Some flying pics from this Saturday

buzzlatka · Post by **buzzlatka** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:22 am

Went out to a few strips on Saturday with Rob (yellow 170) and a friend in a Rans s-7s. The first strip was a guy's 1000ft grass front lawn. He also has a 180. The second strip is 1600ft uphill cut into a mountain above Napa Valley.
Rob took most of the pics

bigrenna · Post by **bigrenna** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 2:24 am

delete

buzzlatka · Post by **buzzlatka** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 7:31 pm

less leaks.

dunlaps3 · Post by **dunlaps3** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:51 am

I too was flying this last weekend. The frozen lakes here in central Minnesota have only 1 inch of snow on them. This means that there is 10,000 runways to choose from.
Just watch out for the drilled fishing holes !

Andrew

Post by **GAHorn** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 3:31 pm

Aryana wrote:The utilitarian look with those big tires completely changes the 170...I like it!

I think it's been photoshopped. (To make it appear there's a reason for green being so slow.)

rhymes · Post by **rhymes** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 4:03 pm

Great photos, Buzz and Rob!
Wish I'd made the trip over the Sierras to join you, now.
I took Kathy for a birthday flight and visit with friends in Auburn instead. A beautiful day for flyin'!
B.R.

Post by **Bruce Fenstermacher** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 5:02 pm

Aryana wrote:The utilitarian look with those big tires completely changes the 170...I like it!

I love it.

Specially like the N# graphics though they are a bit to bit for my taste. Guess the change in primer color was to blend in a bit more. Kind of a mix of Woodland/Desert/Urban design with such big patterns the machine looks like a Cessna 170 in almost every environment, but we're not really sure. One thing is obvious the heavy use of green was intended to foul the tracker into thinking the speed was faster than actual.

I wouldn't change a thing accept maybe reducing the registration number to the minimum 2" size and maybe using a contrasting green on green color.

dunlaps3 · Post by **dunlaps3** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 4:34 pm

I think you are over-analyzing my paint scheme

It is called " all-spare-flying-money-goes-for-fuel-and-nothing-left-for-paint primer Green "

Andrew

Post by **Bruce Fenstermacher** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:09 pm

dunlaps3 wrote:I think you are over-analyzing my paint scheme It is called " all-spare-flying-money-goes-for-fuel-and-nothing-left-for-paint primer Green " Andrew

No, I haven't over analyzed it at all.

W.J.Langholz · Post by **W.J.Langholz** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:37 pm

I happen to think it's

SWEET!!!!!!!!

wish it were mine!!!!!!!

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