Well . . . I had intended on putting pontoons on my RCM Trainer 40, but due to a slight disfunction that plane is no more. I took off without checking my trim slides - rudder was full right trim) and tried to correct in flight, ended up looking down as I had a baggie over my transmitter (it was raining/snowing) and when I looked back up I was too late. She augered in. Luckily (?) the ground was very muddy and the motor, servos and receiver were undamaged. The plane itself was in six large and two dozen small pieces. So . . . the pontoons will either go on the Contender or the G.P. SlowPoke Sport I intend on buying to replace my trainer. (Apparantly I still need a slow aeroplane).

I set up the O.S. 70 on a test stand clamped to a saw-horse and ran through a couple tankfulls of 15% glo-fuel. I used the same saw-horse to make sure my Thunder Tiger Pro-46 was still functioning after unearthing it and hosing off pounds of mud (packed inside, too). The O.S. with 13x8 propeller actually started to pull the saw-horse across my slushy driveway!

I also ended up catching a &*%(!)$# cold and have been busy at work so I haven't made any Contender progress this week. She is ready to cover. Hopefully I'll get a start on that this weekend.

Charlie P.