2018 to 2019 CEF Run What YA Brung UNLIMITED speed contes (CLOSED)

Ken Cook wrote:        My son Shawn's  flight was on 35' lines as I had no 32" lines at the time.

I'm VERY glad that Ron gave us a "reprieve" here............

I'm not sure where the 32 foot line-length came from. I plan on flying my "Reedies" on 35 foot lines. I don't have any rotary-valve induction engine entries.

My two competitive models will be the "Rare Bear" and the "Flying Blind".




I hope to get flights logged on 8/3/19... at the secluded schoolyard field that I mentioned previously.

Oldenginerod wrote:

1/2A Nut wrote:
If you fly the red one make sure you put the prop on correctly

OMG.. Thanks Brad and Rod.  

I'd planned on reversing the V-gear to angle forward.. and hopefully would have caught that back-asswards prop in the process.

Here's the fixes..



(That prop is a 5-4 LH.. same as on the Rare Bear)

Loaded and leaving for the field now..

Not my best day at flying...



The above vid wasn't the first. You don't want to see the first one..  

I did actually maiden one of my Mustangs.. and it flew nice and smooth.. and landed without incident.. rolling to a stop. It was the first flight of the day and my first flight in 26 years!    I didn't have the camera running for that flight unfortunately..




As you can see, I brought a squadron with me to the field. The little "Flying Blind" had to sit-out because of issues that I had with my stooge. The newly-built "fork" release was binding. The Mustang's first launch saw the pin release.. but the fork didn't drop as it's supposed to. I built the fork-retrofit so that the original pin-release would still work with models having a "linkage" for use with it. The little racer doesn't have a pin-linkage.. and neither does the P38.. which I wanted to fly today.

I've got some re-engineering to do before I go back to the field again.. that's for sure.

944_Jim wrote:Grrrrrr! Lightning and steel lines don't mix!

Yea.. earlier this afternoon here in N. Smithfield, RI it started to cloud-up and get breezy. I heard a bit of thunder in the distance and thought to myself; "Oh.. here we go".. "I've taken too damn long to get this together.. and now the weather's gonna' screw me.."

Well.. it was short-lived and after an hour it was back to being sunny, calm and HOT! It was too hot and humid for flying-activity really.. but I had to give it a shot. I had all sorts of problems today. It started when I hooked-up the lines to one of two self-designed "Mustangs" that I'd built 20 years ago.. but never flown. I was using a new-to-me style line-connector.. (the type that Sullivan sells) and got it jammed in the opening of my solid-type lead-out. It was HOT and sweat was running into my eyes. That part was especially awesome..