S.M.A.L.L. 2023 "Here We Go"

Ditto, looking forward to the videos, photos, and narratives of your flights and cameradery.

The red plane with white stripes and tip plates is a Mayfly.  It was the plane I used to learn to fly RC back in the late 60's -- it had a Rand Galloping Ghost actuator, a DIY receiver and Enya .15.  The plane is now long gone, but I still have the rest of the hardware.  Mine was painted solid orange and nicknamed the Orange Bomb!

Great pics -- keep 'em coming.

Camping and Fling Woo Hoo Good stuff and new every day

Yeah !  Mark is in the Yard !!  Seems to have brought plenty to fly ,, I know you got some video of the twin Jap fighter can't wait to hear/see it

Hi All,
Happy Cox Vapour Trails....
All the other S.M.A.L.L. stuff is cool too...
Wish I was there.
On Friday morn, I swapped BeNol for my sunscreen, just to be with you...
Not the same smell as burning it, but...
I thank all for the 'reporting' and those who fly there...
Take care,
Have fun,
Dave

Day 2, S.M.A.L.L. 2023
I rub more castor oil on any exposed skin.
Downwind people like it.
Sponsored by Benol.
Back to your regular programming,
Dave

Good for you guys having fun together..

I also burn castor here in my 010 and 049 COX powered planes and wish I were there with you!

Way to go Kim, Mark, and all others I do not know!

Kim, you and Mark are certainly fortunate. I would truly enjoy participating in these kind of events. Great pictures and looks like good times, be safe getting home.

Well, I'm back home. I have to thank Kim for being a great host. He shared his shelter with me to keep the sun off, his chair when mine broke on me, his table for me to set up on and do engine runs. He even admitted to his S.M.A.L.L. friends that he knew me!

I was really hot. Pretty much too hot to fly for me, being used to the Pacific Northwest flying weather. I only got a few flights in. My first couple ended in crashes. Unfortunately, Kim did not get them on video. My transmitter was bad. I had almost bought a new transmitter a couple of weeks ago, but I was saving money for the meet. So I ended up having to drive 40 miles away to the nearest Hobby Town to buy a new transmitter....

But it worked great. Then I found out how out of trim my RC models were. I really need to put in more stick time. Anyway, I'll shift my focus if I get to make it to Fall S.M.A.L.L. in October. I brought 10 control line planes and three RC planes. In October I'll only bring two or three control line planes and a couple more RC. I have three or four RC projects in mind to build.

I did get to maiden the Wildcat and Hamp this morning. I'll post video when I get it uploaded, and links to the outside of the circle video that Doug Hart took.

Great times, Y'all!

The Out of Fighting Trim Mark

Glad you boys got home OK , shame it was very hot but now you can cool off at home . Nothing less to think of Kim helping out a little with Mark beeing his first time sure all the guys enjoyed him there ..... The pond and CL fling ?? Any boating aircraft in the water or just a bunch of swimmers to cool off .

It was again good to see you guys enjoying the company of each other while entertaining yourself with this great hobby, indulged like a bunch of teenage boys back in the day..

Glad you all made it back OK Looking forward to the photos and videos!!

@Kim, I love the photos of Mark's Wildcat and Zero, very well done, looks like a lot of fun flying. Your parasol camera plane looks like a fun one, too. Looking forward to your summary reports, videos and photos of the event forthcoming.

Marks Zero and Wild Cat are so inspiring they make me want to make some new models. Nice flyers and boy do they look good .Thanks for sharing guys, wish I was there with you. Mark makes those Cox engines scream! Need longer lines!
                                 Mike1484

Ditto on Marks models.

Kim's red & white = Pietenpol right?

Kim, there's something special about that Ranger. The lines it has says it all. I think it's the slimness that does it for me. Years back when my dad was big into R/C, high wing planes such as this were the rage. .15 size planes were entry level and there were many. Hobby Lobby offered a full foam Cessna which I recall seeing everywhere. However, it was porky in terms of fuselage shape. It was wide more than likely to achieve the strength of the beaded foam. It just didn't look correct but it was cool nonetheless. I recall low temp films being offered by many and those that mastered it would reflect their talent on the field. I recall seeing some very cool stuff being made. I'm thinking 1975? We have a highway here which back then had no interstate designation. The number was never defined and the project was stalled for nearly 40 years. Barriers were placed across the highway to deter curious off roaders, motorcyclists etc. This now became THE spot for r/c flyers. I remember seeing 20-40 people at any given time up there on the highway flying out over open fields now which have homes as far as you can see. It's amazing that with the old analog tech that frequencies were never crossed up . Another plane I remember was made by PILOT which was a all ABS Cessna which was offered in a turquoise and reddish orange plastic. This also reminds me of your Ranger due to it's laid back rudder and thinness. Call me weird but these planes are the coolest to me. I suppose they take me back to a time which I favored the most.