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John Leidle · « **Reply #50 on:** July 10, 2013, 09:47:01 AM »

I left Seattle 10:00am PST Tuesday plan to hit my room Saturday. I'm in Billings as I enjoy coffee. Is there any truth that the Nats will be in Tucson next year? Or was that Woodland ,California?
John

Derek Barry · « **Reply #51 on:** July 10, 2013, 10:23:06 AM »

Quote from: John Leidle on July 10, 2013, 09:47:01 AM

I left Seattle 10:00am PST Tuesday plan to hit my room Saturday. I'm in Billings as I enjoy coffee. Is there any truth that the Nats will be in Tucson next year? Or was that Woodland ,California?
John

I highly doubt it.

Derek

Randy Powell · « **Reply #52 on:** July 10, 2013, 11:25:05 AM »

I miss the traveling Nats.

Derek Barry · « **Reply #53 on:** July 10, 2013, 11:31:15 AM »

Quote from: Randy Powell on July 10, 2013, 11:25:05 AM

I miss the traveling Nats.

I was nice to see new places.

Derek

Paul Walker · « **Reply #54 on:** July 10, 2013, 06:56:26 PM »

Well, the plan didn't work out. Got a call from Howard yesterday at noon saying he wasn't stopping by on the way to Muncie.

Turns out he is a sissy. The AC in his Prius stopped working Tuesday morn and he took it in to be fixed before leaving.

They just don't make "tough" JCT members any more!!!

ptg · « **Reply #55 on:** July 10, 2013, 07:15:30 PM »

Quote from: Paul Walker on July 10, 2013, 06:56:26 PM

They just don't make "tough" JCT members any more!!!

DUH…….
As the founder of the JCT, I can state with empirical knowledge;
‘NO JCT members have been made since the ‘70s’ and even then they were all made several decades prior.

Steve Fitton · « **Reply #56 on:** July 10, 2013, 07:15:53 PM »

you don't have made men in the JCT?

John Leidle · « **Reply #57 on:** July 10, 2013, 10:45:04 PM »

I remember driving my Ford Minivan through the heat with out air. I stopped for gasoline & it was hotter in the van than in the 98 degree heat. I bought a car in 2007 & wouldn't drive without air in that heat again,,I don't know how I used to survive.
Staying in South Dakota tonight ,,,, stopping in Peere S.D. to see the WW2 Monunent in the am then forward .
John

Howard Rush · « **Reply #58 on:** July 10, 2013, 11:52:28 PM »

I'm in Mountain Home, ID. Car AC working fine at 104F outside air temperature. Hotel AC inadequate. They switched me to a different room, still inadequate. These rooms both had new air conditioners, which the desk cutie said don't work well. I relocated the temperature sensor, which had been installed adjacent to the coil. I am now cool as a cucumber.

Brett Buck · « **Reply #59 on:** July 11, 2013, 12:02:14 AM »

Quote from: John Leidle on July 10, 2013, 10:45:04 PM

I remember driving my Ford Minivan through the heat with out air. I stopped for gasoline & it was hotter in the van than in the 98 degree heat. I bought a car in 2007 & wouldn't drive without air in that heat again,,I don't know how I used to survive.
Staying in South Dakota tonight ,,,, stopping in Peere S.D. to see the WW2 Monunent in the am then forward .
John

I drove from Kentucky to California when I was moving out here in a car with no air conditioning, right across the desert in July. It was livable, mostly. The one interesting point was going from the desert for a day and a half, and then stopping in Truckee for gas. We had been getting pretty hot for a while, but there was snow on the ground and it was 38 degrees.

Brett

Brett Buck · « **Reply #60 on:** July 11, 2013, 12:08:15 AM »

Quote from: Howard Rush on July 10, 2013, 11:52:28 PM

I'm in Mountain Home, ID. Car AC working fine at 104F outside air temperature. Hotel AC inadequate. They switched me to a different room, still inadequate. These rooms both had new air conditioners, which the desk cutie said don't work well. I relocated the temperature sensor, which had been installed adjacent to the coil. I am now cool as a cucumber.

In hotels with the "central thermostat" controlled from a remote location, at night they frequently override your settings and it gets stuffy. My engineer buddies and I found that an affront, so we set about trying to hack it to do what we wanted. Everybody else tried to fiddle with the digital connections with little luck due to lack of equipment. I took a washcloth, soaked it with water, put it in the plastic bag used for the ice bucket, wrapped it up, put it in the microwave for about 45 seconds. Then I draped it over the thermostat housing and put a dry hand towel over the whole thing. Woke up about 4 in the morning and it was still nice and toasty under the towel and it was about 45 degrees in the room.

Brett

Derek Barry · « **Reply #61 on:** July 11, 2013, 04:58:29 AM »

Quote from: Paul Walker on July 10, 2013, 06:56:26 PM

Well, the plan didn't work out. Got a call from Howard yesterday at noon saying he wasn't stopping by on the way to Muncie.

Turns out he is a sissy. The AC in his Prius stopped working Tuesday morn and he took it in to be fixed before leaving.

They just don't make "tough" JCT members any more!!!

Yeah, I think he should have opted for the world class critiquing and just dealt with the heat. It's going to be a tough contest.

Derek

Jeff Traxler · « **Reply #62 on:** July 11, 2013, 08:44:33 AM »

I'll be makin' my 3 hr. drive to Muncie as soon as I sign out.It may be a short drivebut it AINT FAR ENOUGH FROM TOLEDO. Toledo is a turd in the punchbowl of life!!!!!

Derek Barry · « **Reply #63 on:** July 11, 2013, 08:52:08 AM »

Quote from: Jeff Traxler on July 11, 2013, 08:44:33 AM

I'll be makin' my 3 hr. drive to Muncie as soon as I sign out.It may be a short drivebut it AINT FAR ENOUGH FROM TOLEDO. Toledo is a turd in the punchbowl of life!!!!!

Have a safe trip Trax, see you Saturday!

Derek

Randy Powell · « **Reply #64 on:** July 11, 2013, 09:43:35 AM »

Howard,

Hmmm, Mountain Home, ID. It's not the end of the world ... but you can see it from there.

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #65 on:** July 11, 2013, 02:30:00 PM »

Checking in at the Baymont now. Will get out to AMA to check it out in a few.

Dave

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #66 on:** July 11, 2013, 03:37:58 PM »

At the LPad. Nobody here accept Brenda and Melvin just pulled up. Things here look good, not all dried and burned like last year. Quite windy. Free Flight is encamped across the road but nothing going up. Likely done for today. There is a van and trailer with vending machines parked right where the tabulation trailer goes. Move it or we'll steal a coke machine! This looks like a mobile QT. Maybe it's staying. Going to wander over to the FF.

Dave

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #67 on:** July 11, 2013, 03:41:01 PM »

A shot from circle 2 center of the pavilion.

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #68 on:** July 11, 2013, 04:11:00 PM »

Looks like FF will have another full day tomorrow. They are launching from just across the road from circle 4 and blowing directly over site 3.

,:).

! Can't see how that will affect us at all if the wind blows from the same direction tomorrow. Some electric FF going up now.

Dave

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #69 on:** July 11, 2013, 04:19:30 PM »

Howard Rush · « **Reply #70 on:** July 11, 2013, 11:16:08 PM »

I'm in Cheyenne now. Here is the Jive Combat Team Transporter crossing Wyoming today, carrying the wardrobe, supplies for the West Coast Junior Varsity hospitality tent, the usual waxes and polishes, and crates and crates of vortex generators.

Mark Scarborough · « **Reply #71 on:** July 11, 2013, 11:47:05 PM »

Quote from: Howard Rush on July 11, 2013, 11:16:08 PM

I'm in Cheyenne now. Here is the Jive Combat Team Transporter crossing Wyoming today, carrying the wardrobe, supplies for the West Coast Junior Varsity hospitality tent, the usual waxes and polishes, and crates and crates of vortex generators.

perfect!!

Alan Buck · « **Reply #72 on:** July 12, 2013, 12:44:19 PM »

Ken and I plan leaving sat. morning and there sat night

Brad Smith · « **Reply #73 on:** July 12, 2013, 01:47:37 PM »

Good luck Alan sorry i wont b there to kick your but lol have fun though ALAN ALAN ALAN ALAN.

Will Hinton · « **Reply #74 on:** July 12, 2013, 05:26:53 PM »

Quote from: john e. holliday on July 10, 2013, 09:26:13 AM

Hey Will, after seeing your post in the scale section, it dawned on me that 2 1/2 hours is a daily commute to and from work for some of us.

Hey Doc, been off the grid for three days due to a computer glitch - but ya gotta know I consider Muncie my home field! Ain't no bother at all to get down there and bother Allen Goff & usually Roger (the) Wildman for a day. However, it's been a long time since I've done that!

All you nats guys, enjoy and be blessed!!!!

Gene Martine · « **Reply #75 on:** July 12, 2013, 06:45:36 PM »

Stan & I arrived at AMA around 2:30PM today (Friday) Picked up our packet, drove around the field, checked in at the motel, unloaded the car. Went to Wally world picked up water, cooler & some other stuff.
Had dinner at the Texas Roadhouse. Going to watch TV for a little while, shower & hit the sack.
Going to the field in the morning & fly.
Gene

Steve Fitton · « **Reply #76 on:** July 12, 2013, 07:31:33 PM »

Hey Gene, any idea if the Muncie Hobby Shop is open this year?

RC Storick · « **Reply #77 on:** July 12, 2013, 09:05:16 PM »

My trip to the NATS started friday the 5th and I headed to Denver picked up my Dad and we drove to Reighlander WI to see a house he built 66 years ago. Then down to Saint Louis for a layover and on to the NATS Saturday Morning. I should arrive around 3:00. So my Nats trip so far has been 3000 miles this year. Kind of like the song I went to LA via Ohmaha.

the original Steve Smith · « **Reply #78 on:** July 12, 2013, 09:49:13 PM »

I'll be right behind you pullin my trailer Sparky!

I should be there late Saturday afternoon. Get hooked up to the electric at the RV hookups right there in the center of the AMA field (next to the RC Pylon area). Then I can go see who is practicing on the grass.

Hope to see Trax there!

Steve

Howard Rush · « **Reply #79 on:** July 12, 2013, 09:56:38 PM »

Looking forward to seeing you and your dad there, Robert. I'm in MO myself now, St. Joseph.

I spent most of the day in Nebraska. It's a nice place with plenty of rest areas on I-80, important for us geezers. There are Starbucks at North Platte and York, important for us Seattelites and somewhat correlated with the importance of the rest areas.

Jason Greer · « **Reply #80 on:** July 12, 2013, 10:31:08 PM »

Checking in from West Memphis. Had an hour delay getting away from South Arkansas so we didn't make it quite as far as hoped. Hope to arrive Saturday afternoon. Maybe I can finish my new airplane then...

Eric Viglione · « **Reply #81 on:** July 13, 2013, 06:02:32 AM »

Started looking to pull over around 11pm last night before nashville... tried 5 major exit ramps over the next few hours. Every hotel booked solid! Finally found a quality inn in Kentucky around 2am...the good nes is today will be a short 5hr drive.
EricV

Dennis Adamisin · « **Reply #82 on:** July 13, 2013, 06:50:52 AM »

Will be passing through and visiting Sunday on my way TO work, then will be passing thorugh again on Friday, visiting on my way homr FROM work.

Hope you all brought some folding money. I will have a trunk full of electric pusher props: 10", 11", 12" and 13" 'ers that go whirrrrrrrrrrrr.

This week's special NO SHIPPING CHARGE on props you pick up in person - What a deal!

Howard Rush · « **Reply #83 on:** July 16, 2013, 01:55:10 PM »

I wish belatedly to inform you that I have arrived at the Nats. Trip was uneventful. Below you can see the Jive Combat Team Transporter on the little-known shortcut from I-74 to I-65.

Steve Helmick · « **Reply #84 on:** July 16, 2013, 02:02:25 PM »

Quote from: Eric Viglione on July 13, 2013, 06:02:32 AM

Started looking to pull over around 11pm last night before nashville... tried 5 major exit ramps over the next few hours. Every hotel booked solid! Finally found a quality inn in Kentucky around 2am...the good nes is today will be a short 5hr drive.
EricV

This is where a GPS and a cell phone can save you a lot of wasted time. The GPS will give up the phone number of each motel in the town you want to stop in, before you arrive...call ahead and axe 'em if they've got a room for you. Real good idea to have the navigator doing that, while the driver tends to bizness. Allow about 50 miles to get that done.

Steve

Mike Haverly · « **Reply #85 on:** July 16, 2013, 03:11:28 PM »

Kaz indeed scored 20 points with his Hellcat. This is not the same one he used last year but a nicer one. Hard to understand that statement without actually seeing it in person. He said "I am very happy today!" Funny that's the same thing he said last year after finishing fourth. The last flight he put in this morning in absolutely dead air was a scorcher. I wouldn't be surprised to see him fly Saturday again.
The temperature this morning when we left to each lunch was 95 with about the same humidity. Backing up was mandatory.

James Strickland · « **Reply #86 on:** July 16, 2013, 08:39:37 PM »

Hi All,
Does anyone know if that's Kaz' own design Hellcat or if it's Pat Johnson's design that Randy Smith sells the plans for or what, and if/ where a plan is available from?

Thanks Much,
James Strickland

john e. holliday · « **Reply #87 on:** July 17, 2013, 07:45:51 AM »

Congrats to Kaz for the 20 pointse is one fine gentleman and is bringing up his son the same way.

Mark Scarborough · « **Reply #88 on:** July 17, 2013, 12:33:43 PM »

Quote from: James Strickland on July 16, 2013, 08:39:37 PM

Hi All,
Does anyone know if that's Kaz' own design Hellcat or if it's Pat Johnson's design that Randy Smith sells the plans for or what, and if/ where a plan is available from?

Thanks Much,
James Strickland

James.
I would be pretty confident that if it were Pats design, it would have dihedral,, It appears that Kaz's plane does not have dihedral,, so I would assume just on that fact it is his own design

James Strickland · « **Reply #89 on:** July 18, 2013, 12:48:15 AM »

K, makes sense to me Mark, Thanks man.

Lauri Malila · « **Reply #90 on:** July 18, 2013, 04:02:14 AM »

At least the previous one had a Yatsenko wing, if I remember right. Perhaps this one, too..? L

Mike Greb · « **Reply #91 on:** July 19, 2013, 04:23:15 AM »

Briskest and gravy on way home.

john e. holliday · « **Reply #92 on:** July 19, 2013, 08:07:37 AM »

You two have a safe trip home.

Mike Haverly · « **Reply #93 on:** July 19, 2013, 01:15:58 PM »

Quote from: Lauri Malila on July 18, 2013, 04:02:14 AM

At least the previous one had a Yatsenko wing, if I remember right. Perhaps this one, too..? L

NO! This model, as well as as his first one, is his design and 100% moulded with his own mandrels. Six years of development and many thousands of dollars. He has been asked why he doesn't sell them. His answer; "Too expensive, you cannot afford."

Derek Barry · « **Reply #94 on:** July 19, 2013, 03:40:17 PM »

Quote from: Mike Haverly on July 19, 2013, 01:15:58 PM

NO! This model, as well as as his first one, is his design and 100% moulded with his own mandrels. Six years of development and many thousands of dollars. He has been asked why he doesn't sell them. His answer; "Too expensive, you cannot afford."

Mike is correct, one look at Kaz's plane by a trained eye and you know that HE built it.

Derek