leccyflyer Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Braw day today, kicked off with bright blue skies, very light winds and perfect flying conditions. Nice to get some flights in with my boy, bringing the Easy Bee out for some cavorting about and moving on to the wee fellers as the light faded. Might be the last flights of the year, with a less than brilliant forecast for the next few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Walby Posted December 26, 2023 Author Share Posted December 26, 2023 7 flights today, mostly WooHoo, but squeezed a couple of Habu flights and 1 P38 (UC mount issue). Previous Habu flight gave me a low LIPO voltage, but I was on WOT quite a bit. No such problems today as I only needed WOT for take off and the odd loop. Still moving the liop back so I don't have to put so much compensating elevator in when inverted, but it work in progress. The P38 is a really nice flyer, but its problems all the way (mine must have been a Friday job or Monday morning when all the glue guns are gummed up!). I had the one and only elevator horn come off (lack of glue) earlier in the year and today the starboard retract mounting plate came loose. Only needed the right amount of UHU-Por putting in the right place!. Getting cocky with the WooHoo with down wind take offs although with its power to weight it makes easy work of getting up to speed! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Gaskin 1 Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Half a dozen of us took advantage of the 'calm before the storm' today. Took these two with me again. Probably the last flights of the year if the weather forecast is to be believed! Tom 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Beautiful day on NE coast but I stayed indoors, feeling sorry for myself with man-flu..... 😞 weather looks pants for a week or so 😞 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 8 hours ago, GrumpyGnome said: Beautiful day on NE coast but I stayed indoors, feeling sorry for myself with man-flu..... 😞 weather looks pants for a week or so 😞 😞 Yes, me too, batts charged, trip all planned, then 🤒😒 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Colman Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 (edited) Seven weeks to this day, I fractured 3 Metatarsels in my foot and also chipped the bottom of my Tibia, seriously inhibiting my ability to get about of course. Of those 6 weeks 4 of them have been perfect for flying, a little chilly at times but mostly blue skies and very little wind. Typical! Edited December 28, 2023 by Steve Colman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Ouch! Hopefully better soon..... You'd have been off in UK as it seems to have been mostly windy and/or wet for months! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Really enjoyable morning at the field - yesterday was thick fog, but this morning dawned clear and soon settled into a morning of bright blue skies, sunshine and zero wind. Perfect conditions - my first flight of the year was with my most flown model of 2023, which was also the last flight of 2023 - my Volantex Bf109E. Had excellent flights with my Parkzone Spitfire and Corsair, plus the wee fatty Me109E and Su37 Super Flanker. Just three of us at the field, but a grand morning with the frost mostly thawed by lunchtime, then home for post mission bacon and eggs. 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Bowers Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Three at our field too. Clear bright day with low wind so got 8 flights in with my HK Yak55. Cloud came in as forecast, spoiling the light, however out of batteries by then. The field is very wet, so hand launch only, for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Yep, kicked off this year’s campaign at the hill, it was chilly but not too bad and dry at least. Four flyers in all, I took the Lentus and Alan re-maidened a 30 year old Grunau Baby he rediscovered in his roof recently. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Started to rain mid-morning and it’s not supposed to stop 🌧️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jenkins Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 2 hours ago, David Ashby - Moderator said: Four flyers in all, I took the Lentus and Alan re-maidened a 30 year old Grunau Baby he rediscovered in his roof recently. I hope it didn't leave too much of a hole in his roof when he removed it! 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Rain and/or wind pretty much every day for last fortnight.....:-( family visits have limited 'fixes' too, but cracking on now. Weather today is....... raining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Don't know what has happened to the North East weather 4 flying days this week, 9 flights today with the new Warbirds Replicas FW190 bringing it up to 20 flights so far. A great aeroplane Richard! Also flew my Spitfire. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 4 nice days in a row on NE coast here as well. Had some nice flying Tuesday and Wednesday, dog at vets Thursday, and recovering today. Rained every night so still can't get cars anywhere near the flight line. Managed to get the Spacewalker and Saito dialled in nicely. On the days where I can't get to the field, I've been flying my little heli in the house. Seriously tempted by one of those new scale Ninjas...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Finally got a full day at the club today. Had two great flights with a newly acquired and re-engined Sig 1/4 Clipped wing Cub. It’s great fun and suitably aerobatic 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 The river at the bottom of our flying field was up today, so the floats came out of course. 🙂 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Incredible weather today at Ashbourne. Sunshine all day, very light wind and about 5 deg. I suffer from cold hands usually, but I didn't wear gloves at all and my hands remained warm. Why? I have an exWD padded one-piece suit I bought a few years ago from Anchor Surplus in Ripley. It's called a Technician's suit IIRC. It's got zips all over and is quite a peculiar design, but it keeps me warm (it helps that it's a few sizes too big so will take a few extra layers). I think keeping my core warm improves circulation to my hands, thus keeping them warm, too. I flew my trusty Multiplex Fun Cub and had another 2 flights with my new Gloster Gladiator - this time with a pilot in the office. I also did a range check and taxi trials with my Sopwith Pup but I'd already decided to wait for the maiden in the warmer weather. I'm a bit concerned about the weight (circa 5.5 kg/12lb) with 1.5kg of lead needed to get the CoG right. On a fairly fast taxi, drawing 20 amps, the tail lifted even in the light wind and I'm sure it would have flown had I both opened the throttle a bit more and the courage to do so. Call me a wimp! I was amazed how few people were there - a total of 6 but never more than 4 at the same time and I was a Billy no mates for quite some time. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Nice one. About 50% of my flying is with one other person, about 25% with more than one, and 25% of the time I am billy no mates too - especially between October and April...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHN MOSLEY 2 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 I was flying indoors yesterday with lots of people, to say people hate helicopters on the outdoor sites, there were load of mini helicopters drones and FPV all flying together and getting on fine.🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Gaskin 1 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Got some flying in yesterday at the Sussex RFC's field with about half-a-dozen other hardy souls. Today is sunnier but very windy and a lot colder, so I'm going to stay in the workshop. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erfolg Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Today has been the first day that it has been anywhere near flyable here for some time (perhaps 2-3 months), either far to much wind , rain, hail. Today is far to cold for me, also we have ice, here by the coast (approx. 200yards to the beach between 250 yards and a mile or so to the sea, dependant on the state of the tide). If it were not for the airfields NFZ I would have gone to the beach, although 200-300 yards out from High Tide, I would just be outside both NFZ. Then the risk is of being another casualty of the incoming tide. Here's hoping for some better weather as I view it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Have you approached ATC for permission to fly on the beach? That close to its edge might be OK with them if it’s off their extended centreline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Bitter cold -5 degrees this morning, but a good session at a very frosty field. Bright and sunny on arrival, but soon settled into an overcast morning with 7/8ths cloud cover, so not the best morning for photies. A rare outing for my Hk Su-26 which I only ever seem to fly when it's frosty or snowy. Cold batteries were definitely down on power and I might experiment with going to 4s1p 2600mah packs instead of the 3s1p 3300mah packs that I usually use. Clubmate Colin's Durafly Tundra was well suited to the conditions. John's F-82 Twin Mustang went very well and looks super in the air, carving up the big wide turns very convincingly, so I took a few snaps. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Finally.....Finally got some flying in today. Took a flying mate up to Davidstow. I took the red / white Maxford USA 1/3 moth and the other is a Toni Clark/ Practical Scale. Bitter cold 🥶 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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