Look who's going(Went) flying this Sunday!

All setup and preflighted with a new powerplant, the recently discussed OS MAX-S .35.

With great pleasure and excited anticipation , I present to you, my beloved old friend, the gorgeous...........





Her sparkling clean and freshly oiled OS MAX


And one more look because I just can't help myself


I wish I could put a muffler on it, but I don't have a strap-on job. I used to, but don't seem to have it anymore. When I get more time, I'll bore some holes to screw one on. The RC carb is wired open, so I hope it gets the right amount of air flow to run the 4-2 break I have heard is so sweet on this engine. I put an OS8 plug in it. I have some longer plugs, and one with an idle bar in case I think I need to swap it out. They(yeah, them) call the OS8 a long plug, but I wonder why, because it isn't, as far as I can tell

I wanted to start with a 10x5 prop, but the crankshaft end isn't long enough to get a spinner on with either the APCs or my wood props, so I put a slimmer hub Top Flite PP 10x4 on it. I also have an MA 9x5" prop that Ken gave me for my Fox, but same problem. I don't have to have a spinner, but it's better if I need to use the electric starter. If I forego the spinner I have a wide selection of props I can try. I think this engine likes the old wide blade props and some of my Zingers fill that bill. I also have some assorted 9x6 props too. I doubt if this engine would like an 11" prop.

Sunday we're going out to fly, and Bob told me to bring some 1/2A fuel, so I can't wait to see what he brings. I bet there will be some Muciano planes, that's his favorite. I flew three of mine last time we went and I think I stirred his 1/2A bug.

Since this is the flying discussion forum, lemme tell you about my 1/2A flying from last Sunday. It was wild! I took both Baby Streaks and the Li'l Satan, along with my big ones. First I flew BFS II which has a Norvel .061. It flew poorly on 1/2A day, surging with a very uncooperative needle, and cutting off early. It had a bad plug, so I hoped a new one would fix it. That was the problem with the original Norvel on this plane, and both started doing it after a crash. I polished the crank, believing it had some aluminum fused into it, so I'll swap it back onto the Streak, but it won't be ready for this week. I still got a fun flight out of it, and for once a bunch of other people, mostly spectators, were out there too. As y'all you know, I love an audience., It was on and off, but on long enough to get wild. It finally shut off with 1/4 ounce left in the bladder

Then I flew BFS I, my traditional colored red, white and blue one. That old .051 still runs good, but it's getting low on compression. Not as fast as the Big Mig, but still quite a snappy flyer. When she ran out of gas, I was gliding in for a landing, not realizing I had danced during the flight too close to the dropoff at the edge of the runway. First it hit a weed tree and swung around and hit the railroad tie wall that delineates the runway edge from the 4' drop to the sand pit. Broke the fuse at an old repair behind the wing. It's fixed and will fly Sunday.

Then I flew the Li'l Satan. I usually use Sig Champion 35, but this time I put an ounce+ of Glowplugboy 35 in the bladder. It took off and immediately started hunting like a drunken coondog on meth. I have never seen a Tee Dee run as fast as this one, it must really like that GPB fuel. Seriously, it's the fastest flight I ever flown besides the Gladiator combat wing with its AME. But I think the lines were sticking to each other because it was on the edge of death the whole time. I managed to hang in there for a few minutes, but then I let it do what you should never allow, that is I let it get way ahead of me, to where it was actually behind my back and out of site. I spun around to catch up, but stumbled, almost fell, and dropped the handle. With nothing but the lanyard holding it to my wrist, it was doing continuous loops. I used both hands and got the handle back, but now had it backwards. In trying to reverse it, I skimmed the grass and disconnected the bladder and broke the blade. Happily, nothing else was damaged, so it'll get another flight this weekend. I'll fly it with steel this time, and unless it still hunts, I'll trash the fishing line set. The Streaks didn't have any problem with the same lines, and all I can guess is because they are heavier and pull harder, so the lines didn't get stuck together. Or maybe something else is wrong.

I'll fly 1/2A first before the wind picks up, and I will get the camera going. I always get pics and vids of other people and planes, but no one ever gets me in action. I'll use the Samsung on a tripod instead of my phone. So look for my Sunday report, I'm looking forward to it.

Here's Wayne and his eP-40. The prop makes a mean chop that reminds me of the 3D helicopters. You can hear it some in the video,especially in his climbs, particularly the square 8. That 12x6 ripping chunks of air.
https://youtu.be/LIB9dqa6bbc


And here is the flightline and Bob's Stunt Rocket flight in case you missed it in my last report.
https://youtu.be/E_fDI8bJ-rE

Rusty