Jul
17
Written by:
Anthony Rossi
7/17/2009 10:14 AM
July 12, 2009
Well, It's a beautiful Sunday and lots of guys ready to fly. I wanted to test my new Katana fun fly for our up coming contest on August 2nd against the Union and Central Jersey Clubs. Well, I unloaded the airplane with great anticipation because it's been a while since I flew a profile model and I didn't have much luck with my other one. I checked out the radio with a range check and noticed I had the airleron control backwords. man oh man, I swore I checked this at least a half dozen times at home. Again, another reason to range check your model every time you go to the field. After the correction, I started up the engine, an OS 50SX. lots of power. I announced my intention for take off and as I tried to taxi to the flight line I noticed that my airplane was not going where I wanted it to go. what the heck? Well guess what? My rudder control was backwords. Man what next? I reversed the control and tried another takeoff. At last! The plane took off and what a pleasure to fly. I was able to do flat spins, hover, waterfalls, knife edges and a few other things I didn't intend. After landing, i adjusted the engine a little and up again. What a pleasure to fly.
Bottom line, Always range check your plane before flying that day. If I didn't range check the plane, I guarantee, I wouldn't have it today.
"Keep e'm Flyin'"
Tony Rossi
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