That was a close call...

Got in my very first flying session of 2008 just under two weeks ago.

Also got in my first mowing session of the year as I am trying very hard to reduce my carbon footprint and so have decided to just quit mowing my lawn.

Speaking of pushing a mower around what seemed to be an area much larger than required for flying toy airplanes, do any of you know a Toyota Pious owner who after all these years is still in love with his two-stroke powered lawn mower? I know one...

As to the close call, Howard was flying, I was ground-running a couple freshly rebuilt 21FPs, Paul was fiddling with who-knows-what. I noticed that one of the engines had a 2007 glow plug in it and we can't have that sort of nonsense, now can we?

Ah, but I had neglected to pack along my plug wrench, it having last been used to finish off the plumbing of a new sink in our kitchen.

"Paul's got a plug wrench," I thought to myself.

As I turned toward his car and pit area I caught myself. One does not, under any circumstances, want to ask a guy on his second serious effort with a battery-powered PA model--and the 2008 model is one very serious piece indeed--for anything having to do with gassers.

With Howard's voluminous pit box right there, Howard suitably distracted in trying to remember which maneuver follows square outside loops, I rooted around until finding the appropriate tool. Even had it back in his box before the end of his flight.

And did not have to endure the ravings of an ex-nitro guy, all of them being totally nuts. I think...

Dan

Well, you could try goats to keep your lawn short, but they emit alot of gas that deplete's the ozone, or something. Actually, the Governor of Washington wrote a book that said, according to her reseach, dead bug carcasses of various sorts depleted the atmosphere more than any other substance, man-made or not. She (the Governor) was interviewed on a talk show about her book before she went to her reward, I think it was the Rush Limbaugh show.

Not only will you reduce your carbon footprint but you can actually go a long way towards getting some carbon credits that you can try to sell to one of your neighbors. All you have to do is let the grass grow. Just think of all the photosynthesis that will take place with a yard full of 10' tall Bermuda grass!! That could be a veritable GOLD MINE!! Brad

Dan even brought out a new plane...The "Star Spangled ARF"..


And it has more tanks on the nose than the flag on the wing has stars!

>Dan even brought out a new plane...The "Star Spangled
>ARF"..
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>And it has more tanks on the nose than the flag on the wing
>has stars!

That's good, but I call it the World's Second-best Flite Streak. And I do like the U.S. flag motif...

The other model, the one with three 1-ounce tanks plumbed in series, did not work as well as hoped. Oh, it flew and all, was stuntable, just not what I expect from a 21FP-powered Skyray.

Back home the motor was found to have been in violation of at least two rules from the BB T-U handbook. We will try again.

Dan

Jump on the new bandwagon: Global Cooling!!!". Increase your carbon footprint and stave off the new Ice Age!! Has anybody noticed that we haven't had summer yet? Granted, this is in the Northwest where summer is a short lived affair in the best of times, but we haven't had summer since 2006 and that one was pretty weak.

Say it: GLO-BAL COOL-ING

Thanks to all your efforts to reduce your carbon footprint(s), I won't feel guilty going out and buying a brand new Challenger R/T to burn up the road with...
Steve

Randy. I'm glad someone else has noticed that NW weather is less than ideal for humans and other animals+. I'm a transplanted Californian where flying was a year-round activity. Here, one is lucky to get enough flying just to keep in practice. 6 years in OR and I'm ready for a real life (somewheres else).

Oh well. The upside is that my planes last forever because they don't have to suffer early demise due to unplanned ground contact or wear-out.

Floyd
Eugene, OR

>Speaking of pushing a mower around what seemed to be an area
>much larger than required for flying toy airplanes, do any of
>you know a Toyota Pious owner who after all these years is
>still in love with his two-stroke powered lawn mower? I know
>one...

Is this a hint that you'll be switching to electric stunt soon?
Sounds like you've got a name for the plane already.

Preston

>
>Is this a hint that you'll be switching to electric stunt
>soon?
>Sounds like you've got a name for the plane already.
>
>Preston
>
Ya think nitromethane is getting problematic to find these days? Try sourcing a LiPo pack!!! My LHS has had my 3S-1320mAH on order for over a month.

>
>>Speaking of pushing a mower around what seemed to be an
>area
>>much larger than required for flying toy airplanes, do any
>of
>>you know a Toyota Pious owner who after all these years
>is
>>still in love with his two-stroke powered lawn mower? I
>know
>>one...
>
>Is this a hint that you'll be switching to electric stunt
>soon?
>Sounds like you've got a name for the plane already.
>
>Preston
>

Preston,

You are too clever by half. No electric stunters in my future, although I am rather envious of a two-stroke lawn mower which actually still functions quite nicely.

Dan