I got to test fly Joel's Pilatus PC-9 today, it flew great with only minor trim adjustments needed.
I took the bungees out of the Kitfox landing gear, put springs in their place and added some positive camber. Boy does it handle a lot better on the ground now. I flew it three or four times and shot lots of touch and goes. I got a couple of flights on both the F-4 and Skylane as well.
I started parking with the front end facing the tables today. When parked the other way the shade was nice during the summer while charging batteries but now that it is fall I was getting cold on the shady side.
It was mostly sunny all day with lots of pretty clouds, we never did see Mt Rainier or Mt St Helens because of the clouds.
Dianne had texted me that their new hot tub was being delivered today and the driver was nervous about turning around his thirty two foot trailer. I texted her that we were going flying so there would be lots of room at our place. I also moved the Mitsubishi out of the way before we left for the field. When we got home I went right over to check on the hot tub and it was still sitting on the pallet but Gabe, Parker, Dan and David were coming over to help move it. Dianne mentioned they had to turn it 180 degrees after it was down and I volunteered my moving dollies. Steve came over and picked them up and we discovered they were rated for a thousand pounds each which was good because the hot tub weighs eight hundred pounds.
They are just starting to lower it in this picture.
This is as they are starting to turn it.
I wasn't the only one watching the operation.
Dianne is approving the final positioning. You can see one of my moving dollies under the side toward the camera.
Of course it had to be moved a little when the cover was put on because it was too close to the deck. It was a nice end to the day watching the family work together.
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