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Virtual1
Senior Heliman
Location: Waterloo, Iowa - USA

Mmmmm 50 degrees and no wind, perfect day to practice! So out I go with a friend to try to get a picture or two. I had no idea just how photographic the day was going to be...

Fueling up for a second flight, a guy walks up with a nice looking camera. He's from the local newspaper and spotted me hovering a minute ago, wants to take some shots of me flying - spiffy!

So now I get to keep an eye on the paper for the next few days and see if his article made it by the editor. There's forecast for SNOW and cold weather all next week so no flying for me for awhile.

One bummer tho, I only got in the air for one more tank. Next time I WILL make sure my glow starter is fully charged.

p.s. watch out for bystanders even when you're not flying, they tend to walk on your transmitter's antenna - ouch...
03-19-2002 Over year old.
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jbrundt
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Location: St. Charles, MO

What were you doing with your Tx extended on the ground?

Jeff
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Virtual1
Senior Heliman
Location: Waterloo, Iowa - USA

I had just finished showing them how the controls on the remote operate the heli's moving parts. This was actually when another group had come up after the photographer finished his shots, a woman and three kids, maybe 7 or 8 yrs old each. The kids were better behaved than the mother, they didn't bend/break anything. Owell, it was just a mild bend, partly my fault. I only extended it a few segments and I always extend the big segments when I do that, but I was a bit distracted so I just pulled out the top skinny three. So while she was "don't touch that!" with her kids, (and I really didn't mind) she promptly shuffled right into the antenna. Gotta love the irony. Fortunately the segment wasn't badly bent, maybe 10 degrees, and I bent it back without a problem.
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