[simpits-tech] Went flying yesterday....

[Matt Bailey]

On Tuesday 22 March 2005 23:19, Bubba wrote:
> Gene Buckle wrote:
> > Guess what happens when you mix a Slow Stik, a guy with no depth
> > perception and a Juniper tree?
> >
> > http://www.simpits.org/~geneb/tree_stik1.jpg
> > http://www.simpits.org/~geneb/tree_stik2.jpg
> >
> > Airplane was recovered with no damage and I got another 12 minutes or
> > so out of the battery.  Li-Poly rocks. :)
>
> What's the point in Li-pos, again? My v-tailed SS gets about 26 minutes on
> a pack of... can't remember the capacity, but they're 8xAA NiMHs.

	Bah, who needs electrics anyway. Ever watch a klunky old 6ft+ Cub with a 
4-banger puttering along on a nice warm evening? Nothin' like it. :)

> And you REALLY gotta work on those landings ;)

	Oh, is that what it was? I thought he was practicing aerial docking. :)

	-Matt Bailey