..The sun is out!...Let's go FLYING....False alarm...
Heli-Log 5:3:2012
Posted 05-03-2012 at 09:44 AM by rcnut
Last night was our club meeting, which went rather well. In the past, (last year) there was a big fallout within. To sum things up, the club almost dissolved due to an attempted hostile take-over by the big-bird plankers. Our field would rank on the list of best flying fields in the USA. So naturally the airplane guy's would want it for themselves. As it stands now, we have a completely new board, everyone is welcomed to fly (heli's included), and we have and understanding of how things are going to run. 
It's interesting to see a bunch of grown men (most over 50) acting like little kids! I've been finding this to be a common thread in the airplane society...spoiled little brats! Well, that for another time. I got to our flying field early and put up 2 flights. The first was with my Compass 3D+. After fixing the carb plate, the motor needed a little tweaking and it was running great. However, at the end of the tank, I decided to do a longer [than normal] auto and lost a bit too much head speed. I landed a bit hard and broke the rear landing strut...no biggie. Everything else is fine. During clean up, I was checking the tail and the backlash and noticed the tail hub was loose!
That was a quick fix, but good to find! I would not have liked loosing the tail blades (the whole hub) in flight. So then I pulled out my Compass 6HV. First thing I noticed was the plankers standing and watching my heli very intently!?!? Why would they all of a sudden take notice now? They've seen me fly before, seen my heli's before, etc. I think it's a powerful and fast electric heli. I pulled a high speed (over 90 mph) flyby at 10 feet from the ground…“that” got their attention! And as soon as the 6HV was right in front of me...I performed a wall. Pulled the nose to vertical and stopped the forward motion on a dime, crack! The sound the blades made stopping the heli. It is the sudden burst of speed and change of direction that scares the plankers. Babies!
The second flight on my 6HV was to tryout a new flying area at our field so we heli flyers aren't in contention with the plankers. You know, I fly airplanes too, and I don't have any problems flying with or without heli's, gliders, foamies, etc. The new proposed area has plenty of space and I felt comfortable with it...and once again a 100 mph flyby.
The weather forecast for the rest of the week and weekend is rainy and windy, not very good for flying. I have another new heli pilot I need to start training this weekend, maybe I'll put him on a sim to start and then some driveway hovering...
It's interesting to see a bunch of grown men (most over 50) acting like little kids! I've been finding this to be a common thread in the airplane society...spoiled little brats! Well, that for another time. I got to our flying field early and put up 2 flights. The first was with my Compass 3D+. After fixing the carb plate, the motor needed a little tweaking and it was running great. However, at the end of the tank, I decided to do a longer [than normal] auto and lost a bit too much head speed. I landed a bit hard and broke the rear landing strut...no biggie. Everything else is fine. During clean up, I was checking the tail and the backlash and noticed the tail hub was loose!
That was a quick fix, but good to find! I would not have liked loosing the tail blades (the whole hub) in flight. So then I pulled out my Compass 6HV. First thing I noticed was the plankers standing and watching my heli very intently!?!? Why would they all of a sudden take notice now? They've seen me fly before, seen my heli's before, etc. I think it's a powerful and fast electric heli. I pulled a high speed (over 90 mph) flyby at 10 feet from the ground…“that” got their attention! And as soon as the 6HV was right in front of me...I performed a wall. Pulled the nose to vertical and stopped the forward motion on a dime, crack! The sound the blades made stopping the heli. It is the sudden burst of speed and change of direction that scares the plankers. Babies!
The second flight on my 6HV was to tryout a new flying area at our field so we heli flyers aren't in contention with the plankers. You know, I fly airplanes too, and I don't have any problems flying with or without heli's, gliders, foamies, etc.
The new proposed area has plenty of space and I felt comfortable with it...and once again a 100 mph flyby.The weather forecast for the rest of the week and weekend is rainy and windy, not very good for flying. I have another new heli pilot I need to start training this weekend, maybe I'll put him on a sim to start and then some driveway hovering...
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