01-01-2013, 05:43 PM
Are you one of the many people suffering from Triskaidekaphobia. 
Perhaps this is the reason so few of us turned up to fly today. Personally I thought it best to test it's validity on the first day. Our first Triskaidekaphobic "told you so" victim, Pete turns up without his transmitter. 
Second to test the waters of Triskaidekaphobia was our own Big Kahuna, Gazza who tried to further trim the Willows & then the reeds with his Trojan's horizontal stabiliser on final approach & finish off with a big belly flop.
Not bad for a first flight of the year.
Then came my turn to see how many times I could say the word f#*% in one single flight after resurrecting the E-Flight Pulse from it's previous landing gear collapse & subsequent damage.
Required many hands to test the limits of Elevator & Aileron trim adjust before a less than graceful but undamaged landing.
Not to be outdone came our own Angry Bird Frank who thankfully came down unscathed with his heli after it broke its tail rotor linkage.
Looking forward to Saturdays Triskaidekaphobic testers at our club or do we wait until next year to see you come out of hiding.
Cheers guys.
Perhaps this is the reason so few of us turned up to fly today. Personally I thought it best to test it's validity on the first day. Our first Triskaidekaphobic "told you so" victim, Pete turns up without his transmitter. Second to test the waters of Triskaidekaphobia was our own Big Kahuna, Gazza who tried to further trim the Willows & then the reeds with his Trojan's horizontal stabiliser on final approach & finish off with a big belly flop.
Not bad for a first flight of the year. Then came my turn to see how many times I could say the word f#*% in one single flight after resurrecting the E-Flight Pulse from it's previous landing gear collapse & subsequent damage.
Required many hands to test the limits of Elevator & Aileron trim adjust before a less than graceful but undamaged landing. Not to be outdone came our own Angry Bird Frank who thankfully came down unscathed with his heli after it broke its tail rotor linkage.
Looking forward to Saturdays Triskaidekaphobic testers at our club or do we wait until next year to see you come out of hiding.
Cheers guys.