One new bird, one slightly used bird....

LAST EDITED ON Jul-17-04 AT 00:28 AM (CDT)
 
Hi Gang I plan on test flying 2 planes tomorrow,one a Brodak Olympic powered by a Brodak 40 and the other one a 65 oz.Trivial Pursuit powered by a PA 40 on pipe.
The Olympic is Brand spankin' new and weighs 45 oz. and has never been flown before, wish me luck as I plan on flying it in Vancouver in 2 weeks at the PAC Classic contest, and I hope to fly the other one also.
The TP's story is that it has maybe 10 flights on it, last year at this time I was trimming it out when it rolled in on me on the inverted turn upward on the reverse wingover. Some quick back pedalling and I managed to keep it from stuffing itself into the ground at a 45 degree angle, but it did clip the wing gear and tear them out and destroy the cowl and beak the front glue joint of the stab, allowing it to flex when you pushed on the tips from the top but not from the bottom.
That was fixed with a little exploratory surgery and a 1/16th ply plate glued to the re-glued joint, but this repair was what kept me from looking at the plane for a while figuring that I would need to remove the satb to fix it.
Suffice it to say I didn't want to look at it for a while and campaigned my Legacy for the rest of the 2003 season.
If you look at the pictures carefully you'll see that I repaired the wings, thankfully there was only 1 puncture on the top of one wing.
I removed the wing gear and installed carbon fuse gear. Another plus was that the wing was of lost foam construction so replacing ribs was a breeze! Same with leading edge, it's molded so I molded some new sections and grafted them in place somwewhat seamlessly. And of course I made a new cowl. I hope the work all pays off and that the trim gremlin that caused the problem will be vanquished!

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The pre-crash version:
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The re-built version
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Looks good Will.......

Will,
Very nice looking wheels. I am planning on being at Prairie Fire as well. Hope to see you there.
Keep us informed.
Regards,

Beautiful work, Will! I'm sure both birds will fly great.

Tim

A real nice looking pair of ships Will.Look forward to seeing them at the Praire Fire contest.

LAST EDITED ON Jul-17-04 AT 02:42 PM (CDT)
 
Hi Will Will be thinking of you and hoping for the best. May the power be with you See you in two weeks Your bed is ready Keith If the planes dont work so good you can still fly my planes. If you dare He He .And while I think of it I should invite you other guys to be here as well Vancouver BC July 31 old time and classic Aug first Four classes of PA You might get to see Will win. Keith Varley

LAST EDITED ON Jul-17-04 AT 04:55 PM (CDT)
 
Keith,

Do you have floor space on Saturday night after the Chris Cox Extravaganza?

Will,

Very nice looking. I have a vague memory of the TP, but most remember the Legacy. Both planes look to be very strong efforts. I'll see you in Vancouver if I make it.

IF?!?! What's this IF thing? I hope you can make it dude and bring Bob Smiley with you too.

Well it was a great day, of course it had to be in the 90's here for the first time this year but both birds flew great!

The Olympic has 4 flights on it and I did the better part of a pattern on the last flight, what a great flying plane!

The Trivial Pursuit flew great too, 5 flights, last flight a full pattern, needs a couple of tweaks here and there. I surmise the problem last year was not enough tip weight and leadouts too far back.
Looks like I need to shorten the pipe a bit and remove some tipweight as the outboard wing is dropping corners a bit, that and move the CG back a bit and it should be very competitive, then I can work on the guy behind the handle.

Otherwise these planes will make an appearance in gold old Vancouver. Looking forward to seeing you Kieth!

And no Keith.. I'll pass on the offer to fly your planes, if I crash all my planes I'll buy a Hyper Viper and compete with that;)

Will,

I'm going to make the effort...if I can find my passport and birth certificate and 8 forms of picture ID and 4 people that will vouch for me so I can get back into the country.

LAST EDITED ON Jul-18-04 AT 03:34 PM (CDT)
 
FYI, the contest is sponsored by Vancouver Gas Model Club, not PAC. Unfortunately, I'd already promised to help with the Bladder Grabber combat contest, on the same weekend. I suspect Howard will be at the BG, so would have to miss the fun. Good luck with your new fleet, Will. They look super!

July 31 & August 1, 2004. VGMC Annual Saturday: Old Tyme Stunt and Classic Stunt. Sunday: 4 Classes of Precision Aerobatics. Rice Mill Road site. For info, Chris Cox (604) 596-7635.

During May, I emailed various folks in BC, trying to find out what PAC's contest plans were, and July 16, finally got an email from Henry Hajdik, PAC President. Main subject was their contest July 24 & 25, with some racing, scale and navy carrier events. A month ago, I would have appreciated the info, and added it to our website's events schedule, but find this to be too late to bother with. Steve

Randy, All you need is a passport or birth certificate and driver's license. I have been driving by your place every day. I am working at the Bremerton Naval ship yard and some times wonder if you go flying after work. It's still a long day starting at 4:30 and ending about 4 pm when I get home. The PAC contest is as fun as the Wolf contest in Oct. All Homeland security stuff is getting out of hand, what color are we on today? Jim J...... you think getting into Canada is bad try getting onto the Shipyard.