Fly_Boy_Rez Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Well... What a great turnout! There had to be 40+ models on the south facing slope, despite the long slog from the Tank Track car park. The big theme for the day was a Battle of Britain 'Tribute to the Few' with a poignant flypast of several Spitfires & a single Bf-109 during an alloted BoB slot in the flying. Photos of the amazing display of models will follow soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Yup...great turn out - especially considering the slope was bit of a hike from the cars.I think most things managed to fly at some point during the very changeablee day - lift varied a lot, suddenly dropping off to almost nil, then late afternoon we enjoyed very strong wind and great lift right up to the end at around 6.30 PM or so.Looking forward to some pictures from the camera sharpshooters amongst us - meanwhile here is a few from my box brownie. All pictures will display correctly if clicked. Hopefully the weather will play ball again tomorrow for more funThe story of Marty's Mustang is in another thread - "rubber band man" Phil Cooke's lovely refurbished T33 Keiths original T33 shooting star "Thunderbirds" scheme. Local lad Steve Howarth with his superb U2 Relax and enjoy - not everything was strictly PSS Matt Jones luvvverly F18, + mossy, and lander panther etc ( well done Matt ) And his superb Vulcan which rounded off the days flying in great style. Rez Manzoori's passengers had a little bit of a bumpy arrival at Llandudno international airport. Edited By Tim Mackey - Administrator on 02/10/2010 21:34:43 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iawnski Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 lovely photos mate glad the weather held up .fingers x for 2 morrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gilder Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 A few pics from me!!! That wind really was strange! All or Nothing!!!! Typical... Still.. A good day!! Hope you enjoyed my pics!! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tim Mackey Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Hi Dave, enjoyed the pictures but enjoyed the muffins better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_Boy_Rez Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 Morning all. Sadly the weather and wind on the Orme are particularly rubbish so sadly we've had to pull the plug on the PSS event. Really great to meet you all and I'm looking forward to the next event! Cheers! Rez (& Phil) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Yup, 'tis not even fit for the golfers !May clear up after lunch, but even then wind is forecast as light, so probably best to stay in and do all those repair jobs from yesterdays exploits ! See you next year guys.... Edited By Tim Mackey - Administrator on 03/10/2010 11:00:14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHN BOWMAN Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Thoroughly enjoyed the day and the good company. I must build one of those Hawks for next year!!!! Just a very few pictures from me including a very rare one of myself & sole ME109 on the day. Thanks Tim. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iawnski Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 some great shots there guys ,pity about the weather today look forward to next years then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_Boy_Rez Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 Hi All, A quick update on my A380's 'bumpy arrival at Llandudno international airport.' The model has been checked out and the problem was the battery had simply run out of juice... which would go some way to explain the very sluggish handling at the end of the flight and why it simply wasn't responding to the controls. A couple of lessons learnt I'd like to share with you all to hopefully avoid anyone else experiencing this issue: 1. Buy a big receiver battery... they're relatively cheap, a large capacity battery can't hurt!2. Cycle your batteries a couple of times after extended periods of storage. Clearly my single cycling of the battery was insufficient. In-flight videos to follow shortly... votes please... leave the impact in or not? Rez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 looking forward to your edits of the inflight vids Rez - are you going to do a Hawk vid and an A380 vid or is it going to be a single product?? Hawk air to air tailchase shots are bound to impress the boys on here Im sure!!! I say leave the 'landing' in - In a few weeks time you'll be grinning about this I promise!! And good lessons learnt BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_Boy_Rez Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 Hawk video in final render now and A380 video to follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Yup, I vote to leave the arrival in. Look forward to the vids Rez.Incidentally, I pretty much abandoned NiCd cells as soon as the PC brigade outlawed 'em in favour of those lousy NiMh - even worse performance in the cold than NiCds. Almost every one of my models now uses lipo radio power.A two cell 1800 m/a pack will fly most slopers for hours and hours - fed via a simple and cheap regulator. They are always "ready" to go, hold voltage very well under load, and can be fast charged if required.I know there are alternatives of course - but I just find the whole charging and maintenance procedure so much simpler than nickel based stuff. No black wire disease either I also have a few models now utilizing the smaller 1100m/a LiFeA123 cells as radio supply - these are hard case cells ( ideal for "arrivals" on the Orme ) and with most servos they do not require a regulator.Sorry off topic. Edited By Tim Mackey - Administrator on 03/10/2010 18:18:19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gilder Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Well after a journey to a windless and rainy LLandudno on today, we spent some time on the pier and in the arcades and won lots of prizes!! Anyway, thought I'd have a go at "photoshopping" a few of the pics from Saturday!! Here are the results!!.. Only the 2 but I think they were the best pics I got!! See you all next year with hopefully another addition to the Hawk Sqn!! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_Boy_Rez Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 The Hawk video is complete bar the audioswap which is taking a bit longer to process than expected. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Where is it Rez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fly_Boy_Rez Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 There ya go... seems the You tube Embed code is broken On Mozilla Firefox! Had to open up IE to get this to work.... perhaps something for the web editors to look into Tim? Cheers! RezEdited By Tim Mackey - Administrator on 03/10/2010 22:40:00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Seems OK for my FF - cheers anyway Rez. Edited By Tim Mackey - Administrator on 03/10/2010 22:42:55 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 nice shot of the 3 Spitfires Simon!!! not much we could do about the weather today - at least we all had a good days flying on the Saturday! We stood around in the light Northerly wind and the rain for about 30 minutes after you left the car park before we came to our senses and left for home. roll on the next one!! See you all there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gilder Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Your welcome Phil.... And its Dave!!! Not Simon!!!! See you all next year!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 sorry Dave, wasnt concentrating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_Boy_Rez Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 Well, what can I tell ya Tim, tried it on two machines, running Vista & Win7 and in both cases with Firefox the code embed failed... Just reporting it as it is. Rez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Ah well Im still on good ol' XP pro mate Nice air to air shots in there Rez.... these little cams are great huh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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