What did you fly today?

[SanExup]

I went to the Northern Rockies EDF Jet Jam this past weekend and got to fly with a great group of people. Some excellent flying went on with some really beautiful planes. It was inspiring!

[EA-6B Geek]

CZ T-28 day for myself and three fellow club members. These things are fun.

[SanExup]

Here's a better shot! So many planes! A few more planes than pilots, go figure!

[davegee]

Wow! Wish I could have made it for that one! Thanks for posting the pics.

davegee

[SanExup]

davegee It was fun! Quite the lineup of planes and pilots. Aviation and rc enthusiasts. It made me wish for an airstrip closer to me even more. I should make a trip to Cody and fly as well. A little driving to have access to an airstrip is definitely worth the while!

As you can see in the photo, like everywhere in the west, it was smoky at times. And warm but great weather for flying.

There were so many favorites but the F4s impressed me the most. I left knowing that I will end up getting a Phantom.

[Lon]

Maiden flight on the water with the Beaver.

[Twowing's Girl]

Maidened my 1/4 scale Tiger Moth today. Five beautiful flights then home to the hanger.. safe and sound!

[Twowingtj]

Maidened my 1/4 scale Tiger Moth today. Five beautiful flights then home to the hanger.. safe and sound!

You did a great job flying her!

For those that may not have put two and two together yet.... this is my wife. Also a long time RC model builder and pilot. Finally got her to join Hobby Squawk.

[Grossman56]

Wow! Wish I could have made it for that one! Thanks for posting the pics.

davegee

Almost went myself but wasn't clear if it was a fun fly or a jet jam. Smoke was really bad here as Dave can attest and I wasn't sure what it was going to be like there, it was just outside of Thermopolis, correct?

Grossman56

[Grossman56]

davegee It was fun! Quite the lineup of planes and pilots. Aviation and rc enthusiasts. It made me wish for an airstrip closer to me even more. I should make a trip to Cody and fly as well. A little driving to have access to an airstrip is definitely worth the while!

As you can see in the photo, like everywhere in the west, it was smoky at times. And warm but great weather for flying.

There were so many favorites but the F4s impressed me the most. I left knowing that I will end up getting a Phantom.

Hey, you'll have to let us all know if/when you're coming up! We'll have a HobbySquawk Wyoming get together! We'll probably have another fly in in September if you're into it

Grossman56

[SanExup]

Grossman56 Thanks! If it's before then, I will let you know! Otherwise, if you do have a fly in in September let me know! I have a feeling it would be a good time, I would definitely make the trip.

[SanExup]

Almost went myself but wasn't clear if it was a fun fly or a jet jam. Smoke was really bad here as Dave can attest and I wasn't sure what it was going to be like there, it was just outside of Thermopolis, correct?

Grossman56

No it was up in Helena! I think the club in Riverton had a fun fly the same weekend or a week before. It was definitely a Jet Jam in Helena. There was some solid flying happening there and a great group of people. I imagine it was just as smokey and hot as Cody. It's been smokey and hot here and was for the entire drive up to Helena. Hopefully things out west change for the better with the fires soon. It has been oppressive. We were fortunate to have some rain today which helped the air quality tremendously. I hope the rain drifted your way!

[Grossman56]

We keep hoping for a little bit of rain and the air quality has actually got better. Cloudy today so I headed to the field with my buddy Ron. I had P-2 out to buddy box with him as well as the Pitts and the P-40. Great day as the wind was mild and after buddy boxing (he's been flying his drone for the last year so its a matter of building the program to fly an airplane again, he's been using his Flight Sim and did great!) I blasted the Pitts in the air for the first time since the rebuild. The old theory that it takes a good crack up to make a plane fly well proved itself again as she flew fine!
My P-40 is the ugly duckling of the fleet and really represents the flying scrap heaps that the Flying Tigers were flying in '42. As ugly as she is, man she flies great. I lost a spring for the one gear door so she is missing one, just adds to the effect.


Grossman56

[Coconut]

Nice looking Pitts. I have an Arrows Bearcat. If I ever repaint it, that's a scheme I will definitely consider.

[SanExup]

Grossman56 Beautiful!

[davegee]

We keep hoping for a little bit of rain and the air quality has actually got better. Cloudy today so I headed to the field with my buddy Ron. I had P-2 out to buddy box with him as well as the Pitts and the P-40. Great day as the wind was mild and after buddy boxing (he's been flying his drone for the last year so its a matter of building the program to fly an airplane again, he's been using his Flight Sim and did great!) I blasted the Pitts in the air for the first time since the rebuild. The old theory that it takes a good crack up to make a plane fly well proved itself again as she flew fine!
My P-40 is the ugly duckling of the fleet and really represents the flying scrap heaps that the Flying Tigers were flying in '42. As ugly as she is, man she flies great. I lost a spring for the one gear door so she is missing one, just adds to the effect.


Grossman56

Great pic of you, the Pitts, and Heart Mountain, all it one photo!!👍

[davegee]

davegee It was fun! Quite the lineup of planes and pilots. Aviation and rc enthusiasts. It made me wish for an airstrip closer to me even more. I should make a trip to Cody and fly as well. A little driving to have access to an airstrip is definitely worth the while!

As you can see in the photo, like everywhere in the west, it was smoky at times. And warm but great weather for flying.

There were so many favorites but the F4s impressed me the most. I left knowing that I will end up getting a Phantom.

Glad you made it up there. How long a drive was it from your place to Helena?

F-4s are a lot of fun, get your heart pumping some.

Cheers

davegee

[SanExup]

davegee About 5 hours. It sounds like a lot but to fly from an actual rc field was well worth it. I think Cody is about the same, but with an airfield in Riverton to get out and stretch the legs along the way.

Yeah, there was a 6s F4 and an 8s F4. They both looked like they perform amazingly well. Though the 8s did have space shuttle launch qualities at times!

[davegee]

davegee About 5 hours. It sounds like a lot but to fly from an actual rc field was well worth it. I think Cody is about the same, but with an airfield in Riverton to get out and stretch the legs along the way.

Yeah, there was a 6s F4 and an 8s F4. They both looked like they perform amazingly well. Though the 8s did have space shuttle launch qualities at times!

I'm awaiting a new nose gear retract unit in the mail today. Last flight, I accidentally landed right on the lip of the approach end of the runway. It immediately broke the left main gear steel connector pin, and broke the nose gear retract unit. I had a spare gear pin, put on a spare nose cone (it sanded down the foam antenna housing on the bottom somewhat) but that is repairable. Other than that, the plane wasn't damaged. Up to that point, it was flying beautifully, silk smooth air around 8 pm.

I have gotten into the habit of starting the takeoff roll with this airplane from the very beginning of the runway, as it takes a lot of runway to lift off. Normally, while it is in the air, I start walking down the side of the runway while flying it, so that my visual point for landing is further down the runway, but at a point where it won't run off the end, especially with the brakes that I have for it. I didn't do that that time, and although it landed about where I was expecting it to, but had the misfortune of just hitting that raised lip of the runway.

Lesson learned, and hopefully this won't happen again. This error was Totally my fault, the plane is really flying wonderfully right now. I might possibly buy another one some day, or the Freewing F-18.

If you're interested in the F-4, I think once you get everything dialed in properly and fly it several times, you'll really like it. For myself, I think the 6S power is sufficient, I probably won't delve into the 8S at this time, anyway. I used to have the SEA camo scheme F-4C that is now retired to the Civil Air Patrol. It was also a good flyer, but developed a whole bunch of electrical issues where I decided it wasn't worth it trying to figure out what was going on with it, It has a nice home in a hangar suspended above their Cessna 182 search and rescue plane. I gave a little talk to the cadets for the installation ceremony about the history of the real airplane and its pilot, Col. (later Brig. General) Robin Olds. It was fun.

Cheers

Dave

[Hugh Wiedman]

davegee forgot what EDF you have in it now. I finally put the 12 blade 1835 Kv inrunner in both (actually now in all my 90 mm's) after swapping out the original 9 blade 1750 Kv outrunners it first came with. For me, it now get's off the grass in less than 100 feet, so if yours still has the older stock outrunner, it may be worth upgrading to either inrunner. I will say mine flew completely differently after the upgrade, IMO, just outstanding.

Missing the runway on landing is something we all have done, for me, when I miss it it's always just off the edge instead of the beginning of the runway, catching the high grass always results is something requiring repairs.