Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 24,712Dart
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Lifer
Joined: Sep 2001
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Alabaster, AL USA
Gasp in amazement at the conservative take off! Tap your feet to the sounds of Bill Monroe! Marvel in the application of both a GPS and a paper sectional map on a knee board! Swoon at the affection and emotions as only a man wearing a leather flying helmet can feel! Try and contain yourself through the thrills of a gentle left turn! Witness the changing of a radio frequency! Watch as the flying machine descends to the Earth with majestic grace! Hear the grinding action of grooved asphalt onto a solid rubber tail wheel!
Pretty thrilling stuff, if I say so myself.
Okay, seriously, this is from a week or so ago when we had a rare break in weather. While the wind wasn't too bad, it was bumpy as all get out - but I was going through pilot withdrawal.
And sense I can't remember if I shared this one or not...
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Lifer
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Alabaster, AL USA
Since that day was the first in a long time that was perfect for flying, my sleepy little airport sprang to life in the afternoon - to the point of having five active aircraft populating the field at the same time.
Four on the taxiway, one landing.
I was "number one" waiting to take off as a visiting Zenair was landing, with a KR2 waiting behind me along with a C172 and a Cardinal taking up the rear.
So I trundle out to the strip, firewall the mighty VW engine, and lift up off of the ground. Once in stable flight, I announced I was going to go right and clear the runway, and then parallel it to allow them to proceed.
The Cessna 172 made it to the end of the runway before I did, the KR2 long gone.
I got a short flight in yesterday as I'm seriously working on determining the "V speeds" of best climb over distance and best climb over time, but it was a bit bumpy and wasn't amiable to any kind of serious data collection and the weather was going to worsen later in the day.
I don't know if it's a placebo effect or not, but that slightly larger propeller is making life easier. She acts a lot better on landing, settling down and kissing the runway without issue.
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Lifer
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Alabaster, AL USA
There's a lot I could have done better - my glide angle was too shallow, for one - but she made it back to the ground in one piece and able to take flight again.
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More power to ya bro. Kinda like breakin a horse...
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My God! The man's flying an airplane held together by velcro! Really, though...those "Am I down yet?" landings are great, aren't the?
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Lifer
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Alabaster, AL USA
Today's flight was a mixed bag - I got to fly around some lone puffy clouds but caught a yucky crosswind gust and had to extend my landing!
F15sim, you can get the longer version in the RC sub-forum - brakes locked up on takeoff and I went off into high grass. Why there is waist high grass 15 feet from the runway was a rather pointed question I asked the airport manager...
Oh, here's Episode The Second of the repair - I'm learning how to adjust the sound levels and making it really amateurish in other ways.
I kind of get a kick out of the fact that the view count is so low, in a perverse way.
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Been enjoying watching you go through the process. A heat gun would probably be a safer option than using a propane torch. Most of them are under 50 bucks too.