Well I have my truck loaded with my Raptor, Nexus, Spectrum with YS .63, Global Ultimate bipe with Magnum .46, old American Flyer 40 with O.S. FP 40, Global Lucky stick with ST GS45, Wattage lite stick, Estes Sky ranger, a foam 757 I made 3 channel with two EDF 50's, Guillows Eagle foam glider I have two Lite Stick motors gear boxs on. Fuel is (1) gallon Power Master YS 20/20, (2 gallons)Power Master 15%, Power Master 10% heli fuel, Cool Power 30% heli fuel for the Raptor.

In my little 4 foot by 8 foot trailer I have all of the camping gear for a 3 day weekend of fun. I am going camping on a dry lake bed that is 3 miles wide and 5 miles long and is as flat as a table. We will be shooting rockets from A size all the way to "G" size.

It looks like I will get at least 10 flight this weekend.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/img] [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

It has been a long time since I was able to take this many planes to fly and stay that long.

Dru.

[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] well while i sit at the window counting snowflakes and dodgeing ice storms you can give a chuckle to
us folks in northern newyork[ hope you have a great weekend,]

Yes, we are ready, wind, 20mph. temp. 39 degrees. cloudy. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]
forecast: more of the same, maybe snow Monday.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img]
HOW ABOUT THOSE DRY LAKEBEDS? Are they public lands? I'll be out there in a month, with motorhome, and all the stuff I can get into the hangar[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] First stop is Las Vegas, visit relatives. then.......?....?.....?.....[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] Bill L- CAN I GO CAN I GO AH AH AH CAN I CAN I DON'T EAT MUCH NEVER COMPLAIN, FIT IN SMALL PLACES,
SNIFF DOWN LOST AIR CRAFT LIKE A COONDOG ON A HUNT.[LOL]. OH WELL SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD TIME.

HEy wash, WHy you let the snow and cold stop ya from flying? I used to live in Alaska, much the same kind of nasty weather. But it never stopped me from flying. Thats what skies are for. Want some of my cold weather flying tips?

In Alaska if you didn't fly if it was chilly I bet you wouldn't get to fly very much. Farther south if it's too cold you can just wait a few weeks and it will probably warm up at least temporarily. After a certain point it just isn't any fun to stand still outside in the cold. (The same goes for heat too - if it's 100 degrees and humid wait for next weekend!)

I would like to hear your cold weather flying tips though.

Well now as I sit here taping together wing rib patterns for my latest contraption and not that I have seen the news and weather in NY I understand why you are not flying. I wouldn't either.

Cold weather flying tips.

1. Never fly a monocoat covered airplane below freezing temps. THey tend to explode on any kind of impact.

2. Buy a radio glove.

3. buy a box of those chemical hand warmer packets.

4. Wrap reicever battery with hand warmer. Prolongs flying charge

5. Stuff at least two hand warmers in engine cowl to keep engine warm and one around fuel tank for extreme cold

6. put two hand warmers in your radio glove to keep hands and radio warm.

7. IF flying in snow get skies remember to spring load the front so they point up a little after take off and don't for get the stop wire on the back side to keep them in position also remember that skies will add some lift depending on size.

Thats all I can remember for now but the key to cold weather flying is the chemical handwarmer packs

It was rough. I had so much trouble having this much fun[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

I flew my Hobbico Spectrum for the first time after putting in a YS .63 in the nose. YEAH BABY!!!!!!!! I had an O.S. 70 in it before and it flew very well. Now with teh YS .63 it flat out screams!!!. Flying straight and level at about 20 feet, WOT I would pull it vertical. Doing rolls it would climb to 1500, 2000 feet. It was going higher then the rockets were going. The YS YANKED the plane off the ground.

My Lucky stick has been my most UNLUCKY plane from the day I brought it home. On its first flight the ali servo melted and locked out all servos. It did a quick half roll onto its back at 3 feet off the runway. I repaired it and replaced the servo. On its second flight the bolt that holds the wheel onto the aluminum gear broke on landing and flipped the plane over again. Repaired again with new bolts all around. On its third flight it hit a rock with the prop and through a prop blade, stalled and snapped onto its back again. I hung the plane up for almost two years. I had it all ready to fly this weekend and was not expecting much from it. Well after 15 flights this weekend I think I will keep it. It does fly very well. Snaps, iverted flight, rolls, knife edge are what it should be. The biggest thing this weekend is it NEVER ended up on its back.

I flew my Global ulimate bipe for the first time. It was a little bit harry of a first take off. It is a HEAVY TOAD of an airplane. THe Magnum .46 has enough power to fly it pretty well. It does have a long take off roll. I had to dial a little bit less throw on it becasue it was way to touchy. It was doing about 2 rolls a second. The vertical is like a typical sport plane. It is a good flying plane. I have olny one problem with it and it is the engine will not go into the mid range with out dieing. I think it is tied to the Magnum Pitts style muffler. It has almost now volume for any type of back pressure. I did have a little problem getting it to run rich enough at the top end too. Any of you know of a better muffler for it??????'

The helicopter flew as they should. No real suprises there.


Bill L Yes the area is open to all. It is about 4 1/2 to 5 hours south south west of Vegas. Not to sure you will want to be on the dry lake bed in a month. It will be some where around 110 degress or so. I have been dowwn there when the temp hit 124 degrees. We did not stay very long.

I think I am going to need some time off to recover from having so much fun. The rest and relaxation was killing me.


Dru.


P.S. After I get teh pics developed I will scan and post them.

Here is the pic of mpart of my airforce.