Alan Gorham_ Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Thanks both, good to be prepared! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Phil is right on the S slope, but there could be another issue relating to that which is being looked into I'll have my big caddy with me, so if anyone wants to borrow that for moving models / trannies / chairs / lunchboxes around the slopes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Gorham_ Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Has it got a passenger seat fitted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Yes, but caddy rides are £2 a trip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil May Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Book me in for a round trip Andy 😁😁Edited By Phil May on 19/06/2018 15:08:33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Gorham_ Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Sounds a bargain. I'll bring plenty of £2 coins along! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Barlow Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Can I backie with Phil? £1 each! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Barlow Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Posted by Andy Meade on 19/06/2018 08:59:27: As long as it ends in a broken airframe, yes. Was your Skyraider from YT by any chance? Seagull. Heavy and draggy but fun to fly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Ah ok, cheers. Just gotten hold of a YT Skyraider glass fus and cowl at Weston for peanuts, just wondering if I could have taken measurements from yours for a few things. Ah well - to the CAD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Phillips Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Thanks for the info Phil, I booked in at Bryn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 Long Mynd SA PSS Event Cancelled LMSA member Jez Billington has been in touch to reluctantly announce that this weekends planned PSS Event at the Mynd - 23rd/24th June - is to be cancelled due to the High Pressure dominated forecast - low wind speeds from an unsuitable direction. Please do not travel to the Mynd this weekend. Jez has explained that they will look to run an 'ad-hoc' meet on a free weekend when the forecast is better suited, so keep your eyes peeled for further (potentially short) notice of that over the summer months. Edited By Phil Cooke on 22/06/2018 08:30:55 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 A shame, but better to cancel with that forecast. Looking forward to the ad-hoc date when we get one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted June 24, 2018 Author Share Posted June 24, 2018 The write up and photos from the recent Bwlch SWSA PSS event in May is now available to view on the PSSA site **LINK** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil May Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 So with the forcasted NE-ish wind ( according to the BBC )for this weekend's PSS meet, are we looking good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Gorham_ Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 It's more easterly on Saturday, turning Southerly Sunday according to XCweather! Other forecasts are available... **LINK** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 Its not ideal, no. Direction is one thing, the High Pressure dominance is another - meaning winds are likely to be light too...regardless of direction. The Lleyn offers slopes for every wind direction, mostly coastal, but the NE slope ISNT coastal, and its not ideal for our sport TBH, with limited access and rocky landing zone from memory. Lets hope it doesn't prove to be that direction!! True East is fine from a coastal slope accessed easily through Cim Farm. Neither of these are the Westerly dominated directions we would always hope for when visiting the Lleyn... fingers crossed on the run up for some change, but again with the HP system sat right over the UK, this isn't moving far, fast. Good for sunbathers. Pants for slope flyers. All that said the event is still on of course. We will be there in readiness... quiet electric models and light slopers of course should be packed for contingency - we'll still have our fun in the usual manner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Houghton 1 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 I may just come up anyway and make the most of the fabulous beaches and scenery if flying isn't an option, but I will keep a beady eye on the forecast, it's just a case of which forecast do we believe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Same, we're there from tomorrow morning - not packing the big stuff though, and ready for a nice break Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Garsden Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 My reading of the forecast is North Easterly to Northerly on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. There seems to be a slope way out West past Aberdaron (Mynyd Mawr) which is Northerly but will probably work North Easterly as well because it is in a bowl, then there is Mynydd Rhiw which is North of Aberdaron - never been there - and for North Easterlies quite a long way North there is the Quarry slope overlooking Trefor, which is awesome for a North Easterly but very high - I have flown there and it is very impressive? So all is not lost methinks? See the chart on **LINK** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Garsden Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 If there is anyone wavering, I have just looked at the Forecast again, and it is an improving picture with 13mph NE on Saturday then 17mph on Sunday, also NE, so much better than earlier in the week and Sun etc, so "Come on down". The only downside is that it looks less likely to be a day getting smashed in some posh hostelry in Abersoch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted June 28, 2018 Author Share Posted June 28, 2018 Fingers crossed for us all that the NE winds become ENE then E and we can fly from Cim Farm - which is far easier accessed and has a landing zone suitable for PSS models...the Yr Eifl slope, overlooking Trefor - is a good lifting slope I agree, but accessing it is very difficult by car, I would say impossible by van, and the landing zone is very rough and rocky - I really wouldn't want to take us all up there as a group - for me its only suited to sports flying and foamies... So fingers crossed for Easterlies... I have spoken to the Lleyn MAC club chairman tonight and he has contacted the manager at the Cim Farm site on our behalf - so they know we are coming, they have also confirmed that all gates will be kept unlocked for us so we can fly all day if the conditions allow. One other thing, if there is NO WIND or we can't access a suitable slope for the wind direction then the club have very kindly offered us access to their flat field site at the old Penrhos Airfield where we can fly electric models all day too. Many thanks to Malcolm and the Lleyn MAC committee for this invitation should we be required to accept it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Gorham_ Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 That is a kind offer by the Lleyn MAC. I hope we don't need it but I'll pack a couple of power models to keep myself entertained if need be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted July 2, 2018 Author Share Posted July 2, 2018 A group photo from yesterdays excellent session upon the NW face overlooking Hells Mouth Bay on the Lleyn Peninsula. Many thanks to all who travelled despite the unpredictable wind forecast - and to the committee members from the Lleyn MAC club for all your assistance in advance! Very relieved to get some good PSS flying in yesterday following the high pressure conditions we sat through on Saturday when there was no proper slope soaring until 5pm! As always we made the most of our weekend on the slope with electric and sports models when the winds were too light. Great social as always(!) all set in stunning, warm sunny conditions. And some superb new models on show, more photos to follow... Edited By Phil Cooke on 02/07/2018 09:12:32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 I wish I could of made it, I'm looking forward to the pictures Phil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Garsden Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 We did miss you Mark. Still you can read my LMMGA website entry by clicking the link **LINK** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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