Weather's getting a bit better, how much flying you getting in?

[David Ashby - Moderator]

I thought that, seeing as most of the country is getting a tad warmer, it might be an idea to start a new flying update thread.......

 

Popped down the patch this morning and very Spring-like it was. The mud has dried so we can get our cars in the field and the wind was below 10mph

 

I was down to two clothing layers too!

 

Anyone else get out?

[Phil 9]

I had a great fly this morning. Recently moved house and temporarily without a car I bought a mini ultra stick. I have only flown 40 size ic trainers before this but it needed something small I can carry to a nearby field

Its very small and flity compared to mu previous models and the first flight resulted in a broken prop and some wing tip damage got that fixed and went out again today

not to much wind this morning but even the little wind there was still effected this small model. I tried programming in flaperons but there not great and this model does not need them so I dont think I will bother with flaperons again.

the small model getting thrown by the wing requires more control than I’m used to but I felt my skill level had risen a notch by the time I finished. I even tried a few spins for the first time they where fun and found I only needed to centre the sticks to recover.

I pulled of some very sweet loops and rolls (in between a few hundred scruffy ones) and left very satisfied. still a lot of improvement required to fly this model smoothly but I feel I am getting there

 

 

[Romeo Whisky]

Spring has been put back for a few days here in south west Scotland. Cold and wet here, and snow a bit further north and east. Some useful workshop time this morning though.

[Tom Wright 2]

My better half is in the garden ,it must be getting warmer,mind you look in the top LH corner she has got a thermal generator going ,how considerate, .

 

[r6dan]

Posted by tom wright 2 on 12/03/2011 14:18:25:

My better half is in the garden ,it must be getting warmer,mind you look in the top LH corner she has got a thermal generator going ,how considerate, .

 

WOAH!!! I would love to live there!

[Pete B]

Some really nice weather earlier in the week and up to 18c with clear blue sky - maxed out with the Easyglider when she hooked a boomer - had to bale out when she was just a speck - but today, it's blowing a hooley, the windsock's on the far side of the field and I'm staying in the warm!

 

Rain forecast for the next few days, too...........

 

Pete

[Steve W-O]

Posted by tom wright 2 on 12/03/2011 14:18:25:

My better half is in the garden ,it must be getting warmer,mind you look in the top LH corner she has got a thermal generator going ,how considerate, .

 

 

 

Lovely garden.

 

(There's a piece of gravel out of place on the bottom left of the photo )

[Tom Wright 2]

Yea alright r6 but you will have to mow the lawns and build me lots of big scale models Now Davids mentioned the weather it does not look bad at all might ring the lads and get to the field , havent flown the tripe for a while ,so see you later.

Edited By tom wright 2 on 12/03/2011 14:37:2

 

 

Oh sorry Steve i will mention it to my better half  .

Edited By tom wright 2 on 12/03/2011 14:41:04

[Eck]

We've got sleet, snow and gusty winds.....a BUILDING day!

[Lima Hotel Foxtrot]

Harumph.

 

Nobody else was at the patch during the good days this week, and this morning my car was blocked in, so no go.

 

Mutter, moan, grumble.

[flytilbroke]

Who's daft idea was the name of this thread? Oops, sorry David. Jump into your cars guys, the Skiing will be excellent.

[Hogster]

It started out a lovely afternoon, a beautiful spring day but it soon deteriated. But not so bad to stop flying. Spent most of my session tearing round the sky at full throttle practicing my loops. The fuel certainley burns faster when you push your thumb forward! 1st time since passing my test I went dead stick because of running out of fuel!

[Tom Wright 2]

Got back at 6 .15 pm ,good session six turned up ,thanks David for the prompt,first time this year came back not feeling cold .Today i checked the travelling time to the field,it worked out at 4.5 min , we all live within 10 mins ,so a lot of flying goes on.my better half Joanne was still in the garden and commented "you could have waited until i got it tided up before posting a photo" ..

 

TW2.

[Bob Cotsford]

First flight of the year was maidening a second-hand Flair Heron on thursday, half an hour and my fingers were complaining and the wind had given me earache.

Friday, put the Heron in the car again (we knock off early on a Friday) but it was flat calm when I came out of work. No problem, pop home and swap the Heron for Peter's American Nightmare twin and a Wot4 FoamE, quick cup of tea and off to the club field - beggar me it was blowing hard when I got there! Still a couple of flights, the American Nightmare to get the adrenalin going and the Wot4 to calm down again - does that tell you how 'exciting' the Nightmare is to fly?

 

[Tony Bennett]

been decorating for the last week.

so no flying or building for me.

[Phil 9]

GUTTED.

 

after a great fly yesterday I went out this morning for more of the same.

 

All was great if not a little cold but I was still having fun.

 

well the cold got the better of me so decided to land and pack up (after about 4 flights) I brought my mini ultra stick around in a big loop to land in front of me (Iwas facing into the wing). I lost hight and turned the model towards me then oh no. I had made a biiger than normal sweeping loop to line up the model but I was so fixated on it I had not seen I had drifted the wrong side of the tree line. power on try to gain hight but too late and hit the top of the trees. wings a fus broken but there is no way I can get it down so looks like I have also lost all the radio kit in it to.

 

just when you think you are gettin there

[Tim Mackey]

Oh dear - those magnetic trees again Phil!

Im sure with a bit of thinking /climbing /long pole /young lad etc you could retrieve it?

 

PS this is just the time you need to recall the fun and satisfaction you got from your earlier flights....DONT get disheartened this sort of thing happens to ALL of us at some time, and you just need to accept it as an inevitable part of this sport.

Edited By Tim Mackey - Administrator on 13/03/2011 11:35:22

[Phil 9]

Cheers Timbo

Dangers of flying at an unfamiliar location.

Not much chance of getting it back. It was in an isolated location that you can’t get to by road. the branches are too thin to climb. A very long pole would get it down but I don’t have one and even if I did I could not get it there.

Will have write it off and put it down to experience. Shame as I was getting to like that model and it is not easily replaced. I ordered it from the USA and the taxes and charges makes it to expensive really.

TWO questions what can I replace it with (needs to be no larger)

As I lost a spectrum Rx can I trust a orange Rx in my Wot trainer IC

[Lima Hotel Foxtrot]

Walk across with a chainsaw and cut the tree down. You'll get your model back and be doing a everyone a favour by preventing future incidents!

[Eck]

A similar thing happened to me two years ago, Phil. It was only a GWS FW 190, but it contained a Spektrum 6200 Rx that I couldn't afford to lose.

The model was eventually retrieved after eight days using a bait catapult to lob a car wheelnut over the model. The wheelnut was tied to heavy (30lb strain) fishing line, which was used to "scrape" the model free from the branches. The model was damaged in the retrieval, and after eight days the LiPo was dead, but the model is still flying.

Don't give up!

[IanN]

Posted by Phil B on 13/03/2011 10:43:55:

GUTTED.

 

after a great fly yesterday I went out this morning for more of the same.

 

All was great if not a little cold but I was still having fun.

 

well the cold got the better of me so decided to land and pack up (after about 4 flights) I brought my mini ultra stick around in a big loop to land in front of me (Iwas facing into the wing). I lost hight and turned the model towards me then oh no. I had made a biiger than normal sweeping loop to line up the model but I was so fixated on it I had not seen I had drifted the wrong side of the tree line. power on try to gain hight but too late and hit the top of the trees. wings a fus broken but there is no way I can get it down so looks like I have also lost all the radio kit in it to.

 

just when you think you are gettin there

Phil, have you tried yellow pages for a tree surgeon? A couple of our members did that a while back when they had a similar unfortunate encounter and were very pleasantly surprised how reasonable the fee was to recover the models

[Kevin Fairgrieve]

Just got back from the field. Only two flights with the trusty old Magician.

 

Big black clouds to the front, and the wind across the strip were hardly ideal.

Still it was the first time I have flown this year.

Looking forward to a good summer.

 

[Tim Hooper]

Well, we woke up to rain and a blustery breeze this morning, but as time wore it it stopped raining and the gusts lessened.

 

So it made sense to load up the car and go flying!

 

Netty had two flights with her trainer (loops and rolls, etc), whereas I campaigned the Minibat, Bandit and a certain Airspeed Courier.....

 

tim

[Phil 9]

Tim you said about the WACO and it not been flown for a while.

 

I see the plans are available and it is a very good looking model.

why does it not see air time is it not a great flyer ( ie needs a windless day) or do you just have to many projects

 

if it going to rot you could always sell it to me

Edited By Phil B on 13/03/2011 16:17:11

[Phil Claridge]

phil, ask around if any one has a carp pole. these are carbon fibre and some of them are very long. they are light enough to carry anywhere. you can usually get the tip under the motor and push up to lift the model clear, if your lucky the model stays hanging on the tip, keep the pole pointing straight up and collapse the pole from the bottom to bring the model down. i have a 7 metre telephone pole measuring pole that does the same job(watch out for power lines)