Erfolg Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Although struck down with a "man cold" and feeling most unwell, I forced myself out to the field today. Now I am not expecting any sympathy, although some would be really appreciated. Not that I would labour the point of not being well, and I believe that last three days have been exceptional benign for flying our models, it did take tremendous will power to load my car with four models. My Albatross and Stinson Reliant by Parkzone, then my delta, the design now has been named Delta, which is particularly apt as it is used by engineers for any change in value and a Greek letter that looks like a Delta. You do wonder how the Greeks could have foreseen aircraft with triangular wings. I could call it a triangle I guess! and finally my canard just in case my test pilot is present, having stuffed it in myself after the last mod, better let some one who knows what they are doing, plus self launching an untried model is always a bit of a risk. What can you say about the flying, in such ideal conditions, although the Sun is now getting lower on the horizon, even just after mid day. I flew my Parkzone models, which really do flatter. Particularly the Reliant, very pointy wings, yet not ever a hint of tip stalling, however slow the flight. I have looked carefully at the model and just do not understand. There appears to be no washout, the only unusual aspect is how thick the wing is at mid semi span, by many factors. I then flew the delta, again nothing much can be said. By now I really was not feeling well, with a pounding headache, sweating, I had to go home. So far I have drunk just over 1.5 litres of whisky, a jar of honey, and about 4 bags of lemons. Sympathy would be nice, as these headaches are so debilitating. There was one final high point, going home along the completely tree lined lane, that is almost a tunnel, a Buzzard flew by, just in front of the car. The striped wings clearly visible, now sooner had i been stunned by this event, another flew right over the top of the car, at a height of about 6 feet, totally, totally awe inspiring. At the time i was doing about 10 mph due to the narrowness and limited visibility. I am of now for a medicinal whisky, I just hope i avoid a headache again, just do not understand it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 erfolg-enjoy your whisky(soon to be a thing of the past)once the vote on independence is carried out .....the weather in NE..1 land has been nice again today...slightly windy but ok for this time of year.....with a good turn out at our field..... ken Anderson ne..1 ..weather dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Colman Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Erfolg, It could be worse. Imagine having to teach this young lady to fly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 It would help if he got his tongue out of her ear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erfolg Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Meanwhile, the Lancaster has flown one mission, landing without incident, other than a truculent home owner from across the river, once the border between us Cheshiremen and those dastardly Lancastrians, he has come to complain, that the symbol of the struggle against National Socialism came within a mile of his garden. Oh dear!. The second mission, was far more real, the model, comes in low, in the fading light (16:00hrs), strikes the perimeter arrestor grasses, swings into the dense brambles and lies still. The recovered model has one nacelle torn free and the second undercarriage mech., has been torn out, with some tail damage. Some put the incidence down to failing depth perception with age< i think the fading light, made the judgement of distance far more difficult. This is based on both of my last landings, could have landed short, that is if I had not decided to a glider type landing, where the model is brought much neraer for touchdown, plus with the last flight, I was conscious that I was seeing silhouette only, no detail. So shortly after 16:00 hours I decided to go home, this time on the way out, I meet two separate young footballers (I think) driving at speed, fortunately at the wider part of the road, I do observe that one is going so fast, The upcoming bend will be an issue for him, then the "T" junction, where presumably he will assume there is no one to give way to. Anyway, the wifes away, the Stinson is in the Kitchen, being repaired, on the prized Oak table, and oak and leather chairs. As they say when the cats away the model maker will play. I did put down some old newspapers. As the wrath of the SMBO is terrifying. I am also now dreading what will happen when she finds out about my baby sitting, extracting pledges to be good in exchange for a packet of crisps and deciding when picking up the youngest from play group, I would take the prettiest, only relenting when I had a sobbing promise to eat all her dinner. Whose brave now. The lipos are charging as i write, time to change Liops, Schuss. Oh I am glad you wonder how i am, terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 today look's like its only fit to go for a 'plodge' -we have heavy rain...and its forecast to last the day...and also we are been warned that high winds are on the way...... ken Anderson ne..1 .plodging dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brfc7 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 As Ken says above the only thing I'll be doing at the Blyth field today is walking the dog with my wellies on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Posted by ken anderson. on 04/10/2014 09:37:48: today look's like its only fit to go for a 'plodge' -we have heavy rain...and its forecast to last the day...and also we are been warned that high winds are on the way...... ken Anderson ne..1 .plodging dept. Hopefully the coming winter will be a short one and much drier than last year. Unable to use my flying sites between November and May last year because of the mud. Don't mind cold days with good hard frosts to keep the ground hard, but the thought of a couple of hours cleaning caked on mud from car/models/self no longer appeals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hopkin Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Judging by my habitual weather yardstick, the length of the (delightful) Diane Oxberry's sleeves there will be no flying for a good few days (she's the weather girl on NW Tonight) - and here sleeve length mirrors the weather very accurately I have found..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Davis Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Went flying on Thursday. This is what happened. After a very dry and calm September, the weather forecast over the coming week looks pretty grim. Thursday was a very good flying day so I took the Senior Telemaster (STM) and the Foam-E WOT 4 to the flying field which is an old WW2 training aerodrome. There was quite a good turn-out because everybody had taken notice of the weather forecast. A chap called John was there; like many elderly men he does not enjoy the best of health. He had a very nice Keil Kraft Southerner powered by a Saito 30 and a Nova ARTF trainer powered by another fourstroke. Another man called Dave had also turned up. He does not attend very often but he had an electric powered flying wing and an ARTF Toledo, a rather smart high-wing monoplane which was also electric powered. My intention was to fly both of my models and then to pull the Laser 90 out of the STM and to overhaul it over the winter. I've had Laser's check the valve timing and fit new bearings to my old 150 V Twin and I've bought a set of bearings from them for the 90. Having got the engine out of the STM, I had intended to take the model to my storage shed and only use it again once I had moved to France but on cleaning the model at the end of the day I noticed that there were so many rips in the covering that I decided to take it home and patch it up. It really needs a recover but the scale of the job puts me off! I flew the Foam-E first, landed, made tea and sat in the sun drinking it in the approved Shropshire Model Flying Club style! Ah the joys of retirement! John and Dave were airborne with the Southerner and the Toledo, which were the only models in the sky at the time. I suddenly heard a shout and got up to see what the problem was. I was just in time to see two fuselages spinning towards the ground but in plenty of time to see the wings pirouetting downwards as they took perhaps a further twenty seconds to do likewise. I then flew the Foam-E for a second flight, pushing my personal boundaries with wobbly consecutive rolls and inverted flight. Meanwhile my pal Ioan had arrived, (that's "Yo-An" not "Loan!" He hadn't been a member for two years but everyone greeted him cordially. I assembled the STM and started the engine. It really is getting worn out now and though it started easily, I had to fly the model on full throttle for virtually the entire flight. I gave Ioan a stir on the sticks as he hasn't done much flying. That was supposed to be it but as there was no-one else flying at that moment I resolved to refuel her and to fly again. My she had used some fuel, best get a new piston ring while I'm at it! With the faithful old Laser wheezing and rumbling, I took off. By now John was in the air with his Nova. Suddenly the wings flew off his model and he was faced with the second plunging fuselage and pirouetting set of wings of the day! Poor old John! The wreckage fell outside the perimeter of our flying field. He walked across to get it. One of our other members, Bill always brings his greyhounds with him and was taking them for a walk in the vicinity of the fallen wreckage at the time. He helped John to pick up the pieces. Ioan kindly drove round to give John a lift back, no inconsiderable task as what remains of the old main runway is full of pot-holes these days. But the Gods of Gravity had not yet finished with us. I put a fresh battery into the Foam-E, took off, climbed, turned left and then lost all control. The model crashed into the newly-ploughed field and was easily recovered. The fuselage had broken in two behind the wing but it's an easy repair. I found out that as a result of my less-than-perfect soldering, the casing on the EC3 plastic connector had split allowing the negative wire from the LiPo to move backwards, thus cutting off all electricity supply to the receiver. Lesson learned. I snaffled a damaged set of Majestic Major wings, together with the tailplane and the fin, and a Peter Russell STOL fuselage and tail, from the Boot Hill corner of the club hut. As if I don't already have enough aeromodelling projects! Ah well Happy Landings! Ioan and I are going to run up the V Twin today, weather permitting. Regards David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 The wife and I spent a very enjoyable weekend with the caravan at the recent Modelair meeting at Old Warden. Just took my Zlin 526 this time but had a wonderful time with plenty of R/C flying on both days, and loads of chatting with fellow flyers, exchanging ideas and info on models etc. Weather absolutely perfect with the light wind straight down the runway for most of the time. Had a stroll on Sunday evening to see the llamas and Wallabies in the nearby paddock, and on the way back along the flight line met Dave Bishop and had a wonderful chat with him for twenty minutes or so. What a really nice man he is and so knowledgeable about all aspects of model and full size aviation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ken anderson. Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 yesterday at BVRMC......nice day for October.... ken Anderson...ne....1....weather dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Bennett Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 not flown for months, just lost interest in flying at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 tony-there's a 4 day heat wave heading to us for next week end............according to the forecasts ... ken Anderson...ne...1 predictive seaweed dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ken anderson. Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 well done Percy-some of the lads in our club have to have a signed pass out before they are allowed out of their prison's/homes ....you know the sort-run around shouting that they wear the pant's etc......and when you look close-their heads are covered in peck marks.... ... ken Anderson....ne.....1..... pants for the lads dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cymaz Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 I'm lucky to for flying. Jo and I have been together for 31 years...married for 27 of those...ahhh. She makes the club lads cake every week, is my helper on flying shows. Couldn't do it without her help and support.....I've got to stop now ! I'm welling up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 You both looked every part the perfect couple at Greenacres, Cymaz........ Don't recall seeing any cakes, though... Today Terry came up for the first time since his great odyssey through Spain, sporting a fair tan for a ginger.... I now have an extension lead again, last seen supplying Fatscoleymo's caravan at Marmande - and the gin and Jamesons I carelessly left in Terry's camper A tad cooler and cloudier than recently but Terry's P2000, E-Flite Cub and foamy 109 all got an airing, the 109 unfortunately losing a tip of the three-blader on its first - very gentle, long grass - landing. I flew the VMAR Fournier as it hadn't had a trip for a while, together with the HK Spacewalker, which for about £50 is a real steal and is my current 'hack': To my shame, a 'dumb thumbs' moment occurred at the end of the RF4's second flight, when I misjudged the final turn after a long power-off descent For the third time in its eventful life, it decided to regain terra firma via an oak wood... should be a 'Phoenix' model, by rights... 'International Rescue' indeed.... Anyway, the aviation Gods smiled on me and the total damage after that trip down the ugly tree was just the fin...... Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Why thank you PeteB. No more summer now in Cornwall all wet 'n' windy.....a bit like summer really !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brfc7 Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Been out this afternoon 3.30 - 5. I was the only one their but that was probably down to it been a bit windy at 18 mph and 24 mph gusts. I had a couple of nice flights with my Exocet delta with os 46 la that hasn't been out for about 4 years only down side was I unfortunately snapped a prop on every landing as the motor wouldn't full stop argh Also had a flight with my Twinstar 2 which was great fun in the wind. So all in was a nice couple of hours except the £10 worth of props Baz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Colman Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Four and a half hours at the club this morning; an absolutely beautiful day with temps in the low to mid 20's and more or less dead calm. I took advantage of the conditions and flew my Jamara Fournier RF4 as it hadn't had an outing for more than six months. Very nice just to cruise around on minimal power for some slow, gentle circuits and fly by's. Later the Arcus F3A bipe had a few more flights followed by my trusty old Calmato ST1400. Highlight of the day for me though was having a first try at flying an autogyro. I have a half built "Crane Fly Light" designed by Tom Wright. Why i never finished it I don't know. However, having successfully flown a friends HK Durafly AG today I'm now keen to finish the build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 12c/ish today in ne....1 land......Enrico type of weather(windy)...one flight at our club site....14.30 low sun etc...... one of the lads had his winter suit on-looked like he was off to the north pole............ ken Anderson...ne...1...... north pole dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Yes, perhaps it's time for a new thread Ken. Summer seems a while back now. Edited By David Ashby - RCME on 04/11/2014 15:50:17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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