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<DIV>Lets see... Three contests... 6 rounds.... 18 flights.</DIV>
<DIV>Two days at the local field... 3 flights each.</DIV>
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<DIV>2008 Pattern flights were at 21.</DIV>
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<DIV>This year I spent dabbling in IMAC... I had a ton of fun and was able to attend 9 contests including Clover Creek Invitational and Tucson.</DIV>
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<DIV>2009... back in the saddle with Pattern and the Masters schedule.. definitely going to have to practice this year.</DIV>
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<DIV>Chuck Hochhalter<BR><BR>--- On <B>Sun, 11/30/08, Earl Haury <I><ejhaury@comcast.net></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Earl Haury <ejhaury@comcast.net><BR>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2008 Season wrap-up<BR>To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><BR>Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 6:38 PM<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>You guys got me interested in counting this year's flights. "Nats" airplane 193, all Hacker C50-14 Comp, "local" airplane 482 & counting, first 297 with Hacker (have 3 Hacker motors over 1250 total - 1 rotor replaced), the last 195 have been with Neu 1515-2Y motor. Clean & grease gears @ 100 flight intervals - no gear problems. All '08 with FlightPower F3A 5350's, no failures and typically 160 useful flights / pack . Servos look good basis measurements with AeroPerfect inclinometer after 500 flights. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Before you ask - I don't know if the Neu motor will be available or not. It's a very cool running motor with excellent mid-range power and throttle response, draws 10A or so more than the Hacker C50-14 with the same props (EagleTree in-flight data). More difficult to service - similar to the standard Hacker C50, grease can be added through the hollow prop shaft and may be OK as the planet gear bearings are larger than the Hacker. Certainly an excellent motor and hopefully will be available at some point.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Earl</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Team FlightPower</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=joddino@socal.rr.com href="mailto:joddino@socal.rr.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>James Oddino</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow>General pattern discussion</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 30, 2008 10:51 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2008 Season wrap-up</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>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.
<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>On Nov 29, 2008, at 2:17 PM, Scott Smith wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Since the list is slow…</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(I know, I know…it’s sick I count flights. But that’s my aviation upbringing and computer nerd side!)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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