Batteries?  I just saw a Sony Video Camera with the lightest smallest 6v battery I have ever seen.  It must be 1/2 the size and 1/10th the weight of it's Nicad or nickel Hydride equivalent.
For the use you intend, these power sources should be fine. For higher amperage draws, they just don't work out well. km

had gone. Base was a little high, but not so much as
to start a go around. He just came back a click or two and flew the base a little longer. He turned FINAL and thought that he was still a little high so back a few more clicks of throttle.
Then, all of a sudden, the weeds were reaching up and grabbing his landing gear. He shouted some obscenities and applied full power but it was too late. The plane turned a hard left and cartwheeled onto its back. The wing came flying off and fuselage lay on its back.
The stillness was only broken by the verbal self-abuse from the pilot as he walked to the wreck. Looking over the wreck he said, "It can be repaired."
The pilot said that because it had been rebuilt before. The lighter construction on the rebuild seemed to have contributed to the damage. The batteries did most of the Damage, as they came flying out.
I was told that this was Jeff's third time out this year and that it was the third broken prop. He told me that he
would have the plane rebuilt by the weekend, but was not going to flying until his good flying buddy, Ken Myers, could go with him.
And that's the way it is June 10th, 1998.

R/C flying :-(
Jeff Hauser (EFO member)
Email: jmhauser@teleweb.net
Dateline: Eastpointe, MI


In the late morning a Mr. Jeff Hauser ventured out to the Midwest R/C flying field. The weather reports said sky would be clearing by early afternoon.  Upon arriving at the field, the weather was a lot worst than at his house and worse than had been forecasted. He (Jeff Hauser), being at the field all be himself, decide to charge up and see if the weather (fog and mist) was going to lift.
Well it did come up a little bit, not enough to do aerobatics, but he could do touch-and-goes. Jeff walked out to the middle of the field looking east because there was a slight wind out of that direction. The take off was straight down the runway and the Plane (BFI so named by good flying buddy Ken Myers because of it heavy weight) climbed out very sharply. It was very nice looking with the fog and birds flying around chirping in the light mist.
He was thinking, as he turned downwind, that the new gearbox bearing would be nice and hopefully that would quiet BFI a little.
The first touch-and-go was very nice, and so was the second and third. On the fourth try things went horribly wrong. Downwind was fine, just the way the other three

Tiger Kitten
John A. Williams email: qyetfli@home.com


My new TigerKitten flew today. It has a geared Astro 15, 12 Sanyo 2000 cells, Master Airscrew Electric 11-7 prop, and a Jomar Sportmax ESC. Weighing in at 80 oz. gave it a 26.5 oz/sq ft wing loading and a 65 watts/lb input. It flew really well, but I was still feeling it out on the first flight.
The wind came up before the second flight. Although it is a fussy building job, I guess the good looks and fly ability are worth it. If it lasts long enough, I'll try flaperons and coupled rudder-ailerons to make take-off and landing a little easier.
My last two planes, the Tigerkitten and Cloudancer have continue