David Ashby - Moderator Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 With the days getting shorter, it seems time to start a new thread on flying field/activity reports. That said, until the weekend, the autumn weather had been incredibly mild, we were down to t-shirts at the patch on Fri. The club mower is still seeing use. Long shadows in the afternoon. Edited By David Ashby - RCME on 03/11/2014 15:53:55 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Beautiful day in sunny Donny I love all the Autumn colours and its a busy time for gardeners John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly boy3 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 That,s one brammer of a flying strip David, bet it's the committee members do most of the upkeep LoL. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Lane Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 It must be autumn, as my shadow keeps beating me to the patch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Barlow Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Late October holiday to Great Yarmouth & the wife & kids allowed me to take a couple of wings with me so 3 hours power off slope soaring/aeros off the sand dunes/sea defences last Wednesday followed by some night flying in the sand dunes on Thursday evening! Other than that the wind was too strong and the wrong direction for the rest of the week but still good for teaching my little lad how to fly my parafoil kite. My daughter still thinks kites are boring, after all it's just holding onto some string! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marsh Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Flew yesterday and on Sat. Sat was very windy, but flew, Sunday was ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Not been flying for nearly 3 weeks It seems that Saturdays are poor but Wednesdays are good. Not very convenient while I'm working. Oh well back to the garage to sulk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly boy3 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Hi Cymaz, sulking is not allowed, how about a bit of building therapy ? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeS Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Not been for a few weeks but got out last Thursday, flew the P40 B and maidened the BH Stuka. Good days flying. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Plains Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Haven't flown anything much for several months, but I'm still wearing sandals, so it can't be winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamWh Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Got my repaired I/c Renegade up on Sunday. A bit windy but if we don't learn to fly on the windy days then we don't end up flying much in winter, so needs to be done. Trying a 3s LiFe battery with regulator instead of the old NiMH things that only have a small fraction of useable capacity for the receiver. Worked well. Edited By GrahamWh on 03/11/2014 22:53:37 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Posted by fly boy3 on 03/11/2014 18:46:34: Hi Cymaz, sulking is not allowed, how about a bit of building therapy ? Cheers Do an artf at the moment! Still no flying...grrrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 different day today..........for a couple of hours anyway...now overcast and starting to Rain...this was our club site 13.30... ken Anderson...ne...1 weather dept. Edited By ken anderson. on 04/11/2014 15:05:32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daves42 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Perfect flying conditions here in Hertfordshire after many days of high winds and/or rain. Flew the Acromaster till I ran out of batteries. Weekday mornings as usual a bit lonely but, great flying. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Carpenter Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Hi all. Had another flight on this S Bach today. That`s number 30. Its become the most popular plane in my club with 6 in use now. Put a Riot U/C on mine as the left leg would bend under on even the most gentle of arrivals ! 5 have been ok but one has needed 2 ESC`s and a servo has gone today without it getting airborne . For £95 a bargain !!Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta Foxtrot Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Been a bit windy for a while and I have been waiting to maiden my little Luton Minor, built from the Dave Royd's plan. Forecast for this morning was flat calm so I set the alarm for 6:30 to allow me to get to the patch for a spot of early test flying before work. When I arrived it was very misty and there was ice all over the benches, but after a while enough sky appeared for a circuit. Test flights went very well, a few clicks of trim on the first. CG seemed conservative so i started removing some of the plasticine from the battery bay, two more flights and it was all out and the little plane was flying very nicely. Sadly all good things must come to an end and it was off to work. dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ken anderson. Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 yes nice place Percy-its council owned and we pay a licence fee to them on a yearly basis....and have to adhere to the rules etc that are set out.........also its shared with other user's who we have to take in to consideration...the buildings you refer to are farm properties ......... originally it was the towns rubbish tip.....what you see in the photo is not all ours-we have boundaries on all sides which we try not to over-fly at low level as it causes problems for the farm livestock/horses......and behind where I took the photo is a large bank of woodland.... ken Anderson....ne...1 ....... club/site dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ken anderson. Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 no issue's Percy-people have been flying here since the 60's......we have rules we have to stick by-and we try to go by the BMFA rules and guideline's.........most of us who are members now are the next generation club wise and as such try to keep everything going for the next one's................. most member's go along with things-and we have the occasional disagreements...as I'm sure most other organisation's do....but the regular user's are a friendly/helpful set of people..... ken Anderson......ne.....1.. off topic dept(sorry). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Hindle Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 We've been having a great time at North Leeds, this year has seen a plethora of new members for our club and with it some exciting new interests. Colin has been busily scaling up his Extra 330L, all hand made and not bad for a plumber ! One of our new members Nigel has been tinkering with quads and took some lovely video last week, its it amazing how the hobby has changed, who'd of thought that great aerial video was so affordable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Whybrow Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Posted by Daves42 on 04/11/2014 16:14:22: Perfect flying conditions here in Hertfordshire after many days of high winds and/or rain. Flew the Acromaster till I ran out of batteries. Weekday mornings as usual a bit lonely but, great flying. David I had to sit in the office in Stevenage all day looking at the beautiful conditions; why is it that the weekdays are nice and the weekends are rubbish for flying??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Posted by Martin Whybrow on 04/11/2014 20:29:03: Posted by Daves42 on 04/11/2014 16:14:22: Perfect flying conditions here in Hertfordshire after many days of high winds and/or rain. Flew the Acromaster till I ran out of batteries. Weekday mornings as usual a bit lonely but, great flying. David I had to sit in the office in Stevenage all day looking at the beautiful conditions; why is it that the weekdays are nice and the weekends are rubbish for flying??? I have the same problem Martin..it's not fair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave parnham Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Daves42 and Martin Whybrow, where do you fly? Im with KMFC and flew one flight only on Saturday afternoon, far too windy, although it looked lovely when I arrived at the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Whybrow Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 My club is the NLMFC at Baldock. I've seen the guys at Knebworth in the field just opposite the Novatel, I can almost see the patch from my office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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