well here it is march 18th the day after st patrick's day and i came down on the
frozen lake to fly some control iron man i have been sitting on it all winter um
and we've kind of lost the ice it's a little bit right now you can see down there it's slushy
flying my brodak p-40 right there 46 size motor
did a good job got 60 foot lines going out to my handle out there
i got my handle right here right at the edge of uh what we had for ice skating this winter but and i
don't know it felt like the skating season went fast really just getting into it but i will take
advantage of these next you know a few weeks keep checking the ice and make sure it's thick enough
and i did come down here last night and took my ice auger
popped a hole in the ice that was a good 10 11 inches right there so
come down here and fly a few flights uh it's going to be rainy and windy the next few days so
i'll tell you what i'll do here i will hook this battery up right quick and let
you hear the power of this electric motor while i just hold on to the plane how about that huh
that signifies that i got a good connection and everything is set to go
all right now i'll turn it on
okay i have it set for 25 seconds before it really cranks up and builds up and gets to speed
it gives me time to get out to my handle normally i'd have a stooge
but i'm down here on the ice and nobody's around then it'll just roll right off
yeah you hear that all right take that battery off gotta disconnect it
all right let's get the battery hooked up we are off little
ignition
get this guy locked in he has her turn around
walk the line
grab that handle
let's see if this wing over is gonna
work
yes
um it definitely goes tighter on the outside
all right let's pop these squares here
now
ah
all right triangle
so
all right square eight
vertical eight let's give it a go
the elusive hourglass
okay overhead eight come on around and go for it
gonna pop it out with the old clove relief here
all right i think that was the pattern
man
boom all right the first 40-size flight kind of windy down here but
you know i know that was a little bit off but for the first flight of the year i didn't crash and uh
i'd call that a win landed in one piece and i'm good with that
taking off out of the slush
this is my sad ice rink right now
now my flying field that was fun man this is very fun it's always a thrill to get your
hand on the handle the first time of the year just going oh man i just don't want to crash
a couple a couple near misses out there sure