What did you fly today?

[crxmanpat]

It's a neat plane. Haven't flown mine yet though, next weekend. When my friend landed his, he literally wheelied it until it stopped rolling. So awesome.

I don't really like sport jets, I prefer military stuff. But since this looks so close to a T-50 trainer, I decided to paint it up like one so that I can pretend I'm flying a scale military jet. :P

[F22trainer]

It Knew I would finish work early so I squeezed this in the ride to work. DD was in the shop, but she rode nicely and got 3 flights in the sunset as I let traffic pass me by.

[Grossman56]

Well, dang, not a great day!
Took the Spitfire out and horsed it around a bit, a slightly less than perfect landing, but she's fine. Went out again this afternoon with Shangrila and the Avanti. Took Shangrila up first in a breezy condition but the wind was blowing a bit south east of the east west runway so no big deal. Whipped her around and she flew great, as usual.
Took the Avanti up next, which is a good plane in any kind of wind, and she proved herself. Just a joy.
Dropped gear and flaps and she started floating so I brought the flaps up to half and lined her up. Coming in good, everything normal. Suddenly she rolls over!!
Smack!!
So, I have a new fuselage and vertical stab on order:Yawn:
Don't know if she stalled or the wind caught her, it was so fast:Confused:
So, got the battery changed on Shangrila and took her up again. Everything is fine on take off , then suddenly she starts acting weird!!
This plane never acts weird..........
I get some altitude and see if I can sort it out. Get her trimmed so at least she's acting somewhat normal, then drop flaps and gear and bring her in. She's crabbing with no side wind, not a good sign.
Lands fine and pulls to the left which I usually correct with right rudder. Not this time. She dances into the grass (Sage) and stops, no damage, thankfully, but what the heck!!
Turns out the rudder servo packed it in and was locked in about an inch of left rudder.:Angry:
Back home to the hangar which is starting to look like a WWII maintenance hangar as La Patrona is back to normal having suffered a nose gear pin failure, the Tomahawk decided to dead fish it last week in a cross wind take off, she now has a new tail fin, now the P-51B and the Avanti....

As I've said before, you learn repairs long before you learn to fly!!!

BTW, I checked the CG on La Patrona post motor swap, and with the retract upgrades and the new motors, she's a bit nose heavier than stock, something to keep in mind.

Grossman56

[TiredIronGRB]

Day 632: B-25 in a sea of Buttercups...

[crxmanpat]

Flew the Clipped Wing Cub on floats again today, but on the second flight during a splash and go I hit too much rudder and one float dug in and flipped me. I had to have the Queen Mary rescue me. LOL

[Aros]

LOL that's awesome!

[Sky Wolf]

Pic of the Month award given to Pat for this one! Love it!!

[Shirty]

Lol, nice recovery. ;)

[Sky Wolf]

One of the flights that took place a couple of weeks ago at the start of spring. Very good commemorative flight!

https://youtu.be/uZJmrPPVXiw

[BluesDragon]

Very nice video.. enjoyed the history lesson as well. :Cool:

[rifleman_btx]

Sky wolf, very good stuff

[Shirty]

G'day fellas. Just a quick post as today is Anzac Day. We are having a warbird day at the club with breakfast and a small ceremony. I'll get some pics. Lest we forget...

[OV10]

G'day fellas. Just a quick post as today is Anzac Day. We are having a warbird day at the club with breakfast and a small ceremony. I'll get some pics. Lest we forget...

Thanx for posting Shirty.
Your equiv to the USA's Veterans Day
Was not aware of it so it met my something new be learned every day requirement.;)

[BluesDragon]

G'day fellas. Just a quick post as today is Anzac Day. We are having a warbird day at the club with breakfast and a small ceremony. I'll get some pics. Lest we forget...

[F22trainer]

Well played, Sir.
X 2

[F22trainer]

One of my favorite clients - completed 1/2 of his recurrent training yesterday in his M500, then stopped on my way home with the Carbon Cub and PT-17 for a few sunset flights

[boomer108]

I was not aware of Anzac day Shirty. Very nice words and I salute our Aussie brothers who went before us.

[Shirty]

Cheers fellas. Yes, it's pretty much is the equivalent of your rememberance day. Anzac Day was originally introduced to remember the fallen Aussies and Kiwis after the disaster at Gallipoli in ww1, which is why it's on the 25th April. (interesting side note, Gallipoli was the brainchild of a certain british lord of the admiralty, Mr winston churchill), and Anzac stands for "Australian and New Zealand Army Corps". It's long since changed to be our official rememberance day for both Australia and New Zealand, across all the armed forces, (not just the army) -and primarily to remember those that have fallen, and to honour those that serve or have served. It's a public holiday, and like you guys on rememberance day there are huge dawn and sunset ceremonies in all the cities all over oz and nz, with military parades, flyovers etc. A lot of people don't realise Australia is the only country to have fought in every major war since the boer war. We are also the only country to fight with the USA in every major conflict the USA have been involved in since ww1. We might be small in numbers, but If our pommy or yank mates need us - we've always been there. (and punched well above our weight). Another interesting little fact - Aussies were also the first army to stop both the German, and Japanese armies (on land), in ww2 at Tobruk and New Guinea. Anyway, appreciate the comments, thank you. Its a big day with a lot of meaning for most Aussies and kiwis, and it's very important for us all to remember those that made the ultimate sacrifice in the service to their country. A huge thanks to all that serve or have served, no matter your country. You guys are my heroes.

We had a good day at the club, breakfast and a small ceremony with a minutes silence as last post played over the speakers and the flag lowered to half mast. (Hard to not get a little emotional truth be told..). Had a lot of fun chasing everyone with my fms mustang and flightline spitty and shooting them all down with my machine guns (courtesy of the sound cards lol). Not a bad turn out for a Wednesday either and In keeping with the thread, here's a few pics of what we flew today... Thanks again fellas. :)

[Sky Wolf]

Very nice history lesson Shirty. Thanks!

[BluesDragon]

Excellent pics, Shirty! Really diggin' the shots of the Corsairs all lined up! :corsair