Adrian

NCFM Halfpipe!   http://www.northcountyflyingmachines.com/halfpipe.htm  Edited By Adrian Aylward on 26/11/2009 21:27:26

You could use a V-Tail mixer instead of a reversing Y lead. If you connect the mixer to the GEAR and THRO channels you can the mix a percentage of aileron to throttle to get reduced aileron on the flap servos. As you noted, you can also program crow braking.   N.B. you need to be careful which v-tail mixer you get; not all work with Spektrum as the timing is different from most receivers.    Edited By Adrian Aylward on 19/11/2009 22:05:05

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If you are comfortable with flying your Super Cub, I would suggest it is time for you to develop some aileron experience. As you say, a high wing model would be a sensible place to start. There are many possible choices, and it depends a bit where you intend to fly, i.e. how much space you have available and whether you have nice smooth short grass or tarmac for take offs.   You could check out the Multiplex Twinstar II. It is robust, easy to repair, and easy to fly, and yet even experienced flyers still have fun with it. The brushed motors can be upgraded to brushless when you are ready for more performance. There are lots of web pages about it. It could be a good entry point into more aerobatic flying.   It you are more interested in a soaring style of flying then the Multiplex Easy Glider could be good too. You will need a bit of space to land it as it likes to float for a long way before touching down. It is easy to fly, you can stay up for half an hour at a time, and it teaches you a lot about air.   The above suggestions assume you are flying independently. In a club environment a conventional trainer would make more sense. e.g, a Mentor. That would get you started on the way to an 'A Certificate'. For that you need wheels.     Edited By Adrian Aylward on 30/08/2009 22:34:58 Edited By Adrian Aylward on 30/08/2009 22:35:24

When soldering connectors to the battery, we strip just ONE wire, solder it and then insulate it, BEFORE we strip the other. Otherwise a small slip may result in a short circuit.  

Does anyone know whether park fliers and electric gliders are typically tolerated in the New Forest?   Thanks.

It;s going to be a while before I install it, as the model has not arrived yet.   Adrian  

I got an AR6250 from Brentford RC on Ebay last week. I'm now coding a PIC microcontroller to mix a 4-servo wing from 3 channels (crow,camber, aileron).

I went to the outdoor shop and bought lots of warm clothes. New fleece, windproof layer, hat, fingerless gloves. Particularly succesful were the lined trousers. The other day I was standing at the top of the slope for 2 hours with a northeasterly blowing in my face. All part of the day's fun.

Halfpipe from North County Flying machines! It is easily the best fun I have ever had in EPP. However it likes to fly fast and doen't like to slow down much when landing so it will likely receive quite a battering while you are learning. If you are in California why don't you ask in the slope forum at rcgroups? They are more US oriented there and you will very likely make contact with some friendly local flyers.  http://www.rcgroups.com/slope-97/ http://www.northcountyflyingmachines.com/halfpipe.htm In California they don't all fly at 200 mph they fly at 371 mph!

This video might help? http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=761996

We had nice some wind over the weekend here in Hampshire. I flew my Halfpipe stacked up with 3 red kites for company. They seem to be more sociable now the breeding season is over. We had a bit of fun retrieving someone's glider from a tree. A windsurfer mast a collection of tent poles and some fibreglass reinforced tape got it down.

You can park at the top of the Gospel Pass and then walk along, so it is not much of a hike at all unless you want it to be. The model is a Mini Graphite E from hyperflight. The satellite view shows the car park in the bottom centre and the spot where the photo was taken is on the crest of the ridge in the upper right. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=52.011197,-3.114914&spn=0.005699,0.008508&z=17

It's really bad design having a stress riser like that. I saw a Boomerang meet its demise in a similar way the other week. Father and daughter were buddy boxing. Daughter was having fun looping; she wan't too interested in level flight. The airplane was heading for the ground so father took control and pulled the stick back. The wing snapped just at the end of the wing joiner.  Sorry, but Boomerangs are not built for aerobatics.

Hotliners are great fun and they also ride the wind better than most other power models. Just be careful to keep below cloud base. BTW, I can't see your video.