It was awful.

While waiting for the rain to stop at the Kentucky race I stumbled across a tv show called Crusin' New England. I've seen it before and the host Paul Mennett, doesn't know a whole lot about cars on top of being a poor interviewer. This show was about a car collection in CT somewhere. It is all gas class race cars from the 50's and 60's. 41 Willys, 55 Chevys all with the straight front axles and names painted on the sides. "Gas Attack" was one. The owner says he built all the cars and when they showed the interior of one I believed it. It was the 55 Chevy and had a full interior with a roll cage made from PVC pipe and fittings. A 33 willys that was built as an A/GAS class car, the only higher class was A/GAS Supercharged. This thing didn't have a roll bar never mind a cage. I won't be going to look at the cars.

Mr Tanner snuffs it.

On you tube there are videos of a wing walker and pilot, possible the famous Mr. Tanner, crashing at an airshow in Dayton, OH. Full time consideration of another endeavor is not an option now. I got the OS .46 FXi running pretty good but ordered an Evolution .60 instead. Should be in early next week. We are heading for Salmon River st. park to watch the combat contest this morning.

Slim rolls a seven.

I just heard that the above s. t. b. today. if you think Joe Val is something try a listen to "Indian love call". I got two yodels into it and switched to Ray Stevens. Slim Whitman was huge in Europe which explains a lot about them. I've been flying the new P-63 trying to get the engine to run right. It's the one I got from the pawn shop a year ago. Definitely not a C/L engine. I opened the venture and now it uses over 4 ounces for the pattern. That made me put a 6 ounce tank on that I didn't pressure test. I made the pattern plus a half lap when the engine quit. The plane was covered with fuel and I found the cap not tight when I got home. A couple turns of the screw fixed that but the winds are too high to go back. I'm tempted to buy a new engine from Horizon hobbies that is a .60 size in a .46 case. That makes it lighter and it's designed for c/l use. I'll try the one I got for a while more. The plane does fly well.

Been busy.

The trip to Brodaks contest was good. I got some stuff at the hobby shop and saw the big boys fly. I wasn't impressed that much. The car got over 39 mpg for the trip. The new P-63 flew today. I like the way it flys even though it's on the heavy side. 59 ounces. 10 ounces heavier than the P-39 it's twin. I didn't take any care with the balsa selection and cored the fuselage and covered it with 1/64 ply. The engine is not giving it's best power and needs some tweaking I used 10 percent nitro and 18% oil and it ran better. It still wasn't right so I changed the tank and opened up the venture. Maybe tomorrow. I fixed one of the mowers I use at the field. A screw had fallen out letting in too much air. I brought it back and fixed it's replacement that had a fouled spark plug. I flew the Guru today also. That is just about the best plane in the fleet. The gas co. called and said they would be here tomorrow to install the meter. I called the plumber and passed on the news. Combat at the Salmon River Park this Sunday.

Gas station roulette.

When we headed for Groton this morning I noticed the gas gauge close to empty. No problem as I had money and we were close to several stations. I went to rt. 12 and there was 10 state and local police cars in my first choice for gas. A person was in hand cuffs and we went to the Sunoco station near Wood;s auto parts. Nobody knew what the problem was at the other station. We listened to the local radio station at news time and no mention of it. Again on the next hour still nothing. We went to the Roadside Diner and no one there heard anything about it. Maybe in the news at 6. 2 to 5 inches of rain over the state last night. The coast got most of it. About 1000 hours the sun started peeking out and it warmed up nicely. Too windy though. Tomorrow is forecast to be very good. We'll see.

Waiting on the gas man.

The plumbers finished doing all they could without the gas. They installed 4 sections of heater in the lines to make up for the heat the old furnace put out.

Gone but not forgotten.

As I headed out to get some chores done the plumbers were taking the old furnace apart. When I got back they had it on the truck. It looked like a big rusty radiator. I mowed the lawn and saw the tank filler pipes sticking out of the house askew. When I got done and checked they were dragging the tank out the door. I sticked? stucked? measured the oil in the tank and figured between 100 and 125 gallons left. A goodly amount of sludge included. They were able to drain 100 gallons of usable oil. They brought some heater sections and got one piece installed with 3 others waiting. It's visable in the top right corner of one of the pictures. The road has been painted by three people so far.

A total disconnect.

The plumbers have made progress so far this week. The gas company diggers have marked the road some more. I kinda figured that the new furnace wouldn't throw any heat like the old one and I'm correct. One of the plumbers suggested installing a baseboard strip in the basement. That idea was improved by the other plumber by putting the strip in line with the return pipes overhead. No extra piping involved. Quick and dirty, I like it. The old furnace has been taken off line and is ready to be removed. They installed a temporary electric water heater until the gas is working. The fuel tank is ready to be emptied and removed also. You can see the spackle patches where the black board was. There is no reason for the amount of small holes to be there spread out like they are. A one by three by four feet board that held nothing but it's own weight was attached with ten 3 inch nails.

Progress so far.

A few pictures of the furnace installation. The stake in the ground is where the gas company should be putting the meter. I blocked the window to get the clearance needed for their vent. The furnace vent pipes go two into one through the small window. I imagine only one pipe will be seen going up with the smaller inside.