RE: [RCSE] F3J is not for me...or my Pikes :-(

[Cliff E-Mail]

Dearest Gordon, Perhaps you might want to consider going to the movies more and any of your flying could be done on a good simulator.  Oh Yeah, of course we would want daily reviews of any simulator flights you had.  Movie reviews would be helpful also. “Yuz gets the flights yuz deserves” Best wishes Clkff Lindgren From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 10:33 AM To: Soaring@airage.com Subject: [RCSE] F3J is not for me...or my Pikes :-(   Well flew my first F3J event and it was in Denver with Skip Miller. We had school kids paid to tow, and they were weak, giving me launches 30m less altitude....   I had wing connector problem on one launch disconnecting the aileron and that caused a double pop off....zero.   On another flight I was skied out another pilot came over and we mid aired hard, I got it down but it hit a fence pole and destroyed the wing.   Today I did a test launch to get the new kids towing some experience.  When I dove to get off the line they stopped towing and I over rotated some, the line wrapped around my vertical and sawed it off right at the stab pivot, and both popped off, and destroyed the entire plane.   Tower cost $200 for the weekend, motel and rental car expense approx $800, two Pikes approx $1,100 and the flight out $450. F3J in the Rockies cost me pretty close to $4,000.  Figure I got 4 actual flights in counting the practice flight...you do the math, I'm gonna be a little sick :-) Star Wars was great the other day though! Gordy