Mowing and Flying

Since the forecast for Friday looked like there might be rain and it was my turn to mow at Toledo, I decided to mow today.  When I got there, Ken was just leaving, but ended up staying, helping move tables and mowing the parking area.  When I got done mowing, I used the weed eater around the fence and trailer, then hooked up my bagger and collected most of the grass by the fence and trailer.

I had two planes with me I wanted to test fly when I finished mowing.  I got the glider out first, put a battery in it and walked out on the runway to launch it.  I gave it a throw and added power and it stopped and fell to the ground.  It was not hurt, so I walked further out on the runway and threw it harder, same result but I broke the prop this time.  I decided to just launch it and see how it glided, that went fine, so I walked up the runway some more and threw it again.  It went clear to the end of the runway!  On the way to pick it up, I realized I had not checked the motor rotation, it was backwards and every time I had added power, it was like putting the brakes on with the prop pushing instead of pulling.  At least it is an easy fix, just swap two wires and put on a new prop blade.  My other test flight of the Cessna went great, so we packed up and headed home.  I was late getting up for our walk this morning, so I missed my shower, after dinner I headed in to get the dust from mowing washed off.  When I went out the lock up the shop, it had rained, so maybe I was right to mow today!