Hi Ian,
        Good to hear you are keeping busy as usual.  Say, did you ever think 
of building any of those ships for R/C Warship Combat? I take it you've seen 
the adds in some of the magazines.  I fetched a FAQ off the Internet about 
the construction and rules, and it sounds like quite a hoot.  It's kind of 
nifty how they rig up their CO2 bb/ball bearing guns.
        I went flying with Larry Marshall yesterday, and had a great time.  
Larry flew his Revolt, and Timothy motorglider, and I flew my Lazy Bee. Looks 
like I'm getting there, as Larry stood there with the Instructor's end of the 
Buddy Box, and put on a rather bored expression, and complained frequently 
about not having any fun. That was until I came in for my landing....  
I must have had my altimiter set wrong, as I tried to land about 3' above the 
runway.  Larry let me do my best, which ended with a big bounce (thank God 
for those puffy Trexler Air Wheels) which  bounced the electric motor loose, 
along with a chunk of balsa motor mount.  I'm not complaining. Any landing 
you can walk away from, and repair with 10 minutes work and a dab of 5 minute 
epoxy, is a *good* one!   The Lazy Bee is sure a neat little plane. It 
can *really* slow down and fly gentle..only problem is that it can get pretty 
carried away with the wind.  Larry says he generated an awful lot of interest 
in everyone when he flew his at KRC.  He does some wild loops, rolls, and 
`death spirals' with it, then, if there's a wind, he can land the thing 
vertically! That really drives people crazy.
Cheers,
Joe
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