Learner Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 32 minutes ago, Adrian Smith 1 said: Well good for you, Learner. Whilst the Slick would I am sure fly in stronger winds I prefer to enjoy some precision flying and not fight with the elements too much. Each to their own of course. Fighting the elements seem the norm nowadays so I have to make the most of it otherwise I'd never improve. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON CRAGG Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 On 04/08/2024 at 19:59, Chris Walby said: Simon, the Spit looks like a Ripmax version...which is hand launch...so why has it got a tail wheel? Fitted with retracts...looks like a winter mod for me! PS cracking phots there. Thx Chris. Yes, Phil modified his Ripmax Spitfire by adding retracts and a tailwheel, flies a treat as well!. Trying to get decent images of RC models in flight is a real challenge. Very satisfying when it works out ok, as the days flying can be circulated to members and the day "Re-lived"!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 Well, too manky to fly yesterday or today, but did spend a while at the field yesterday evening..... AliExpress were selling RCGF 10cc petrol engines for £104 with free delivery. Even adding on the VAT, it's not much more than a used glow FS, so worth a punt (and I quite like these little engines tbh). Petrol in, switch on, open the choke, twirl the starter... pop pop after about 2 seconds, close choke, she's running less than a second later. Left it idling, with an odd burst of half power for about 5 mins - tuning not far out. Noticed a few twitches on the rudder.... then bigger twitches, then twitches on the ele. Odd I thought, so stopped the engine - by now the rudder was hard over. Odd. Poured a coffee and pondered. Noticed some smoke coming out of the hatch. Yikes! Quickly removed the LiPo powering the cdi, and the NiMh powering the rx. NiMh was a bit warm. Packed uo, came home. Investigated today.... I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty certain the rudder servo shouldn't look like that! I guess I damaged it when I installed it, although I checked all the controls worked.... anyway, back to the field to do more, less eventful hopefully, running in tomorrow... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 Lucky that it happened on the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 Very. All of the servos have now had an hours 'soak test'. NiMh was above ambient temp but only slightly.... to the naked fingertips! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Warbirds day at one of my clubs today 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Just a vid walk along 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon barr Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Is that the club at Wymondham, Ron? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Yes Simon, it's a great club with a large number of very enthusiastic 'traditional modellers'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon barr Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Yes I remember. I popped in for a look a few years ago whilst up visiting my daughter, and was kindly allowed to fly my foame acrowot that I had taken with me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Perfect conditions this morning at the field. Warm, sunny, very light wind or flat calm, but with a fairly low turnout as some of the guys had made the trip down to Elvington for the LMA show there. We did get a new member though, flying a largish foamie Cessna, who I was asked to stand with for his first flight. It's FPV equipped but this maiden flight was flown LOS and went okay, if a bit hairy at times. He got away with hitting the electric fence on landing, no significant damage, just a wee ding in the leading edge, that'll buff right out. This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image. The original image is sized 1800x Successful maiden flights for a couple of my latest depron models - passed onto me by my pal Bob - a mini SEMFF Wildcat and a fantastic reduced sized Sharkface, which has been christened Baby Sharky - 18" span and supremely aerobatic just on rudder and elevator. Great fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daren Cogdon Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 These two went up today. The blue Spitfire was the usual awesomeness. The Spitty was.... interesting! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 It won't load for me too heavy ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Bastow Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 It was a bit windy at my club Saturday but I decided to maiden my B29 anyway! Went really well. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Bastow Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 I might have to change the props for different colour ones, the orange spoils the look a bit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangsegler Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plf50I4mPrc 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff2wings Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Couple of flights with these two this afternoon maiden for the Seagull sport i10 finally after hanging around my workshop for the last 9 years! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry Mark Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 4 hours ago, Cliff Bastow said: I might have to change the props for different colour ones, the orange spoils the look a bit! Just thinking that 😀 Lovely model, Cliff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daren Cogdon Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 4 hours ago, Hangsegler said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plf50I4mPrc Is that the Eachine T-28? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangsegler Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 9 hours ago, Daren Cogdon said: Is that the Eachine T-28? Yes. Eachine Mini T-28 Trojan 761-9 EPP 400mm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daren Cogdon Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 2 hours ago, Hangsegler said: Yes. Eachine Mini T-28 Trojan 761-9 EPP 400mm I had one of those, plus the Mustang, Corsair, Spitfire and Me109. I still kick myself for selling them, as they were awesome fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Smith 1 Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Down. the field early this morning given that the temperature was going to hot up by late morning. What's this I find? Some old boy already there ...... Well shiver my speed controllers it's me of course! I must remember which way round to point these new fangled iPhones. That sorted out I unloaded one of SkyWing's finest powered by an Dualsky Racing electric motor equivalent to 30cc I/C. You have all seen her here before, but she is a joy to look at and fly and is a similar passion to those multiple Spitfires that grace our hobby and demand constant admiring glances. She was joined on occasion by an inquisitive kite (of the hawk kind), but kept away from my Edge 540 quite sensibly. What a lovely morning and 4 flights were had but the temperature was creeping up to 24C and my technique was getting ragged by the fourth flight caused by sweaty hands. Great day, great hobby. 😀 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payneib Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 I DID A TOY AEROPLANE FLYING! Twice in as many weeks, must be some kind of miracle! Wind was/is the perfect strength for hover landing the big ugly Acrowot, but my least favourite direction and not steady - if it could just pick a runway, that'd be great. Currently lacking confidence, due to rusty thumbs but it went up a couple of times. Little Acrowot had it's first trip out since it's last crash in November, and subsequent rework. The Evo 15 is running lovely and she had some runway hops, but there's no way I'm chancing it in this, after the history we've had. All looking good for our family camping trip to Buckminster in a few weeks though. 👍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 So..... which weather forecast is going to be most accurate? Metcheck says up to 28mph, BBC says 3mph. Being an optimist, I chose the latter and packed the car with my Timber, Double Trouble, and the club Apprentice. This was at 8:30, and I rejoiced in the accuracy of Ms Kirkwood and her colleagues. Arriving at the field around 9:30, my admiration for Ms Kirkwood and her colleagues had diminished as it was fair blowy! Unpacked the car but left the Apprentice unassembled. Flew my Timber twice using under 1% of available runway length to land and take off - combined! Ben brought his newly repaired Riot for some more tuition.... he has made an excellent job of fixing it! My plan had been to let Ben do a flight on the Apprentice, and pass him as safe to fly solo. However, the wind put paid to that. Instead, we flew out 5 battery packs on the Riot with me taking off and landing, and Ben doing everything between - even this element was challenging due to the wind strength direct, and gusts. Ben handled the conditions well, and the Apprentice is being put into mothballs. It was certainly at the upper end of winds for a Riot. When it's calmer, we'll do circuits and bumps, and a proving flight on the Riot before we let Ben fly the nest. Then teach him some more controlled aeros. In between, Ian (see previous post) turned up and made some noise. And started his engines 🙂 My DT stayed grounded as I had other things to do. A nice few hours in glorious sunshine. Then on the way home, spotted a Grebe on the village pond. This has joined the little white Egret, further expanding the diversity from Canada Geese, Muscovy and Mallards, and the odd Moorhen. And the final piece of good news is that our chairman will hopefully be home from hospital tomorrow, having had a melon-sized Lipoma removed...... we're not sure if it's a Watermelon sized lump, or HoneyDew, or other type. But it's better out than in! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Smith 1 Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Good day all round then, GG 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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