Daily Archives: 10/14/2012

Watch Out! Mark attempts to fly his Nutball once again…

Carmen suggested that we try to go out and fly my Nutball, since she hadn’t seen it in the air before. Our local park seemed too small, and Cesar Chavez turned out to be windy, so we did a quick websearch and discovered that the Lime Ridge open area in Concord was popular with fliers, especially on Sunday. So, we headed over there and gave it a whirl. It is indeed a pretty nice area, and there were a couple of other fliers giving it a try (and doing a much better job of it). My own attempt at taking the Nutball up resulted in a couple more snapped props. Sigh. But I did have my little camera in the back, and Carmen shot some video of my launch, so at least you all can laugh at it. Here it goes: