[Spring is here again - who's been flying?]

Back after a holiday to find the weather hadn't improved greatly, still, there's always the hill and I had plenty of company yesterday. 

 

 

[Slow or intermittent access]

I’m just awaiting IT’s thoughts on the matter…

[I’ve had a stroke at age44 last week!]

All very best wishes Matty. 

 

I had a TIA aged 43 (I'm 60 now), I was fit and no obvious reasons for it. Thankfully no ill effects I'm aware of but TIA/stroke medical response and treatment have come a long way in the last 17 years, so you'll be far better looked after. 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Winter is here....who's been flying?]

Yes, today was a very welcome dry interval. There were 6 of us at the field. 

 

A club mate flew his E-flite Draco. I'd not seen one before, it's an impressive beast and flies well, but then so it should for the money (£600+ new, although he got his secondhand for £300).

 

A sun halo marked our departure. 

 

 

 

 

[Winter is here....who's been flying?]

Rain over the weekend and Monday fed the river at the bottom of our field, so my floats came out again earlier this week 🙂. 
 

 

[Good Service!]

Very good Leccy. 
 

I’ve been tempted by the batteries on Amazon, so I might try the Zeees if you’ve had good experience with them. 
 

Service wise, for my part, and like Ken, Leeds Model Shop again. Made two orders over the weekend and, without me asking, they combined the two and refunded a postage cost. 
 

 

 

[Dave Goodenough, new to the forum.]

Welcome from me too Dave, I enjoy your scribblings, good useful stuff 😉👍

[A swapmeet observation - residual value and pricing up to sell]

Similar observations at the bring-and-buy my club runs at the Southern Model Show, especially the last two or three years. 

 

Old, beaten up i.c.-powered airframes, perhaps a WOT of some sort we couldn't give away. These would have sold easily enough a few years back and been patched and flying soon after. 

 

Interestingly perhaps, we found that a 'well-flown' foamie, one with plenty of scars and repairs usually found a new home. So I wonder if it's an i.c.-electric thing with many newer flyers and beginners just not au fait with engines?  

 

 

 

 

[Winter is here....who's been flying?]

Another good sesh' on the hill yesterday and it wasn't too chilly either. Paul's own-design 4.7m wing was the star performer. 

Oh, and pilot Dave the Seagull too 🙂. 

 

 

 

 

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[Cmpro Discus]

I suggest you include some pictures Denis and post separately in the sales/wanted boards. 

[Help! What is this, and can I electrify it?!]

Hi Mark and welcome. Jpegs are the best pic type to attach, so you're best posting them below. 

[Winter is here....who's been flying?]

11 hours ago, Jolly Roger said:

That’s a decent turnout for midweek 😇

Yes I was surprised, not all oldies either. 

[Winter is here....who's been flying?]

Slope side today. Nice to get out although very cold. 

 

 

[Essential RC's videos]

Yes, very impressive Dom. It's frightening to see how quickly those milliamps get burnt off. 🙂

[Valenta ASW-17 fuselage **SOLD**]

Donated to my club to sell but the donor couldn't say where the wings and tail feathers had gone. 

 

Looks to be brand new albeit a little grubby. With rudder and canopy base (no glazing). The small diagrams included (and a little research) seem to point to a 3.5m span Valenta version of the ASW-17. 

 

Offers invited. I should be able to post this too. 

[Martin Simons 1930 - 2024]

If, like, me, you've more than a few books by Martin Simons on your shelf then you'll be sad to learn that he recently passed away at the age of 93. He was a highly respected writer specialising in gliders and aerodynamics. 

 

The RCSD have put up a fine tribute to him and you can read it here:

 

https://medium.com/rc-soaring-digest/martin-simons-8512478067b0

 

 

 

 

 

[Winter is here....who's been flying?]

6 hours ago, Jolly Roger said:

And would you believe I stumbled into a thermal with my sailplane? Enough to gain a 100m of height.  And I thought “winter thermals” were just sensible undergarments made by Damart.

 

Budumm tssss. 🤣

 

Reminds me how I was once admonished by an ex-RAF chap in our club when my glider wasn't doing much one winter day. He flew Meteors in the 1950s and told me in no uncertain terms that "there are thermals every day of the year!".

 

 

 

 

[Winter is here....who's been flying?]

Flew dad's old Electric Kitten yesterday. He flew it a lot and I was surprised how much fun it was on a still, crispy day. More agile than you'd expect for rudder/elevator and it's uber light, so catching a bit of warm rising air shouldn't be out of the question in due course too. 

 

 

[Winter is here....who's been flying?]

Sorry to see that Brian, looks like it was sudden, so it didn’t suffer at all 😉

[Winter is here....who's been flying?]

A crisp but calm morning enticed my mate Tony and I out. He's getting into CL, so flew his leccy model and I gave the aileron Sleeker its first flights. 

Sleeker was really nice (sorry Phil G 😉).

 

Tony was doing well until he tried a loop, but it should be easy to repair... 😁

 

 

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Ok I've had a reply from the tech' guy....

Speaking personally I can't see a the icon size is so terrible, looks like we'll just have to live with that anyway. 

 

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[Sleeker single-channel model from 1968]

I've just gone with an aileron wing too OZ e, and dropped the dihedral a bit in the process like you.