Tom Wright 2 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Warm sunny and blowing a gale! Grrrrr . TW2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bandit Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 None for the last week, been working on the Webbitt after work, just the wings to finish off now so tomorrow it's a session with the Cub and the Topic400, might even maiden the Taylorcraft. Forecast looks fairly good. Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 28c, shorts, sandals, sunhats, wall-to-wall blue sky down here today...........and we made the most of the weather Terry's Foam-E Wot 4 flew well but suffered an intermittent ESC problem so had to be grounded. Seems like a dry joint on the PCB. My Druine Akrobat flew well but a slightly off-piste landing resulted in a bramble runner neatly removing the u/c Fortunately little, if any, glue had been used in the assembly so a repair is straightforward. Equally fortunately Terry can take a mean piccie so here are a few: .....and about 1 second before the u/c parted company!; Couldn't resist getting the Cub out - looks great against a blue sky........: ......or a spring green landscape! After a pause for lunch (Terry brought some nice fruity French tarts with him which were delicious) it was out looking for some thermals with our Easygliders, Terry's Elektro Junior and my Nebula. Plenty of activity but it was patchy and very bumpy but we did mix it with three buzzards on one occasion. Lots of flying and a bit of colour into those winter-white legs! Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 Nice pics Pete/Terry. We're not far off your temp - 23 degrees down in Kent yesterday and it felt hotter today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytilbroke Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 The Scottish contingent of Waterplane fliers may just have struck it lucky. After a heck of a lot of rain ending last night, it has dried up. Even better the forecast for the weekend at Loch Earn looks to be fairly good. Saturday in particular looks about right, none of this excessive heat the Southrons have to put up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdy Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Normally when you have a holiday (lucky me!) the weather turns awful, but right now I can't think of any way for it to improve. Just had an hour of air time with my Raven. Yes, I'm in a very good mood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Wright 2 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 The wind dropped a bit ,not a lot,then we had a power cut at home so i rang a couple of the lads and we had a good hours flying before the light got bad,just flew the rainbow , and it handled the blow like a real trouper. TW2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tom Wright 2 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Eric ? TW2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Well, it just confirms someone was awake, Eric............. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Wright 2 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Pete.........Rainbow?........Eric .........tarts...cakes/.......? TW2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tom Wright 2 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Thanks for that Eric that clears up the confusion and my misinterpretation of your comments, its just that your post was directly after mine and way after Pete's with no tag to Pete.so apologies for my response. Cheers Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 Well folks don't tell me you haven't been enjoying this remarkable weather! Beautiful day at the patch...... A Super Chippy takes to the air The aerotow that went a bit wrong....... ...and a clubmates recent acquisition..... Edited By David Ashby - RCME Administrator on 10/04/2011 17:26:34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Yup, been down for a few hours - took four models flew 'em all twice each - all home safe and sound;. Summers here....for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytilbroke Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Just a few hours back from the first full weekend Splash-ins on the Scottish Waterplane calendar. What a weekend, we can hardly believe that we got two full days of fantastic weather especially since we have just come through some days of pretty heavy rain. What made it better, we only expected the Saturday to be near perfect. BUT TWO DAYS, phew, suntan all round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I can feel the aerotow pilot's pain, David - but that's a very nice Lizzie. Is it the RCME one? Hot and windy down at Terry's club field yesterday. A launch of an electrified CMPRO Ventus ended in spectacular fashion after about 0.5 seconds when the motor blew itself through the top of the fus, taking the canopy with it! Little damage to the airframe, fortunately. The ply bulkhead mount for the motor seems to have been fixed with epoxy and the torque broke the bond and split the top of the nose back to the cockpit. It has got me thinking as I was planning to do the same with my Discus. Perhaps polyester resin will make a better joint to the GRP fus? Anyway, back to the flying. A very nice Monsun and donkey-driven Spacewalker, both I/C, looked good in the air: I managed to strip an aileron servo when the Easyglider landed on the hard stuff but enjoyed hovering the little 40" Cub and performing near-vertical take-offs and landings The Rainbow shrugged off the conditions, too - it has a very wide speed range, particularly with flaperons set. The Sea Fury once again showed that 36" of EPS can look pretty good in the air, well-used though she is!: Big change in the weather today. Cloudy, drizzle, 16c. Refitted the Druine u/c and re-glued the motor mount (or rather, applied some glue which the manufacturers seem to have overlooked!) Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Wright 2 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Super photos Pete,I converted my discus to EP 2 years ago and used a 10mm thick former fixed with standard epoxy ,no problem. What a week end, hot sunny with wind less than 5 except for the thermal fill in ,flew both S2 Pitts ,the Spit, the big Decathlon, a Fun cub and the 3m ep glider.even the students got loads of air time with no prangs. TW2.Edited By tom wright 2 on 11/04/2011 01:11:06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted April 11, 2011 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 Pete, no it's about 100" span, big petrol and done a few LMA shows by all accounts. Nice pics, good the Sea Fury's still going strong. You can't buy them in the UK any more. Edited By David Ashby - RCME Administrator on 11/04/2011 05:33:37 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted April 17, 2011 Author Share Posted April 17, 2011 Another beautiful weekend. We were treated to a fine display from a rare visitor to the nearby airfield - an SBach 342 - quite a stunning machine both on the ground and in the air. Edited By David Ashby - RCME Administrator on 17/04/2011 18:42:15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytilbroke Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Great day too at Elgin and Moray Fliers fly-in at Milltown Airfield near Lossiemouth . It was just too nice and the company so pleasant I did not want to do anything except chat and take photo's. Sad isn't it I think we were all in shock at the Sunshine, and that makes it twice this year for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytilbroke Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Forecast- check model- check flightbox- check Charge state- check e-mail- hey guys, flying- check A very nice afternoon was had today. I will need to cut the grass for the first time this year. WeatherPerson says wet tomorrow so will need to be Wednesday. Weather check, mind the flying gear too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 up here in gods own country-we've had a wonderfull day for weather...sun/and a light breeze and best of all 20/22c temps.....down at the club field we had a good turn out of all the regulars...and a few of the fine weather flyers as well..... one model was recovered from it's unplanned landing in the tree's and enrico was holding a 'how to not set up your speed controller'......class in one of the pilot's box's......he sometimes struggle's slightly/a lot with the new fangled equipment we now have avalable...... ken anderson ne..1.(weather station) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytilbroke Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I got the grass cut yesterday, the forecast rainy bits stayed away till late evening and lasted about three minutes. Been busy doing essential maintenance and cleaning today, and it being a FANTASTIC FLYING DAY Tomorrow I need to be part building my latest model,,, think I will go fly for a while on the nice cut grass. Eddie Cochran had it wrong, there iS a cure for the "Summer Time Blues" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted April 20, 2011 Author Share Posted April 20, 2011 We haven't heard from Enrico himself for a long time Ken, what have you done with him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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