You should have had Gordy fix your brakes for you. :-)
Craig Allen wrote:
Gordy only told part of the Story....
I talked Gordy into flying in the WAG contest the Friday before the
IHLGF... I brought 3 planes with me, so I figured what's the worst
that could happen...He could destroy one of my backups... No big deal
:-) Well on the way to the field my brakes failed and I had to take a
turn really fast... Like a 40mph U turn :-) Well that shifted
everything in the van and broke my #2 planes boom... So now I'm down
to 2 planes. Still no big deal if Gordy destroys one.. Right... So I
show up at the field and Gordy is itching to fly..
I pull out the plane check that everything works and give it a toss..
Straight up.. No control.. Straight down.. Well kind of... Through the
telephone lines and into Bruce Davidson's rental car... Someone was on
my frequency!!! :-(((
So now I'm down to ONE plane!!!! If U have ever flown in the IHLGF its
almost impossible to go all weekend with just one plane... Shit
happens :-)))) hehe
So now I'm like... Crap.. But oh well.... who cares? Not me :-)))))
I gave Gordy my word and that's more important to me... So I hand
Gordy my ONLY plane and let him go at it... For not being " A
Hand-launch Guy" he had a decent launch.. He flies the crap out of
it.. Like he's been flying it for years... He even new how to handle a
Futaba 9C transmitter...Hmmmm???
In the back of my mind I'm figuring something is going to happen..
Well it did......
Gordy using a plane he had only 20-30 min of flying time on kicked
some serious ass... He was 5th going into the fly-offs...The only
reason he didn't do well in the fly-offs was the weather conditions
really deteriorated, the sun was almost down, and lift was
non-existent.. It became a who can launch the highest and cover
contest...
How did I do with the very same plane? Not so good... All these years
I thought I lived in the State of California.. But now I realize I
live in the State of Denial!!!
My flying sucks :-))))))
I know some of you who have never meet Gordy probably think he really
lives is in his mothers basement or a Mental Institution making up
stories on the Internet about flying all over the world... Well as
much as I hate to say it... Gordy really is a good stick and a good
ambassador for our hobby....
Craig.. Gun to my head :-)))))
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