Hi Guys, Sorry I missed the flying Saturday afternoon. I had family commitments. Olivia had a piano recital and we had a family afternoon in Conway. Ross has a new plane to bring out next visit. It is a wing warrior edge 3d= . He is looking forward to that. Safe flying, John Gray On 5/15/05, Bill Beavers <bbeavers57@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Enjoyed the flying Saturday. We had a good mix of > different planes on hand, and got to chit chat a lot > about different motors and stuff. Lots of the gang > from Beaverfork were on hand, thanks guys for coming > out. Greg Clayton and Phil Johnson gave the SR-71 > (Phil built it) his best shot, but that bird had a > mind of its own when it left the launchpad. It sure > looked cool though.. Maybe a few tweaks here and > there but I am not sure how well it will ever fly. >=20 > Those little thunder planes that David Irwin and David > Reid have are fun to watch. They fly like little > hawks, and are screamers. I kept getting a little > wind off David Irwin's everytime he made a pass. I > expected to have it in my ear at any moment, but > thankfully David is too good a pilot to let that > happen. Now if it were me... hee hee... >=20 > Those insulator fanfold rigs are nice too. I need to > build one of those. they just seem to fly great, and > have good speed and yet seem soft on the landings. > Well most of the landings! ;-) David I. can tell you > more about that. >=20 > I flew the C130 again. It flies really well, but it > does NOT like the wind and it was a bit windy for it > that time out, and I broke the wing again. Doesn't > appear to be to serious though, so hope to have it > fixed in a jiffy. The A10 even after the nose > overhaul and moving the battery to the front just > refuses to leave the ground from the ball court. I > need about 10 more feet of runway I think. I am going > to take it to Westside Elem. here in Greenbrier first > opportunity I get again and see if I can't get that > thing figured out. >=20 > Just wanted to give everybody an update on the flying > yesterday. We had a LOT of birds in the air at once. > Sounded like a big bee hive. The park guests seemed > to be having a hoot watching the whole spectacle. >=20 > Hope we can fly again some this week or for sure next > Saturday. I'll be working on the "pseudo p38" in the > meantime. >=20 > Hey have got a question about that. Does anyone know > if the rear stab for the p38 had an elevator, or did > it do some kind of elevator/flap thing on the main > wing down from the ailerons? the pics I have looked > at on that bird don't seem to indicate much if any of > an elevator back there, so I was wondering if they did > some kind of pitch thing with the main wing? Is that > possible? Could you put the up and down surfaces on > the main wing just inside the ailerons? That would be > kind of cool actually, but how aerodynamic would it > be? Any insights appreciated. Oh, and if there are any > videos showing the working surfaces of a p38 that > would help me out too. >=20 > Bill Beavers > Director of Technology > Vilonia School District > beaversb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://vilonia.k12.ar.us >=20 >=20 > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >=20 >