Because dramatic music makes everything better, a rather pedestrian landing seems quite the adventure:



I forced the tail down a bit quickly, as I wanted to be sure to make the first turn off, hence the bit of squirrel action there.

This flight was actually pretty short, as my fix to the leaky valve cover gasket needs a repair - on take off roll I could actually taste oil. I made my way down to one of the last remaining VW parts places anywhere and picked up some new ones, which I'll put on tomorrow.

I resolved my radio power problem - I had put in this cigarette lighter/USB power combo unit to plug the radio into, and it was a noisy mess. Turns out that el cheapo units like that have a rotten switch between the 12v lighter plug and the 5v USB ones. I just bought an even cheaper plug unit that is just the lighter hole and it solved the issue.

I still have a nasty little sneak circuit somewhere that is draining my battery that needs to be tracked down. It's frustrating in that I have so little hooked to the battery in the first place, and it goes through two switches (with everything but the radio going through one). The good news is that since there are so few things it shouldn't be that hard to figure out.