A good contest.

The weather was just about perfect. It was warm and sunny with light wind. I flew in Profile Nostalgia 30 Old time stunt and precision aerobatics. I used the same pland, the Mo'Best, for all but old time stunt. Almost uneventful except that I installed the wrong battery for one of the flights and may have caused it harm. It charged up but I didn't get a chance to fly it. Probably tomorrow. I finished first in Nostalgit 30 and third in Old time. Forth in profile and about fifth in precision. I got a kit in the raffle, sold another kit for 50 bucks and sold a plane for 50 more. I put 5 planes in the raffle and that lowered my fleet to 19 planes. 20 after I build the new kit. I think the next contest in El Dorado, Ar will have the same events as this one so I don't need to use another plane. And just for kicks there will be a combat contest at the club field in mid november. Fun to watch.

Getting contest ready.

The local stunt contest is this weekend the 15 and 16. I'vebeen flying the Jamison and got the fuel load down to a bit less than 2 ounces for the old time pattern. I've made a few changes tothe handle to even out the control. The Mo'Best is flying well. I re installed the gap seals using a diferent technique. I also added about a half ounce of tail weight. I was shocked at the quickness of the corners now. It will take all week to get comfy with the new set up. I must have hit the perfect spot for the balance as the plane sits level in the glide when the power shuts off. I plan to use the Jamison for old time stunt and the Mo'Best for the profile, nostalgia 30 and P.A. on Sunday. I boxed up the plastic kits to bring to the contest. Almost free just leave a donation to the club. I also boxed up stuff I had laying around that I won't use and will give that away free for the taking. Then I have 5 models for the raffle. That will open up some space in the shop. The long range weather forecast is for great weather for the contest weekend. I should have an O.S. .65LA engine coming soon. I've heard about this engine but never seen one until I saw an ad for it. I looked at the specs.and it's on the heavy side but should be fun to play with. That is the main reason no one used it for control line planes. R/C doesn't matter.