well it had been a long hard haul being drill weekend. We were moving our equipment around and there were weapons which still had not been cleaned since the june range fire drill, those needed cleaning, and lots of epquipment checks out side in the heat. sunday night I was bushed. I got home around 5 pm and I think to my self, why don't I go out to the field for a while they are probably just getting started down there. Ohhh wait the plane has not been fixed or batteries charged. so off to the field I go with only a lawn chair under arm to join the others who just watched most of the time. Turns out it was good that I went. now the soccar field behind us will be used on the usuall flying days so tues. flying night went to monday night. good to know I gues.
well monday mornin I started up the batteries chargin and set the plane on the kitchen table to begine correcting some problems. I had the dishwasher, dryer and washer all going at the same time. the power company prolly went and had to warm up another generator because of me, but ohh well its what I pay'em for. well didn't get the front landing gear to quit spining so I just thightened that screw as much as I dared (the mount was plastic so i was care full to not break that.) then I realized that I needed to mark a correction on next drill date so I went to the callendar to do that and realized I had to get to pizza hut in 30min. for a short shift, dang it!! well it was 8pm by the time I got off work, so I loaded up every thing in the car and headed out to the field. it was getting late and they were about to call last calls at the field and the instructor guy saw me "you have 1 flight!! Get ready!!" so I got every thing out, put the batteries in and put the wing on, primed engine and began starting the engine. 3 good whacks with the chicken stick and it was sputering a nother and it was up and running ok.
The instructor informed me that the planes had been haveing trouble in the humidity today so i would have to be carefull because the engines were quiting on every one in flight. [X(] so he gave me the controls and I learned how the mix aleron and elevator to turn and do lazy circles around the field. i got 3 in before the plane began to disapear in the air. that was when they took the tx back and landed it. the nose wheel did not spin around this time and every thing was good. the engine quit on us so we had to go get the plane and drag it back to the pits. now to see if i can make it sat. night.
thats all for now, I have a shoping list for the next time im in the hobbie shop!!

Sarge,

Great to here that you finally managed to get some good stick time in.

Sounds like you earned it and some........

Best regards

Terry

That's all good. Glad you finally got into the air. You still need to grind/file a flat on the nose leg or it will end up spinning on you again. Next time it could happen on takeoff and cause a wreck. Once you get your batteries charged up you can put the wall wart on a cheap timer so that it charges for an hour or two every day. This will keep them topped-off without over charging them. Be sure they are fully charged before putting on the timer. After a day of flying, charge overnight and put back on timer.

I hate to be pickie but it sounds like you are trying to rush things and you are starting to pick up some bad habits before you get started. You wouldn't think of sending your troops out with faulty or slip shood equipment would you?? Well that could be what you are starting to do to yourself. Take your time and make sure everything is right before you do your thing, in the long run it will pay off. Now take you hand off your but and go ENJOY !!!! RED

thanks guys,
things are a little hecktic trying to jugle two part time jobs and a hobbie, just got to have priorities. thats all.

I think your city name says it all.

Well done Sarge!

Congrats on your first flight. Seems it's very common to work at Pizza Hut while being in the Military, as I did the same thing when I was an Air Force instructor down in Biloxi, MS.

LoL he's right

Its in the name of the town

har har har,
well I will get the gear fixed this week. plus clean the plane (fuel is a dirty dirty thing) and I need to change the color sceem on the plane. white & blue should be banned from all arf color sceems!! they camoflage the plane.
Ooohhh, I just want to run this by you all to see if its sound. the instructor says I need to buy a 10x6 prop to replace my 10x9 (engine manual says 10x9) prop, he said it would fly but said it would fly better if it had a 10x6 on it instead. says the whole club found that out and switched, his story seems ok but I just wanted one more opinion.
im still thinking I got le aleron servo in backward and if i turned it around it would be easier to put the wing on.
other than that I think the plane should be ok to go.

I don't remember what engine you have but a 10x6 is pretty typical for a .40 size engine. A 10x9 would be way off for a .40 IMO.
Tell us your engine mfg/size again and the type of plane for us forgetful people.

Hang in there Sarge, juggling a military life, 2 jobs, your favorite sports/ hobbies and a family and all their stuff is what it's all about, I THINK. I did it but I'm not sure how or why anymore, the relaxed life I have now I quess.

If your eng. is a 40, go with the 10/6 if it's a 46 you will probably want an 11/6 or7. I have been trying an 11/5 on my 46's and so far I'm not sure if I like it or not, 11/6 has been great but I just had to try something else. The type plane can make a difference also. Some times you need to experiment but that is down the line. Get yours ready and GO flying!!!! ENJOY !!! RED

I have a sig lt-40 with a thunder tiger gp .42 bolted on front there. I gues a 10x6 is going on the shoping list

I think you will like the 10x6 better. The plane will also land slower and slow down for landing quicker. Should also help on vertical performance although it will not be quite as fast on the top end.

I think blue and white schemes look great

thanks all,
I had a pic of a 60 sized lt that had red semi see throu on the wing and rear fusalage and tail. I would not have thought it but that accually looks kinda cool.
some thing with solid red on top of the wing and semi see throu on the botom (allowing people to see the insides) and 1 or 2 yellow stripes on 1 side for orientation. that might look really nice.

They do look great --- just hard to see in the sky[].

Sarge, you wouldn't be misreading that manual somehow, would you? A 10-9 is a 60 size prop, or a 50-size racing prop. Your GP 42 would have been turning only ~10,500 rpm with a 10-9 --- waaaayyy below its real-world 14,000 rpm torque peak and 16,500 rpm power peak. You're going to see a huge jump in performance with the 10-6 (it'll turn ~ 13,000 rpm). If you need even more pull and a slower landing speed, an 11-4 works really well on that engine in a trainer application.

Sarges:: Just where is Misery Mo. I couldn't find it on my maps????


Fort Leonard Wood ????? I could place the name there. ENJOY !!! RED