Chris Walby Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 Weather was cold and poor sky, then it slowly got worse as the wind picked up! Squeezed 3 WooHoo, 1 P38 and 1 Habu flights in + a lot of coffee and gassing on the WR FW190 build so all in all a very productive morning! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Chaddock Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Nothing very spectacular but I did fly my modified FX707 powered glider with flaps. The flaps are set on a 3 position switch. Stage 0 (no flap). Stage 1 (15 degree flap) gives slow speed thermal flight. Stage 2 (50 degree flap) for a steeper approach and a really slow landing. The flaps create a strong nose up pitch so appropriate down elevator is mixed in. With a bit of trial and error testing It is now possible to flick up and down between the flap positions with no significant pitch change. Its all a bit "over the top" as at 340g for a 1200mm span converted kids "chuck" glider it really doesn't need flaps. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Bit chilly at WHMFC on NE Coast yesterday - not as cold as others found though! The field was VERY soggy though........ Got a few flights in on the Spacewalker; Phil blew the Xmas cobwebs away with his Aerostar (a remarkable plane); and 'New Kev' showed his few months layoff hasn't damaged his flying skills! His 90% inverted flights encouraging Phil to do some inverted circuits of his own. Looks good this morning so some batteries on charge. 'Old Kev' has promised to bring his old school flybar equipped ic heli along for an outing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHN MOSLEY 2 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 That new Kev makes my flying look bad.🤣 I will have to trap his fingers in van door or something when I come over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Davis Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 The temperature is forecast to drop to as low as -6C here and not to rise above freezing point till Wednesday. No wind though! Think I'll stay indors and repair something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 3°. Feels like -23 with the stiff breeze. We must be mad... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Freeman 3 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Lucky it is not winter here in South Africa, My son and I had some good flying with the Gee Bee Y which has a DLE 60 twin and flies very well and a Sig Bravo with a ST 3000. I bought the Bravo from a gent who said the motor ws no good and would not idle, he had tried up to 16% nitro with no luck. I filled the tank with my ST mix of 12% oil and no nitro and it runs very well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Chaddock Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 (edited) Two mods liked my flapped FX707. I am honoured. I do have a rather poor video of it flying. The 'sight' on my hat cam was a bit out of kilter so it is was pot luck if it was actually in view. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5klYW99Lmg&t=13s heavily edited to show the bits where there was something to see but at least is showed the short landing run with full flap. At least the "lake" was a bit smaller but I fear it will many days for the field to dry out properly. Edited January 9 by Simon Chaddock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Winter Tuesday=indoor flying! Crack Yak Superlite, K110 heli and FunnyCub. Great fun. If you've never tried it, pop along to a session and you may get hooked. The constant use of throttle and rudder will be useful for the great outdoors too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 A crisp but calm morning enticed my mate Tony and I out. He's getting into CL, so flew his leccy model and I gave the aileron Sleeker its first flights. Sleeker was really nice (sorry Phil G 😉). Tony was doing well until he tried a loop, but it should be easy to repair... 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Roger Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 A chilly Tuesday afternoon didn’t stop Graham and me from enjoying Thirsk MFC’s facilities. This is my trusty old Hangar 9 80” Cub. I love braving the elements in Winter. It makes you appreciate those balmy Summer afternoons. 😎 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Perfect conditions today, 5 degrees, very light wind, decent bright sky and a good turnout. Had a bit of a Corsair day, with my PZ 1100mm version and EFlite 1200mm one. The hard frosty ground was a bit bumpy but they both got off with little drama. I normally take off on the wheels with the smaller, then belly land, but one retract was determined to hang down and being twist and turn that spelled disaster. So it was a wheels down landing and I was delighted with the end results, a couple pf decent rollers. Also flew the wee fellers and fatty Me109 for a good afternoon session. Clubmate Bob continues to add more decoration to his Buchon, which looks better with every outing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 A very short vid of part of one flight today with the XFly Eagle - interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Four of us braved the weather yesterday - actually at between 3 and 4° it wasn't TOO bad! Andy was having a nice quiet time with his foamy leccy planes (Viper - having undergone nose surgery, Kingfisher, and his warmliner) until Kev (Super Chipmunk, Raptor, T-Rexs) Duncan (Woy4xl) and I (Valiant, Double Trouble, Hawk, SE5, baby FW190) turned up with our infernal consumption devices, including Kevs old school Raptor heli. The field continues to be soggy, with the moss on the runway being like a large wet green sponge! Everything survived unscathed though. As I'm still recovering from the lurgy, I headed home after a couple of hours, leaving Kev and Duncan discussing how large a petrol engine will fit in Kevs Super Chipmunk. This constitutes a busy pits area for us.... Today looks calm and cold. Sitting in front of the Vesuvius that is our log burner, I'm wondering if I'm up to another outing today.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 (edited) Beautiful day , went to the field, ignition box packed up, went home after a couple of hours, stayed on terra firma 🤐 Edited January 14 by cymaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Flying my Raptor .50 when two idiots in the utralite club buzzed our runway at about 80 metres altitude, our president got hold of the pilots, one of them an old model flyer said that they were over the 250m altitude !. photo taken on my phone without the zoom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Smith 1 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Sorry Ron couldn't access your video as it say "This video is private" ! ☹️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jenkins Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 27 minutes ago, Adrian Smith 1 said: Sorry Ron couldn't access your video as it say "This video is private" ! ☹️ Ditto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Yes, sorry about that, there was an expletive in the vid which I've now removed 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john davidson 1 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Similar antics to my old Goolie, my record I think is 23 turns, Watching the vid makes me think of taking it out for another blast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 I couldn't count them in real time so slowed the vid right down and counted the second one at 23 rotations! Something to aim for next time when I have mastered how to get it to do them consistently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDB Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 (edited) Slightly frustrating start to yesterdays session, my OS46 equipped ever reliable Boomerang dead sticked on its first flight and after landing I noticed fluid dripping out of the fuselage. Found the fuel tank bung had worked loose and emptied the tank into the fuselage. We had a problem tightening it back up as the nut on the rear of the bung was turning as it was tightened, eventually we managed to fashion it in. Next flight the engine was loosing power when raising the nose for a manoeuvrer but recovered on straight and level flight, once landed we found the tube to the carb had a split located at the end of the brass tube from the tank, maybe happened when we were messing around with the tank previously. Had a load more flights after that in a beautiful blue sky and sun but took it gentle due to the bung not being 100% secure, new tank on it's way now. Turned out to be a great day. Edited January 14 by PDB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erfolg Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Things continue to be frustrating here. I charged my batteries on everything yesterday, as the weather forecast was favourable, other than cold. Just as I was about to load my car it started to rain, which turned to light drizzle. I stayed at home, as the track to the field could be muddy and slippery and grass on the field would be wet, no doubt uncut, for some time now. Worst still my wives golf course is yet again closed, as are some of the links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Walby Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 Started bright, cool and and the sun was right at the end of the runway with 90 cross wind. Sun went in and it just got colder until it started to rain (a bit). the grass was cut in the week but as cam be seen in the photo the carpark is getting cut up. WooHoo given a load of flights + one of each for the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Not the best of days today TBH. Dawned fairly bright and calm, though the forecast was for 7mph NW winds. I'd left most of the models in the car and so after loading a couple more, bag of batteries with a nice hot water bottle in there, transmitters, flask etc it was still fairly calm, much calmer than forecast. Ten minutes later at the field it was as forecast and blustery - feeling cold. I'd decided to fly my trusty go to windier weather PZ Spitfire and the nard frozen ground was better suited to an ROG than a soft pitch would be. The Spittie demands high elevator rates for take off, to keep the tail down, but the take off run wasn't too bad, on leaving the ground though, things started to go wrong and the model was sitting very tail down and not responding as normally - possibly not fully up to comfortable flying speed, I just managed half a circuit, not even managing to hit the rates switch with my gloved hand and my most likely explanation is that I overcontrolled it on the downwind turn. The Spittie spiral dived in from about thirty feet and hit the frozen ground very hard, making quite a spectacular debris field - the nose and battery ending up about 20ft from the wing and fuselage. The wing has a split, the fuselage is in eight pieces and it's a Cat B/C crash. Potentially repairable, plus I have spare plastic parts, but I've put it aside for the time being. That set the rest of the morning as one where I was happy just to get some decent flights with my profile depron fighters in the increasingly blustery and windier conditions - thankfully no more mishaps for the rest of the morning, leaving when the snow started to fall. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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