A spur of the moment thing.

After flying last Saturday I finally got tired of the paint on the Nomad 4. The paint is sticky and peeling off the wings. It took severl hours to remove all the green, orange and blue paint from the fuselage and wings. Then the filling and sanding started. in between that I did some minor repairs to the frame work. Today I started with some white dope on the canopy and fin/rudder. When that cures I'll give the fuselage some dope paint. I've have several podium finishes and a pilots choice award with the plane. It's a good flyer and worth the effort to re paint it. I made another push rod as the original was too big around and just didn't look right.

First flight day.

I finally figured out what to paint the Jameson and the Flite Streak. I used butyrate dope on both. After painting the base white and red and orange trim colors I had to wait for a dry day to spray the clear. I had my chance and got it done without too many problems. Now they are ready for test flights. I should get a picture or two also. While waiting for a day to paint I took out the Nomad 4. The engine ran well and the takeoff was pretty good. As I pulled into the reverse wingover the outboard stabilizer broke. I didn't see it and when I pulled out inverted the corner radius was way too large and the plane scuffed the ground inverted. The prop and needle valve were broken too. It's fixable. I removed the engine and installed it on the Mo' Best that was to be in the raffle April 4th. I have a few flights on it and it flys better than with the lighter .46 engine. I had to put an ounce of tail weight to get the balance right and the extra weight seems to help. The club has announced a fun day to fly tiny planes. Engine size is to be .049 cubic inches. I built the yellow and red plane for that engine but it's a wall hanger and can't be used, so I'm told. I found another kit at the hobby shop and built that while waiting for a dry day to paint. It went together fast and was ready for paint along with the other two when the dry day came along. The kit said the plane pictured on the box was painted all grey. I didn't have any grey but I did have white and black so I mixed up some grey and painted it. I have to use the engine on the yellow and red plane though.