36:30 something in F1D today

From: <mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 03:47:22 -0000

by none other than Brett Sanborn.

I think the next best time was 35:17? by John Kagan.
Times were literally on the last flights of the evening.
I'm not sure of the rest of the rankings, sorry.

My best was 18+, so I met my goal of beating my previous best by about five minutes.

One lesson learned - have more than three of anything. One motor stick and tailboom destroyed when a motor broke, lost second (below) and third buckled on hookup under a torque level it should have held.

Only got in three official flights before my plane got caught in a really quick air current and shifted ~15 feet in one turn and got hung on top of the speaker stack before I could get the balloon up and in position.

Regards.
Mike Kirda
Received on Thu May 24 2012 - 20:47:24 CEST