john stones 1 - Moderator Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Top job Peter. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Skilbeck Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Cracking, look forward to seeing it at the Sherlow aerotow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Well done Peter! Wishing you many more happy flights with the Petrel. Trevor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeQ Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Well done Peter. Looks fantastic. Hope the ribs etc are all sorted and you get out to fly it. Cheers. Mike ps. I’ll probably be starting mine soonish and will take all your tips on board 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Williams Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Good job, Peter, trouble is...you now have an empty workbench! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Garsden Posted May 21 Author Share Posted May 21 Well I have just returned from a more or less windless PSS weekend at the Orme. I took the Petrel because I wanted to try it out in light winds, which we had in abundance - no good for PSS heavies but OK for the Petrel. I arrived on Friday evening to Sun and about 8 to 10mph on the NW slope. I quickly assemble and Stevie chucked her off. She soared effortlessly as though on rails. She does dive a bit so I think I will remove 2 chunks of lead from the cockpit I flew her for about an hour, so delightful was the experience. The wind dropped to about 6mph and she seemed to cope with it easily rising even in that wind. I also flew her the following morning on the North East Pier slope which was equally rewarding and idyllic. This one will be flown a lot. I must go, however to find some accomodation for the Shrelow Aerotow next weekend. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Minchell Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Peter, here is one option for B&B right next to the Sherlowe airfield ready for the next one in August. https://www.ercallmill.co.uk/ Regards John M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeQ Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Hi Peter ... what two sizes of piano wire did you use on the AMT? Cheers mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Garsden Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 On 28/05/2023 at 22:46, MikeQ said: Hi Peter ... what two sizes of piano wire did you use on the AMT? Cheers mike Sorry Mike, didn't see this. In answer to your question I went to my local engineering shop and bought some concentric sizes of tubing that all fit effectively inside each other. Unbeknown to me I bought mild steel, which I recently had to replace with piano wire and the sizes are 1/8" and 3/32, but you could use the metric equivalent of say 3mm and 2.5mm or 2mm I am sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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