What is a "CL" plane??<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/10/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">george w. kennie</b> <<a href="mailto:geobet@gis.net">geobet@gis.net</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hey Jim,<br>My local club just absorbed an uprooted CL club and I built a plane to try<br>to join in the fun. The first time I flew it I couldn't make one full
<br>revolutiion<br>before I was ready to fall on my face and I used to do this stuff years ago.<br>Now I understand why everyone has been telling me for years what a dizzy<br>buggar I am.<br>G.<br><br><br><br><br>----- Original Message -----
<br>From: <<a href="mailto:jivey61@bellsouth.net">jivey61@bellsouth.net</a>><br>To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 4:57 PM
<br>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off topic,nothing like a crash to keep us<br>humble<br><br><br>> Bob<br>> That's a good story. I just through away my dry rotted and worn out Nobler<br>> that I built in 1956-1957 and flew in many contests around the southeast.
<br>> I<br>> still have the oridinal Fox 35 that I gave $15.95. Hmmmmm maybe I see an<br>> ARF in the future.<br>> Jim Ivey<br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> From: "Bob Kane" <<a href="mailto:getterflash@yahoo.com">
getterflash@yahoo.com</a>><br>> To: <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 12:12 PM<br>> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Off topic, nothing like a crash to keep us
<br>> humble<br>><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 the 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>>><br>>> OK, back to Pattern.<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> Bob Kane<br>>> <a href="mailto:getterflash@yahoo.com">getterflash@yahoo.com</a><br>>><br>>> __________________________________________________
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