BuiltWithNOF

MIKE ROACH’S SOPWITH AVIATION COMPANY

CATALINA FLIGHT LOG

Flight No

Location

Date

Conditions

Duration

Remarks

1

XCh Harbour

4 May 08

F1, cloudy

5

Maiden flight: very successful.  -120 el, -30 ru, 0 ail. Take-off 3/4 th, cruise 1/4 th.

2

Xch Harbour

5 May

F2 sunny

10

Controls adjusted to TX neutral

3

XCh Harbour

9 May

Calm

10

Touch and goes.

4

XCh Harbour

10 May

Calm

7

+20 ru. Water rudder needs R bias

5

 

10 May

 

10

0.75oz noseweight removed after flight

6

Stanpit Rec

16 May

Calm

5

Maiden off grass

7

 

16 May

 

5

 

8

 

16 May

 

10

 

9

Stanpit Creek

22 May

F1

15

Touch and goes, crunch and go.

10

Howards

27 May

 

5

 

11

 

27 May

 

5

 

12

 

27 May

 

5

 

13

Stanpit

30 May

F1, sunny

5

Grass t&g

14

 

30 May

 

5

 

15

 

30 May

 

5

 

16

 

30 May

 

 

1600 mAh into battery

17

XCh Harbour

31 May

F1, sunny, perfect

10

Evening flying at its very best

18

 

31 May

 

10

 

19

 

31 May

 

10

 

20

Howards

6 June

 

5

Total power failure. Crash landing damaged pylon, easily repaired.  Lucky!

21

Howards

15 June

 

10

Rewired with RX battery and separate SCs

22

 

15 June

 

10

 

23

XCh Harbour

16 June

 

10

Evening flying with Trevor’s Sealand in company

24

 

16 June

 

10

“Skim and Go” practice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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