<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I plugged in one of my ailerons in the wrong channel once. Was busy chatting with some guys at the field and wasn't paying attention. Unbeknownst to me the right aileron was up and not moving. The left aileron wasn't doing much. Ended up landing ok after a couple passes. All I can say the rudder was my friend that day!<div><br></div><div>I check before every flight now. I try not to make the same mistake twice since there are so many others waiting in the wings.</div><div><br></div><div>Robert King</div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 29, 2013, at 7:05 AM, Larry Diamond <<a href="mailto:ldiamond@diamondrc.com">ldiamond@diamondrc.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><div style="RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto">Cranial Flatulence, my vocabulary has yet expanded again with such brilliance from RVP...</span></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto">Yes, </span><span style="RIGHT: auto">I use 3 rubber-bands. I am going to move away from the rubber-bands to a more secure method of a quick release ball joint linkage system<var id="yui-ie-cursor"></var>. This should easily be done without a weight penalty and be more secure than rubber-bands. AND I would be less likely to forget to secure the wings...</span><br></div>
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<div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class="hr" contenteditable="false" readonly="true"></div><font size="2" face="Arial"><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</span></b> Michael S. Harrison <<a href="mailto:drmikedds@sbcglobal.net">drmikedds@sbcglobal.net</a>><br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</span></b> 'Larry Diamond' <<a href="mailto:ldiamond@diamondrc.com">ldiamond@diamondrc.com</a>>; 'General pattern discussion' <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>> <br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 29, 2013 8:48 AM<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</span></b> RE: [NSRCA-discussion] Note to Self<br></font></div>
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<div class="yiv409166844MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Larry,</span></div>
<div class="yiv409166844MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Been there and done that. I have destroyed airplanes because of that. The best way to handle that is to put the rubber bands on the prop after finishing for the day. when you put the plane together you can't fly if the rubber bands are on the prop. Always use 3 rubber bands. Redundancy.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv409166844MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a> [mailto:nsrca-<a href="mailto:discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Larry Diamond<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 29, 2013 8:31 AM<br><b>To:</b> General pattern discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> [NSRCA-discussion] Note to Self</span></div></div></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv409166844MsoNormal"><span style="">Nobody was at the field when I got there. After getting the plane set up, an older gentleman drove up to pick up an umbrella he forgot.</span></div></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv409166844MsoNormal"><span style="">He saw my 2M Monolog and had a big grin on his face. He had never seen a Pattern Plane let alone see one fly. He said he was willing to stick around and watch if I was going to.</span></div></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv409166844MsoNormal"><span style="">With a big smile on my face at this point, I asked for his assistance. I explained I needed somebody to call for me because I don't have the sequence memorized. He was initially nervous and quickly calmed down when I explained how he could call for me and what he needed to do, and if he messed up it was no problem and no worries.</span></div></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv409166844MsoNormal"><span style="">Needless to say he was amazed watching the Monolog fly. I was amazed as I was thinking this is the flight that should be judged at a contest as it might be awhile before I repeat it. I flew slower to help give him time and for me some practice on a slower flight. Bang, it helped. He did a great job calling !!!!!</span></div></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv409166844MsoNormal"><span style="">I finally landed and thanked him for his assistance and looking forward to meeting up with him again this weekend at the field.</span></div></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv409166844MsoNormal"><span style="">He left and I set to pack the plane up. I took off the Canopy and removed the batteries. One by one I removed the wings next, placing each one in it's appropriate wing bag. What a great day !!!!!</span></div></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv409166844MsoNormal"><span style="">Then I was overwhelmed with an adrenaline rush... What just happened...? What did I do...? OMG, I didn't just do that...!!!!!!!</span></div></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv409166844MsoNormal"><span style="">I suddenly realized I didn't remove the rubber-bands that held the 2M Monolog wings on... Why you ask? Because I never put them on before the flight... I flew it with out the wings being secured. </span></div></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv409166844MsoNormal"><span style="">Note to self... "Make some kind of "Remove Before Flight" red ribbon flag to remind me to put the rubber-bands on the wing restraints..?</span></div></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv409166844MsoNormal"><span style="">Larry Diamond</span></div></div>
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