14 Sept. 08

Little activity to report on this fourteenth day of September.  All though it’s still SUNDAY!

Only the brave and the bold were ready and able to partake is today’s round of combat.

Zilla, Fearless and Maverick; the few, the proud, the Combatants.

Round 1:  Zilla wasted no time in letting Maverick know his intensions and cut his streamer.  Maverick made a valiant effort to chase the saltiest of the salts and came up empty handed.  “Goin’ vertical is the only way to fly”, touted Zilla as he dove into a near by cumulonimbus.  “You gotta come back down sometime” retorted Maverick.  Maverick’s wait was cut short by a familiar sound… BINGO FUEL, BINGO FUEL, the alert sounded and Red Barons’ engine died: “Outta gas!”

Fearless never took off; recurring engine problems, Fearless was again grounded.

Round 2:  Zilla, Maverick and Fearless took to the skies.  Zilla struck quick fast and in a hurry and took the streamer from Fearless. 

Fearless, now streamer less, somehow leaned out his engine and went Mach 1.   The “Ain’t Skeered” tore through the clouds and sky in search of a kill.  It didn’t take long until SMACK; Fearless collided with the Red Baron.  Both planes entangled and fell, together, slowly spiraling into the peanuts.  Zilla thanked his lucky stars and gloated in the fact that these two combatants collided in attempt to capture his streamer.

Maverick’s Red Baron right wing was destroyed in the melee, and was held together by the strapping.  Fearless didn’t even break the prop, the wing, fuse, and engine….no damage.  “Unbelievable” muttered Maverick as they made there way out of the peanut field.

Round 3:  Maverick was downed but not out.  He had brought an extra wing.  After a short period of time, Maverick had a new wing, THE PUNISHER.  “Git you Aces in the air” yelled Maverick.

Fearless took off with a vengeance, pulling hard up and pushing his plane to full throttle.  “Sounds like one of Jesse Hot Dog Halls pylon racer engines” noted Maverick.  Fearless was flying so fast, at one point, Maverick simply throttles back, Fearless flew right passed and Maverick got the cut.  “Did you just cut me Maverick?!”  “Too easy” replied a cool handed Maverick.  Fearless flew even harder and chased down Zilla for a cut.  “I’m flyin’ a .32 and he still caught me, I gotta get a faster engine” said Zilla as he lost control of his plane and headed into the peanuts...”WHOA”  hollered out Zilla, “WHOA WHOA O MY LOOOOORD!”  Zilla had flown into the peanuts and survived.  Fearless saw Zilla completely disappear from site and fly out of the peanut field! “How’d you do that?!?!” asked Fearless, “No way that just happened!”  Maverick exclaimed.  Zilla finally got control of his plane and promptly landed’er.  “Phew!!! You gotta be pretty skilled to pull a maneuver like that,” a gloating Zilla mentioned.

Not wanting to push his luck, Zilla opted to pack up and go home.  Fearless and maverick followed as one crash a day is any pilots limit.

7^th Sept. 08

SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!

The largest turn out since the First National Annual Combat Fish Fry.  You know the abbreviation.

Combatants consisted of Zilla, Daniel “The Kid” Bush, Fearless, Maverick, Goose, Iceman, Duck U, and War hawk.

Eight, count’em Eight combatants in one day, one round, and one flying field: Fayetteville R/C Club Field, AKA: SOCOM (Stedman Operations Command)

Fearless, plagued with engine problems and a shortage of planes found the cure and is making a come back.  When asked what the cure was, Fearless replied, “I’m not tellin’, y’all’ve been putting me in the peanuts for the longest and now I’m up one or two cuts and you ask me what my secret is…I don’t think so, I got two things to say, one, we ain’t waitin’ on Fearless any more…and two, git your ACE in the air.

Round 1:  Fearless was going by the old adage, “there are two types of combatants, the quick and the dead”.  Fearless living the quote, kept his word with quick cuts on Goose and soon after a cut on Duck U

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War hawk, looking to up his cut ratio on the bar graph, zeroed in on Iceman and made off with his streamer.

Goose, after loosing his streamer, soon lost engine

Compression, and was last seen sifting through the peanuts in search of a downed Scorn. 

Maverick, zigging and zaggying, snapped off all but three rubber bands, on his Red Baron, and nearly collided with Goose in the peanut field. Both were down for the duration of the round.

Duck U, still flying the Predator, not to be confused with his new and peanut oil free Predator, twisted and turned ending up with a not so easy cut on Zilla.

Zilla, after a late take off and early streamer loss, and the Kid, had engine problems and both landed without cuts.

Round 2:  Goose was up early trimming and tuning his engine when WHOOOOSH!!! Fearless streaked across the sky and nabbed the streamer off Scorn. 
“What th!?!? Hey!!! I wasn’t ready yet!!!  Goose exclaimed.  “Your ACE is up, you better be ready” Fearless bellowed and followed up with saying…            ”I AIN’T SKEERED!”

Iceman, fueled by the constant barrage of “older” combatants cutting his streamer, avenged himself today.  Iceman laid in wait and struck War hawk from his blind side.  Iceman stated, “War hawk was just sitting there, not really doing any evasive maneuvers, so I just got on his six, made the cut and turned right, I don’t think he ever saw me, It’s not like he gave chase either.

Maverick, after his own engine problems, took off late and was quickly met by the Kid.  The Kid, swinging a mighty prop and a .32, chased the Red Baron around and around, until, Maverick, swinging an 8X6 and a .25, turned and burned the Kid with an inside cut.  Turning again, Maverick set his sites on Duck U. Only Duck U had a secret weapon.  The Red Baron quickly bore down on Duck U and cut the fishing line instead of the streamer, “Big mistake” Duck U informed, The Red Baron’s engine quickly seized; Maverick was dead stick and was looking to make a safe landing on the field.  Maverick radioed “Darn you DUCK!!!  Duck U replied, “That’s thirteen pound test Texas rig style, you ain’t comin back from that back lash!”

Later in the round, Duck U made another cut on Zilla, “Still tastes like chicken” proclaimed Duck U, “Keep on cutting…I’m just gonna build’em faster and tougher” retaliated Zilla. Duck U continued on and cut, what was left of War hawks streamer. 

“Stop cuttin’ my streamer” warned War hawk, “First the youngest kid cuts me, then some kid from the local trailer park cuts me!” 

Who you callin’ “Kid”!  Just then, Daniel “The Kid” Bush zoomed toward War hawk and with a bump of the stick, ZZZZZZZZZip, War hawks vertical stab came right off.

MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY!!! War hawk shrieked!   War hawk was in a death spiral and headin’ for the peanuts.  War hawk radioed, “I can’t control it, I’m in a death spiral and headin’ out to the peanuts!!! MAYDAY MAYDAY!!!! It won’t recover!! NGYAAAHNOH!!! It was clear even to the ground crew what had happened, actually happened.

 “THAT JUST HAPPENED” Daniel “The Kid” proclaimed.  The Kid had made a prop cut to Warhawks vertical stab and it, indeed, came right off, putting the War hawk into an unrecoverable yaw and subsequent spin into the peanuts.

Round 3: A retaliatory round. 

First Fearless cuts Mav,

Mav cuts Fearless and accidently cuts Duck U’s streamer and was careful to stay clear of the fishing line. 

Zilla, still hungry for a streamer, cut Fearless’ streamer off Mav, “HAAAAAA I got you Mav” hollered an exuberant Zilla.

With fuel cells empty, the sky cleared of planes as hangars filled with battle ridden planes.

In closing, this was an exhaustingly hot day at the field, just showing up displayed how much these rounds of combat mean to these combatants.  Some would leave early, defeated on the ground or in the sky, with full intentions of returning to make the cut and raising the bar graph scale.  Just pilots, I don’t think so…these are combatants.  You will see them next Sunday at SOCOM, or, we’ll show up at a field near you.

  Heads up Davis Bridge, we’re comin’ and hell’s comin’ with us.

August 17, 2008

Zilla, Mav, Iceman, Goose, and Duck U were on site for today’s round of battle.  Also, guests Chris Cobb and Ben Bassett were well behind the yellow rope for this auspicious occasion. 

Later Ben impressed the crowd with his flying prowess by flying his electric Super cub into the tallest pole with in 75 yards and spun around and landed on his wheels.  And then, the engine just fell off.

Round 1:  Not much to tell, unless you go by the name of "DUCK U" and decide today is the day you plan to let it all out and leave it out in the peanuts. 

Duck U dominates the first round by getting cut after cut.  First Duck U cuts the unsuspecting Zilla.  Then, after chasing down Goose, gets another cut.  Furthermore, turns his sights on Maverick.  Maverick, Not going silently into that good night, turns and burns only to be pounced on by the nimbleness of Duck U.

After it was all done, the combatants had their say.

Zilla,

 "What happened? I was just about to go vertical and whoosh, my streamer was gone."

Goose,

"I didn't even see it comin', I can't imagine what got into Duck U, but I shore could use some of it back!"
Maverick, "I am still in denial, are you sure it was that old POS flyin' dirt clod that got me, and not some new some what more aerodynamic high performance aircraft?!"
Duck U, "I know one thang, you all had it comin!"  I've ate sweet potatoes, and peanuts for the last time, this time the beers are on YALL B@!#$s!  And Goose, the next time you cut my streamer before the round starts, better brang a sammich, cause its gonna be own like Donky Cowng!

In a phone interview with SOCOM, Duck U tells of why he was flying the “Predator” and not his new Phence Post.  Duck U simply answered, “That Phence Post just don’t fly right.” SOCOM, “Annnnd your Predator does?!

Duck U, “Yup! Peace and chicken grease bro-hams! I gots celebratory beers to drank!”.......click.

Round 2: Early in the round Zilla had already reached the clouds and was diving down as Goose gave chase, at the same time, Maverick had spotted Zilla coming out of the clouds and turned toward the diving pair.  Soon, Maverick was wing tip to wing tip with Goose and both were growling for Zilla’s streamer.  Maverick, remembering he had just put his new wing on decided to pull up and out of this fight.  BLAM!!!  Mavericks pull up turned into a hard right snap and collided with Goose.  NNGYAAANO! (again) Mavericks wing separated from the Phence post and fluttered down safely as the fuse darted into the peanuts.  Goose spiraled down and also enjoyed some peanuts, compliments of Maverick.   Maverick quickly took the blame and explained how trying to get out of the fight created the hairiest fur ball ever.

No cuts were made and the remaining combatants called no joy and would rather save their aircraft for the fun fly than gamble another collision.