That area is definitely not suitable. Lots of light poles, too. I
didn't think I could even fly my Radian there.
I think we should either fly at our field or an established RC field.
We pretty much exhausted the other possibilities in Kitsap when we did
the search for our new field.
Our field actually has some advantages that we might be able to exploit,
like the slope to the ground.
Cheers,
Tom
On 9/18/19 7:08 AM, Paul Below (Redacted sender paulbelow for DMARC) wrote:
There is also the unused street up by the Poulsbo Office Depot. Has curbs but ok for take off I would think. No good landing spot.
On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 10:21 PM, x ebec
<xebecois@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
There is also a seldom-used landing strip 3/4 mile west of Port
Hadlock
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*From:* orcachat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<orcachat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Tom Speer <me@xxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Wednesday, September 18, 2019 5:06 AM
*To:* orcachat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <orcachat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* [orcachat] Re: Lifting contest
I think I'd prefer our field to the fair grounds. I remember
checking them out one day when we were looking for field
alternatives, and I didn't think it was very suitable.
I've purchased 4'x200' of weed control fabric and a box of 500
staples. It won't be the geotex runway we were considering, but
it should help quite a bit for our project. I'll wait until we're
ready to start flying with ballast to put it down. It won't last
forever, but it should last long enough for the contest. If
people in the club want to use it, we can put it down the middle
of the runway. If the consensus is to preserve the middle as
grass, we can put it more to the side. I'd be willing to buy
another roll if club members want it to be wider. I figure 4 ft
is wide enough for takeoff, but not for landing.
If the weed control fabric is too slick for good steering in a
crosswind, we might be able to treat it to improve traction. When
I built apparatus for a dog agility course, I made it nonskid by
using an old boat-builder's trick. I painted it with oil-based
polyurethane and sprinkled sugar all over it. Once it dries, the
sugar was rinsed off and the pits from the grains make a nice
nonskid surface. Just leaving the sugar in place until the rain
does its thing would also make it nonskid.
Cheers,
Tom
On 9/17/19 4:53 PM, ORCA@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ORCA@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
A few years ago we flew at the Kitsap Fair grounds, north of the
pavilion in what is called the Lower Bowl. The Gordon Field 2
might also be usable. I’ll swing by in a day or two and check it
out. Maybe we could use the Apex private airstrip, west of
Silverdale. Also, a call to Rick Walsh might help in where he
used to fly paragliders from.
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Rick
*From:* Thomas Condon <mailto:tom@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Tuesday, September 17, 2019 3:12 PM
*To:* ORCA List <mailto:orcachat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* [orcachat] Re: Lifting contest
Kitsap ARCS used to use the back runway in Bremerton for RC
flying. They shared it with the dragster folks, since it is
never used as a runway (due to prevalent winds). I don't know if
they still do, but there is an asphalt runway that isn't normally
used you can check out.
Tom Condon
On Sep 17, 2019, at 10:52 AM, Tom Speer <me@xxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:me@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
In this case, I'm more concerned with takeoff than landing. I
don't think we can get a heavily loaded Mini-Apprentice to take
off on our grass runway. It is hard enough as it is to get the
plane to roll at its light weight. I'm also concerned that, even
with the east alders removed, we won't have a clear path to
depart after takeoff. But rolling is the biggest problem.
I see two solutions. One is to go to another venue to make the
loaded flights. I've not been to the Chimicum field, yet, but
while I've heard it is windy there, they may have a smoother
runway and more open flying area. There are probably other
fields in the area that have paved or geotextile surfaces.
The other solution is to put down a smoother surface on our
runway. We decided not to go with a geotextile surface because
of the cost, but I am going to look at Home Depot to see what
they might have in way of a cheaper alternative. We don't need
something that will last, and we don't need it to be wide enough
to land on. It just needs to be something we can put down for
loaded takeoffs and then pack up at the end of the day.
Cheers,
Tom
