EarlyBird Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Every day this week for one or two ten minute flights with The Ohmen, its's a joy to fly in a wind over 10 mph. I started practising the B manoeuvres with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Seems every day we have winds over 10mph here! Not today though - dead calm. albeit cold at -4. No flying for me - dog-sitting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 We are not far apart with me being in North Lincs. Bridlington was a day trip either with the family or sea fishing on a cobble boat with Dad, some 60 years ago. Obviously as you send the cold north wind to us it is the same wind, a lazy wind as my Dad calls it because it goes straight through rather than around. In the shade here the frost has gradually built up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Just started snowing here a few minutes ago- that wasn't forecast. Yesterday was the first decent flying day for ages and expected it to at least be flyable today. If it's calm, but cold that's not too bad -it can be quite pleasant, but add even a 5mph wind and the urge to go flying tends to disappear - 10mph, blustery wind and damp makes the workshop look more enticing than the field. Roll on spring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Bullit Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Was at the field just after eight this morning. It was minus two but blue sky and negligible wind. Flew a variety of models including Twin Nova, Skipper, 800mm Mustang and T1 Ranger. with four members by the end of the morning. Cold but fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Fairgrieve Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Fantastic day today, little to no wind and a couple of very low passes from the USAF! I flew my Freewing Vulcan, which has not been out many times as it was never a favourite. But today I had 3 excellent flight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Nice shots Kev. Not getting out much myself, lifetime of outdoor work and hobbies and I've gone soft. ☹️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 (edited) Had a nice couple of hours out yesterday lunchtime - it had warmed up to -1! Ground was rock solid, and our normally beautifully smooth runway felt like a ploughed field! Had a dozen or so flights on the Double Trouble until the hammering got the better of the undercarriage and I lost an axle, stopping the fun. Don't understand why solid ground can make such a mess...... Edited January 23, 2023 by GrumpyGnome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Stephenson Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 You think that's bad, try flying where there are cow-pats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Bullit Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Been having a lot of fun with my new Joysway Skipper lately,flying off big puddles at our field both liquid and frozen. Today was my first time flying off a decent size lake,had a lot of fun despite the cold. Only had the phone cam ,so just a few clips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax_K4DCdh_g 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Griff Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Now that is something different Jake...ever flipped it when landing on water ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Somerville Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Flew my BT P47 for the first time this year at the weekend with beautiful weather at our patch. Despite the cold the Laser 180 was thriving on the conditions and gave me it’s absolute best. However the only slightly thawing permafrost played havoc with monumental frozen worm-casts sporting to nose her over both on take offs and landings. Despite touchdowns being as gentle as possible they were still brutal on the uc/retracts. As per G Gnome the clean up was afterwards was also significant. Two flights and I retired whilst still ahead, so to speak. Roll on spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Bullit Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 2 hours ago, Rich Griff said: Now that is something different Jake...ever flipped it when landing on water ? Not yet 😁. I've got a reverse ESC in just in case it gets stuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 From yesterday’s flying session which was somewhat short due to it being a tad chilly in the morning! Mini Drake Having fun with my wobbly wheels Fun Cub 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Ruckus and Double Trouble, ahead of this afternoons indoor session. Ruckus now has no landing gear after a relatively gentle landing.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Fantastic flying weather today, blue skies, hardly a cloud up there- save some very high cirrus and a few lenticular clouds later in the day , warm sunshine -12 degrees and dead flat calm. Good company and very enjoyable flying for the first outing of the year to my old club site. Flew Parkzone and EFlite Spitfires, EFlite Dallas Doll P-51 Mustang, PZ FW190 and the wee Volantrex/Soink Bf109e and Spitfire - all went well and no damage done, which was great news for rusty thumbs. Lovely to see my pal Jim's scratch built Bucker Jungmeister all repaired and resplendent in a new Austrian civil scheme - beautiful. 😎 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Good day all in all. Slight damage on Ruckus - undercarriage has/had minimal support and really needs beefing up for grass strips; DT just gets better and better - like a nice noisy version of the Wots Wot foamy....; Crack Yak Superlite is just amazing indoors; my little TY Black Flyer is just charming..... Deffo a good day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 (edited) Not quite as warm in the North East, morning was calm, good flights with SE 5 and foamboard Whirlwind at the time of the video the wind had turned blustery. Happy now with the prop selection so the foam spinners will be fitted for the next session. VID-20230124-WA0000.mp4 Edited January 24, 2023 by Eric Robson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Out again whilst wife has hair cut..... gentle SW breeze. Warmer (6°) than recently; up side is temo; diwn side is that field is squishier to drive into. Just my Valiant today - perfect sports model with its 90FS. Well, I think so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 How can the wind chznge from <5mph to 15+ in the time it takes to drink a coffee? Grrrrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Bullit Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Out on the local lake again with the Skipper ,flew 5 packs on a cold drizzly day. Great fun though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 1 hour ago, GrumpyGnome said: How can the wind chznge from <5mph to 15+ in the time it takes to drink a coffee? Grrrrrr It does that often on our field, from a calm morning it turned blustery mid flight yesterday and as I only had light weights I wrapped in had a chat with the other members then went to load the car and the wind dropped again. As the field is very muddy at the entrance I did not want to struggle through it again as sods law the wind would have picked up again. It remained calm for the rest of the afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 3 hours ago, GrumpyGnome said: How can the wind chznge from <5mph to 15+ in the time it takes to drink a coffee? Grrrrrr Slow drinker ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHN MOSLEY 2 Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 When you are near the Coast the wind can change direction and strength, something to do with land mass and sea temperatures plus tides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Weather gods were bored and thought they'd taunt me....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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