Monday, June 8, 2009

15 Minutes of Glory!

This year "Jen" got a remote control airplane for Christmas. I knew that she had secretly been eyeing this for quite sometime and decided to surprise her. Well it took us until May to finally find what we thought was an open enough area before the maiden voyage.


Ground check every thing appears to be OK.

And we're off!!!


Dohh!!!


Co pilot to help access the situation.

Nothing Dad can't handle. It turns out we were able to rescue the plane. This was an important lesson learned. Be sure to avoid trees...

Second attempt this time a hand launch
Smooth sailing....

I think we're getting the hang of this...





Hyrum was really excited to finally see the plane in the air.

Ahh Dad, you might want to watch out for those tree's...

Tree's!!! Tree's!!!


Ouch! this time the plane was significantly higher up in the branches.

This happened back about three weeks ago. Since then we've tried waterballon launchers and rope to get the thing down but to no avail. Any suggestion would be appreciated. :~)

6 comments:

Amanda said...

Seems like "Jen" really enjoyed her 15 minutes of flying. Hyrum sure looked like he was enjoying. I hope you guys can figure out how to get it down. Sorry, I'm not sure what to do. Maybe tie a washer around a long rope and see if you can throw it that high? Clark got a balloon stuck in the tree in our yard in Provo and we never got it down. Good luck!

Steph said...

yeah I have no idea how to get the plane down. you could try climbing up and shaking the branches. otherwise I'd get a new one, Jen did seem to be enjoying it as much as Hyrum and Ryan. :)

Carl Youngblood said...
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Carl Youngblood said...

That is why a friend of mine suggested I get the ParkZone Vapor as my first plane. It's an indoor-only plane that is very small and easy to fly. He suggested I practice with it before getting a larger outdoor craft.

Tregoa said...

Ok...go to your local fire department and let them "TRAIN" using the big tall ladder to get your plane down. Its as easy as that!

Tracy said...

You could borrow a limb cutter and trim the tree branches in hopes that the plane will fall out.
Tracy