February 1 FMS T-28B
One flight today
February 1 Super Sportster
One flight today
2012
November 30 FMS T-28B
One uneventful flight today.
November 30 P-47
One flight today with no repeat of previous pulsing/low power problem. Still very erratic on takeoff.
November 23 P-47
Had repeat of pulsing/low power as experienced on October 26th. Battery was not low on voltage.Something else going on.
November 23 FMS T-28B
Attempted takeoff aborted due to one blade of prop departed. Replaced prop and proceeded to fly. On landing, I bounced too hard and broke another prop.
November 16 FMS T-28B
One flight today.
November 16 P-47
One flight today.
October 26 P-47
Two flights today. On first part of first flight the motor was pulsing like a low battery. I landed and did full power ground check and everything was OK. Took off again and the problem did not return. Made second flight with a different battery and noticed ship seemed tail heavy. Made first gear retraction and extension without any problem.
October 26 FMS T-28B
One flight today.
October 8 P-47
One flight today during the SVF Fun Fly.
September 28 FMS T-28B
One flight today, also let Mark fly it. He was impressed with this little T-28.
September 28 Rhapsody
Mark Penikas flew the maiden flight. Airplane flies very well. Had an unexpected loss of power after about 5 minutes flying time. Motor stopped and Mark said no response to controls. Luckily the airplane landed in a bush just off the runway and suffered no damage. The controls worked after retrieving the airplane, and when walking the model back to the pits, the ESC beeped as though power had just been applied. Checked all connections and found nothing wrong. Changed batteries and did a wattmeter check. The motor draws about 46 amps at full throttle. Did another flight of about 7 minutes duration and this time everything was OK. When I connected the battery to the charger it showed the fuel level at 30%
September 11 Super Sportster
Flew in Funtest events Trifecta and Taxi 8.
September 11 N4768Z
Flew in Funtest events Two Minute Touch & Go and Egg Drop. Crashed after tossing egg.
September 7 N4768Z
One flight today with multiple touch & go's in preparation for Funtest 9/11
September 7 Super Sportster
One flight today with landing gear fixed and a new motor installed. Everything worked OK.
August 31 FMS T-28B
One flight today with several touch & go's.
August 31 Super Sportster
One flight today. Left Landing Gear is loose in its fitting. Motor also making strange sounds.
August 24 Super Sportster
One flight with several landings. Need practice in wind as landings were not too good.
August 24 FMS T-28B
One flight ended in a tree. Recovered and only damage was broken propeller.
August 24 F-35
I had Ron Scott do the maiden flight. It flew well, but the cover over the fan access blew off.
August 23 F-35
Attempted maiden flight didn't go well. Plane seems very tail heavy and controls very sluggish at low power. Was fortunate to get it back on the ground without any damage. Ailerons seem to be reversed when at very low speed.
August 23 Super Sportster
One flight today. Lost a wheel on last landing.
August 23 FMS T-28B
Two flights today.
August 13 FMS T-18B2
One flight today.
August 13 Super Sportster
One flight todayl.
August 11 FMS T-18B2
One flight today.
August 11 Super Sportster
Maiden flight today was successful.
August 10 Super Sportster
Attempted maiden flight aborted when propeller came off at lift off. Landed with no damage.
August 10 FMS T-28B2
One flight today with 2200 mAh battery. Does add weight, but flight times will be improved.
August 3 Mini Ultimate
One short flight ended in a bad landing which knocked the landing gear off again.
August 3 FMS T-28B
One flight today with 1300mAh battery
August 3 Extra 300
One flight today.
August 2 Extra 300
One flight today. Seems to fly OK.
August 2 FMS T-28B
One flight today.
July 27 FMS T-28B
One flight today. No problems.
July 27 P-47
Maiden flight today. Plane is very difficult to takeoff. Otherwise flies fine. Didn't operate the retracts.
July 13 T-28B Red
One flight today with ailerons working as they should.
July 13 FMS T-28B
One flight with several touch and go landings. Set aileron dual rates and now it is flying OK.
July 13 Mini Ultimate
One flight today ending in a very rough landing which tore the landing gear off and badly damaged the cowl.
July 12 Mini Ultimate
One flight today. Managed to break wheel pant again.
July 12 FMS T-28B
One flight today. Airplane still acts like it's tail heavy. Put in most of available elevator down trim to be able to fly. At home I centered elevator trim and set elevator about 5 degrees down.
July 12 T-28B Red
One flight today. Observed some erratic behavior with ailerons. Landed without any problem. Later discovered one aileron servo connector had become disconnected.
July 11 T-28B Red
Maiden flight went OK. Plane needed quite a bit of aileron trim to fly level.
July 11 Mini Ultimate
Made two flights today. Last flight I damaged the left wheel pant.
July 11 FMS T-28B
After adding nose weight and a new nose wheel, The maiden flight was again attempted. This time the plane took off but veered to the left severely, I reduced power and the plane nosed in damaging the cowl. I now suspect I added too much nose weight.
July 6 FMS T-28B
Maiden flight cut short as this plane was very tail heavy despite the fact that the CG was correct according to the documentation.
June 29 T-28D
One flight today. All ok.
June 29 N4758Z
Two flight today with many touch and go's. This Cub flies great.
June 29 N47756
Maiden flight cut short as this plane also seems very tail heavy.
June 29 EBT
One very short flight. Airplane was behaving as very tail heavy. I need to check balance.
June 2 N4768Z
One flight today with numerous touch and go landings. I need the practice
June 2 T-28D
One flight today. It went well, but I am very rusty.
May 11 T-28D
One flight today, which was my first flight this year.
May 11 N4768Z
Two flights today
2011
December 27 No flying
Had cataract surgery on my left eye today.
October 25 No flying
Had cataract surgery on my right eye today.
September 11 N4768Z
Three flights in the Limbo event in the Funtest today. Placed third.
September 11 EBT
One flight in the Funtest today. Was used to perform in Egg Drop, worked OK,
September 8 EBT
Two flights today to asses use of this airplane for the Funtest Saturday. Seems to be a good platform for several events.
September 8 N4768Z
One flight today after adding several degrees of down thrust. Still homesick.
September 7 N4768Z
One flight today. Too much thrust steep climb at moderate power. All elevator down trim applied.
August 31F4U Corsair
One flight today. Tx battery too low for additional flights.
August 12 ParkZone Extra 300
One flight today. I just don't like the way this thing flies.
July 28 ParkZone Extra 300
One flight today with wings reversed. Did not see any appreciable difference in flight characteristics.
July 26 ParkZone Extra 399
One flight today to check balance since adjusting CG to 2.75". Flew OK but could use some expo and perhaps less throw on ailerons.
July 21 ParkZone Extra 300
One flight ending in a crash in the ravine. Airplane is extremely tail heavy and was largely uncontrollable.
July 14 UltraStick 25e
One flight today, no problems.
July 14 ParkZone Extra 300
On takeoff airplane veered sharply to the left and struck the safety fence. Minor damage to cowl and broken prop.
July 1 Blitzworx P-38
Attempted maiden flight abandoned. Nose gear would not lock down. Corrected that problem, then discovered nose steering was reversed with no easy way to change. Tried takeoff from center of runway which failed due to starboard motor now binding on cowl. This airplane being relagated to the junk pile.
June 30 ParkZone Extra 300
Maiden flight and second flight went well. There was a good breeze blowing which made landings difficult.
June 30 Ultra Stick 25e
On maiden flight airplane would not respond to controls and landed in the brush. No damage other than a small hole in the covering. Inspection revealed the ESC would not power the motor but would power the servos.
June 16 T-28D
Two flights today. No problems.
May 26 T-28D
One flight today. Still pretty shaky after last crash, but everything was OK.
May 6 Saratoga 40
Mark did a maiden flight of my Saratoga 40 today. The elevator needed a lot of up trim. Second flight was better.
May 5 T-28D
One flight today ending in a crash in the ravine due to loss of orientation. No damage done except my ego.
May 4 N2337L
One flight today with about 10 touch and go's.
May 4 N4768Z
One flight today with about 10 touch and go's.
May 4 T-28D
One flight today. I'm very rusty from not flying for more than a month.
March 29 T-28D
One flight today, some aileron trimming needed as well as centering the nose wheel.
March 29 N4768Z
Several flight today after adding 2 ounces of nose weight. Still needs some down elevator trim as neutral.
March 29 N2337L
Several flight today after adding 2 ounces of nose weight. Still needs some down elevator trim as neutral.
March 25 N4768Z
One flight today. Still insufficient rudder authority and possibly tail heavy.
March 25 N2337L
One flight today. Still insufficient rudder authority and possibly tail heavy.
March 18 N4768Z
Maiden flight cut short. Not sufficient rudder authority.
March 18 N2337L
Maiden flight cut short. Not sufficient rudder authority.
January 30 No flying
Fractured a bone in my foot after stepping on a tennis ball.
2010
November 18 Ultimate EP
One flight today. Much improved performance with new motor.
November 11 Ultimate EP
Attempt to fly aborted. Discovered a stripped gear in the right aileron servo. Replaced servo.
November 11 Ultimate AMR
One flight today. Power is marginal. Need to put wattmeter on to determine if it's the battery that is limiting power.
November 11 T-28D
One flight today. Not too happy with installed prop. Need to go back to APC11x5.5
November 2 T-28D
One flight today ending in a landing in the hinterland due to loss of visual attitude.
November 2 Ultimate EP
Did a snap roll on takeoff and crashed on runway.
October 23 Ultimate EP
Maiden flight today. Airplane is grossly under powered.
October 23 Ultimate AMR
Maiden flight today. Was very tail heavy even though the CG was at specified location. Moved battery forward and when attempting second flight discovered poor connection at ESC.
October 7 T-28D
Two flights today. First flight veered off runway and broke the prop. Second flight landed off edge of runway and broke another prop.
September 16 Pitts Special
Aircraft was destroyed on the runway when another plane collided with it during an unannounced landing.
September 9 T-28D
One flight today.
September 9 F4U Corsair
One flight today. Battery lost power after about 5 minutes.
September 9 Pitts Special
One flight today.
September 2 T-28D
One flight today. Plan on increasing low rate settings for the aileron.
September 2 Pitts Special
One flight today. Still need to center elevator.
August 31 Pitts Special
Maiden flight today. Needed quite a bit of down elevator trim. Landing gear retention poor.
August 26 T-28D
Three flights today after replacing entire nose wheel assembly. Too much up elevator trim needed. Need to check CG.
August 24 E-Flite Ascent
Two flights today. The blue/white color scheme makes for poor visibility against blue sky
August 24 T-28D
Two flights today. Nose wheel needs to be centered. It also seems to lose it's retention.
August 16 Shoestring
One flight today. Had pylon race with two other Aero CAD designs. I won.
August 16 T-28
One flight today.
August 12 T-28D
Maiden flight completed today. Elevator very sensitive on high rates. Set High rate down and increased throw for low rate.
August 12 T-28
Two flights today.
August 5 F4U Corsair
One flight today. Still needs improvement in ground handling.
August 5 Shoestring
One flight today after tightening retaining collar at front of motor. No problem.
August 5 WildHawk
Three flights. Tried 6x5 prop and was disappointed reverted to 5x5.
August 4 F4U Corsair
Aborted takeoff. Discovered wheel that was replaced was rubbing on gear strut causing abrupt right turn.
August 4 WildHawk
Two flights today. Still not too floaty.
August 4 T-28
One flight today.
August 4 Shoestring
Had bad hand launch, plane contacted ground with motor running. I think the motor is toast.
July 30 Shoestring
One flight today. Bad hand launch almost resulted in a crash.
July 30 F4U Corsair
One flight today. Bad landing resulted in a bent landing gear leg and loss of wheel retainer.
July 30 WildHawk
Two flights today. Need more elevator travel, and possibly changing batteries to move CG rearward. Seems to sink too fast.
July 29 Super Cub on Floats
Maiden + 1 flight today. Down elevator trim at max. Not much power, but flies scale like. Poor handling on water with no water rudder.
July 27 WildHawk
Maiden flight today. Flies OK, but needs some trim. I need to practice landing as this plane likes to glide forever.
July 23 Shoestring
Two flight today. Six minutes seems about max duration for the battery.
July 23 F4U Corsair
One flight today. Tail wheel needs adjustment. Probably need some more nose weight.
July 21 T-28
One flight today.
July 21 F4U Corsair
One flight today. Seems to handle better with nose weight added. Battery still very warm with less pitch prop.
July 21 Shoestring
One flight today with me launching. It is a tricky proposition as it takes a few seconds to get the sticks going.
July 14 T-28
One flight today.
July 15 Shoestring
Maiden flight completed and trimmed OK, one additional flight made within 6 minute battery duration.
July 13 T-28
One flight today. This is still my favorite flyer.
July 13 F4U Corsair
Two flights today. Battery very warm after 10 minute flight. I am going to try a smaller prop to see if this will decrease current draw.
July 9 F4U Corsair
Two flights today. Landing gear not holding up well. Reinstalled gear with added tape. Will see if this holds up.
July 8 T-28
Two flights today.
July 7 T-28
Two flights today. Still hearing buzzing sound.
July 7 F4U Corsair
One flight today before the wind came up.
July 6 F4U Corsair
Attempted flight aborted when it was discovered the tail wheel steered in the wrong direction.
July 6 T-28
Two flights today. Flights were without incident, but a strange noise is now heard. I think it might be the much repaired cowl.
July 2 T-28
One flight and one aborted flight. Just after takeoff on the second flight the propeller departed from the motor. The airplane landed roughly.
July 1 F4U Corsair
Maiden flight completed without incident after landing gear bent into correct position.
July 1 T-28
One flight today.
June 30 T-28
Two flights today.
June 29 T-28
Two flights today. Last flight with TP battery ended after 8 minutes. Battery was totally depleted.
June 24 T-28
One flight ended in a rough landing causing minor damage.
June 23 T-28
Two flights today with Polaroid glasses which make seeing my airplanes much better.
June 22 T-28
Two flights today to get my nerves settled after last Wednesday's crash.
June 17 UltraStick 25e
One flight ending in a severe crash, Battery destroyed, ESC damaged, AR7000 Rx damaged. Airframe destroyed.
June 17 T-28
Two flights today. Got ship trimmed and nose gear tracking straight.
June 10 T-28
One and a half flights today with the last flight ending in a crash due to loss of orientation.
June 9 T-28
Two flights today.
June 3 T-28
One flight today. Elevator trim now OK following adjustment. No more flights due to rain.
June 2 UltraStick 25e
One flight today.
June 2 T-28
One flight today with new wing. For some strange reason elevator required full down trim to fly level
May 27 T-28
One half flight ending in a crash into a tree. Wing damaged beyond repair.
May 21 UltraStick 25e
One flight ending in a bad landing which tore out the landing gear and motor mount firewall.
May 21 T-28
One flight today.
May 20 UltraStick 25e
One flight today.
May 20 T-28
Two flights today.
May 19 T-28
Two flights today.
May 14 T-28
One flight today.
May 6 T-28
Two flights today.
May 2 T-28
One flight today.
April 29 T-28
Three flights today. Needs some elevator trim. Too much climb under full power.
April 26 UltraStick 25e
One flight today during electric fun fly event.
April 26 T-28
One flight today during electric fun fly event.
April 25 F-35A
Maiden flight showed way too sensitive on ailerons. Adjusted low rate to 40%. Was better on next flight. This airplane is very difficult to see due to dull grey finish. Left landing gear needs to be Gorilla glued.
April 22 UltraStick 25e
One flight today. Still have very little tail wheel authority.
April 22 T-28
Four flights today - woo hoo
April 12 T-28
One flight today - I'm in a rut
April 1 T-28
One flight today. Boring huh?
March 28 T-28
One flight today.
March 25 Ultra Stick 25e
One flight today.
March 25 T-28
Two flights today.
March 19 T-28
One flight today.
March 11 Ultra Stick 25e
One flight today. I need to fly more often.
March 11 T-28
Two flights today. Nose wheel steering needs adjustment.
February 22 Ultra Stick 25e
One flight today during the Club's first fun fly of the year.
February 21 T-28
Lost sight of the airplane and it crashed over the ravine. Needs new fuselage.
February 15 T-28
Just one flight today. Too cold for me.
February 11 T-28
Two flights today. I need to fly more.
February 4 T-28
Only one flight today before the wind got too strong - sigh
January 21 T-28
Two flights today. Last flight cut short due to poor motor performance. Apparently battery weak
January 7 Ultra Stick 25e
Maiden flight today. Flies well without any trim required. The airplane has a tendency to turn right on takeoff which is contrary to normal experience. Also the steering on the ground is limited when trying to taxi and make left hand turns.
January 7 T-28
Two flights today, all went well.
2009
December 31 T-28
Two flights today on the last day of the year.
December 11 T-28
Two flights today. NLG needs to be replaced.
December 11 BH Models T-28
Maiden flight, corrected trim and set low rates for elevator. Two landings. Strut cover lost on first landing.
November 19 T-28
Two flights today before wind came up.
November 12 T-28
Two flights today. Second landing caused nose gear to rotate in its mount. The screw apparently not sufficient to maintain alignment.
October 29 T-28
Three flights today. Last flight ended in a rough landing due to low battery voltage loss of power. Nose gear separated from mount and prop was broken.
October 28 Ultra Stick 25e
One flight ending in a crash. While attempting to change aileron trim and lost control resulting in a spin into the brush. Not repairable.
October 27 Ultra Stick 25e
One short flight today. Aileron trim way off. Managed landing by holding aileron stick severely to right. Added trim will try again tomorrow.
October 27 T-28
Two flights today. No problems.
October 8 T-28
One flight today since repair of nose landing gear repair. Flew with 3 blade prop after balancing it. Seems to fly a little faster than with the stock prop.
October 8 N3814W
Two flights today.
October 7 Ultimate Bipe
The airplane was lost today. It flew out of sight toward the West North West. Probable cause was loss of visual reference.
October 1 T-28
Two flights today with second flight ending in a collapsed nose landing gear due to a rough landing.
October 1 N3814W
Two flights today.
October 1 T-34 ePTS
One flight today with 5 landings and takeoff's. Secret to avoid abrupt left turn on takeoff is to advance throttle smoothly to full power.
September 30 N3814W
One flight today which brings the total number of flight to 26 to date. About 4 hours and 30 minutes air time.
September 30 T-28
Two flights today. All went well.
September 30 T-34 EPTS
Maiden flight today. First attempt at takeoff resulted in run off in the brush to the left. The canopy also flew off. Second attempt at takeoff also had a severe torque turn to the left, the canopy came adrift again, but I did manage to get airborne. Made a few circuits of the pattern and made a successful, but not too pretty landing. Post flight inspection did not reveal any reason for poor ground handling. Put a couple of right rudder clicks and will try again tomorrow. Canopy retentions still a problem.
September 29 N3814W
Just one flight today.
September 29 T-28
Two flights today. Need to increase low rates on the Ailerons.
September 25 N3814W
One flight today.
September 25 T-28
Two flights today. All OK.
September 24 N3814W
Two flights today. All went well.
September 24 T-28
Two flights today. All went well.
September 18 N3814W
Two flights today, nothing to report.
September 18 T-28
Two flights today, nothing to report.
September 17 N3814W
Two flights today. Every thing went OK. The ground handling could stand some improvement. Turns left with authority, turning right not so much.
September 17 T-28
Two flights today. All went well for a change.
September 16 N3814W
One flight only as the wind came up.
September 15 T-28
One flight today with the ParkZone 3 blade prop was cut short due to a strange noise when under full power. I landed and switched to the standard two blade prop. Subsequent flight was normal. At home I checked the balance of the three blade props and found them greatly out of balance.
September 3 N3814W
One flight today with servos secured and setting of the push rods set to attain maximum throws, the airplane flies like it is supposed to.
September 3 AT-6 Texan
The maiden flight ended in a crash. The airplane was very sensitive to aileron control and had too much elevator authority. The airplane entered a spin which it was recovered and immediately entered another spin which could not be corrected. The airplane flew into the embankment and suffered considerable damage. Post mortem inspection did not reveal any problem with the radio.
August 26 T-28
One flight today. All was good for a change.
August 26 N3814W
Two flights today. After almost a month between flying sessions I was pretty rusty. Some time in the past the elevator neutral position was down about 3 degrees, limiting the amount of up elevator travel. This was the cause of several hard landings due to insufficient up elevator travel. Adjusted to remove down elevator bias, will see how it goes on subsequent flights.
July 30 T-28
One flight before wind came up. bad landing tore right main gear loose from wing. Easy fix to plug it back in and add some packing tape to the mount.
July 30 N3814W
Had same experience with motor not putting out enough power. Replaced battery and second flight was OK, except a couple of touch and go's resulted in a bent landing gear. Shop tests of battery believed to be bad were inconclusive as both batteries produced same results on wattmeter.
July 30 Busy-Bee
One flight with Vado video cam aboard. Flight was OK, some torque roll on takeoff. Video was not what I wanted, too much sky and not enough ground. Camera needs to be pointed down some more.
July 23 N3814W
One and a half flights today. The first flight was cut short as the motor was not putting out full power. Changed battery and flew second flight which ended with a bad landing and a broken prop. The battery used for the first flight checked OK.I don't know what the problem was.
July 2 N3814W
Two flights today. Everything OK.
July 2 Busy-Bee
Maiden flight today. Not enough elevator travel and Aileron trim is excessive. Probably has enough power to carry my Vado video camera.
June 25 Begin-Air
Attempted two takeoffs resulting in uncontrollable right turn and landing in ravine. Not enough power to use as an AP platform.
June 25 N3814W
Two flights today. Everything OK.
June 25 T-28
One flight today. Needed down elevator trim, otherwise OK.
June 18 N3814W
One flight today. Nothing to report.
June 18 T-28
Maiden flight of replacement T-28. Was erratic on takeoff. Nose wheel needs to be adjusted to steer straight.
June 9 T-28
One flight today. The airplane was lost as it flew out of sight and probably crashed near the freeway or in the camp ground area. I could not see any trace of the airplane from the road to the field. I hope somebody finds it and calls me.
June 9 N3814W
One flight today. Still having ground handling problems. Seems insufficient rudder travel to the left.
June 9 Wild Hawk
Maiden flight went OK. This airplane was being considered for airborne video, but does not have sufficient power to carry the added weight of my video camera.
June 4 Ultimate Bipe
One flight today to set trims after long layoff. Battery only provided about 6 minutes of power forcing a downwind landing.
June 4 T-28
Only one flight today, I left the spare batteries at home. Grrrr.
June 3 T-28
Two flights today. Nose wheel needs to be centered.
May 28 Telemaster Electro
One flight with Vado Pocket Cam attached. Captured 10 minutes of in flight video. Quality of video is OK, but there is too much movement of the airplane which causes erratic pictures.
May 28 T-28
One flight with the new aluminum engine mount. Works fine. This airplane still exhibits tendency to tip stall at landing speed.
May 22 N2337L
One flight today. Wind was coming up.
May 22 T-28v2
Two flights today. Discovered strange buzzing sound was due to a broken motor mount. Now replaced with an aluminum mount.
May 18 T-28 v2
One flight only. Still seems to want to climb under power even after adding about 4 degrees of down thrust. Now running a 10x7 3 blade prop.
April 23 Graupner T-28
Two flights today. Finally trimmed, but is slow on response to control inputs. Not to my liking. Going to relegate to hangar duty.
April 22 Ultra Stick 25e
Lost control on takeoff. Crashed into concrete barrier. Fuselage destroyed, one connection on ECS pulled from circuit board.
April 16 Graupner T-28
First flight since correcting elevator problem and setting aileron low rate. Elevator too much throw and this airplane reacts violently when making sharp turns. It had a tendency to pitch down unexpectedly which resulted in a minor confrontation with a tree.
April 16 Ultra Stick 25
Just one flight today since replacing the Rx. The ailerons were on 100% at low rate making it quite squirrely.
April 14 T-28 v2
Maiden flight today with E-Flite Power 10 outrunner. The plane went vertical on takeoff, and continued to climb rapidly until throttle was reduced to about 20%. It appears more down thrust will be required, and perhaps a smaller prop too.
April 9 Graupner T-28
Maiden flight today. Too much aileron and not enough elevator control. Set Aileron low rate to 50% with 35% exponential. Found elevator joiner not secured in elevator resulting in loss of movement on one side. Epoxied the elevator joiner and reset neutral position ready to try on next flight.
April 8 T-28
One flight ending in a crash due to loss of orientation.
April 7 N2337L
Made one flight.
April 7 T-28
Two flights today. Some tendency to stall turn to the left. Removed 1 oz of nose weight.
March 26 T-28
Just one flight today.
March 26 N2337L
Took Nathan and Eli to the field today. made one flight.
March 25 SPADboy
One aborted takeoff with the airplane striking a tree and crashing. Minimal damage, but landing gear not found. Plane is repairable but the propulsion system is going into a new Graupner T-28. RIP SPADboy.
March 24 T-28
Made one very short flight. No power. Suspect battery not at full capacity. Will check voltage when at home.
March 24 SPADboy
One flight today. Takeoff's are exciting. Must learn to not apply up elevator and to use plenty of right rudder. Harder tires help with the bouncing on landing. Noticed a crack in fuselage where landing gear attaches. Will attempt repair. Also vertical fin attach not secure, will add bolts and nuts to replace screws.
March 19 T-28
One flight today. It takes some getting used to this models characteristics after flying the SPADboy.
March 19 SPADboy
Three flights today. The down thrust definitely helps. Still wants to pitch up at takeoff and veer sharply left. Smooth gradual application of power while holding some right rudder is key to a successful takeoff.
March 18 SPADboy
Two flights today. This airplane tends to pitch up violently on full power application. Tried trimming, but not much help. Added about 5 degrees down thrust. Will fly again tomorrow weather permitting.
March 12 T-28
Found elevator high rate had been selected inadvertently. Switched to low rate and everything OK. Two flights. Adjusted nose wheel steering linkage to correct left turn.
March 12 SPADboy
Maiden flight today. Adjusted low rates for ailerons and elevator. Second flight much better.
March 11 T-28
One flight today. Something squirrely in the controls. Need to check low rates and expo.
March 10 T-28
Just one more flight today. Was a little breezy so didn't fly again.
March 5 N2337L
One flight today before wind came up.
March 5 T-28
One flight today. All seemed OK except needed some down trim and nose wheel still pulling to the left.
March 5 A-10
Flew once around the pattern, this plane woefully under powered. Will try a 3S LiPo which should boost the power if the brushed motors can stand the increased voltage.
Feb 28 N3814W
One flight today. This airplane still has a tendency to not want to turn left. I think the wing is warped.
Feb 13 Electric Basic Trainer
Maidened my EBT. Too sensitive for my taste in pitch and yaw. This model has plenty of power and flies nice. Set low rates on elevator and rudder to 67%. Second flight much better, but I will add some exponential to further smooth the controls.
Feb 13 N2337L
One flight today with several touch and go landings.
Feb 13 N3814W
One flight today with wing without ailerons. This plane turns to the right OK, but not so good to the left.
Feb 11 N2337L
One flight today on old faithful.
Feb 11 T-28
Two flights today. It is handling better with 60% exponential but now too little aileron authority. Second flight in gusty wind
Feb 11 N3814W
One flight today. I am not happy with ailerons on this bird. Plan is to use spare wing without ailerons and see how it flies.
Feb 6 T-28
One flight today. Some exponential needed for the rudder and elevator.
Feb 6 N2337L
Two flights today.
Jan 15 N2337L
Two flights today with the second flight ending in the gully. A little crosswind and a rough touch and go resulted in a broken propeller and a loss of power led to oops.
Jan 10 N2337L
Two flights today, with the second flight resulting in loss of power at south end of runway. Was able to land just off the runway with no damage. Examination of the motor power leads on the bench revealed one wire had become detached from the circuit board. Looks repairable.
2008
Nov 29 T-28 Maiden
First flight today. Looks like a dual rate of about 60% is good for the ailerons. It floats on landing, and the wheels are marginally small even though I am flying off of a paved runway.
Nov 9 N3814W Maiden
Flew first time today was very squirrelly and the flight was cut short. Balance checked OK, and some up elevator was trimmed out. Will try again to see if the problem persists.