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Post by pasquale91 on Oct 5, 2015 15:15:49 GMT 1
9/26-10/4
Didn't get all 9 days as was hoping but got 6 good ones, mornings and evenings.
Much too windy the other three days.
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Post by sham on Oct 6, 2015 7:09:03 GMT 1
Good for you  Me? I've missed 4 perfect weekend days in the last 2 weeks due to other commitments. This weekend, I'm free. Guess what the forecast is? Can only laugh. |
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Post by pasquale91 on Oct 6, 2015 22:20:20 GMT 1
Flying was just a byproduct during this vacation.
De-stressing and enjoying ourselves was paramount.
Hardest decision I had to make was what time I was going to take a nap.
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Post by hghost on Oct 7, 2015 4:33:10 GMT 1
With horrible weather finally gone
Got to fly today.
Archer-SE5a-Yak and trial and error with the Wilga
Archer flew great as always
Tied ribbons on the SE5a and had a blast Looked like a air show
Coasted around nice and slow with the Yak-12
Then came the Wilga. Now i did not check CG on this plane
( big mistake ), as it was extremely tail heavy
I held it in my hand and seemed to not be that bad...( I was wrong )
On most models that would mean instant destruction
What is that saying " tail heavy plane flies once ?"
They must have never flew a Wilga.
It took off and went straight nose up, like a 3 D plane in a hover.
I actually flew it around my field that way, nose pitched way up
Letting off the throttle the nose would drop and it would just float
Throttle up-nose up and away it would go again
Lowered the flaps and the plane actually got even slower and still nose pitched almost straight up
decided not to try and land it, so i just allowed it to float over into the tall grass
needless to say it needs the CG set and some weight on the nose
I had to add stick on weights to the Yaks to fix that issue as well
but the Yaks would not fly that way.
It was amazing-scary and really fun flying it around like that, as long as throttle was up
it flew fine...lost altitude when let off throttle but it just floated so slow...more throttle and
nose up around and around....I was shocked, but loved it.
Had a great evening flying, after two weeks of bad weather
Hope everyone else is flying as well. : )
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Post by hghost on Oct 10, 2015 2:38:58 GMT 1
After one day of flight back on the 6th, no flying since
have to keep this weather ranting thread going
More Wind and rain.....
was hoping to get some video of the changing fall colors
But with this wind and rain, may not have any leaves left on the tree's to see ...lol
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Post by hghost on Oct 12, 2015 6:41:50 GMT 1
Well no flying until today...well yesterday ( Sunday 10/11/2015 ) since it is 1:37 AM Monday 10/12/2015 now
Had some nice flights
Flew the Archer-Yak-SE5a- and the Wilga
had a nice time
Even crashed my Wilga, brushed some tree limbs , flying low and fast at the edge of my field
just got to cocky and got to close to the tree's.
Misjudged the distance.
Filmed some autumn color with the Yak. Tried filming on the SE5a, but it did not record
and the Wilga vid was mounted upside down ( dumb me )
If i can get them downloaded on You tube
I will try and post them here .
Over all had a Good time.
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Post by hghost on Oct 17, 2015 17:59:06 GMT 1
Flew on the 11th..and nothing since.
Beautiful out, but horrible winds.
temperatures have dropped as well , high expected today just in the Mid 40's, low tonight in the 20's
Have had 16-18 MPH winds and gusting 23-25 MPH this week, today is no different, not as bad but still to hard to fly.
Seems fall has fallen and soon winter will be upon us.....I have ski's...am going to try and do some winter flying this year ...maybe .
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Post by hghost on Oct 24, 2015 6:41:11 GMT 1
Got to fly some today,( Friday 10-23-15 ) it was really windy, but flew anyway
little stressful at times
but still had fun
hope all are getting some air time in as well.
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Post by pasquale91 on Oct 25, 2015 19:51:26 GMT 1
Wet here this weekend, really wet. We got 7 in of rain at the house.
Just west of us got 13 in. The pond will be full though for float flying.
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Post by pasquale91 on Nov 1, 2015 21:57:02 GMT 1
Still raining. Total of 9.5 in last weekend and 2.25 in this weekend and still coming down.
Was going to try out a Carbon Z Cub this weekend too.
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Post by hghost on Nov 2, 2015 0:49:52 GMT 1
No flying since the 24th...to windy and some off and on light rain
We need some rain..But not that much.....
today ...it is dreary, wet and cooler not as windy just to wet to fly
hopefully will get to fly this week, suppose to clear up and warm up
hope the winds are calmer as well.
always a wait and see thing
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Post by hghost on Nov 2, 2015 0:55:55 GMT 1
O btw here is a small vid of me flying a Wilga just buzzing the field also crash..... Got to close to the treeline...and after i took off again the rudder went full left just circled around, had to ditch it in the grass ( broke prop ) Key cam date /time is wrong I finally figured out how to change it Hopefully i will get to fly this week have a vibration,and a noise in the Wilga ( sounds like a real plane when flying) video is a little blurred because of the vibration Enjoy the Video, it was just having fun flight was filmed on 10/11/15 www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nhoR15tBmU |
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Post by hghost on Nov 8, 2015 4:23:16 GMT 1
I went out and flew my Yak and both Sport Cub S' today 11/7/2015
Flew 3 batteries through the Yak right before dark
Had one flight with my Daytime SCS- but stock motor went out ( normal condition for this plane )
Flew 5 batteries through my Night Time SCS
It was pretty cool out and windy, shortened flight times
But had fun anyway
Ed.
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Post by sham on Nov 21, 2015 21:05:26 GMT 1
I haven't flown in weeks. Last time out, the 4 planes all got an outing. A couple of flights on Supercub, effortless as always and the Sportcub warming the thumbs up nicely.
The out came the new plane, the T28 by Dynam. What a handful, at anything above half throttle it ballooned alarmingly and became barely controllable. So, retracts and flaps down and in for a landing. Recheck the balance and sure enough its spot on. Try again and much the same, so half throttle it was - the plane flies very nicely when its tamed, and a little digging online shows that several owners of this plane recommend changing the thrust angle by adding a couple of washers under the top motor mount. I've done that and hopefully it will be better.
Not a bad maiden (its in one piece - it can't be bad!), but hoping the next flight will be better.
The Bonanza flew twice as well, uneventful - and I love, LOVE, to see that plane in the air.
The weather has been utterly shocking since then, but hope it changes soon - I've not lost my enthusiasm!
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Post by hghost on Nov 26, 2015 4:40:54 GMT 1
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