Winter seems to have arrived, who's been flying?

[David Davis]

Haven't flown since 4th December because it's either been too windy or too cold. I've spent the time repairing the Acrowot.

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[John Privett]

Posted by John Privett on 22/12/2014 21:36:25:

...I'd hoped to be able to fly at least a day or two whilst I'm off work this week - but it looks like tomorrow will be similar. Wednesday and Friday are looking a bit better though...

I still haven't flown this week. This afternoon doesn't look too good either, but tomorrow is looking better. No doubt there will be a sudden improvement in the weather when I return to work on Tuesday.

[David Davis]

Posted by Percy Verance on 27/12/2014 09:14:38:

David, a sort of ChippaWot?

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You'd be surprised at the number of my club mates who don't recognise it as an Acrowot!

[cymaz]

Same here John P...Monday,Tuesday are great and I'm at work....Aeolus is up to his old tricks.

[Former Member]

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[John Lee]

Took the opportunity this morning to exploit last night's snowfall.

[Former Member]

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[Malcolm Blake 1]

Well, now Christmas is over and the grown up kids with their little kids have all gone back to their respective homes and SWIMBO is tired out, I can now disappear into the Hangar (shed) and carry on with repaiars, maintenance and perhaps some building.

yo-ho-ho.....Scrooge !!

[Rosco]

Hi guys,
A bit off the actual topic subject but still the same!

I'm from Southern Australia and at the moment we are heading into summer.

While you folk are heading into hibernation for your winter and waiting for a clear day to get out for a fly, down here we need to get back in before it gets to hot! Currently it is the beginning of Summer and the temperature is around the high 20's(C) to mid 30's. Towards the end of this week it is forecast to start hitting the 40's.

As I am from the Southern part of Oz (Adelaide) we tend to get a more dry heat than other parts therefore getting out early in the mirnings for a fly is the only way to enjoy it without being too uncomfortable.

So there you go. Whilst you folk are warming up the hangars for some build/repair time, down here in South Oz, we are trying to keep things cool and stay out of the heat!

Rosco

[John Privett]

Hi Rosco,

My sister lives in Perth, WA and she often "reminds" me what the weather is like down there!

The summer weather in the south of Spain is fairly similar, and a few years back whilst on holiday there I wandered off in search of the local model flying club. They told me that - just like many UK clubs - they also have indoor flying sessions in a suitable sports hall. But whereas we do it in the winter, they have their indoor sessions in the summer when it's too hot. On the day I visited they carried on flying until about noon when they gave up as it was getting a bit hot.

[bouncebounce crunch]

Down Under has been very windy in NSW.

One month ago it was so hot in my car that my Parkzone T28 ended the day with melted, curled and sagging canopy along with a melted,deformed and brittle tail plane and elevator. it was only 46 Celsius in the shade.

[David Davis]

I lived in OZ in the late Seventies, in Unley for some of the time Rosco, I recall that car drivers used to stick huge "fans" to their car windscreens with suction pads in order to provide some shade to the interior and to prevent the vinyl-covered crash padding on the dashboard from cracking in the heat! Do they still do that?

Mind you it was quite cool in July. I remember one radio DJ crowing about the temperature reaching freezing point in the Adelaide Hills early one morning...

Edited By David Davis on 28/12/2014 07:24:14

[Rosco]

@John,
Perth and Adelaide seem to share the same climate/weather. Normally Adelaide gets the weather that Perth has had a few days later.

@bbc,
You guys have been copping a hammering with the weather lately. You definitely don't want to leave the toys in the car on a hot day over here either. I've had some hotglued parts 'fall off' some of my foamies before!

@ David,
No, no fans anymore! Did you ever fly from Victoria Park around the corner from Unley?
Yes, winter can get cool but nothing like one over there. It does hit single digits but very rarely does it go below zero in Adelaide.

[Chris Jones 7]

Me and a couple of mates have been out.

Here.

 

Edited By Chris Jones 7 on 28/12/2014 09:24:49

[Mark a]

Going up the field in a little while, battery's charging as I type.

Mark.

[Colin Carpenter]

Hi all. Out at 10 am with my Acrowot foam e and Pelican Ballet .First flight was only 4.30 as my fingertips were in pain from the 5mph east wind. Got 5 flights in all and was joined by two other idiots !! Was a bit warmer by 11.30. Next opportunity looks like Tuesday morning bright and early.

Colin

[Dave Hopkin]

Got a couple of hours in this afternoon, cold, almost no wind, playing fields like the somme on a bad bay and my feet are like blocks of ice! Other than that a good day

[David Davis]

Took the old Foam-E WOT 4 to the field, no wind and though it was a bit cold, I wrapped up warm. Flew it the veteran for seven or eight minutes when it just dived into the ground at a shallow angle despite me hauling "up" on the transmitter. I don't know what caused the accident .

It is almost a mark of honour in our club to repair Foam-E WOT 4s so there are several with wire undercarriages and plywood forward fuselages. Guess I'll have to do something with it.

Picture of it in happier times.

[Mark a]

Had a good few hours up the field today flew my Wot 4 foam e and my AJ Slick. It was good to get in the fresh air and see some of the lads from the club.

Mark.

[ken anderson.]

we have 2c here at the min(17.30) and they are forecasting the coldest night of the year tonight----- my neighbours dog was frozen to the lamppost ....and a monkey looking for a welder!

ken Anderson...ne...1 Frozen dept.

[Phil May]

Four of us hit the slopes today in glorious South Wales, light winds and a wind chill of a mild -1.

Models flying were a Flyingwings Spook, W.Thing, a BeEvolution and moldie ( sorry Mark, forgot the name )

We had to share the slope with the pillow cases, one of whom was determined to repeatly fly directly in front between us and our models.

But other than that, not a bwd couple of hours flying.

[Paul Marsh]

I was at a fly-in at Rolls Royce Hucknall, organized by a another forum. Quite a good day, very cold, but warm when the sun was out, all day and didn't feel cold at all. Had quite a few flights, 2 with a Mustang, and Xtra Wot, T-28 Petrol Trojan, flew the HK Lanc and the Eflite Mossie. Also maidened the Waco.

[Martin Whybrow]

Beautiful day today down at our patch, bright sunshine and almost no wind, but still very cold with the ground remaining frozen in the shade. Maidened my GreenSleeve, got 50 minutes flying from 2 2200mAh packs. Watched some other interesting stuff being flown including an autogyro and a parasailer and a few othered powered gliders. Ground was beginning to re-freeze by the time I left. Looks like it will be similar tomorrow.

[Erfolg]

It does seem we were all were fortunate to enjoy good weather in the UK today, no longer having to suffer the gloating of our Froggy members.

Another case of, "SNAP" here in the NW of England, very cold, for the UK, at -1.5C, the ground as hard as a witches breast, grass as white as snow, The air, as still as at daybreak.

I will be honest, i was a reluctant flyer, the ground remaining completely unyielding, the sun set low on the horizon and yet so bright, the sky as blue as the Mediterranean sea on a sunny day.

I did take to the sky, with what has become an always fly, a Parkzone Albatross, how many flights now I wonder, probably now less than 50p per flight.

Then it was my canards turn, transformed after some input from Richard Harris, that was a large increase in fin area. Now tracks true, reacts positively to aileron input. The glide is incredibly flat and slow. I am now pondering is this the result of being a canard, perhaps the 6% wing thickness, with low camber? Why was my 100s canard such a bag of rubbish?

As for the other modellers, there seems an outbreak of Elite micro parkflyers some with auto stabilisation, yet not all. It did raise my eye brows, that they are invaribly flown just as i used to when i joined the club, being a small scale model flyer, never letting the model get very far from you, landing, almost at the feet. To think, how i was told off for this, so not BMFA, recommendations, targeted at larger IC models, not small electrics.

Most models were the every week models though.

First time out with others for a week or so, Christmas just gets in the way for us fliers, it seems.

Must go now, as we have the grandchildren for 3 days, pictures tomorrow, then take them home, in time for a party for one of them.

Christmas, bah humbug, is the least of my grumpiness.

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