Figured Id share the excitement at our local airport this morning. Guy was up flying his weed eater in gusty winds. Lucky as hell he didn't hurt himself!

Alaskabound wrote: weed eater

What's a weed eater??

58Skylane wrote:

Alaskabound wrote: weed eater

What's a weed eater??

A two cycle rotax powered kite... I'm sure they are good fun, but you won't see my ass in one!

Looks like an awful big pile of garbage for such a little plane.

Jaerl wrote:Looks like an awful big pile of garbage for such a little plane.

Not much better before the crash... Those things scare me. I'd take a fling-wing anyway over a kite.

DITTO--- that sure is a big pile of scrap rubble, for a little flying machine. Well, ex flying machine.
As Bruce Landsberg from AOPA said.... we might be on version 5 or 6 of the software we are flying.... we are still on 1.0 for the pilots. Who goes out in one of these things when the wind is howling? Dumber than a small box of rocks.

That brings back a memory about a guy I knew years ago who gave me a "weed eater" project that he had been building for years. It was a big flying wing design and it was finished except for the Seconite (SIC). The wing was wood and I don't think he cut any part to the correct size. He just filled the gaps with about a gallon of glue. Lucky for me I never did any more with it. I sent it to the home built "happy hunting ground".

You gotta be sh^&ing me he lived after making that pile of refuge Lucky bastard

Looks like this one was still in the hangar when he crashed it. I know of guys who forget to untie their planes or take off the control locks, but this is a new one!

lc

You'll never survive, don't even try. A real man should have a big aluminum or chromoly protective shell to keep that nasty wind out of his face. It's too distracting and superior skills can't be exercised.

Alaskabound wrote:Figured Id share the excitement at our local airport this morning. Guy was up flying his weed eater in gusty winds. Lucky as hell he didn't hurt himself!

Where did all the snow go?? Tee shirt? figured it would be a lil chilly for that yesterday.

Where are you at on the lake? I got a couple buddies that live on the lake that I go up and fly R/C Models with.

akavidflyer wrote:

Alaskabound wrote:Figured Id share the excitement at our local airport this morning. Guy was up flying his weed eater in gusty winds. Lucky as hell he didn't hurt himself!

Where did all the snow go?? Tee shirt? figured it would be a lil chilly for that yesterday.

Where are you at on the lake? I got a couple buddies that live on the lake that I go up and fly R/C Models with.

I am actually in northwest Alabama for the holidays:)

I live on the south west side of the lake... The place with the hanger that's 3 times the size of the cabin:) turn left after you cross the strip and I'm the last house on the left. Stop by some time in the summer!

Zane wrote:You'll never survive, don't even try. A real man should have a big aluminum or chromoly protective shell to keep that nasty wind out of his face. It's too distracting and superior skills can't be exercised.

it's not the lack of aluminum that bothers me... It's the lack of reliable power! A super breezy is as close as I'll ever get...

Alaskabound wrote:it's not the lack of aluminum that bothers me... It's the lack of reliable power! A super breezy is as close as I'll ever get...

55hp on a sub-300lb airframe. I would trounce a Super Breezy, at least on takeoff. The Rotax 503 has never as much as hiccuped. Some people treat theirs like crap though, and they pay for it.

You'r just right down the lake from Gene's place. I know where your place is, nice digs! I will swing by this summer when the water is not so stiff!

It was at Genes place that I saw the broken prop sticking out from under a tarp at his nieghbors place. I stuck around tehre for a few extra days after a float fly waiting for Doc to get back from vacation. I bought the twisted up wrecked Avid from him that I am now flying. Great location and great fishing on that lake!

You'r just right down the lake from Gene's place. I know where your place is, nice digs! I will swing by this summer when the water is not so stiff!

It was at Genes place that I saw the broken prop sticking out from under a tarp at his nieghbors place. I stuck around tehre for a few extra days after a float fly waiting for Doc to get back from vacation. I bought the twisted up wrecked Avid from him that I am now flying. Great location and great fishing on that lake!

Gene and I have become close friends. He is an amazing man and has some outstanding bush flying stories to tell! I am currently flying his old 180... You're right about the lake! Great fishing, and located in the middle of what I like to call "Bush pilot heaven"!

Jim Omera from ANC flew an ultra light from ANC to Nome during the Iditarod Sled Dog Race several years back. The dogs beat him to Nome by a week Anytime I would see him I would get in front of him and give him a little prop wash just for Grins. He did not appreciate it for some reason.

Kind of like when the Air Forced caught me in their bombing range in Mt Home, Id shooting yotes they would get in front of me and hit after burner just for grins. It would wake u up. But the Bruno canyon was close and I could drop in and lose them