EarlyBird Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Here in North Lincolnshire the temperatures have been above 20c and, as the Swifts and Swallows returned a couple of weeks ago it feels like summer to me. Flying yesterday, MPX Easystar and The Ohmen. Getting ready to go to the field again for a good day with my club mates. ? Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Chaddock Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Same here in Cheshire but "Make hay while the sun shines". In a few days the wind and rain will return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Summer? Pedants will he up in arms..... Still Spring in East Riding Of Yorks ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 On the model field at 8.30am already getting hot 30° while I am posting this,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Colman Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 I arrived at my club at 08:00 this morning where it was dead calm and 18c; perfect for some final trimming/set-up flying of my recently completed Marabu by Topmodel CZ. By the time I left at 11:00 the temp had risen to 27c which I can just about tolerate while standing in the middle of a flying field. With temps set to increase between today and Sunday it will be a 7:30 start for me from now on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Walby Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 EB, rather premature to call it summer? I'll go with Spring and look forward to summer ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted May 18, 2022 Author Share Posted May 18, 2022 Four flights today in the premature summer sunshine, a record for me over the last three years. Eight hours at the field with a group of good mates, for the last four hours anyway. We all agreed that we would make hay while the sun shines. More of the same tomorrow, following overnight rain, the best time for it to rain. The Swallows are looking for nesting sites, adding to the entertainment with their flying skills. I am going to enjoy summer while it is here. ? Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Shame that the first four hours were with a group of not so good mates ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Carlton Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Due to various issues and calamities, I find myself with nothing to fly for the first time in a long time. It is a rather uncomfortable position to be in. Oh for those heady summer days of yore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 11 hours ago, Chris Walby said: EB, rather premature to call it summer? Early by name but a month is the earliest I have ever been. Being a friendly forum no one on here really objects to my definition of summer being when the Swallows return. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 9 hours ago, Ron Gray said: Shame that the first four hours were with a group of not so good mates ? Good one Ron. ? I was on my own until 12:00 apart from an hour when Callum (Calli) had a few flights with his Gyrocopter I was told to retire to a safe distance, in the cabin?, just in case as he was out of practice. All good fun. I flew The Ohmen and Phoenix 2000. Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 23 minutes ago, EarlyBird said: my definition of summer being when the Swallows return. I’m with you there Steve, but for me it’s when I hear the swift’s screeching across the sky. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 (edited) Yeah. Loads of Swallows here now but no Swifts yet... Lapwings have been around for weeks.... Edited May 19, 2022 by GrumpyGnome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Swift’s here (Norfolk / Suffolk border) since about 10 days ago, only 2 days after (late) arrival of House Martins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Decided to try my new bungee yesterday. It's years and years since I last got a glider up this way so I was a little nervous and mindful that it might be a very easy and convenient way of trashing my Elan 100 ?. All went pretty smoothly though after a few modest launches, found some height and thermals, which was very satisfying. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Went out today with the Giant Super Sportster and the Wots Wot XL, mainly to fly at my ‘other’ club and to try the Laser 200 in-line (Sportster) back to back with the Laser 200 flat twin (WWXL). Assembled the Sportster and discovered a defective servo so that didn’t fly, flew the WWXL which seemed to suddenly run low on fuel before it should have. Same thing happened again but this time just after take off resulting in an interesting cross wind dead stick landing (no damage). Traced the problem to the clunk which had come adrift in the tank so that put paid to any more flying. Hey ho, the joys of flying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 Flew Phoenix 2000 but on the last flight I decided that I could not fly when I was shivering, maybe I am a bit premature putting shorts on. ??? Not to worry three good twenty minute flights and a bubble of rising air that took me from 100 m to 200 m made my day and I was home for lunch. Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Gates Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Nice one David. Been a while since I bungee'd anything, sadly my bungee elastic was old and failing but it was 25 years old. New elastic purchased, just got to try it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Andy Gates said: Nice one David. Been a while since I bungee'd anything, sadly my bungee elastic was old and failing but it was 25 years old. New elastic purchased, just got to try it now. Yes, it made me go home and re-read all my old 1970s and 80s soarer manuals on the subject! ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Carlton Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 10 hours ago, David Ashby - Moderator said: Decided to try my new bungee yesterday. It's years and years since I last got a glider up this way so I was a little nervous I haven't used a bungee for a long time. I have one but it has doubtless perished. The last thing I launched was, I believe, a Balsa Cabin Sonata or possibly a Flair Albatross. A lovely peaceful way to spend a summer evening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 I was always nervous that I'd end up watching a bag of bits being dragged down the field as the wings collapsed.......... or a lovely unplanned wing-over resulting in said bag of bits. Never happened, but the thoughts were always at the back of my mind! Lovely way to spend a warm summer day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 4 hours ago, GrumpyGnome said: I was always nervous that I'd end up watching a bag of bits being dragged down the field as the wings collapsed.......... or a lovely unplanned wing-over resulting in said bag of bits. Never happened, but the thoughts were always at the back of my mind! Lovely way to spend a warm summer day. Yep, seen it happen. Back in the 80s. One wing folded on the way up and the rest of the model trimmed the grass. When we examined the bits we realised that he'd just butt-joined the wing after a previous break, no joiners or reinforcement at all. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin collins 1 Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 About ten of us at the field yesterday, lovely evening for flying and a good opportunity to fly my Flair Fokker DVII, shame these kits are no longer available as they do fly extremely well. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Certainly doesn't feel like Summer today. The Swifts (they arrived!) and Swallows are shivering as they fly around. On the positive side, they must have had a good journey as there are quite a few of them. Just started raining at flying field ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 Blustery today, but good direction. Few hardy souls out making noise... Incuding my new favourite plane - that lovely red Valiant. Perfectly matched to an SC91 four stroke. Lovely few hours. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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