Chris Meyer - Mentions » RC http://chrismeyer.org/wordpress Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:53:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 AeroBird Extreme Maiden Flight http://chrismeyer.org/wordpress/2009/07/aerobird-extreme-maiden-flight/ http://chrismeyer.org/wordpress/2009/07/aerobird-extreme-maiden-flight/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:31:38 +0000 Waterppk http://chrismeyer.org/wordpress/?p=95 I purchased a pair of beat up AeroBird “Extreme” trainer planes on e-bay about 2 years ago but never had anywhere to fly them [so I bought a helicopter instead o:-)]. I’ve now moved and am right next to a set of 6 soccer fields all in a huge block, so plenty of flight space. Unfortunately the only takeoff strip is a tiny 15 car parking lot, complete with sign posts and curbs which make every take-off interesting.

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Of course no maiden flight is complete without landing in a tree courtesy of a nice cross wind:
AeroBird Tree Landing
Fortunately I have many years of tree climbing experience:
AeroBird Recovery
and after pulling the wing off and carrying it back down to safety we were back up and flying in no time :-)

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