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UTE: Egg Drop
The Ute R/C Egg Drop Fun Fly is a metric ton of messy fun! We set up a pole with a ribbon and spray-paint a large circle on the ground. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to attempt to drop an egg from your R/C aircraft within the circle from at least 100 feet altitude. You get three drops (your egg has a ribbon attached to it with your name) to try to hit the marker. Closest to the pole wins.
Delivery systems vary, but the most basic method is a foam cup with a Popsicle stick glued to the bottom, which will be provided as-needed at the event. Tuck your egg into the cup, and when you want to drop, roll your aircraft inverted.
The only aircraft restriction is that, if you use a helicopter, it should be in forward motion when dropping the egg, not hovering.
This event will take place a the Ute Airpark, as the weather forecast shows that it should be dry. Open flying after the event.
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Upcoming events
- HILL AIRBASE AIR SHOW AND OPEN HOUSE(calendar)(3 days)
- MYSTERY EVENT FUN FLY(calendar)(24 days)
- NIGHTFLY AND BARBEQUE(calendar)(59 days)
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field conditions
as of 4 pm today 4/13/7 field conditions were dry but windy however still flyable. The egg drop should have no problem going on.
Missed it, but flew...
Due to a scheduling conflict, I couldn't make the egg drop, but I made it out around 2:30 PM and flew for two hours. I got to meet a new "Ron" (not the recent poster, but another guy) who joined the club recently. He had a lot of questions, and we were able to help him figure out why he kept turfing his Avistar.
The field is much flatter than it has been, though I still can't help but notice that the tracks the truck which drags the field makes are deeper, than the flattener can correct. Ahh, well.
It's slowly improving a lot. I LOVE the starter stands; it makes it so much easier to get my Mach Racer going! That bird doesn't have much to hold on to while you're starting her, and a starting stand makes me feel much more secure.
In sad news today, though, the beautiful Raptor 50 that Mike Passey showed at Tuesday's meeting ate some dirt inverted today. I'll leave it to Mike to tell the full story, but that's going to be a tough repair.