MMRCA - July 13, 2002

Photos and commentary by Andy Steere.

These are pictures from July 13th, 2002. A nice day at the field. A cold front had pushed through and dropped the temps from the mid 90's down to the low 80's and took out a good bit of the humidity. North-east wind today, but real light.

STATIC IMAGES

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Just one static image today. A few members took advantage of the weather.
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MOVIE CLIPS

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Carl Johnson brought out his new Great Planes Ultimate for its "first flight". Not a new plane, but recently purchased from the builder Randy Loesch. It hasn't flown in a couple of years... but a new battery pack, new glowplug, and some fiddling with the high-end needle-valve had it running decent. Powered with a OS 46FX, it did pretty well. This is the takeoff run.
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Carl's GP Ultimate, clip #2. Carl doing a couple of snap rolls. That is my comment at the end. Randy is a good pilot, but doesn't get into wild aerobatics.
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Carl's GP Ultimate, clip #3. A straight pass down the runway... nothing fancy, just testing it out.
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Carl's GP Ultimate, clip #4. Another pretty simple pass... a bit faster this time.
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Carl's GP Ultimate, clip #5. Wringing it out a bit more now.
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Carl's GP Ultimate, clip #6. Last flight of the day, Carl and Chad were flying at the same time. Somebody had asked me about the wheelpants, or lack there of.
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Shannon's Uproar. Looks like it flys pretty well.
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This is Chad's ????. Seven foot wingspan. Powered by an Enya 61 4-stroke. Chad used to fly a bunch, but left the hobby for awhile.
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Chad clip#2. Crabbing down the runway is one of Chad's favorite maneuvers.
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Chad clip#3. A loop.
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Chad clip#4. Another of Chad's favorites... the one-wheeled landing and takeoff!
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These next three were taken Sunday, July 14th, 2002, a carbon-copy weather wise. Shannon brought out his new Great Planes Ulitmate (must be the weekend for new ultimates). Also powered with a 46FX. First flight was pretty hairy, as Shannon had too much control-surface throws. This is the take-off run.
320x240 - 15 seconds - (AVI 1.1MB) (MOV 4.1MB)
Just flying around trying to get it trimmed out.
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First landing. Best part of the whole flight.
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