Anatomy of 1000+flights control system , plus old contest picture

[EddyR]

   When I sold my house and closed up my shop   two years ago I kept two cl models to fly.  One model was my 20 year old JD Falcon.
 I flew it with Don in September and it flew like it was a new well trimmed model.
   I am moving again so I am down to keeping one model. I decided to look at the controls in the Falcon  and see how they had to stood up
 1000+ flights.   Here is what they looked like. They are like new and original grease is still on all the parts.  No fuel had seeped in around the horns and nothing was rusty. I had forgotten I put a slider horn in the elevator. When I built this model I wondered if the slider would hold up.
   I flew this model for many years with a Rustler 40 in it so it did not get much exhaust on it. I rebuilt it three times over the years.

   Here is a picture from the 1993 Modelmaster's contest at Coxsackie NY. Wow I was only 53 that year and I still had my red hair. That is the same AAsr I used to win the KOI  5 times old time stunt. Found this in another old box of modeling junk.

[Robert Zambelli]

It's great to see a control system holding up that well.

You obviously did it right and paid attention to details.

Bob Z.

[FLOYD CARTER]

I wonder how many keep a log of flights on any one plane.  I don't.

[EddyR]

Floyd   I have kept totals on three planes
 My #3 Juno built in 1988 had 1600+ flights.  My Tucker that I crashed last year had  1000+ when I stopped counting.It was 18 years old. I have  flown the Tucker and the Falcon and almost nothing else since 2000.  It only takes 2 flights a week for 20 years to get over 2000 flights.
 When Bill Rich and I were practicing together weekly I would average 30+ flights a week. We kept track of every flight and did video of most flights.  I still have some of the video's on vhs   If I get time I will put them over on DVD and send them to Sparky and he can put them on here if he wants to.
Ed

[EddyR]

 Got a email from someone yesterday who said " I remember that AAsr with the wheel pants"  That person won First OTS at that meet.
Thanks Jim
Ed

[Phil Spillman]

Starting in 1985 I kept and still keep a log on every plane I fly, which includes the number of flights, the specific engine used and the fuel employed! These stats are transferred to a grid for each plane by month, and finally totaled at year's end or shortly thereafter! The summary does look like a spread sheet but I am not familiar with dp to do it on the PC! I used a free calendar book, the kind which companies give out at Christmas or year end! Once upon a time I was  interested in the All Season Flyer idea! I never applied for the credentials to very and get the badge but I kept this up every month from'85 to September 2001( the year of 9/11) when I had my first knee job! I was ordered to NOT fly and didn't for 6 weeks! There went my many year skane! Now I still do my record keeping thing out of curiosity for every plane. In addition I now keep a Flying Log Diary which notes anything noteworthy regarding the day of fun at the field.

Its really fun and enlightening to review our years as they roll by so very fast!

Phil Spillman