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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My OFB has a ARC Focus 2 you could
acquire....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>John Ferrell W8CCW<BR>"My Competition is not my
enemy"<BR><A href="http://DixieNC.US">http://DixieNC.US</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=twtaylor@ftc-i.net href="mailto:twtaylor@ftc-i.net">twtaylor</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 12, 2007 7:54
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NSRCA-discussion] Notes to Self
12</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Notes to Self 12<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Last we visited our fearless duo they were headed to a
not so local hobby shop to pick up a new Focus 2 for
OFB.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“Hey OFB that looks like the guy”, I sit back and
watch as OFB and the guy haggle about the airframe and watch as OFB loads the
Focus into his truck. We head into the LHS and do our shopping picking up a
few pieces we can use and some we think we can, only never to be seen again
once they hit the work bench. I swear there’s a spot in my
shop<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">If I sit something down it goes into an alternate
universe. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> On the drive back I ask him how much he paid
for the airplane and he tells me, I about fall out of the truck! 2k for a
Focus with a YS1.40FZ and exhaust, no
servos!!!!!!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Now I know my OFB is getting old but dang that
seemed like a lot. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> The next week Gary Harris calls me and tells me
that he has found me a RTF Focus2 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">with Hyde mount for 1/3 of what OFB paid so I jump at
it. The next weekend OFB and Pattern King make a short ride to pick up the
airplane. Pattern King decides to order a new YS1.60dz for the focus along
with a new header and pipe.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Fast forward two weeks. Both airplanes
are on the flight line ready to enjoy a long day of blessing the sky with our
Pattern Prowess. I test fly OBF’s new airplane and everything is fine and I
hand him the controls. OFB seems to be getting along fine with this new
airplane as it’s not as fast as his old one. The 1.40FZ seems to pull
well.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> I get my new creation out and have a time
getting the new 1.60 to run but finally get it purring like a kitten and off
we go. I can tell the big difference between the two engines as mine has much
more power and carves better through the sequence but I have to use a lot more
rudder than I’m used too. Must be the torque of the
engine.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> OFB and Pattern king spend the next few weeks
flying and having a ball. Pattern King and the new 1.60 are getting along
well. Then it happens, the 1.60 decides to quit way out and low.
“&#%&^$%!*$* hope I can make it back to the field there OFB, “You’ll
be fine there Pattern King”. About that time Pattern King runs out of air
speed, altitude and options all at the same time. As the Focus lands just
short of the run way the right carbon gear decides to break and fly off the
airframe. “Well the airplane is ok but you really need to learn to land on the
runway there PK”.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> “Well there OFB I guess your right, Remind me to
write you out of my will next week”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Now its OFB’s time to fly as PK is done for the
day.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> The flight proceeds normally and I turn away
from OFB to the end of the run way to pick his up as he’s making his approach
to land. All of I sudden I see the airplane dip and start doing the most
perfect wing tip to nose to wing tip to tail landing I’ve ever seen. I
mean parts are flying in every direction! I’ve not seen a cloud of balsa,
plywood, monokote and such that big in years!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> “Well there OFB what happened”? “I just got
disoriented and lost it” Without thinking I asked “HEY can I have the landing
gear?” <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Last anyone saw of us that day was OFB chasing PK with
a 9303 transmitter around the field trying to do bodily harm. Man I didn’t
know a 73 year old man could run that fast! <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Until next time!!!!!!!!!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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