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dave(at)davelaird.com
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:56 pm    Post subject: pumpkin drop Reply with quote
I've been invited to a "pumpkin drop" which is coming up right after
Halloween.

So.... since I have never dropped anything from my aircraft, I'm
wondering how to best approach this feat.
Of course, we would not be endangering persons or property, just
pumpkins....

Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated, I figure that someone
on this list MUST be the best flour bag/pumpkin dropper around...
Dave Laird
N63536 1983 CJ6A "Betty"
Dallas

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ByronMFox(at)aol.com
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 2:18 pm    Post subject: pumpkin drop Reply with quote
Dave, there are now no fewer than five experts on this subject -- all highly qualified pumpkin bombers from the recent Sanford, ME fly-in.

We employed 4.5 - 7 LB pumpkins with nice long stems for holding prior to drop. Anything bigger is too awkward in the cockpit. Obviously, they should be jettisoned from the aft cockpit so they don't bounce off the wing. Also, don't worry about the horizontal stabilizer being hit. The pumpkins will fall well clear without being thrown downward. From 250 agl and 100kts, the pumpkins will travel forward about 400 - 450 feet before striking the surface where they will explode nicely showering the area with pumpkin shrapnel.

Also note that the target will disappear under the nose on the approach. So, landmarks must be identified to the left or the right to establish a release point. No simple chore. It's a good idea to test fly it before the event as brother Steve did.

Remind the your backseat bombers not to reach outside the cockpit with a pumpkin in hand. At 100kts, a wrist could be injured. Just ease the pumpkin over the rail and drop it. In the end, this is 5% competition and 95% theater. Really fun! ...Blitz

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dave(at)davelaird.com
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:01 pm    Post subject: pumpkin drop Reply with quote
Wow!
Thanks, Blitz!
That helps a lot.
Maybe I will go practice this weekend.

Dave Laird
N63536 1983 CJ6A "Betty"
Dallas

On Oct 16, 2006, at 5:18 PM, ByronMFox(at)aol.com wrote:

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Dave, there are now no fewer than five experts on this subject --
all highly qualified pumpkin bombers from the recent Sanford, ME
fly-in.

We employed 4.5 - 7 LB pumpkins with nice long stems for holding
prior to drop. Anything bigger is too awkward in the cockpit.
Obviously, they should be jettisoned from the aft cockpit so they
don't bounce off the wing. Also, don't worry about the horizontal
stabilizer being hit. The pumpkins will fall well clear without
being thrown downward. From 250 agl and 100kts, the pumpkins will
travel forward about 400 - 450 feet before striking the surface
where they will explode nicely showering the area with pumpkin
shrapnel.

Also note that the target will disappear under the nose on the
approach. So, landmarks must be identified to the left or the right
to establish a release point. No simple chore. It's a good idea to
test fly it before the event as brother Steve did.

Remind the your backseat bombers not to reach outside the cockpit
with a pumpkin in hand. At 100kts, a wrist could be injured. Just
ease the pumpkin over the rail and drop it. In the end, this is 5%
competition and 95% theater. Really fun! ...Blitz

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ben(at)designselect.net
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:20 pm    Post subject: pumpkin drop Reply with quote
Art Vance attached pumpkins to the bomb racks of his P-51, gently launched
out of STS and dropped them in the pond at 0Q3. It was a seasonal follow-up
to his summer watermelon drop. I have to say, seeing his 357th mustang
equipped with pumpkin ordinance was one of the funniest aviations sights
I've seen.

Alas, Art Vance is Kaput.

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dstroud(at)storm.ca
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:33 pm    Post subject: pumpkin drop Reply with quote
I won a flour bomb contest at CYRP near Ottawa, Canada back
in the '80's. Only in a 172 though and the PIC was a large breasted
LAG who knew how to take instructions. We won the contest easily
and the prize was a sightseeing trip up the St.Lawrence river to Montreal
for a nightime flight over the city and return to Carp. We landed around
midnight and checked our message boxes to find we each had a note
from our soon to be EX's. EXtreme paperwork followed and we've never
been happier.

We found practice makes perfect though, be consistent in your drop technique,
approach speeds, keep an eye on the sock if there is one and if you can,
keep your eye on the job and off the pilot eh? Plenty of time for that later. Smile

David Stroud Ottawa, Canada
C-FDWS Christavia
Fairchild 51 early construction
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