Holy Cow!...

I did a 2 hour session today with the UCD and had a great time. But when I landed the last flight I was inspecting the plane and the right aileron pushrod was broken. Cental Hobbies carbon fiber with titanium ends. Broke right where the end glues into the tube. The tube split and broke and allowed the screw end to come apart. Must have happend right during landing or such. I didn't think you could break one of those arms. In fairness, while this particular plane only has about 24 flights on it the push rods have been on 3 different UCDs. Probably over 100 flights in all. But it shocked me.

Also, my muffler came loose. Man, this thing is starting to become a mechanic's nightmare. What's next?

Anyways, perfectly calm today. I could hover until it got boring. Rolling circles were nice, easy and smooth. And this new flat spin I'm doing (at idle, very flat and very slow) is just thrilling me. I love to watch that thing float down like a leaf. I even did some fair KE which is saying something with this plane. No mixes, just sticks. Waterfalls are nice and tight with the overpowered YS pulling the tail around. Just spins on the wing.

Worst part of the day. Sunburn. When I went back to work everyone asked....

Anyways, having a great time enjoying the hobby.

Giant is coming along pretty good. I'm about ready to mount the engine and radio equipment. I'm going to try to fly it next Saturday. Gonna be fun.

Thanks
Barry