Tony, Your timing on this is amazing. This Sunday I hit the strongest lift and the fastest climb I can ever recall. I was at "tail fading:" altitude in a minute. Quite exciting.
I was down wind but not that far, certainly not enough to be concerned about. Then the wind came and the mother of all sink and reflex did nothing! And a little voice in my head told me that when I switched planes I forgot to switch the Walston. Now I am really screwed. And that elevator took me down so fast that .... well I was screwed. Fortunately, only a little cosmetic damage. 100 yards into the hungry trees. However as I made the walk of shame, I passed another pilot coming back from the same area. And a third had been pushed so far down wind he lost visual. He just caught a glance of the plane as it dropped below the tree line. It is still out there ... somewhere. Despite 2 search parties and hours of hunting, GPS in hand, it is still out there. Screwed? Oh yes. Wandering in the woods, Ed Anderson ----- Original Message ----- Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 18:33:27 -0700 (PDT) From: tony estep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: A pilot contemplates an off-field landing Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --0-226515225-1212370407=:2894 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I sniffed Some pretty good lift And my climb rate was swift But then it cast me adrift With a long way to go on the clock, That was a nasty shock, And now I'm looking for better air, It has to be around here somewhere, This isn't fair. So I turned and went way over there But was it better? Au contraire. And at this point I think I'm in deep sink And this flight is gonna stink, Better get out of here My thumb is trembling with fear I'm way the hell downwind And my time is a long way from the end This air is definitely not my friend, I don't have enough altitude to spend. Better put it in reflex and head back, Is this the right track? Should I go straight, or tack? I'm getting lower and lower And my progress keeps getting slower And there are trees between the plane and the spot And I'm wondering what Chances I've got. Not many if I keep losing altitude, I'm in a desperate mood, Dude -- In fact, I'm screwed. =========================== RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
