Skip and I met Paul and Bruce at Lake Suzy . It was clear with light breeze. There were occasional puffs. We put Skipper in Paul’s rig and they took off. The grass was a bit long and really wet. The spray behind Paul as he was running up was very impressive.
Wanting to catch up and start shooting video…. I was in a hurry. The wing came up fast and I went to full power right away. Big mistake… I got some lift from a puff and (as she’s apt to do) the rig turned to the left. I came down out of line and rolled the rig. The cage was bent and one blade was broken.
It was very disappointing but seeing the huge grin on Skipper’s face as they came in to land took care of that.
Over the next three weeks I replaced the blades and had the rig welded.
This morning I got redemption.
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