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| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #1803, Pietenpol Air Camper | Parked | 21-Jul-17 20:24 |  | | Views : 751 | | Went back out at 8:30 PM - Best shot of the day and best shot ever - only had one flight as I broke the rubber winding for the second flight ... |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #1803, Pietenpol Air Camper | Parked | 21-Jul-17 13:24 |  | | Views : 803 | | The little "Gypsy" Air Camper was really "camping" up there in slow flight against the wind, and running its rubber out right to the very end! I'm starting to feel like the early flight pioneers, discovering the nuances of the physics of aerodynamics ... |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #1803, Pietenpol Air Camper | Parked | 21-Jul-17 13:21 |  | | Views : 722 | | I had several perfect flights, then I cut another small balsa shim, and added it to the other one (just stuck it in behind the top of the nose plug - the rubber pressure held it in place), in effect DOUBLING UP the DOWNTHRUST, and wound in 900 turns! Got the BEST flight yet !!! 46 seconds of flight going VERY high and turning !! |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #1803, Pietenpol Air Camper | Parked | 21-Jul-17 13:14 |  | | Views : 772 | | Bad windy weather was forecast for the next several days, so I went out again this morning at 11:00 AM, wind 11 mph gusting to 17 mph, 74 % humidity, 77 deg F feels like 91 deg F - but NO saggy wet tissue ... |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #1803, Pietenpol Air Camper | Parked | 21-Jul-17 13:11 |  | | Views : 760 | | 18" AIR CAMPER - I went flying last night in the dark at 9:30 PM (they were playing Cricket all day), with NO wind, 79% humidity, 79 deg F feelslike 97 deg F. Only flew once - a perfect circlling left flight of 26 seconds on 600 winds and with soggy saggy tissue. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #1803, Pietenpol Air Camper | Parked | 20-Jul-17 12:52 |  | | Views : 749 | | And my little plane was happy too - quite the valiant flights by that little Gypsy girl!! She really gave her all in that wind ! - reminds me of my exes. I think I will now call her "Nancy", or "Sandy", or both ... depending on the mood swing of the plane at the time... LOL Oh, how I miss the touch of a woman ... a little bit of female affection would really cap off a great day of flying !! But I digress ... LOL |
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