It was the one day of the week when I could fly. I had the car packed and
ready for whatever type of flying would be best. The morning would tell which
I would fly.

2M & 3M sailplane in the car along with hi-start and winch for thermal
sailplane
flying if conditions are good.

EPP Foam Zagi wing - if the wind is in the right direction for slope soaring

Aerobird - all set with 5 freshly charged batteries and two chargers for
electric parkflying, thermal hunting or slope soaring. The Aerobird does it
all!


I went to bed dreaming of flying.


I woke up early, and looked out the window. There was a nice white layer of
snow and a fine rain had just stopped. Oh darn, that would make the field
sloppy for setting up the winch or hi-start and I really didn't want to land
my nice 3M balsa sailplane in wet snow.

No thermal sailplane flying today.

I ran to the computer to check the wind direction. Very little wind, and
coming from the wrong direction.

No slope soaring.

The last time I took the Aerobird out in wet snow, the insides got all wet and
the plane started glitching all over the place. The next day, after it had
dried out, there were no problems, but I didn't want to do that again.

Darn, no flying today.

I went out to the car to unload when I heard a little voice .... whisper ...

gotta fly!

Yes, gotta fly, but conditions are wet. No good.

Again I heard it and realized it was the Aerobird talking to me.

Ed, I just need a raincoat.

Raincoat? Right! Great idea!

So I grabbed the Aerobird and ran into the house to my workshop and made the
Aerobird a raincoat ... ... weather hood!

The posts at this link outline what I did.

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...19#post3442319

GOTTA FLY!