Learner

Not quite over my house but Henley Regatta flypast

And you wonder why the kids don't join clubs!!

18 is an olden if your 13 apparently!

There plenty of kids on you tube/social media and at shows flying 3d planes/helicopters. You don't see them at a lot of clubs because its not cool to mix with the oldens and the oldens complain about their flying. Perhaps instead of amalgamating clubs we should have under 25's only flying at weekends and that gives the retired oldens plenty of time to talk about flying (And moaning that their not allowed to fly at weekends) in the week.😉

That colour scheme will keep your brain sharp!

Cracking day at field today. Bit warm but 10 to 15 mph was too good to miss after the mostly stong winds we've had recently. On my own so managed 17 flights, 8 x flying some C manoeuvres, 6 x heli aerobatics (should really take my heli A) and 3 x 3d flights. Heli and 3d plane need a bit of maintenance before next trip so must be pushing hard enough😉 Back to high 20's mph and over 30's temps. So no flying but maybe a trip to the coast.

Wish I'd kept my foamie Wot 4, it used to cope well with the wind. Never tried 40 mph, but high twenties was fine.

Elastic band works for me. Put it around battery and leads when charged the morning before flying. Take it off when used. Also good for the village as I pick up the bands discarded by the postman!

12 to 23mph forecast today, similar to when I flew on Monday, and the Friday before. I had 8 pleasurable flights then,so gave it ago today. Wind direction slightly different and gusting over 25 mph, made it very turbulent and hard to fly anything accurately. Used the 6 batteries I had charged but fighting all the time, so not particularly pleasant. Only me daft enough again, starting to think I'm the only member! Needed thick fleece to fly, but T shirt and air con turned on driving home, very strange.

If your on about the Dave Shulman crash, I've read he wasn't flying on Spektrum he was using a pcm10x pre 2.4. I'm sure Konrad will give us all the details.

What's dsm2 lockout? Is it something new I could do with something new to blame for my crashes.

Yep reasonable amount of traders. Flighline active all day. Somehow got in for a concession even though I told the girl I wasn't quite there. Tempted to go again tomorrow as it's in with today's entry. Smaller than the old shows, but enjoy it while you can as they want to build 3000 houses on it!

Any body know what's happened to Toto? Hopefully all is well and he's too busy flying to post.

 The flight takes place within the bounds of a model aircraft flying site, declared by a model aircraft club in their Article 16 Authorisation. A lot of clubs with smallish sites fly outside of their official site boundaries. How does this stand under article 16 at the moment? And could this be an issue in the future?

I expect a lot more than the 10% will moan about the outcome!

Ticket allows entry to both days I believe.

Forecast 8 to 16 mph yesterday. No-one else turned up so took full advantage, and 16 x 7 minute flights later was on my way home. Iearnt my new extra needs a wee bit more right thrust and my love/hate relationship with my Olympus is currently love! Well pleased with the days progress.

I think the ability of what 3 words, to direct an ambulance to a possibly hidden gate, down a track, like at many of our flying fields could be a life saver. AML and echo as far as I know, will only do that if you phone from that gate?

Ordered 6 x 6s 3000 40c lipos for under £20 each (absolute bargain) along with a couple of other bits from UK warehouse. Got free delivery and although a delay was mentioned, received 2 days later.

Every time I buy a new plane my bird goes wild!

As you say best to wait for tech to have a look. Only you know what you think happened on the day I still have no idea.

Nice, What battery size? I had a kit built one running on 5s3000. it was an animal but the weight didn't do it any favours!

I use one at the field to make sure whether the battery is charged or has been used, if I inadvertently mix them up. I agree there not accurate, Ive not had any read the same but they do the job. What difference does it make if I use individual percentages or voltages? I own 6 chargers of differing makes and costs and none of them read the same either, the latest to 3 decimal places!

I thought that was when failsafe should cut in, if the receiver stops getting a signal from transmitter.