Hey Stick.. what's a "blot" on wing? Just teasing, of course.

A quick reminder about rubber banded wing mounts. I don't re-use rubber bands. Some people put them in baking powder, I believe, after use, to soak up the oil, but I just throw them away. The cost is minimal. And, I advise to use at least 4 per side, running front to rear (or rear to front - your choice ) and one pair cross wize from left to right (ok.. yeah, from right to left ).

I left my 72 mgh antenna down after flying 2.4GHz all day. It was a Little Something Extra conversion to electric. Once airborne, I made a right turn to begin orbiting for trim adjustments, but half way through the turn, the planed leveled out and headed away from me. I didn't realize what was going on until it was out of sight over the trees about 200 yards away. I did manage to pull the throttle back and heard it wind down, but it was high enough to keep on gliding on away from me.

I was flying with another pilot.. he saw what happened and stood by while I drove around. I had him point in the direction where the plane went over the trees and walked on in. I walked in about 100 yards and there it was, sitting on the ground with a broken prop. That's all that happened. The point is, that due to my lack of brain cells that day, I forgot to raise the antenna and almost lost the plane as it flew away. It does happen, in other words. However, I would not spend the money on some sort of locator. It just add weight and is rather expensive. A good pair of eyes as to the direction it was going at the time will help a lot.

CGr.