"CARFF's Funfly that's not a funfly"
by David Laux
The CARFF Model Aircraft Club is 3 miles east of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. We were invited to come to a small camp out at the CARFF field by Scott Nelson on the September 4, 5, 6 long weekend. We had good weather and great flying. CARFF has a fantastic facility. Here are some pictures from our weekend. These pictures were taken by Trevor Zaharichuk of Calgary, Alberta.
From left to right, Vicky Zaharichuk, Brent Schooler, my wife and daughter Jennifer and
Chelsey, Pam and Brad Schooler, Me, and our hosts, Scott and Charlotte Nelson. These
were just some of the people that were there.
More Pics: BradDaveFamily.jpg,
Breakfast.jpg, Camp.jpg, Campfiredave.jpg, DaveBradDog.jpg,
PackingUp.jpg, ScottNelsonTrailer.jpg
Brad Schooler and his son Brent, starting Brent's Plane.
More Pics: BradsDogDrake.jpg,
BradSonPlane.jpg, BrentPlane1.jpg,
BrentTossPlane.jpg
Dan Holland, one of the members of CARFF, with his plane. Dan fly's by the seat of
his pants and fly's the hell out of this plane. Dan is Aspiring to become a Model
Helicopter pilot soon.
More Pics: DansPlane2.jpg,
DansPlane3.jpg
Me and my new Raptor. Awesome Machine!!!
More Pics: Autorotation.mpg,
DaveRaptor.mpg 1 2,
DaveRaptor.jpg 2 3,
XcellDave.jpg 1 2 3
After the first day of flying the Raptor with no decals, which made it hard to see, Brad
Schooler helped me put decals on my Raptor. Scott Harley supervised, but I was the
brains behind the operation. It was past sunset and getting cool out so Brad had to use
the propane lantern for light and the bonfire for heat to make the decals stick.
More Pics: NewRaptor.jpg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Scott Harley of Calgary, Alberta with his two Xcell's having YSst and YSst2 engines.
We Drag Raced this weekend and he defeated me again, but the next time he
won't win. I have been doing some more tweaking on my OSsxwc. In
"DragRace.mpg 1 2",
Scott's heli was on the far side of the field.
More Pics: DaveHarleyDrag.jpg 1 2 3, ScottXcell.jpg 2 3 4 5,
Upsidedown.mpg
Trevor Zaharichuk of Calgary, Alberta with his Kalt Baron 30. Unfortunately he had a
tail rotor control wire failuire on his Xcell 60 early in the weekend and hit the ground.
More Pics: TrevorBaron2.jpg,
TrevorBaron3.jpg, TrevorXcellCrash.jpg
