They do a flyiing order thing, that last the day, so you can get caught
in a cycle....
I decided at the start of the Casa event last week that I was going to
fly opposite to the big dogs, if they went right off the launch, I was heading
left. It cost me, but I had sooo little time on the Perfect that I
wanted to force my self to learn it quick.
Did the same thing today in that first round, the left was obvious (birds
etc), so I went right. Cost me a minute and those guys don't usually
give up more than a few seconds. Speaking of second, I also decided not
to use a skeg before the Masters, and that cost me both in both events
too.
Today it cost me a zero when I slid thru the landing spot, refusing
to stick any of the landings.
The second to last round (5 rounds of 8mins) the leaders took a HUGE air
time hit, and that left the door open for me to seek up some....but Chuck
Crobinet, was too steady all day long with his Supra (at least 4 were flying
today, (easily the most popular ship of this season), so he earned his "I Beat
Gordy Button!" and left me the bridesmaid again! ;-)
I ended the day of fun flying with a crack in my Perfect's lower rudder
hinge and a split seam in the tail boom....yep i was practicing Mark
Smith boink for time, then hit the spot for points.
I got two perfect attempts right off the bat but the third one got away
from me and I came to the spot too hot and the wing bumped my thigh and torque
the fuse pretty well and it spun around to doink the rudder a bit.
Mostly cosmetic but a that's what I get for goofing around with a beauty
ship.
I dropped Joe Melchior at his Mooney, and proceeded to drive away,
little did I realize that the milk carton of metal parts knocked my tailgate
open, it and my Sportube blew out and I didn't notice till I was about 30miles
away!
I went all the way back and there they were, parked on the grass next to
the driveway...very busy area too!
Too much drama for the end of the day!!!! and only about 3 hours of
driving to get to my next beach!
Gordy
