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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Some things you hate to admit
especially when you are the dumbest link in the chain. Hope this might
help someone.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thursday I changed transmitters on
my plane. Also, on that day I changed to a new type of fuel. During
practice, the plane seemed to be a little low on power but not too bad. I
only did 2 flights.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Friday we left for the contest in
Lubbock. Wind that day was quite strong and I only got one flight on the
plane because of a problem. Power was down but it was a little
hot, the altitude was 3500 feet where I normally fly at sea level and the
strong wind really didn't let me see the power profile.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Saturday is gorgeous, cool with only
light winds. On the first round I realized my power was far off what I
needed. The verticals almost stopped at the top and I was
struggling. Before the second round I added half Magnum 1.5
to the new fuel I was trying. Still no power and struggling thought the
tops even with smaller maneuvers. Third round, change prop without any
help. Fourth round change props again and add some Mag 2 to the fuel
mix. Some help but not enough. Sunday, I'm discouraged and still having
power problems. Fly poorly.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Today I'm looking over my plane and
thinking about the contest. For my backup transmitter I
have all the setting recorded that are different from the other trx.
There is nothing about the throttle there so it must be the
same. I got the trx and opened the throttle while looking at the
engine. You guessed it, it's only open about 3 quarters.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I'm still trying to learn the
obvious. If you've got a problem, first check the
obvious.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Don</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>