Utah County Flying Schedule - Page 2

KASTON · Apr 26, 2005, 03:22 PM

Jeff are you flying Wed? Where? I may be there but Lee wants to know.

I'm still looking for that gunner chair!!!!

Jared_Zygote · Apr 26, 2005, 05:54 PM

I can fly tomorrow at USS. Darren mentioned 3pm. is that still the go time?

jwjohnson · Apr 26, 2005, 05:59 PM

I am planning on flying Wednesday at 2:30, or 3:00 if everyone else will be there then.

Kevin,

I've got an old Millenium Falcon parked in my backyard. You can come over and pull the gunner's seat out if you want.

Darren Hintze · Apr 26, 2005, 08:28 PM

I need to fly earlier if I'm going to make it. I had something come up later in the afternoon. I can fly from 2-3ish unless something else goes haywire.

I think we should plan on Burgess for this Saturday. There are many adjoining areas. We can start behind the Jr High where we flew last summer. I'll plan to get there early and find an open spot. The park has large areas, the Jr High is next door, and around the corner there is an elementary next to an open field.

I don't think Baseball has started yet, and the JR high was open last year until fall football (and soccer later).

I'll post directions tomorrow.

Darren

jwjohnson · Apr 26, 2005, 10:18 PM

I can be there at 2:00 if that's a better time. Just let us know when everyone plans on coming.

Darren Hintze · Apr 26, 2005, 11:16 PM

Sorry that wasn't more clear. I plan on arriving at 2:00.

I have to leave arround 3

Lee · Apr 27, 2005, 09:02 AM

Jeff

Was that a Millenium Falcon or a Ford Falcon with the gunner's seat?

I'll try to be there at 2.

We are getting close to the last call for wings. I hope to be ordering foam soon.

Lee

jwjohnson · Apr 27, 2005, 12:47 PM

On looking closer, it does look more like a Ford Falcon. Instead of parked it's on blocks, and it might be the passenger seat and not the gunner's chair.

indoruwet · Apr 27, 2005, 02:09 PM

You guys are sure making it difficult for Kevin. How about a banana chair ? Or a wheel barrow ?

KASTON · Apr 27, 2005, 02:34 PM

I started it. I think I will try my banana chair on a 4 wheel castered dolly today. I think if I am on the pavement I can get my turning and my rocking all in. I just hope I don't fall off my rocker.

indoruwet · Apr 27, 2005, 03:34 PM

OK, you win....

Lee · Apr 27, 2005, 10:07 PM

Is anyone flying Thursday or Friday?

Kevin (the stiff necked one) Jeff and I went flying today. It rained, it hailed, the sun was out and that is all in the first 20 minutes. It was the lightning that finally chased us off. Lots of fun. Still flew out 7 lipos. We are all drying out out planes and radios now.

It was too wet for Kevin to try his new gunner chair but he did make one.

Lee

jwjohnson · Apr 27, 2005, 10:11 PM

Wind, Hail, Rain, Sleet, nor Snow can stop us, but lightning did get us to quit. Darren also flew with us long enough to break a servo. I'll be out of town for a week. I'm putting a WW in a suitcase. I hope to fly it in Kansas a couple of times.

Jeff

Darren Hintze · Apr 27, 2005, 10:34 PM

I'm going to be in Boise Thurs and Fri.

I did sneak over durning lunch when I saw the weather coming in and sneaked in a Sniper flight. Any day with a Sniper flight is a good day!

Darren

Lee · Apr 29, 2005, 06:24 AM

On Wednesday I was having fun doing low fly-bys with the 28" Wild Wing in the rain. I was running a Razor 400 brushless full throttle. I was doing loops with a snap on top and then a low close pass. I occassonally would finish it off with a full throttle on the deck barrel roll then climb out.

Everything went well through the sixth battery but on the seventh the gremlins bit. As I came out of the barrel roll on the deck I hit a 4 1/2 foot fence post at 60-70 mph so square that the plane stopped instantly and seemed to sit on top of the post. I thought the post had punctured the foam wing and was holding the plane in position but when I got there the plane was intact. The post is one of the wood ceder posts holding up the barbed wire next to the corn field to the south.

As a testimony to the Wild Wing and my battery mounting (for which I have been teased) the only damage to the plane was a broken control horn. I didn't even break the prop. The E-tech 1250 lipo was ejected about 15 feet into the corn field which now has a new layer of smelly wet manure. The end of the battery was bent but it survived. Total repair time for plane and battery was less than 15 minutes.

I sure love EPP and pusher configuration. My only regret is we didn't get it on video. The impact was better than I can describe. For you enviro-conscious lurkers in the audience, no fence posts were injured in the making of this story.

My boys and I will be going to Burgess in Alpine on Saturday for combat and flying at 10:30 AM.

Lee

Apr 29, 2005, 06:24 AM	#30
Lee PERFECT LANDING !!! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Orem, Utah USA Posts: 4,007	On Wednesday I was having fun doing low fly-bys with the 28" Wild Wing in the rain. I was running a Razor 400 brushless full throttle. I was doing loops with a snap on top and then a low close pass. I occassonally would finish it off with a full throttle on the deck barrel roll then climb out. Everything went well through the sixth battery but on the seventh the gremlins bit. As I came out of the barrel roll on the deck I hit a 4 1/2 foot fence post at 60-70 mph so square that the plane stopped instantly and seemed to sit on top of the post. I thought the post had punctured the foam wing and was holding the plane in position but when I got there the plane was intact. The post is one of the wood ceder posts holding up the barbed wire next to the corn field to the south. As a testimony to the Wild Wing and my battery mounting (for which I have been teased) the only damage to the plane was a broken control horn. I didn't even break the prop. The E-tech 1250 lipo was ejected about 15 feet into the corn field which now has a new layer of smelly wet manure. The end of the battery was bent but it survived. Total repair time for plane and battery was less than 15 minutes. I sure love EPP and pusher configuration. My only regret is we didn't get it on video. The impact was better than I can describe. For you enviro-conscious lurkers in the audience, no fence posts were injured in the making of this story. My boys and I will be going to Burgess in Alpine on Saturday for combat and flying at 10:30 AM. Lee Last edited by earthcreature; Apr 29, 2005 at 06:42 AM.

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Apr 26, 2005, 03:22 PM	#16
KASTON Crash Buddy Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Orem Utah Posts: 49	Jeff are you flying Wed? Where? I may be there but Lee wants to know. I'm still looking for that gunner chair!!!!

Apr 26, 2005, 05:54 PM	#17
Jared_Zygote Corn-holio Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Provo Utah Posts: 704	I can fly tomorrow at USS. Darren mentioned 3pm. is that still the go time?

Apr 26, 2005, 05:59 PM	#18
jwjohnson Hit Me! Please! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Provo, UT Posts: 2,048	I am planning on flying Wednesday at 2:30, or 3:00 if everyone else will be there then. Kevin, I've got an old Millenium Falcon parked in my backyard. You can come over and pull the gunner's seat out if you want.

Apr 26, 2005, 08:28 PM	#19
Darren Hintze You fly that thing? Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Lehi, Utah, United States Posts: 5,263	I need to fly earlier if I'm going to make it. I had something come up later in the afternoon. I can fly from 2-3ish unless something else goes haywire. I think we should plan on Burgess for this Saturday. There are many adjoining areas. We can start behind the Jr High where we flew last summer. I'll plan to get there early and find an open spot. The park has large areas, the Jr High is next door, and around the corner there is an elementary next to an open field. I don't think Baseball has started yet, and the JR high was open last year until fall football (and soccer later). I'll post directions tomorrow. Darren

Apr 26, 2005, 10:18 PM	#20
jwjohnson Hit Me! Please! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Provo, UT Posts: 2,048	I can be there at 2:00 if that's a better time. Just let us know when everyone plans on coming.

Apr 26, 2005, 11:16 PM	#21
Darren Hintze You fly that thing? Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Lehi, Utah, United States Posts: 5,263	Sorry that wasn't more clear. I plan on arriving at 2:00. I have to leave arround 3

Apr 27, 2005, 09:02 AM	#22
Lee PERFECT LANDING !!! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Orem, Utah USA Posts: 4,007	Jeff Was that a Millenium Falcon or a Ford Falcon with the gunner's seat? I'll try to be there at 2. We are getting close to the last call for wings. I hope to be ordering foam soon. Lee

Apr 27, 2005, 12:47 PM	#23
jwjohnson Hit Me! Please! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Provo, UT Posts: 2,048	On looking closer, it does look more like a Ford Falcon. Instead of parked it's on blocks, and it might be the passenger seat and not the gunner's chair.

Apr 27, 2005, 02:09 PM	#24
indoruwet Productively Wasting Time Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: God's gift to mankind for flying anything. Posts: 3,090	You guys are sure making it difficult for Kevin. How about a banana chair ? Or a wheel barrow ?

Apr 27, 2005, 02:34 PM	#25
KASTON Crash Buddy Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Orem Utah Posts: 49	I started it. I think I will try my banana chair on a 4 wheel castered dolly today. I think if I am on the pavement I can get my turning and my rocking all in. I just hope I don't fall off my rocker.

Apr 27, 2005, 03:34 PM	#26
indoruwet Productively Wasting Time Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: God's gift to mankind for flying anything. Posts: 3,090	OK, you win....

Apr 27, 2005, 10:07 PM	#27
Lee PERFECT LANDING !!! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Orem, Utah USA Posts: 4,007	Is anyone flying Thursday or Friday? Kevin (the stiff necked one) Jeff and I went flying today. It rained, it hailed, the sun was out and that is all in the first 20 minutes. It was the lightning that finally chased us off. Lots of fun. Still flew out 7 lipos. We are all drying out out planes and radios now. It was too wet for Kevin to try his new gunner chair but he did make one. Lee

Apr 27, 2005, 10:11 PM	#28
jwjohnson Hit Me! Please! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Provo, UT Posts: 2,048	Wind, Hail, Rain, Sleet, nor Snow can stop us, but lightning did get us to quit. Darren also flew with us long enough to break a servo. I'll be out of town for a week. I'm putting a WW in a suitcase. I hope to fly it in Kansas a couple of times. Jeff

Apr 27, 2005, 10:34 PM	#29
Darren Hintze You fly that thing? Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Lehi, Utah, United States Posts: 5,263	I'm going to be in Boise Thurs and Fri. I did sneak over durning lunch when I saw the weather coming in and sneaked in a Sniper flight. Any day with a Sniper flight is a good day! Darren