Planes and Dogs are not compatible.

Went out and flew my Tony Sunday and had a good time.The new Saito 82 is running great.The big problem began when I got home to unload my plane.I open the side door of my van and the Rear door and just leaned down to take my Tony out when my idiot dog leap through the side door at a full running jump and landed on the inboard wing and slid up to the fuse. It only broke one rib and left claw marks all the way to the fuse. Could not believe it didn`t put a hole threw it. Boy do I love Poly Span. Anyone want a dog?

Gordie

OOOOHHHHH you got to be kidding?

Scott(bad dog)Riese

I feel your pain Gordon!

I once had a pair of Old English Sheepdogs--the female liked to jump up on things. I also had a fully restored vette- 67 convert. 427, etc. Just had a real nice Imron job on it--well Jodi decided she would jump up on the car one day in the garage. It was so slick, she just must have stood there clawing her way along the front fender!

All that grit in the claws did an irreversible customization to that paint job!

Once my middle son found a stray dog and brought him home after his morning paper route was over. Then as he left for school he put the dog in my hobby room and forgot to tell anyone. When I got back home that evening I went into the room and the stupid dog had chewed up a Nobler that I had just finished covering. Total loss. Son felt bad, I never got around to likeing that thing.

>Son felt bad, I never got around to likeing that thing.

The Nobler or the dog?

Our dog is pretty good - won't chew on things but always comes over and sits on your foot.

>Went out and flew my Tony Sunday and had a good time.The new
>Saito 82 is running great.

Go get 'em Gordy!!!!

Conversely, I switched back to the Saito 72, and with the new prop I am getting the best, most controlled runs I think I have ever had. Maybe I should send mine back and get another new one...

Paul was right in that the Saito 82 is a lot of motor. I probably fly the Saito 72 more accurately, but the 82 would rip through a hurricane (of course it could have been the 30% heli fuel I was running).

I think the Saito 82 is a great match for your Tony.

The dog did not mean it.

Gordan,

Why don't you just keep the darned dog. I'll drive down to pick up the model, however.

Dirtydan,

OK
Gordy
PS. Did you tell our friend up there to call me a say hello?

Gordie,
Sure wish I was heading down to Muncie with all. Chris and I just got back from the field where I was doing a little last minute coaching. He and Joan are heading out on Wednesday. He's team manager for the Canadian team this year. Don't envy him as I did it in 94 in Shanghi. Would you like a spare 72. Mine is the pits. Thinking of giving up on the 4 strokes as my second 56 and the 72 just haven't worked. Tried everything and just can't get a decent run. Guess I'll just have to go and build another Firecracker and use one of my good ST 60's.
Maybe I should box the 72 up and send it down to Horizon. Better yet I think I'll wait til Paul gets back and spend a day with him sorting the thing out. I'm really disgusted with myself and my equipment. Last year it was the classic ship with the Stalker 46RE.
Good luck at the Nats.
Alan

Would
>you like a spare 72.

I can always use spares.

>Mine is the pits. Thinking of giving
>up on the 4 strokes as my second 56 and the 72 just haven't
>worked. Tried everything and just can't get a decent run.

Why don't you post your troubles. I am curoius.

BTW there is definately more than one way to run these things. I run mine nothing like Pauls's for example, and Gordy is somewhere in between.

I would say that Steve Moon and I are getting good runs. I am especially happy with mine of late.

One thing about the 4 strokes. I think the runs are very likely to go bad if the motor mounts are less than adequate. I think the motor mount construction is even more critical than with a 2 stroke running in the 4-2 mode.

Sorry to hear about the accident, sometimes eager pups do things they shouldn't but we still love em. I spent allot of time with GiGi from the get-go teaching her that a model is something to avoid and so far so good.

We just added a kitty to the family and the lessons are already starting. Think the dog was easier to train but a squirt bottle with water is working wonders.

Neither of our Shelties, Charlie and Willie, has gone after an airplane. But Charlie keeps the small balsa scraps picked up under the bench. I hear Crunch Crunch Crunch sometimes. So if I'm not there, the planes are up on a table or rack. Love these guys to death, but would rather they ate dog food.

Dirtydan,
OK
Gordy
PS. Did you tell our friend up there to call me a say hello?

Gordan Delaney

Gordan,

Well, not exactly. I passed along, very nearly word for word, your cryptic remarks as to the character of this person.

And I sent to you, via the private message option on this site, Rick's home phone number. Will do so again.

I had about the same experience with my Rott. He was in the front seat of my pickem-up (with bucket seats) when I took off a little to fast. He put one of his large paws thru the open space between the seats and found the left wing of my Banshee. Luckily and somehow he only took out one rib and missed the control lines. Wheeeeeewwwwww.

Lee TGD

One picture I *didn't* get (a little too slow on the trigger finger) was a dog that was carrying around a piece of foam wing at the R.W. Howe contest one year. The piece had "MEARS" written on it. Before I could get a shot, the dog managed to rip all the covering off the wing, and then it wouldn't pick it up any more (I guess bare foam tastes bad, or the texture is just all wrong, or something..).

>Neither of our Shelties, Charlie and Willie, has gone after
>an airplane. But Charlie keeps the small balsa scraps picked
>up under the bench. I hear Crunch Crunch Crunch sometimes.
>So if I'm not there, the planes are up on a table or rack.
>Love these guys to death, but would rather they ate dog
>food.

...speaking of Shelties... Mine likes basla wood too and has never chomped on a model. She also likes saxophone reeds and (perhaps Ion will get a chuckel out of this one): She chewed up a "Lakey" sax mouthpiece. It's the only one she has ever tried to get. I guess she didn't like the sound

"Planes and Dogs are not compatible."

Based on my own experience I agree 100%. On that infamous day - 9/11, my Great Pyrenees went beserk and attacked me virtually at the same time the 1st jet hit the trade tower. The dog had been a great family pet for almost six years and we had him from a pup.

When I arrived at the hospital emergency room, everyone was rivited to the TV watching the horror story replay.

At one of Moose Allan's contests there was a large German shepard. I was dubious, but he was perfectly behaved. However, during one of the Goodyear races, someone's airplane had a problem and ended up upside down about halfway out in the circle. As soon as the race was over the German shepard ran out to the upside-down model, lifted his leg, and ran back out of the circle. We all laughed, clapped, and cheered.