Built: 1984 Engine: K/B 40 (1981) Pilot: Curtis Olson Mechanic: Curtis Olson Photographer: Bob Hain Camera: Sony Mavica
This plane has seen on and off action through the years. I did very
little with R/C through college, and for a few years thereafter. I
flew this airplane once or twice about 8 years ago and had a slight
mishap due to radio interference. It turned out that it only needed
minor repairs (whew) and I got it back in the air about two weeks
later and dinged up the aileron due to a gust of wind on the landing
(it certainly couldn't have been pilot error!) It then sat in my
garage for a few years when I decided to take it out, fixed the
aileron, charged up my batteries, bought some fresh fuel and got her
up in the air again. What a blast. 4 flights and everything in one
piece at the end of the day. Couldn't have been better. :-) That got
me motivated and I ran a whole gallon and a half of fuel through this
plane 2 summers ago.
Still Shots
These pictures were taken November 27, 1999.
Click on the image for the full version.
Head on.
Engine Detail.
Me and my toy (1)
Me and my toy (2)
Me and my toy (3)
Me and my toy (4)
Action Shots
Flying (1)
Flying (2)
Flying (3)
Flying (4)
Apple QuickTime Movies
These movies were taken with a Canon Elura digital video camera on
Jan 8, 2000 and written out to Apple QuickTime format on a Mac G4 running
Final Cut Pro.
Take off - that's me at the start. (3.8Mb)
A low slow pass down the runway. (1.7Mb)
Touch and go. Note the tire smoke effect from hitting the small patch of
snow. (3.3 Mb)
Landing - with one teensy bounce. (2.8Mb)
Snow ski flying
Here are a couple more movies taken with my brother's Canon Elura
digital video camera on Jan 29, 2000. I finally managed to fly my plane off
of snow skis.
