We got rained oot yesterday and sat in the shop with the door up drinking coffee and bullshitting as retards will. I got cold feet too…I had formerly put a triple blade prop on the Trash Plane but didn’t like it. You lose speed when you add prop blades but that wasn’t an issue - the Trash Plane has no landing gear and is meant to belly flop on soft grass. A two blade prop will be able to rotate out of the way and ride out rough turf landings whereas a 3 blade can’t. Not-So-Great Hobbies finally got the pusher props in so I swapped out the props.
Hopefully the weather improves soon
'Was flyin' Mark's Model's Windward, Windfree and Wander's on the Eatancia Bluffs n Costa Mesa, Ca(Home of the Harbor Soaring Society.. of which too was a member) and then along came the Electrics!! GREAT TIMES!! This was back in the mid-70's thru the mid 90's when I left Ca. The Best of times and we also got the Southern California Electric Fliers club going, then in 1992 we had some characters that became "F3E 92" Bridgeman, Neu and Perrin!!!" I don't remember how we placed but we were up there!!! 'Still hane an "OLD!!" Hobby Shack "Stick - E" on the bench.. Fuse and Tail Feathers done.. working on the wing!!!! I'll let you know!!!!
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PS Does the name "Chuck Hollinger" ring a bell with you!! He won the "Nats" back in the day ... early fifties or so with his Multi-R/C PT-19!!!!!!!! I rn into him at the bluffs one day and asked,"Are You 'THE' Chuck Hollinger of the PT-19 fame!!??" said he Yes.... He also became a member of the SCEF!!!!!!!! some history for you!!! He said back then he had the PT-19 Hangin up in his workshop!!!!!