Romeo Whisky
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Battle of Britain: Model Squadron
Romeo Whisky replied to Glenn Philbrick's topic in All Things Model Flying
To me it was a bit like a typical club Scale Day with knobs on! And actually I really enjoyed it for that. I was slightly taken aback that they couldn't have found a club site with a nice manicured grass strip (assuming they exist), but I suppose the bomb-dropping, smoke and other factors made it necessary to use MoD land. But the big big positives as I see it, are that model flying was clearly portrayed as great fun, and for all age groups, and that it also a wonderfully social hobby with lots of friendly banter and mutual help, support and respect. That reflects exactly what our local club is like, so a near-perfect advert for model flying. The historical aspects were almost a bonus and an excuse for having great fun trying to fly scale-like and emulate the brave pilots of yesteryear. I am only sorry that some colleagues posting above could only see negatives. -
I raised the issue that the proposed FINS app was effectively making it a legal requirement to own a smartphone (which I don't, and don't want, and bet others of our fraternity don't either). This would surely be a legal "bridge too far". I know of no other legislation which makes ownership of a smartphone a legal requirement. Totally unacceptable.
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Our Club has a lovely new flying field which is flat and well drained, but it is very rough grass, having been grazed by sheep for a long time. It is rough enough to rip undercarriages off on landing, and break the props and bend motor shafts on belly landers. At this stage in the season we don't want to lose it altogether, for ploughing, rolling and reseeding, and we are mowing it regularly. We have also had it rolled, but although that has helped to flatten the lumps it has done nothing for the hollows and missing divots which can still stop a model dead on a landing run. So what do we do? We've thought of sharp sand but the thought of sand getting into motors and engines is not appealing. If we did do that, how long before it would bed into the soil? I'm wondering what a golf-course groundsman would do to make a smooth fairway or putting green of it in relatively short order (if that's possible)? All practical ideas welcome.
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Interesting programme on PBS America TODAY (8th May) at 5.15pm on "The Search for the super battery". The presentation is very "American" in style but don't be put off by that - the content is good. And if you've never seen what happens when you damage or overcharge a LiPo, here's your chance!
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There's a new TV Channel available called PBS America (Freeview 94, Sky 160, Virgin 276, Freesat 155). Some really interesting Aviation series. One called "The Aviators" and another called "Air Warriors". Seems to be a mix of US and Canadian material (as the name implies), but interesting just the same.
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WMWF Ullswater March 2018
Romeo Whisky replied to Mike Bell's topic in Shows, Club Events and Competitions
Here are some more pix from yesterday -
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Cataract surgery and model flying.
Romeo Whisky replied to Scott Edwards 2's topic in PSSA General Chat
Cataract surgery is a modern miracle with one of the highest success rate of any operation. I could easily read the bottom line on the eye test chart the very next morning! What will probably also amaze you is how vivid colours are immediately after the op. Suggest you go for long vision lenses, and just use cheap ready-readers for close work after the op. -
Really depends what it is you're doing, and where you want to do it. Cheap car-wash sponges on a table are great for resting a model on while you're working on it. Sometimes I use an ironing board. But if you want to test-run the motor for, say a watt-meter test or range test you could knock up a restrainer for a cheap work-mate type stand like this which I use for all my models, foam and built-up. This is for home of course. Not ideal for field work unless you've got a big van! Edited By Romeo Whisky on 04/10/2017 12:09:56 Edited By Romeo Whisky on 04/10/2017 12:10:31
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what is the difference between a heavy landing and a crash
Romeo Whisky replied to Phil 9's topic in Chit-chat
A heavy landing is when you can take the model home from the field in the same number of pieces it arrived in. A crash is when the model reverts to kit form on landing. -
Here in SW Scotland, this is the third or fourth flying season where strong (and often gusty) winds have seriously impacted on flying opportunities. This year it is virtually 1 day flying followed by 10-14 unflyable, which is getting very frustrating! (Please don't suggest slope flying as most scottish roads run through the glens - not up the mountains and I'm not up to mountaineering!) I fly Spektrum, so I'm really asking my colleagues out there for their experiences of flight stabilisers (ASX636, EagleTree, Orange etc). The main branded ones aren't cheap, but most claim to facilitiate flying in windy conditions. Of course it's really the landings that are scariest part of flying in gusty winds, so are flight stabiliser gyros the answer? What is the real world experience of these gizmos?
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