[lektrik_flyers] Re: flying Saturday 9-28-13
- From: Doc Fowler <tray_fowler@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 21:03:06 -0500
I'm glad you guys flew today and I'm sorry I missed it. My wife was 18 weeks
pregnant and lost the baby this week. Were dealing with it the best we can. I
hope to be back out in the next week or two.
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From: Joel Dean <deanjk@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 09/29/2013 8:04 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [lektrik_flyers] Re: flying Saturday 9-28-13
I was thinking on the drive home about what you were saying about the SlowFly
wing versus the Stevensaero wing. You said the Stevensaero wing was a longer
wingspan. What flight characteristics should I expect to see when comparing
the stock wing I have now versus the Slowfly wing versus the Stevensaero wing?
Thanks and I'll hang up and listen.
Joel
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Bill Beavers <bill.beavers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Straight wing with ailerons would be a great next step. Plus it leaves you a
plane you can fly two ways. You can always do the "run home to momma" original
wing or go a little more off reservation with the straight wing. John can fill
you in on how he is doing now with his built up straight wing from SlowFly. I
think he likes it. makes the SS a little quicker but that is a next good step
too. Then just start flying and crashing everything like the rest of us! ;-)
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Joel Dean <deanjk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sorry I missed flying Saturday. I wanted to go to MARCS, but I woke up late and
was lazy all day long. I heard there were lots of planes and pilots and some
great flying.
We had some great flying at Beaverfork this afternoon. Chris flew his piper cub
and made it look easy. It didn't like landing in the grass, though. He also
flew his 3D planes. He gets noticeably better every time I see him fly. Bill
flew the Stryker, T-38, and Apprentice. I think Phillip flew his Sensei before
I got there. I reinforced and stiffened the wing of my SS and it was much more
stable and maneuverable. Well, as maneuverable as a Slow Stick can be. It has
me thinking seriously about a new straight wing with ailerons for it.
Hope to fly with you all again soon.
Joel
On Sep 28, 2013, at 19:24, Bill Beavers <bill.beavers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
John Goos, Logan and I had a really good flying morning at Bob Courtway. We
were the only two official flyers, but Jason Mitchell did come by and stay a
while and we had a good number of other drop in guests some potential flyers
and some already flyers just looking to "connect up" and inquire.
I didn't think at first I would be able to fly my newly modded Apprentice with
the new bolts holding down the wing because I hadn't realized i had a broken
control horn on the aileron of one wing. But I was able to scavenge off of an
old SS wing, so got it in the air. It flew really well after that and I must
have made more than half a dozen parachute drops for the boys. One caught a
thermal and went WAY over toward the West and just kept going until we could
barely see it. I watched it start to go down but wasn't sure just where it was
going to land. I just wrote it off as gone, but after Jason left us, he came
back just a little later and handed to the boys as he found it driving down a
street over that way. Thanks a bunch Jason. No MIA on that trip! ;-)
Gliders, Strykers, trainers, were the order of the day. Had fun with everybody
as always. There is nothing like being a great big kid. Hope to never give
that up. Hope to fly with you all soon.
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