob Kane <BR>> getterflash@yahoo.com <BR>> <BR>> __________________________________________________ <BR>> Do You Yahoo!? <BR>> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <BR>> http://mail.yahoo.com <BR>> _______________________________________________ <BR>> NSRCA-discussion mailing list <BR>> NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org <BR>> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________ <BR>> NSRCA-discussion mailing list <BR>> NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org <BR>> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>