cjposada

I just hope FPL stands by us so we can charge the batteries!, see you Thursday Bev!

Skyhigh Bev

CJ, I hear ya!!! That reminds me, I better haul the planes, radio, and field box in out of the SUV and start charging now. My neighborhood loses power if you sneeze hard. So much for the merits of underground utilities. I did drive over to the park this morning to ask them to take down the pictures and ads on the bulletin board and secure the glass lid on the other one. I put all my plastic chairs in the ladies room yesterday for safe keeping. I hope the impound/channel shed is well built!!! Hope to see you Thursday morning as well. Stay safe!!!
Bev

flmlm

Urrrggg,

I feel your pain with this crazy storm. It's really hampered my flying time. Here in the Daytona Beach Area we're expecting 35mph to 70mph wind gusts with plenty of rain. Dratz! Hopefully, it'll be through quickly and we can all get back into the air.

Regards
Mike

cjposada

Hey Bev, Did you get to see the pictures of the field after Wilma? I'll try to find them again to show you! It was one big lake!

Skyhigh Bev

Mike, Currently watching our local news coverage. Poor reporters have been on for over 36 hours straight now...we just love high intensity breaking news coverage down here in South Florida. At any rate, the news is cautiously optimistic...looks like it will stay a tropical storm...we'll try to squeeze all the rain and wind out of it before it gets to you.
Bev

cjposada

Here is a pick of the park flooded.

Skyhigh Bev

CJ, No I didn't get to see the pictures, and yes I would really like to. As I recall, the park was closed for over a month...I couldn't even go on my daily 5-6 mile walks there for a while...(notice that since I started flying, the only walking I do out there now is from the pits to the taxiway and vice-versa!!!) LOL
Bev

Skyhigh Bev

CJ, Whoops, I was responding to you while you were posting the picture. Awesome!
Bev

Geistware

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So is this the condition of the park now or before when it flooded?

Skyhigh Bev

Geistware, This was the park after Hurricane Wilma. The park is the northwest corner of that "spaghetti bowl" of interstate pictured. The field being the extreme SE corner of it. After extremely heavy rains, the middle of our field does turn into sort of a bog. You could actually take off with a pontoon plane if you wanted. .....Hurricane Watch was just lifted moments ago for the state of Florida, and the Tropical Storm seems to be fizzling. Just a big rain event and 45 mph winds...Thank God!!!
Bev

Geistware

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OK I just looked it up on google earth.
You are in the NW corner of the I-75 & I-595 interchange.
On the SE corner of the park.
Have you guys ever lost one over the freeways?
I guess if you lived at the Bonaventure CC you would be doing great.
You need to find and sell me a house over there so I can spend more time flying!

cjposada

We have had a $14.000 jet spectacularely crash against the overpass and other crash past the bridge into the florida highway patrol's parking lot. We almost got closed! Glow and gassers always stay in the park!

Skyhigh Bev

Geistware, You are correct about our field location. And yes, planes have been lost over I-595 and State Rd 84 to the south, up over the Sawgrass flyover to the east, and eaten by every tree and lake inside the park! Friends of mine told me they plowed a piper cub into the guard rail of the sawgrass flyover just last year. As a lifelong Realtor, just let me know when you're ready to move on down to the "Sunshine (most of the time) State"! By the way, in the photo series that Lautermilch did of me, the raised freeway you can see in the background is the Sawgrass flyover. Remember neither that nor 595 existed when the field was dedicated.
Bev

Skyhigh Bev

PipeMajor, Wow, how long has Milissa been flying? We have a control line field out at our airfield, and several men who fly there almost daily. When you say combat, do you mean streamers?
Bev

Skyhigh Bev

PatternPilot, Is pattern the same as IMAC? Do you compete? If so, what type and size planes?
Bev

Geistware

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Bev,
No pattern and IMAC are different.
Under IMAC, the only limitation is that the plane should be a scaled version of a full scale plane that is used in aerobatic competition. Under Pattern, there are limitations on the weight of the plane (11lbs) and the wingspan of the plane (2 meters).

We use the same language and maneuvers but the rules for flight is different.

Pilots12

hahaha, I love the NOTAM, same thing we see flying the real planes.

Skyhigh Bev

Geistware, Is there a website specific to IMAC so I can read more about the organization and rules? So many of the IMAC guys tell me that through practice at the specific maneuvers I can improve faster. Park is back open today!!! Heading out soon!!!
Bev

Skyhigh Bev

Pilots12, Glad you enjoyed it. When I wrote the NOTAM, I "borrowed" the METAR for that specific day from KFLL and named our field KMPF (Markham Park Field) since I found the call letters don't match any other real US airfield. Been around aviation & pilots all my life. I like to have fun with it when I can.
Bev

MikeEast

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www.mini-iac.com is the IMAC website. [8D]

Geistware

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I am helping a couple of guys out, what I recommend they do is a simple sequence that will cover about 80% of what you need to know to compete.
[hr]Fly to the left, do a stall turn (hammer head).
While coming back to center do a full roll.
On the right end, do a 1/2 cuban. (5/8 loop, 1/2 roll on 45 degree down line, pull to level)
At Center do another full roll. Then do it all over again.
[hr]
What I am practicing now is this:
[hr]First from Straight and Level, pull to 45 degrees then do a 4 point roll.
At the end of the roll, draw the line and then pull or push a 180 degree loop.
On the down 45 degree do another 4 point roll and exit inverted.

On the Other end, from inverted, push to a 45 degree upline then do a 4 point roll.
At the end of the roll, draw the line and then pull or push a 180 degree loop.
On the down 45 degree do another 4 point roll and exit up right. [hr]
This sounds easy, but it is probably the hardest thing I have tried to do.
Remember, this is done with a crosswind and trying to hold a straight heading. As the wind blows you have to wind correct with elevator and rudder at the points.

Skyhigh Bev

Geistware, Thanks. I'm going to copy paste and print what you wrote so I can take it to the field and decipher it!!!! Boy you IMAC guys don't give an inch. PRACTICE! PRACTICE! PRACTICE! ......O.K. I'll practice!!!! Someone showed me how to do a hammerhead once...I'll have to get him to do it again.
Bev

bkarstien

Bev

Im starting to put my plane together and looking at the directions it does not say what epoxy to use on putting the wings together. I'm not sure what to use the 6 min or the 30 min........What did you use?

Thanks for the the help you have been.

Bob

Skyhigh Bev

Bob, I believe I used the 2 part 6 minute epoxy...we built the plane right at the field under the pavilion!!! I don't think it matters too much which one you use, the 30 minute is just as good, but either way, it takes longer than what it says to dry completely. Did you buy stick on monocoat to make stripes for the underside?
Bev

Geistware

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Bev,
Remember, practice doesn't make perfect, but perfect practice makes perfect.
Only do it for one or two tanks.
What I find is that my concentration wonders after that and you start to get sloppy.
I also practice doing a hammerhead and land without moving the throttle above idle.
That is very hard and you have to learn your aircraft.
I do that during airshows.
What I want to learn to do is a 8 point roll while landing.
I saw Frank Noll do it with the engine off.
It looks cool and shows that you KNOW your equipment.