tigerman Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Need a Sharman or witchdoctor to do a weather dance .This weather will just not give up .I am going crazy here in the UK .No flying now for 3 weeks and no sign of this weather improving .Never know such a long period with out a break in this windy/rain weather .Might have to look for a new hobby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilco Wingco Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Model yachts might be an alternative. I sail IOM when its windy and raining. Great fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 the past few years seem to be windy all the time....not how I remember it not so long ago.. ken anderson ne..1..wind dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Years ago I made some skis for my model and it then refused to snow here for a decade, so I am planning to build an indoor model in the hope that fate will make it unnecessary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon H Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 only 3 weeks? i have not flown since october. why do you think my hurricane, which has been ignored for 10 years, is now nearly finished? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Posted by Jon - Laser Engines on 22/02/2020 17:05:29: only 3 weeks? i have not flown since october. why do you think my hurricane, which has been ignored for 10 years, is now nearly finished? Same here, and the last couple of years too. We seem to be in our third successive wet winter which makes our field unnavigable even with 4 wheel drive. Going by past years it will be at least April before it will be possible to drive onto the field, and more importantly, to mow it. I seem to have around 19 airworthy models and I'm in danger of starting another ARTF just to keep up my enthusiasm for modelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Wet forever in France, but, copy of a post regarding life and death issues, rugby. "Eyes down Ron. Best of luck. Now I had good weather to day. After a good week. Maidened a Panic last Saturday. Found 20 litres of diesel washed up by the floods. Fixed a favourite Flair D VII wot had been sitting forlorn forever. And today broke the Panic I maidened last week. Totally rhubarbed. Destroyed. Ran out of ideas and altitude. No lack of speed. So be careful what you wish for. I'll build another, at least I know the snags now. Anyway, after seeing the second half of Italy Scotland, expecting better." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Posted by Wilco Wingco on 22/02/2020 16:39:27: Model yachts might be an alternative. I sail IOM when its windy and raining. Great fun. ...or an ark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devcon1 Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 No, looking at the medium term forecasts for this end of the country. I suspect I have begun to chit my spuds a tad early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Carpenter Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Six days flying in 3 months here in East Somerset. Too wet ! Windy ! Foggy when it's calm. Can't remember a winter like it since I started playing with toys in 69 !😵😵😵 Colin Edited By Colin Carpenter on 22/02/2020 17:44:51 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 What are you all complaining about! Here in Essex my club has flown on at least 6 sessions in January...........then we lost both flying fields in the same week! ( not due to our flying but due to keeping gypsies off one site and houses being built on the other) The rest of you only have to wait for the weather to improve......... Edited By kc on 22/02/2020 18:27:04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 The long range forecasts say it will be windy until about the 20th of march. I do remember one year in the 90s when we didn't fly for eleven weeks. I have a new model to test fly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudsy Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 I blame the BBC. It's only been this bad since they switched to meteo from the met office for their forecasting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG 6969 Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 ... what about a Hovercraft Dept here on RCM&E... ??? Cheers Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Quack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Weather? At the risk of becoming unpopular (or even more unpopular) I've flown three times this week.... on the slope. Great lift and not too chilly (for Feb). Edited By David Ashby - Moderator on 22/02/2020 20:03:47 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 I blame the massive rise in the building of wind farms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Harris Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 As well as slope soaring weather autogyros fly great in the wind, been out with mine today. Even managed to fly backwards Great fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Jones Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 I have not been out for 3 weeks and it has been too cold to work in my loft . Also i can not get out of my back door due to it swelling . And due to the wind and rain not able to remove the door to fix it. Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON CRAGG Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 WE are lucky in that we have a fitted out mobile home as a club hut. Fully furnished, clean and warm sitting room etc. Club shop for all those must have bits. Even when the weather is dire (as it has been for weeks), about 6-10 members meet at 10am every Sunday, for a catch up, bring a model, tea and buns etc. These get togethers are brilliant. Although we are not actually flying, we are doing the next best thing............talking about flying!. Must stop on the way to the site for Battenburg today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Fairweather 1 Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Posted by Colin Carpenter on 22/02/2020 17:44:15: Six days flying in 3 months here in East Somerset. Too wet ! Windy ! Foggy when it's calm. Can't remember a winter like it since I started playing with toys in 69 !😵😵😵 Colin Edited By Colin Carpenter on 22/02/2020 17:44:51 Colin, now be honest, we are far too young to have begun playing with toys in 69 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Crook Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Same here in Berkshire. Just checked rhe Met Office forecast for the next week, more of the same. The long range forecast mentions a chance of things calming down a bit in the south and east in early March, but I won't get my hopes up. At least my club has an indoor flying session this week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly boy3 Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Yes the weather all over the UK has been dire. We must remember it is Winter, better weather will arrive I,m sure. I class my self as a modeler. I build planes to fly. I use this bad spell to complete my Winter build, and upgrade, and maintain my other model ready for The Spring. We complain about the weather because we cannot fly, lets spare a thought for the people who are homeless due to the weather. I.ll get my coat. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfan Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Also haven't flown since October. The field's generally OK, just can't drive down the track to it. Committee claim owner won't allow the club to surface the track. Hmmm, we finally have a mole in the committee who intends to find out if that's exactly true or just apocryphal. So, I've almost finished my Skystreak 32, built an FT 42" Spitfire and will be covering the Cub soon. When all that's done I might be able to navigate my Suzy Swift up the track without falling sideways into the big ditch! If not I was recently given a Black Horse Angel needing repair, fit out and finishing. But yes, model yachts are the next most involving sort of model and I do have a few of those up in the loft somewhere. Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erfolg Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 NO Todays paper the existing weather pattern is expected to last until mid March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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