So, Last weekend i foolishly decided to go on a hike with the heplers. Life lesson tip, never go on a hike with the heplers. we drove out to mission to their cousins house, who live on a farm out there. next to them is a gigantic mountain where someone built a cabin at the very top, which you can use if you make your way up.
Well, this was supposed to be an easy and slow hike. you can see the cabin there on the left. yes, its the little dot at the very top of that little clear cut. Anyways, you get a great view from the top of the mountain, and we did finally make it all the way, after little less than 2 hours, with me slowing them down the whole way. i think it was a sheer 2km vertical hike. at least from what im trying to forget, thats what i remember.
the cool part is that we took a great dane along, and that dog is the perfect hiking companion. he ran up and down, and took the climb much better than i did. we spent some time on top of the mountain, and then headed back down.
once back safely on the farm, i decided to fly my super cub around some, since it was a really nice day out. well, i flew for about 10 min, landed, and went back up on my second battery, and as im flying around, some ppl wander buy going, umm….. were having an RC glider competition like 2 fields over. do you mind landing so you dont accidentally interfere with our transmitters?
now, this is totally normal, cause if im on someone else’s transmitter channel, i will cause him to crash. but it was just kinda funny, because we didnt see anyone else in the air, and what are the chances that in all of mission, were 2 fields over from an entire competition!!
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see the mission hike photo gallery here
see the Super Cub pictures here
Cool Super Cub, Andrew! I’ve got a .40 sized Great Planes Super Cub with an O.S. .70 Surpass 4-Stroke. I’ve only flown it a few times, though. It doesn’t have much dihedral and is a bit “slippery” for my tastes. It’s my favorite model and I don’t want to crash it.
I’m going flying tomorrow and Sunday here in Indy for the first time. The weather’s supposed to be perfect.
Take Care,
Tom