Hey guys!!

Just to let you guys know, for those who cares :-)

I made my 4th and 5th flight today! I mostly practiced landing approaches, flew rectangulars and figure eights all day. I don't use a buddy box system because I have a JR and the club members mostly have Futaba, therefore I had to pass the radio back in forth only for take-off, trimming and landing...

My instructors were impressed by my flying skills, and they wanted me to land several times, but I'm hesitant because I would really be more comfortable to try to land with a buddy box, but I did some very low approaches, well lined up.. so maybe I will give a shot at landing the next time or so. I've already took off after the instructor trimed my plane but I didn't get to practice that today.

yesterday I also crashed, 3.2V on my cells (Rx) but it happened on take off right after I pulled up... the plane stalled and crashed nose first into the swamps... no more controls, Damage was minimal, I was extremelly lucky. Only broken prop, I cleaned the engine and bought a 1650 mah battery just in case mine was fried (because I only flew the plane once before the crash and I did charge them the night before so I thought the batteries were screwed)

After cleaning up my engine I bolted my engine on the engine mount and while adjusting the throttle push rod, that's when I noticed that the rod had friction with the head on the screw. I think that's what cause my batteries to be drained after one flight. So I fixed that and I shouldn't have a problem anymore, especially with the 1650 mah batteries... that should be good for quite a few flights

Anyways now, I check my Voltage before every flight.

I have to say, the sims is what really helped me get the hang of it, but still it doesnt replace an instructor, I really learned a lot from the guys at the club.

I will be on vacation next wednesday for 1 1/2 week, so I'll be at the field every burning gallons of glow fuel...

Cheers and happy flying!