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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Joe Just on July 10, 2014, 02:42:11 PM
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I have decided to give Beginner another try. Here is my rendition of a Morphed Twister. I decided to return so that others can rest assured that they will not always have to be in last place when ever I fly.
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Very nice job Joe!
Thanks for sharing the close-up of the memorial pic.
Best of luck to you & "Tight Lines"! H^^
Wes
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Joe, I look forward to seeing you at contests!
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More pictures.
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That is cool Joe.
Good luck.
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Geez that's great Joe, I guess if you can do it I should learn the whole pattern and give it a go to. I've been talking about throwing my hat into the ring for awhile now. I like flying with you, we are both more about the talking and fellowship than being the best. We can be the real bottom feeders, as Tim would say.
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If I don't get a new ship out soon, I will have to return to beginner!!
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Thank you for remembering Jimmy Carpenter! He was a cool cat! I still have his U-Key 2000 I've been using to teach kids to fly on.
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Steve, yea, Jim and I had so much fun designing and building the nearly 1000 Ukeys. Even though we tangled sometimes as partners I always felt Jim was the most "giving" persons I had ever met. I miss him a bunch!
Joe
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Geez that's great Joe, I guess if you can do it I should learn the whole pattern and give it a go to. I've been talking about throwing my hat into the ring for awhile now. I like flying with you, we are both more about the talking and fellowship than being the best. We can be the real bottom feeders, as Tim would say.
Duke, sounds great to me! I have often thought that the Beginner event was more fun than any other event going. As far as being a bottom feeder, maybe I can even come up with a design.
Joe
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Set up to fly clockwise? Great looking plane and best regards
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In Joe's defense I think the first pic was flipped. Look at the last picture.
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T took the new plane out yesterday. Great day for flying! Low wind away from the Sun, not too warm and my flying site was recently mowed! Two flip start and away we go. Handle leadouts slipped to the down side and I had to give full up just to maintain level flight. couple of curses and thought that problem was solved and I could run out the tank. Nope, the pressure line from the muffler to the tank came unattached and we went from 5 second laps to about 2 1/2 laps as the LA .46 really unloaded! As many know, I only have one leg that works most of the time and the other seldom works well at all. It wasn't long before I was totally winded, the good leg was about done with and the plane somehow got high and behind me. Result? (anyone need a bag of itty bitty parts?) The engine took most of the blow on the plastic spinner and is ok. Other than that, today I began building another plane so I could once again fly PA beginner. Life is GOOD! LAUGHTER is the best medicine, and I am now once again keeping some poor family in Ecudor employed in the balsa forests.
Joe
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Joe, work on your lazy eights.
I can't remember who it was, but about 20 years ago I thought I could get back into flying, and visited Delta Park. There was a guy there with some sort of health problem that would let him keep up with a plane for takeoff and landing, but not a whole flight.
He'd take is plane out to the grass, take off, and just stand in one spot and do great big lazy eights for a whole flight, then land.
So if it ever happens again...
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Tim, I didn't have enough "UP" to do anything! Had the pressure line stayed on I physically could have just run out the tank. Good advice though. In the past I have done just what you mentioned, but this time it wasn't possibly.
Joe
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Tim, I didn't have enough "UP" to do anything!
Oops -- I forgot that part.
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That is very honoring, Joe Just. I know that you guys designed the C/L trainer.
Jim always spoke about yours and his endeavors. It makes me feel, even thou we have never met, I have known you as long.
Thank You for Carol, Jim and I.
Rafael
:)
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Joe, have you forgot how to grease them in for killing the engine? And yes it is hard to keep up when the legs go. Don't ask me how I know. But, I am getting better. Would you believe today is Church day and there is no wind. Been gusty wind all week, didn't even get out an mow.