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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Notes to Self 12<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 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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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'>“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 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>If I sit something down it goes into an alternate universe. <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'> 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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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 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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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 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 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>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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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'> 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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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'> 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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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 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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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'> “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 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Now its OFB’s time to fly as PK is done for the day.<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'> 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>
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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'> “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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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 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>
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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'>Until next time!!!!!!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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