Volume: 1 Issue: 7 Aug 2001 Editor: RMR
Regular Scheduled Monthly Meeting Monday evening Sept 10 7:00 PM Zack Burkett's Office
See MINUTES for this month's meeting. All of this years minutes as provided by Zack have been added as links at the bottom of the MINUTES page.
Our WEB site will be enhanced. Email will be sent as new material is added. Added a link to email all members. Started to put our member list into an ACCESS database and am learning how to put it on the web.
Had another experience with my (Dick R) SLOW POKE. Got it into the air on it's 4th maiden flight. What a challange this plane has been for me. Not that I'm hard headed or anything like that but I insisted on doing it myself as this was my first total project. First one I lost sight of it behind the pavilion and burried the engine 6 inches into the newly plowed field. Second one I tried to trim it out one mistake high, yes made one mistake and dumped it into the pond...engine still there so I claim it when the water goes down. On the third one it rolled left on take off due to engine torque but this time minor damage. That's when I decided to follow the book and do a detailed trim on the runway without taking off. Had a lot of right rudder in to compensate for engine torque and took it off for a successful brief flight as I wanted to reposition the engine to change the thrust line before having any further problems. Well went out few days later and put the Slow Poke into the air. It flew terrificly and all the work and effort was worth it. Couldn't me more pleased. Thanks to Roger for all his help along the way.
Roger flew his Tiger Moth electric and it is a little amazing in the air. Not impressive to look at on the ground but flys really nice but cannot be flown in any kind of wind. It is really a back yard craft.