Everything was perfect.
The weather was beautiful with blue skies and a light breeze.
Beau was tied to the wind sock and I was ready to go. No cam and only the Garmin to distract me. The wing came up quick, I didn't feel the momentary, "push me pull you", when the wing is fully in the prop wash. I checked the mirror and there it was fully overhead and looking good. I was at full power and decided to go for it. Next thing I see in the mirror that the wing is going frontal and before I could pull some brake the lines were in the prop and it was all over.
I was lazy, I should have pulled enough brake to feel the wing as soon as it passed through the prop wash. The A Assists were tight but not any tighter than the last few launches. They might have contributed to the frontal though. Whatever ... The cage is bent in 3 places and I have several lines to replace. It's a good thing I've scheduled Wednesday afternoon to do welding with Mike Bennett. We are going to replace the nose wheel and now we will repair the cage as well.
Just as I was finished packing up, Marek showed up with Robert. We motored over to the South West end of the field and Marek set up to do some foot drags in the swoop pond. On his first attempt he got in a little too deep and submarine d. Luckily there was no damage to man or machine. At least nothing a little time in the sun couldn't cure.
Not a good morning for flying but it was nice to see the guys.
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