What did you fly today?

[Turbinefancy]

We are having fun dogfighting from the cockpit using head-tracking FPV and reflector sight. Wondering if the shots would actually hit? Time to install a laser tag system…

[Roguemonkey]

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Got the Robans out today, did mostly hovering because I haven't flown for a bit, also wanted to see how my new pilot looked in the Magnum PI and with the lights on, I think he looks about the right scale, need to get some pilots in the Cobra now, not sure what size I need though to look right, here they are after hovering, they are ready to be put away again until I get more time to take them out for some full flights.

For the cobra, I used the 10" warbird pilots. He sent with the white helmets and I painted them the color I wanted them. I did chop about an inch off of them... which is easy to do with the warbird pilots.

Corsair, I had Adam come up with a TC replica for me. So far I haven’t been able to finish the build due to work. I didn’t think it was right to make the Island Hopper scheme and not put TC in it.

On another note, I really want to cut down my landing gear struts on my MH-6.

[DCORSAIR]

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Corsair, I had Adam come up with a TC replica for me. So far I haven’t been able to finish the build due to work. I didn’t think it was right to make the Island Hopper scheme and not put TC in it.

On another note, I really want to cut down my landing gear struts on my MH-6.

Yeah, I thought about seeing if I could get a TC pilot made or find something close, but I guess mine is the modern tourist version so no TC in mine...

I thought about chopping the legs on my Magnum as well, I did my AH-6 and the OH-6, those were really shortened, on the Magnum it just needs to be shortened very little to look more scale, I just haven't done it yet, its very easy but time consuming, to lazy I guess.

[Roguemonkey]

I have an MH-6 and the blue Jive MD-500E. I just think that tall legs look so odd. I’m trying to find the picture of my TC, but it is elusive. We also lengthened our blades to 800mm. The stock blades and tall legs are really an eye sore for me. I also use dimension engineering lights. It allows me to program them to the pattern I want as well as flip them on and off when I want.

[Hugh Wiedman]

Finally had some relatively light winds for a change and got a bunch of flights in on the Spitfire, Extreme Flight FW 190, upgraded SU-30, F-16 and F-18. The more the merrier, but unfortunately that's all that fit in the truck!

[Elbee]

Finally had some relatively light winds....

Holely Molely Wildman, what a Day, Huh?! Envious for sure, Brother. Glad to see you were out and about, Sir. Best, LB

[paulrkytek]

Anybody got any skis? We don`t normally get snow mid March here in the UK

[Evan D]

We fly with floats when it snows here.

[xviper]

Yup, floats are much better. To use skiis, they have to be over-sized for the plane they go on or it submarines and buries itself in the snow. Skiis only work if the snow is very hard and crusty.

[paulrkytek]

Yup, floats are much better. To use skiis, they have to be over-sized for the plane they go on or it submarines and buries itself in the snow. Skiis only work if the snow is very hard and crusty.

Floats sounds better. Our field is next to the river and tends to flood once a year so the floats will be dual purpose.

[paulrkytek]

For this years Easter fun fly event we are having a target egg drop competition so I have attached 2 rare red speckled eggs to my Mustang bomb release mechanism to double my chances of success from zero to double zero.

[Elbee]

For this years Easter fun fly event we are having a target egg drop competition so I have attached 2 rare red speckled eggs to my Mustang bomb release mechanism to double my chances of success from zero to double zero.

Paul, that's just awesome. Good Luck, SIr and Happy Easter. Best, LB

[Hugh Wiedman]

For this years Easter fun fly event we are having a target egg drop competition so I have attached 2 rare red speckled eggs to my Mustang bomb release mechanism to double my chances of success from zero to double zero.

Cute, can't weight to see the video. I can think of a few people I'd like to drop some eggs on, rotten ones at that!

[Turbinefancy]

Sharing some dogfight action with a Flightline Corsair in my little 1.2M T-28 Trojan. I strive to fly as realistically as possible. It was very rewarding watching the bent wind bird maneuvering in its element. Hope you enjoy it, too. Dogfight starts at 2:50

[Grossman56]

Haven't flown anything today, but yesterday and the day before, I flew our snow blower!! We got over a foot of the white stuff on Friday night, Saturday morning!! Welcome to
Spring in Wyoming

Grossman56

[F106DeltaDart]

Got a few flights in on the Roban 500 Apache yesterday

[davegee]

We got in places upwards of a foot of snow in northwest Wyoming where I live over the weekend. Regular flying probably won't be doable for about a week, maybe a little less if the sun helps us out.

With nothing else to fly today, I took my reliable Timber out to our field and flew the crap out of it for about 45 minutes. The snow covering the asphalt runway made it perfectly smooth, and I had a blast doing a TON of takeoffs and landings. A friend gave me this plane a couple of years ago. I was going to put the wheels back on, but thought we might get that one extra storm this winter (Spring!) so I still got to get out in the beautiful sunshine and no wind conditions. The pontoons work great on snow.

I think it might have been about 26 degrees F when I flew, but with no wind, at 5000' MSL, it felt like heaven under the brilliant sunshine!

I took just one pic for posterity in the snow. Hopefully next time I fly it, it will be on wheels with a dry runway. But today was marvelous!

Cheers

Davegee

[RRHandy]

Yep, float flying is fun so I painted one up and is dedicated float.

[Grossman56]

Thanks Dave, saves me a trip to see what flight conditions are at the field

Grossman56

[davegee]

Thanks Dave, saves me a trip to see what flight conditions are at the field

Grossman56

Not good, except for snow skiing, Dan. I wouldn't try taking the short road to the field HQ from the "main" road as it is still full of snow and it is easy to get stuck. Don't ask me how!

I think it will be several more days until we can fly our normal planes out of there again. I think they probably got close to a foot of snow in that area.

Dave