Oh man, Tray, I am so sorry to hear that. I know there is nothing anyone can do to ease your anguish and grief right now, but if I can help you out with anything just let me know. On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Doc Fowler <tray_fowler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > > > Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S™III, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone > > > > -------- Original message -------- > 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. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Bill Beavers >>> Lektrik Flyers Website <https://sites.google.com/site/billbeavers/> >>> Lektrik Flyers Listserv <//www.freelists.org/list/lektrik_flyers>(free >>> to join up) >>> Local Wind Condtions from LR >>> AFB<http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgi?Submit=Go&sta=KLIT&state=AR> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Bill Beavers >> Lektrik Flyers Website <https://sites.google.com/site/billbeavers/> >> Lektrik Flyers Listserv <//www.freelists.org/list/lektrik_flyers>(free >> to join up) >> Local Wind Condtions from LR >> AFB<http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgi?Submit=Go&sta=KLIT&state=AR> >> > > > > -- > *Joel Dean* > http://flavors.me/deanjk > http://500px.com/JoelDean > http://www.google.com/profiles/deanjk > http://www.facebook.com/joelkdean > http://www.twitter.net/deanjk > http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joel-dean/8/13b/a7 > > -- Bill Beavers Lektrik Flyers Website <https://sites.google.com/site/billbeavers/> Lektrik Flyers Listserv <//www.freelists.org/list/lektrik_flyers>(free to join up) Local Wind Condtions from LR AFB<http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgi?Submit=Go&sta=KLIT&state=AR>