A bad pre flight has jumped up and bit me in the butt, mater of fact a couple of times. I just happen to have learned my lesson, FINALLY!!! I tend to succumb to peer pressure, you know, the guys standing around your new plane you are having pre flight problems with. I'm that dumbass that always says what the heck and will take the plane up even when I know better. No more though. The Swoose is just a little plane, I don't have a lot of time or money in it but I do want to fly the little guy from water at least once.
Last summer I finished the build on my 1/4 scale Sukhoi. When I took it out for maiden the engine wasn't running correctly. Like ignition problems, a big ignition problem. That dumbass married to my wife decided to fly it anyway. This fool should be locked up!! 4 or 5 minutes into the flight the RF got to the receiver and I had no control, couldn't even kill the engine and come in dead stick. Another summer project scattered on the desert floor over stupid!!
I made up a new super duper battery pack for the swoose yesterday so it's just waiting for the right day to maiden. Storms and cold fronts have moved into our area so it may be a few days.