I am going to go back and look at Brian's contributions later. Brian, are you totally new to these RC planes? I have two stories that relate to the woman of my life. A friend and I are self taught as many of us out there are. I believe that men will not do two things, as directions or ask another guy to teach him fly an RC plane. So when I asked this friend if he knew anything about RC planes he said something that I will never forget, "I have two, do you want one?" Now here it gets tricky. The next question should have been, "do you know how to fly it?" Surely if he owned it, he had to know how to fly it. Wrong!!! Together we killed ten planes teaching ourselves how to fly. Now back to my future wife. On the day we learned how to launch the glider and actually land it close, we were so excited that we returned from the hay field where we were teaching ourselves and we asked my future wife to come see what we could do. After a very successful demonstration of our flying skills she said the following, "I hope the farmer doesn't mind you stomping down all his hay". Not the response we were looking for. She has been a little more supportive as of late. I can build when she goes to sleep. I can fly when she takes a nap and occasionally I get an airplane related gift but it is usually more like, "for your birthday I am going to give you $50 and ten minutes in the hobby shop, GOOOOOO!!!!!!" The second item is where my friend ended up. He dates alot of women, they tend to make it longer if they show an interest in his flying. But don't be fooled by these ladies, that interest always seems to wane. Back to me, I said future wife. I knew I had married the right woman this Christmas. Her parents paid for my AMA and gave me a gift certificate to the hobby shop. I love my in-laws.

Sorry for all the family stuff. I didn't get to build today but I still wanted to contribute. Hopefully tomorrow they won't cancel school. I spent the day taking the triplets to the doctor for some shots when all I really wanted to do was try an idea I have. I own a Balsa USA Laker. I bought it on ebay and it looks great and the engine runs smooth. Unfortunately one wing tip digs in and I can't get it to get up on step before it starts to fill with water. It has worked on occasion but not consistently. When it did fly, it would glide forever and you had to not only chop the throttle but give it some elevator action. I wanted to get rid of it until I thought of just flying off the ice when there was a two inch layer of snow. That wing tip shouldn't dig in and it should fly nicely. I want be able to fly it whenever I want, but at least I won't have to look at it and be totally frustrated. Tomorrow, only Tripe talk, Have a good evening and I have enjoyed reading your comments today. Greatly appreciate it. Can't wait until there are completed pics from each of us and notes about successful maiden voyages.