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Twisted Sticks April 2006 Newsletter Well I just spent three days in Dumas AR. It looks like my fond hopes for flying this year are flying out the window. I’m already scheduled for July 4th weekend to be spend in Dumas. Ah work can’t live with it, can’t live without it. J British Humor The following is part of a web page from our British counterparts I found funny. I hope you do too. Canonical List of things that can make your plane go BUMP! Those that have a direct resonance with my own experience are in bold. * Two objects attempting to occupy the same space at the same time. * Having your battery fall out at 500'! (well probably only 200' in my case) * Fly inverted, full throttle, east to west at dusk. Lose plane in sun, decide to "get out of there in a hurry" and pull about 1/2 up elevator. Instant Bang, More-Instant Silence! * Balsa magnets, cleverly concealed underneath the only boulder in the middle of a large field used for thermal soaring. * Attempting to correct a loss of power on take-off by applying up elevator. * Forgetting to change model selector on PCM 10 when swapping between two models. * Things on the aircraft that un-occupy the space they're supposed to occupy (wings/tail coming off, servos coming loose, etc.). * Cerebral neurons occupied by other things while flying (or maybe unoccupied). * It couldn't have been the batteries, I recharged them just last month. * What do you mean, how many rubber bands did I use? I used two, one on each side. * It doesn't mean a thing if it ain't got that wing. * When did that tree grow so tall? * What do you mean, you're on channel 13? I'm on channel 13!! * Having your kid stand in front of the Stab to hold your plane while checking the engine and not putting the bolts on the removable tail feathers. * Not bothering to extend the transmitter's aerial prior to take-off. * Not bothering to check ailerons operate as standard i.e. stick right right aileron up (see X-fire!) * I flew next to a pond like that? What gives? Radio reflections? That damned pond kept eating my plane! * The only surveyor's marker stake in the same field... * Have your instructor say, "Oh, gee! I’ll be right back... keep flying till then", on your second flight. * Meeting the edge of the wide open door of a VW Bug with the right wing of a sailplane at the fuse.... Then ...meeting the same edge of the same door of the same VW Bug with the right tail feathers! * Having your wings fold when pulling out of a dive... * Having the prop throw a blade on a VERY fast plane, at full speed and not very high. * Pulling out of a dive while inverted 10 feet above a tarmac runway.. * Quick connects on flying surfaces. I only ever use these on throttle links - funny but they always come off with the throttle on full power! * Quick growing trees that reach up and grab your craft out of the sky. * Telephone wires that are too far away to be concerned about. * Having a nut loose on the end of the stick... * Attempting to demonstrate a fun fly event immediately after saying "And now I'll show you how it's done!" * Somebody else pre-flighting their £50 2-axis ARTF on your channel!! * Rubber banding the wings on offset so far that the aileron servo and linkages are outside the fuse.... Courtesy of my dad with his trainer. * A sudden 6-Foot ground swell. or in my case moving to a new site at the bottom of the hill and flying the model into the ground..... I used to go that low before!!!!! * The camouflage on your new Focke-wolf 190 works just a little too well on a cloudy day. * An old Cub designed for a .049 with a .60 in it. * Two good pilots on dual transmitters for training, teacher switching off master tx. (It happened during test of new club trainer). * 'Just one more flight before I go home! ...............Never ever say this - it is fatal! * Pylon Poles...on final. 'nuf said!!! * Not knowing the difference between rough idling on your new 4-stroke and loose motor mount bolts on your new 4-stroke (still looking for my new 4-stroke in the area where it was last attached to my plane) * Run out of gas while you instructor tells you "You had better come back, you're out over route1". * Trying to do a Star Wars move through a forest. * Those wires they put in the middle of nowhere, like the town really needs electricity! Meeting is at Dales house April 13th Thursday 7p.m. If you haven’t attended a meeting lately or if you’ve never attended on please feel free to stop by. We always have a good time – the more the merrier.
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