Hello Larry B.

I am glad to hear that you and Brenda made it home without a problem and that Brenda's back is on the mend. During the first practice try learning the Fiat flip I hit myself in the mouth with the aileron but when it came time to do it for real during flight rounds 4 and 5 I think I did pretty well.

As for the tank; sir, set the armored vehicle down and step away. Scale aircraft is where your friends are.

Larry F.

The "Little Toot" will be a great subject for you competition build. Looking forward to seeing it next year. Unfortunately I won't have a new competition plane until 2016 at the earliest. I can tell you this. I am going back to basics. No retracts and no flaps, Maybe a functioning tail hook and a fuel tank drop but that's it.   

As many have already stated the Scale Masters organization did a great job putting this event together and I can’t say enough good things about the Ohio River View R/C Flyers club that hosted us. You would be hard pressed to find a friendlier and harder working bunch then those folks and their flying site is second to none.

Ripley