Hello All,
The Pylon Gods shone today and brought back the fine Arizona weather we are used to. A crisp morning turned into a warm sunny day with light winds. This is the Phoenix Classic we are used to.
Today was very productive with lots of testing, trimming and balancing. We put in about six or seven flights before the sun set over the western mountains. My #2 Sweet-V settled down today as I raised the head from when I last flew it in Shelton, Washington. This proved to be a good plan with the Sweet-V
performing like it should. Unofficial time had me at 1:04 with room for improvement.
Doug played with is motor set up as well and improved things as the day went along. His white and checker Sweet-V was flying well. Roy had his two florescent orange Sweet-V's running well. The 9 oz over-weight "balluga" was very quick and solid on the course. Roy tested his brand new Sweet-V and, as you know, it didn't take long for Roy to get it humping in the course.
Hank was flying his old reliable GR-7 and had it really grooving well. Hank is fast and he knows his GR-7 well. He could stand to spoil the day of more than a few of the fast guys come the weekend.
Henry put in a flight with his Candace this morning that resulted in a lean run which seemed to carry over from yesterday. It appeared the fuel tank was a problem since when Henry changed the tank and fuel lines, the lean problem went away. The balance of the day went well for Henry.
Harold started his day with his Candace and a prop strike on take off. Harold shut off the motor with no altitude to recover and damaged his plane enough to send it to the shop for repairs later. Harold prepared his new Strega for its maiden test flight. Roy put in the first couple of flights on the Strega for Harold. The model appears to be quite fast and very predictable in the air. More trimming and balancing is required to get it race ready.
My Dad operated our LED turn light at number one all day which really helped us all get dialed into the course with the right timing. A number of cuts were had but the time to do this is now, rather than in competition.
The Brazilian Airforce was out in full force today with some very nice looking planes. Scott MacAfee, Lee Ulinger, Mike Tallman, and Pete Bergstrom were out testing today as well.
Scott and Pete debuted the E-F1 electric prototype ARF kit from Horizon Hobby. The LR-1A Pogo looks very sharp and flies even better. As the sun began to set and there was no wind, Pete test flew the
Pogo. It flies very well and is surprisingly quick and quiet. Pete was using a four cell, 2350 mah Lipo pack and a 8 x 8 APC prop. No video today but a couple of still pictures here. I'll try to get some video tomorrow.
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