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  1. JimD

    Sailplane Aviation Concepts 1/3-scale Schweizer SGS-233A

    Bart, this is my build. Kit #003. Kit #002 was maidened at the Cumberland Summer Soaring event last week. The flying season interrupted my progress but I will be back on it this fall. As for the build, it is very straight forward on fuselage and tail surfaces. The wings on the 1/4-scale model...
  2. JimD

    Event Coverage 2015 ~ Cumberland Summer Soaring

    Bart, From your new giant scale soaring friends, thank you for coming to share the day with us!
  3. JimD

    Event Coverage 2015 ~ Cumberland Summer Soaring

    Still going strong!
  4. JimD

    Event Coverage 2015 ~ Cumberland Summer Soaring

    Event Day 1
  5. JimD

    Event Coverage 2015 ~ Cumberland Summer Soaring

    BTW, we fly stuff like this too! Len got a lot of flight time yesterday and today on his Hangar 9 35% Extra 300.
  6. JimD

    Event Coverage 2015 ~ Cumberland Summer Soaring

    Two flights under my belt on the new ASW20...only add a couple of clicks of down, otherwise, it was perfectly straight and true. This model is a home run for Horizon Hobby!
  7. JimD

    Event Coverage 2015 ~ Cumberland Summer Soaring

    Len, Gunny, Steve, Mike, Jeremy, Tom, Cliff, Erich, and Burt all arrived today. Early on, Len helped me mow the field (I think he likes my John Deere) and then the other guys started rolling in. We got in a fair amount of flying and then sent out for Hartley's Pizza for dinner at the field.
  8. JimD

    Event Coverage 2015 ~ Cumberland Summer Soaring

    We got the hay cut today, so the surrounding hay field will be wide open for those who just can't regulate themselves to runway landings!
  9. JimD

    Event Coverage 2015 ~ Cumberland Summer Soaring

    Sleepy, the night sky is awesome! We generally stay at the field Saturday evening and have a picnic dinner. Flying goes right on into the night. We always have at least several campers who stay at the field for the week. Here is a typical late sunset picture shortly before the blue sky becomes...
  10. JimD

    Event Coverage 2015 ~ Cumberland Summer Soaring

    Working on getting ready, mowed the grass and making hay so the field and surround will be wide open! Lots of room to land (just in case the runway goes by too quick ;-).
  11. JimD

    Event Coverage 2015 ~ Cumberland Summer Soaring

    Our new building facility is nearly completed, look how nice the new grass is getting established. April, shortly after construction started. July 4th weekend.
  12. JimD

    Event Coverage 2015 ~ Cumberland Summer Soaring

    Date: July 16-20 Place: HighPoint Aviation Airfield (located atop Knobley Mountain in WV near Cumberland, MD) This will be the third year for this event on this approximate date. Over the forty-eight years that the Cumberland Fall Soar for Fun has been held at this same location each November...
  13. JimD

    Event Coverage 2015 ~ Muncy Flyers Sky High Aerotow

    Date: June 4-7 Place: Muncy Flyers Airfield (located in central PA atop a mountain southeast of Muncy, PA) This was the second year for this event. The local club has a unique field location that lends itself quite well to aerotowing giant scale sailplanes. However, the best part of this event...
  14. JimD

    Event Coverage 2015 ~ New England Aero Tow

    Date: May 14-17 Place: R/C Prop Busters Airfield (located just east of Salem, CT) This is a well established event and one of my favorites! I arrived on Wednesday and departed on Monday so that I could be there for the full four days. It was a wall-to-wall tow fest! I was so busy flying that I...
  15. JimD

    Event Coverage 2015 ~ Michigan Radio Control Association Aerotow

    Date: May 2-3 Place: MRCA Airfield (located just south of Ann Arbor, MI in farm country) This was the third year for this event and the third year that I had the honor of being the primary tow pilot. The field was one large runway that has a wide open overfly area for the 180 sweep of the...
  16. JimD

    Event Coverage 2015 ~ Team Gorgeous Aerotow Weekend at SKSS

    Date: April 23 - 26 Place: Silent Knights Soaring Society airfield (located in White Clay Creek Park northwest of Newark, DE) I was only able to attend on Saturday, but it was a perfect day for what we love to do! It was a tow fest from morning till dark! The SKSS field features a huge flat...
  17. JimD

    Event Coverage 2015 ~ 6th Annual Cumberland, MD Spring Soar for Fun

    You may have noticed the excavation work going on in the background. We broke ground for our new hanger facility several days before the start of the event. By the end of the event, the pad for the new building was completed.
  18. JimD

    Event Coverage 2015 ~ 6th Annual Cumberland, MD Spring Soar for Fun

    Date: Thursday, March 19 - Monday, March 23 Place: HighPoint Aviation Airfield (3 miles south of Cumberland, MD atop Knobley Mountain in WV) This is my home field, and we have pressed our luck for six years now weather wise. Five days were set aside for this event in hope of getting at least...
  19. JimD

    2015 Aerotow Events for Eastern Half of USA

    Looking for Aerotow events? Here is a list of known events in the eastern half of the USA, more or less. Spacecoast Aerotow Cocoa, Florida March 13-15, 2015 Club website: http://www.irks.org/ 6th Annual Cumberland Maryland Spring Soar For Fun Thursday, March 19 - Monday, March 23, 2015...
  20. JimD

    Horizon Hobby Event Coverage - Horizon AeroTow 2015

    Here is the tow release mechanism you will need to get as an extra item. http://hitecrcd.com/products/airplanes/multiplex/gliders/cularis-rr/product Cost is about $7.00. You will also need a short length of inner nyrod, 0.047" music wire (1/16" is too big), and an HS-82MG servo to operate it...
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