richard cohen Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Seeing as how the whole country seems to be moaning about the snow, I thought I would buck the trend and try to enjoy it. A set of ski's designed with the TLAR method (That Looks About Right) were manufactured ( read cobbled together) overnight from some wide wooden blind slats. Steamed to shape, and rigged to an airframe that wouldn't matter too much if it all went horribly wrong. 1/2 day booked off work and straight off up the airfield. A 16mph cross wind meant a wind chill on the airfield of -10' but the little four stroke fired up and burbling nicely, she gracefully slid out onto the runway and with a little side slipping, she eased off into the wide blue (white) yonder. The ski's do seem to upset the trim a bit but nothing drastic and much pleasure was derived from just doing proper square circuits with low passes and touch and go's droppings the back edge of the skis across the snow. Then as thumbs numbed till the sticks couldn't be felt, it was time for a landing and coffee in the clubhouse. This is soooooo much fun. Highly recommended. Edited By richard cohen on 23/01/2013 14:42:58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 That's nice, Richard - great fun as we've found over here! Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 This looks like real fun, however not to me - I hate low tmperatures, snow and winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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