A
day at the SCRC Flying Field
June 3rd, 2002
It was a beautiful day for flying this June 3rd, 2002. The sky was blue
with no clouds and the winds were practicably non-existent. Leo Lang, Bill
Hatchner, Jeff Favuzza, and myself, Al Niessner, were there to take advantage of
this nice day. Leo Lang had the presence of mind to bring a camera along
to document the flying. Of course this was the first day out with his
electric powered SR Cutie and Kadetito models. This day, Leo only watched
while I flew his Cutie. The photos below are a sample of the flying that
took place that day.
Click on any photo to see the full size Picture
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Al's Great Planes Extra 300S and
electric powered Spectra Glider waiting for assembly after being
unloaded from the van. Do I have all the parts? |
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Getting
ready for a flight with the Extra 300S. |
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The Spectra ready for launch. Just aim it and
toss. The electric motor and folding prop do the work needed to
get it to thermal seeking altitude. |
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Up it goes. Check the full size photo, the prop
disk can be seen and note the extra antenna wire trailing out the
glider's tail. Note the plane in the distance under the glider! |
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Jeff
Favuzza getting ready to start the engine on his Telemaster. |
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Come on
airplane talk to me. What is the problem now? Ask Jeff
what the plane told him! |
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Bill
Hatchner with his Fly Baby. Bill says it is a nice easy flyer
for an early morning outing on a calm sunny day. |
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Bill's
Zagi (or FMA Razor) flying wing! Not as relaxing as the Fly Baby but does fly
well. |
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Leo Lang's
Kadetito (see note below) and SR Batteries Cutie. Both are electric powered.
Leo does a fine construction job on his planes. He did say
however, the Cutie just about assembled itself the laser cut parts fit
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Al ready
for takeoff on the first test flight of Leo's Cutie. Takeoff in
the grass was no problem since the plane had plenty of power. A
bit of trim adjustments and the plane flew very well. |
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The Cutie
made an uneventful landing at the end of its first test flight.
The Kadetito did not fly this day nor did Leo attempt any training
flights. Several days later, both planes were flown with a buddy
box and Leo, once again, was flying R/C models. |
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Note: The Kadetito
was built from a November 1994 Model Airplane News construction article by
Alex D. McLeod.