Post by duck on Feb 6, 2009 2:26:09 GMT 1
If it wasn't bad enough I'm addicted to flying. I've discovered, much to my dismay, that I'm addicted to inverted flight.
For some dumb reason I cannot seem to resist flying inverted.
Today for example.
It was a beautiful day, calm sunny, +5C. Decided to fly out some packs after work.
Flew out two packs, just flying around, Practised my landings, did 3 before one ski broke after a glitch caused a low altitude stall. Threw the plane out some more, did 3 successful 1-1/2 ski landings. I had put in my last pack and was about 4 minutes into the flight. Just messing around, doing loops, stall turns figure eights, etc.
Something made me do it, don't know what it was, but all of a sudden, i'm inverted.
Ease off the throttle a bit so it doesn't drive straight into the ground, the nose starts to come up, and she's straight level and upside down. Let it fly for 10 seconds or so, then I give it just a nudge of rudder to start the roll back to upright...
HOLY MACARONI...
WHERE DID THAT TREE COME FROM?
Clipped a guy wire holding up the tree just as it was halfway through the roll. Sheared the brand new wing right at the root on the starboard side. That wing had maybe 2 minutes of flight on it before today.
Crap, Oh well, Its an easy fix. It will probably be easier to fix the plane than the ski.
I also learned that flying over a foot of snow is much softer than frozen ground. You can dive straight in from 30 feet up, and not even crack the cowl, but for some reason the ski will break
For some dumb reason I cannot seem to resist flying inverted.
Today for example.
It was a beautiful day, calm sunny, +5C. Decided to fly out some packs after work.
Flew out two packs, just flying around, Practised my landings, did 3 before one ski broke after a glitch caused a low altitude stall. Threw the plane out some more, did 3 successful 1-1/2 ski landings. I had put in my last pack and was about 4 minutes into the flight. Just messing around, doing loops, stall turns figure eights, etc.
Something made me do it, don't know what it was, but all of a sudden, i'm inverted.
Ease off the throttle a bit so it doesn't drive straight into the ground, the nose starts to come up, and she's straight level and upside down. Let it fly for 10 seconds or so, then I give it just a nudge of rudder to start the roll back to upright...
HOLY MACARONI...
WHERE DID THAT TREE COME FROM?
Clipped a guy wire holding up the tree just as it was halfway through the roll. Sheared the brand new wing right at the root on the starboard side. That wing had maybe 2 minutes of flight on it before today.
Crap, Oh well, Its an easy fix. It will probably be easier to fix the plane than the ski.
I also learned that flying over a foot of snow is much softer than frozen ground. You can dive straight in from 30 feet up, and not even crack the cowl, but for some reason the ski will break