Well, we had a hectic morning as we went to the hardware store to get a c-clamp for the axel of my tailwheel, and tried to figure out what was wrong with my battery. On Sautrday, while I was putting the glider in the trailer for the rest day, I noticed that the axel for the tailwheel of the glider was partially out. Apparently, the c-clip that holds the axel in had fallen off, or wasn't correctly replaced after the weight and balance that we did in June. Good thing that I caught it before I lost the wheel and dragged the fuselage on a landing.
Also, my battery keeps dying. I have a 12V 12amp-hr battery, and I'm only running the radio, Colibri GPS logger, PDA for moving map display and the audio variometer. The battery won't last more than about 4 hrs. A few days ago, we used a different charger and had the same probelm. We went around town today to find someone who could load test the battery, but all of the places can't test something with low amperage (they are used to testing car batteries). Unfortunately, the ATV shop, the one most likely to be able to test the battery was closed today. We'll have to try again tomorrow.
It's going to be blue today - that is no clouds to mark the thermals. It's a turn area task with turns at China to the south(5 mi radius), Dry Lake (15mi) well to the east (near Lava Beds national monument - it's impressive to see the lava flows from the sky), Butte Valley (7 miles) back to the north west from Dry Lake, and finally Mt Hebron Summit(5 mile radius) to the south west of Butte, and home. Should be fun!
I'll try and get the photos up tonight - I've tried before without much luck.
Talk to you soon!
1 comment:
Go get 'em Kathy! Sounds like you are gaining confidence and having more fun than not. Keep having fun.
Love Becki
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