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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>It's been my first full year flying pattern. 2 planes, 7
contests, 150+ flights, and 2nd place in district championship points. All in
all, not a bad start. I've learned a lot, had some fun, and met a lot of neat
people. My flying has improved drastically, thanx to practice and a LOT of
help from Troy. Moving up to Intermediate in the last contest was a lot of fun
and it should be challenging next year. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I'm down right now to send in my 12z for its 2 year service and
work on my new Black Mamba. My goal is to start flying the BM starting at the
February Phoenix contest (assuming I get it finished). I also hope to attend
NATS for the first time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>It's been a good year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>- Robert Beaubien<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>- NSRCA, District 7 Webmaster<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>rcmaster199@aol.com<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 30, 2008 2:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2008 Season wrap-up<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>That's several folks I have heard who changed wheels
after a couple hundred flights. Suggestion for
youse..... If you lined the foam initially with a thin layer of bicycle
inner tube (ca'd on), your wheels (the foam) will last much longer. Maybe
5 or 6X if you fly off pavement. This tid bit ought to make Van Putte
smile<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On flying, I count flights too as Scott is. My Temptress saw
about 39 flights this year (3 gallons +). And we did fly in one whole pattern
contest...woweee!!! Seven flights there alone. Temptress has just completed her
6th season, some 1500 flights in that span, 75% of which came in her first 3
seasons in Fla. Been in NJ for 3 seasons with a grand total of about 350
flights. Oh well. I've met some great folks though....<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I also got to fly grandson Cason's Vapor about 40X and his
foam glider (EZ Star?) about 15X. And his CX2 about 3 dozen times before
breaking the rotor blades. Cason is 4 and loves flying as long as Pappou
(that's me) does the flying. But hey, he drives his little RC cars and trucks
so it's a matter of time before he competes for stick time<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On the Vapor, this has to be the easiest to fly trainer ever
made. My son Isaac actually loves to fly it. I've been trying to get the boy to
fly with me for 15 years with no practi cal success and along comes the Vapor
and makes it so easy. I am pleased!!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>MattK<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: James Oddino <joddino@socal.rr.com><br>
To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br>
Sent: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:51 am<br>
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2008 Season wrap-up<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I'm not finished yet but I'm only at 259 flights this year.
Twenty flights were testing my new 14MZ and 2.4GHz modules in January,
and the rest were with my Abbra. All electric powered. I did change
the motor, a DualSky 6360, at flight 422 on the Abbra, thinking the bearings
were getting noisey but they really didn't need to be changed. I'm now at
493 flights and I think I'm on my fourth set of wheels. I also tightened
the rudder cables once. I'm constantly tweaking the transmitter as there
isn't much to do on the plane. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I only got to three contests all late in the year, but I did
see improvement in my flying after watching and listening. Practicing
alone will not get it done.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Jim O<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Nov 29, 2008, at 2:17 PM, Scott Smith wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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color:black'>Since the list is slow…</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>I’m guessing I flew my last flight for 2008 today; it’s just
getting too cold here in<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>New
England! So barring a warm spell, I ended with 404 flights since April 17<sup>th</sup>.
Contests were a little light with three district meets and the Nat’s.
Electrics worked very well for me with battery cost currently at $2.91 per
flight.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>(I know, I know…it’s sick I count flights. But that’s my
aviation upbringing and computer nerd side!)</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>How many flights/contests did you do this year?</span><span
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