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Okay, I know it has been a while since my last post.

About 2 weeks ago, I took my motor out for a test flight, and found the battery was too dead to start.   I didn’t mind flying because I could hang out and talk with Ryan his parents, and Marty.  Mori was off into the wild blue wonder.

I decided at that point I would be rigging up something to be able to fly, even with a dead battery.  Can you guess what I did?

I purchased one of the battery jump start boxes at harbor freight.  I then added a cigarette lighter outlet the the cage.  It was mounted at the side next to the gas.  (I will take pictures as they explain a lot more).  Then created a jumper cable from the battery box, to the connector on the frame of my ppg.

I tested this just last night, and even disconnected the battery.  It starts from the battery box, so even if there is a zero charge on the battery mounted to the frame, I can still get it to crank over.

I hope to go out flying soon, it’s the July 4th weekend a 4 day weekend so I am sure I’ll get a chance soon.

Right now the winds are forcasted for a little faster than I would have hoped.

3000	11 mph
6000	9 mph
9000	10 mph

4pm

Scattered T-Storms 78°F

79°F

40%

56°F

47%

From WNW 8 mph

5pm

Scattered T-Storms 78°F

79°F

40%

56°F

47%

From WNW 8 mph

6pm

Scattered T-Storms 77°F

78°F

40%

56°F

48%

From WNW 7 mph

7pm

Isolated T-Storms 76°F

78°F

30%

56°F

50%

From WNW 6 mph

8pm

Isolated T-Storms 74°F

74°F

30%

57°F

55%

From WNW 5 mph

Actually a morning flight might be better, if I can adjust my schedule this weekend.

Wednesday evening is looking very promising for Baublitz.   They just put in gas pumps that you can pay by credit card.

4pm

Mostly Sunny 86°F

84°F

0%

51°F

30%

From WSW 7 mph

5pm

Mostly Sunny 86°F

84°F

0%

52°F

31%

From SW 7 mph

6pm

Mostly Sunny 85°F

84°F

0%

53°F

33%

From SW 6 mph

7pm

Mostly Sunny 83°F

82°F

0%

54°F

37%

From SSW 6 mph

8pm

Mostly Sunny 80°F

80°F

0%

55°F

42%

From SSW 5 mph