Somehow I managed not to see your post, ChrisT.
I like the idea of electric motors for RC aircraft. A colleague at work, an
ex-USAF doctor (a Texan) who has worked as a British civil servant for 17
years, has many, many RC aircraft in his office, powered gliders mostly, but
one or two light aircraft models. He has built his own but he likes the
immediacy of the ready-to-go versions.
I like the Carbon Cub model, but the idea of gliding is rather attractive – as
long as I’m not in the glider myself :-)
Chris
> On 5 Feb 2017, at 17:01, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Nice tour.
>
> That Carbon Cub model has an interesting array of vortex generators!
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 2/5/2017 9:42 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
>>
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
>> - Hunter S. Thompson Every so often, I like to explore new areas in
>> the nearby communities for interesting cycling routes. The route I've been
>> using most often goes as far south as an upper middle class neighbourhood
>> that consists of large homes with horse privileges:
>>
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/32571233742/in/dateposted-public/
>>
>> My newest route goes through this area, then off into Chandler to a
>> footbridge that passes over a freeway:
>>
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/31910903153/in/dateposted-public/
>>
>> It's an intersting structure that I've been interested for some time.
>> The deck is uncommonly curved instead of the usual straight design:
>>
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/31910908713/in/dateposted-public/
>>
>> At the far end there is a large public park, which is more of a
>> catchment basin for storm runoff from the freeway. It doesn't have much in
>> the way of sports facilities, but it does have a ramada and graveled patch
>> for radio-controlled model aircraft:
>>
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/32725293895/in/dateposted-public/
>>
>> The model aircraft present this day are all electric-powered, which for
>> me is somewhat new:
>>
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/32572173302/in/dateposted-public/
>>
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/32345553060/in/dateposted-public/
>>
>> The public parks in Chandler are not as accommodating as those in Tempe
>> as they lack wheelchair access and water fountains. Some details went
>> unnoticed while I was exploring this route to keep away from busy streets,
>> and one detail in particular was this interesting pathway entrance,
>> concealed due to the lack of a depression in the sidewalk to allow for
>> wheelchairs and bicycles:
>>
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/31911921123/in/dateposted-public/
>>
>> A short distance later there is a small pasturage surrounded by a board
>> fence, inside which there is a number of Alpacas:
>>
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/32572241582/in/dateposted-public/
>>
>> or at least I think they're alpacas. Thanks to Ogden Nash I know the
>> difference between a lama and a llama, but not a llama and an alpaca.
>>
>> And then there's this unfortunate Mesquite tree that was confused in
>> early life with the concept of "up":
>>
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/31911923813/in/dateposted-public/
>>
>> This path goes on for some distance, eventually leading to a
>> neighbourhood of stucco-on-frame homes on very small lots, typical of
>> current trends in home construction. In the midst of this there is another
>> upper middle class neighbourhood with large homes packed closely together
>> against a pond with a fountain and blue water:
>>
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/32572244702/in/dateposted-public/
>>
>> There are numerous "Don't Feed the Ducks" signs everywhere, evidence
>> that the bourgeois residents wish for the proletariat waterfowl to go
>> elsewhere.
>>
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
>> - Hunter S. Thompson
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