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

[brfc7]

Another 20 mins scratching about with my Zagi today at blyth beach dunes. It was a bit too windy really as my Zagi was really struggling to penetrate forwards in to the wind. As previous though it was enough to get my fix

Baz

[MikeS]

Went down the patch today.

Wind was up around 10 knots and so much rain over the last few days that it was quite flooded.

Had a few flights with the Pulse but kept flipping it over with all the water.

Had a great time floating in the wind no power needed.

Mike

[Tomtom39]

I had taken a few days off to do some model building but looks like I will be spending the time putting up fence panels that came down during the night. (About the only thing flying around my way!)

[brfc7]

Nice hour flying my Zagi at Blyth beach dunes.

Baz

[andyh]

my first outing of the year. my usual field was flooded, so off to the Downs for a couple of nice, if rather chilly flights in a light NW'ly. nice to see JohnP & some other EDMAC'ers out

[John Privett]

It was certainly a bit chilly, wasn't it Andy! My fingers are just about thawed out now, just about enough to avoid too many typos anyway! And that was with two pairs of gloves...

I also flew yesterday, not quite so chilly but a less 'friendly' wind direction.

Three flights yesterday and four today.

[Mark a]

Had a few hours up the field today, cold but perfect flying weather maidened my FMS let 13 glider which could of gone a bit better but nothing a bit of glue won't solve. Decided to put myself forward as an instructor as the few instructors we have are getting a little swamped with new members so I think it will be good to give something back and help one or two of the new guys.

Mark.

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

No flying but we had a good turnout for some field work, field looks fantastic but there is still puddles on it

John

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[Erfolg]

I reflected on my metrological powers this morning, as i walked for newspaper. I am 100% accurate, every bit as good as the BBC weather team. There was a medium density fog, the air freezing cold with not a breath of wind. Yes 100% spot on. I am just as good as to yesterdays weather, in this area. My main and one and only failing is what will happen later, just like the BBC, no shame here then! I did ponder that if the sun breaks through, the fog will lift.

Having eaten breakfast, completed half the Seduko I loaded the car. I took my Parkzone Stinson Reliant, on the basis that if I loose it in the fog, there will be the minimum of tears, fine flyer that it is, it is about as exciting as a Piper Cub. My Delta, as the colour scheme may be visible against a white background, along with my OD trainer, being a nice yellow stands out well.

As i wound my way down the lane to the field, I did ponder, is the mist thicker, the thermometer is certainly a whole degree lower at 0 degree. At least all the mud will be solid I thought, that will save my boots being caked in the stuff. I was wrong, the mud was still mud, grrrrrrrrrrrrr

On the field itself there was certainly flying taking place,these Parkzone gyro stabilised models were flying. Although they did become vague shapes pretty dam quick. Then a heli took to the air, this seemed to stay visible, although the extravagant manoeuvres were absent.

There was a significant number of club members present, all talking of thei and that, I just noted the cold, the denser fog along the river and that I was getting ever colder.

I shouldered my Tx box by its strap, picked up my model and said good bye and scuttled of home.much warmer.

Again my wether prediction was spot on, the fog did clear. The time after lunch. I will be as bold to make further predictions, there will be rain and somewhere in the UK there will be snow. Precisely when and where is difficult to be to precise. Oh, I almost forgot, there will be some windy days before the summer solstice.

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[will -0]

beautiful day today but so cold. Took the boy with me today which he enjoyed and did very well in the temperature. Lobbed everything in the car so as to get home and warm quickly and discovered when I got home that the exhaust on the chilli breeze had rotated 180 which a) means I don't have to worry that it was chucking out black oil and b) has melted a hole in the covering. Grrr

[Old Geezer]

Not been able to fly for one reason and another since mid-November, finally got out this afternoon, despite a beautiful morning turning into a grey, overcast chilly afternoon. Put my Black Bogey into the air and managed to fly out one battery pack before overcast turned into drizzle. (

Brilliant! It might have been only 10 minutes - but it was well worth the wait. The Bogey is a hoot with a 4s - great to warm your thumbs up before you fly something easier to break, and despite having prettier, "better bred" planes in the shed - if I could only keep one airframe it would have to be the Bogey.

[Colin Carpenter]

Hi. Superb day here in Somerset at 9o/c. Zero wind. Had 2 flights on HK S Bach foamie and 3 on Parkzone Typhoon and didn't get frozen fingers. Sun very warm on my back !! No one else out which was a surprise. More days like today please.

Colin

[Dave Hopkin]

Anyone got a snow plough handy......

Rochdale this morning......

[Erfolg]

Here in South Greater Manchester, thankfully nothing. That is other than light occasional rain, enough to stop me flying (club day).

However when my wife lived at Red Lumb (probably long gone, demolished), which was near to Norden, there would often be snow, or rain, where as here nothing.

So near yet so far away. 20-30 miles?

[Graham Bowers]

Flying off ice Monday and Tuesday in calm conditions. By myself and no head-cam, so static shot only.

Graham

[Dave Hopkin]

Posted by Erfolg on 21/01/2015 15:21:20:

Here in South Greater Manchester, thankfully nothing. That is other than light occasional rain, enough to stop me flying (club day).

However when my wife lived at Red Lumb (probably long gone, demolished), which was near to Norden, there would often be snow, or rain, where as here nothing.

So near yet so far away. 20-30 miles?

I'm actually on the Manchester/Stockport/Ashton border and we have no snow at all, yet 10 mile away its like Siberia!

[David Davis]

Just come back from maidening the Model Tech Magic Fun Fly. I paid about £25 for it last summer, an eBay purchase and about £12 for an old Irvine 30 to power it. With that combination it's not going to win any competitions but it's good cheap fun. I particularly liked doing touch and goes with it. I took two other models with me but didn't even assemble them. Three other hardy types were there.

[buster prop]

No snow here, yet. I went to the club field on Monday afternoon as it was calm and sunny if very cold. To get into the field we go through a gate then up a sloping track and turn right onto grass towards the pits and parking. At this time of year the right turn is churned mud so I parked on a concrete slab at the top of the track even if it meant a walk to the pits. Never mind, better than getting stuck! I had a few flights with a VSP electric and a micro P51, the one with A3SX, as it was almost calm. No one else turned up and by mid afternoon the sun was getting low and it felt even colder. I'd taken some charged batteries and used them so didn't want to wait for one to re-charge and decided to go home. My first flights of 2015 because I've been abroad since mid December until last week. Hope to get there again soon and possibly to the slope.

[Spice Cat]

Beautiful morning but only one flight after a hard landing. Oh well.

[John Muir]

Had my first visit of the year to our field on Tuesday. Beautiful day. No wind, bright blue sky and a balmy 4 degrees eventually. All on my own. Had a couple of flights with the venerable i.c. Wot 4, another couple with the battered but brilliant Formosa and managed one flight with my Mini Robot before technical issues (I dropped a lipo through the wing covering) grounded it. Great to be out.

I tried again today but the closer to the field I got the thicker the fog became, so it was not to be. Went back home where it was still sunny and flew my Crack Yak instead. The Yak's a godsend for days I can't get to the field. It's over two and a half years old now, has 622 flights in the logbook and is still going strong. Would be more if I hadn't bought a Crack Laser which now shares home flying duty with it. Love 'em both.

[J V R]

I got out for an hour last Saturday which is good for me as I'm a fair weather flyer normally, mind you the patch was very wet and had to park at the gate and walk to the strip (only about 150 yds)

[Neil67]

Out yesterday with another club member. No wind and bright blue sky. Strip perfect with slight left over sleet. Had about six or seven lazy flights with a Wot 4 foame etc. then when fingers started numbing up off to local coffee shop for lunch.

[brfc7]

6 batteries worth with my Radjet today (Each battery only lasts 4 mins max though) Was a bit windy really but the model has plenty of power running on 4 cells. I did a speed test with GPS, and its max was 123mph.

I flew at a new club that I have just joined Cramlngton And District Model Aircraft Club (CADMAC) was nice to fly with a different view and there was no doggy walkers to get in the way.

baz

[brfc7]

Well I was back at CADMAC again this morning for 9.15am.

One 15 minute flight with my Twinstar and 7 minutes with my Radjet all before 10am Then I had two 15 minute flights with my old Nexus 32. This is the big advantage flying at CADMAC over my usual club BVRMC as you can fly ic from 10am where as it's 11.30am on a Sunday at Blyth. Still never been another member there yet while I've been, it was a little bit windy but I'll fly in most conditions to be honest.

baz