Don Fry Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 23 minutes ago, Erfolg said: The jet now finally takes to the sky, trailing white smoke behind, eventually it landed, a first flight, some called it a maiden. I think, why? Erf, I have great respect for your mental ability, and with the lubricating powers of Whiskey, you can work that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 For a change, it's windy and wet ☹️ Good job I have lots of pottering to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten Spitzner Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 Well, it's winter in the southern hemisphere and we've had a really wet one so far. Mind you, that's better than the recent drought where we almost ran out of water. But with an almost summers day forecast, a mate and I took off this one day last week. Pinocchio hasn't been flown lately, so it got an outing. Lunch on the coals, as usual... Pinocchio x264.mp4 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 Nice, I liked the Cat Stevens music to cover the whine of the motors, what happened to your corks ?.😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten Spitzner Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 LOL. Gotta love the sound of a twin, or more, singing away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Not me. Went to Flying Legends at Church Fenton (near York). Awesome! Very highly recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Brilliant weekend at the Pontefract PANDAS electric fly-in and single channel retro event. Well worth the long trip down south. I had a great time, met lots of lovely people-dedicated traditional aeromodellers all, super chat banter and even managed a few hairy flights in short gaps in the weather. Really pleased to meet the luminaries of the vintage radio resurgence and a fantastic Yorkshire welcome from the PANDAS folks. Got to spend some time with Tim, who I hadn't seen for a dozen years, saw lots of beautiful wee models, some amazing scratch built radios, vintage stuff, control liners, my first visit to a model show tent for ages with the excellent folk of Retro Modeller and overall was the modelling highlight of the year so far. Really was everything I most enjoy about the hobby. Phil, Shaun and the other organisers did a grand job. I didn't get to fly the two models I'd built for the event - the closest to that being when I opened the tailgate the wind grabbed my Schoolboy wing and sent it barrelling down the carpark, cracking the mainspar. No way would the wee model have flown in those conditions, but the wing got a short flight in! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Bullit Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 We had the LMA at our club field all weekend for their annual garden party. The weather was absolutely shocking with strong winds and heavy rain apart from Sunday when it was just windy. I only went on the Saturday and flew inbetween the rain. Definitely challenging conditions, the flying was VID-20230715-WA0001.mp4 nt to bad, just landing was very tricky with the turbulent air. Still we all had a great time with no major damage and got some decent flights in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted July 17, 2023 Author Share Posted July 17, 2023 I've been to the hill for the last couple of days now, yesterday saw 30mph gusts, which is a bit much for where we fly, today was better although we had to jump back in the cars to avoid passing showers. Here's my buddy, Alan, flying his Schwing just before the next one arrived. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Slope in 30mph is more fun than a barrel of monkeys, a bit more challenging on the flat, but still loads of fun - I'm still buzzin' from the few flights that I dared to brave the strong winds at Pontefract over the weekend - and Phil has been kind enough to produce a video showing some of the highlights. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Top marks for commitment there fellas. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extra slim Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 By heck, full marks fellas.. did thou pay a flying fee and thought better get thou’s money worth.? Heehee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 I had a nice few hours today, making lots of 2-stroke noise! All on my tod.... have to say the cheap Force 46 drags the Ruckus aroubd really well. Now it's nicely set up, I'll invert it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Superb morning in a short weather window of very light winds, blue skies and fluffy clouds this morning, just for a few hours. Could have been in a completely different country than the weekend. Ten the showers arrived. Successful maiden flight for my KK Outlaw - probably the best maiden flight I've ever had and really pleased with the model, possibly the first time I've just completely let go of the sticks and let the model fly itself from shortly after launching - not a click of trim needed, just like in the magazine. 🙂 Flying shots will have to wait for the single channel maiden, which is yet to come. That came after a successful maiden flight of my wee Ken Willard Schoolboy, though with some issues, such as refusing to turn right - gentle landing just off the strip though, so no harm done. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john davidson 1 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 (edited) On 17/07/2023 at 05:54, GrumpyGnome said: Not me. Went to Flying Legends at Church Fenton (near York). Awesome! Very highly recommended. My son and I went too on the Saturday, impressive lightning before the show but the highlight was the Sea Fury pass at 400 kts (480 mph). Sadly more weather meant the Balbo was cancelled Edited July 19, 2023 by john davidson 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDB Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 (edited) A great after work session, took the Jive for a change which was great fun throwing around the sky in the warm light wind. To the south which passed behind me and paragliders were flying under.😳 To the north in front of me. Insects loved the orange 🙄 Edited July 19, 2023 by PDB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Davis Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Flew the Guidato in preparation for Cocklebarrow Farm vintage fly-in in August. I think I'll add lead to the nose. https://www.facebook.com/1176575778/videos/pcb.3531677987108198/1319777115605912 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J D 8 Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Still quite windy but dropped enough to get some flying with suitable types like my old a Seagull SNJ with its RCV 60sp sounding much like an old radial.😁 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted July 20, 2023 Author Share Posted July 20, 2023 Clubmate Colin flew his Black Horse Eagle yesterday, four-stroke powered, it looked and sounded superb. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan mcatamney Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Thats a beautiful looking plane, the Blackhorse Eagle. I remember looking at it a few years ago with the intention of buying one but bought a different model instead. It looks terrific and I'm sure sounds wonderful with the fourstroke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Bowers Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 It must be summer as my model's clean-down yesterday was as much to remove splattered bugs as it was fuel residue. Red on the back of the prop too, don't remember seeing that before. Must take more photos - the phone gets left in the car and forgotten.......................... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) Managed two flights before it started raining and had a mad dash for the car 😠 spent far longer packing/unpacking, assembling/disassembling than flying..... Good job I have a cheerful demeanour. Edited July 21, 2023 by GrumpyGnome 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickw Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) Reasonably decent weather for a change yesterday so had a go a GPS Triangle flying with my big glider. First flight at about mid day turned out to be the best, and I managed 9 laps of the triangle (1600m perimeter) in just under 30 minutes using a few thermals on the way. I still find looking at the GPS traces of the flights is fascinating, and looking at the weather for the weekend is the closest I will get to flying for few days ☹️ Dick Edited July 21, 2023 by Dickw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan mcatamney Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 http://Youtube Big Eflite Trojan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan mcatamney Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 This is a very unique model of a Cardinal Cessna 177. What makes it so unique is that it is made entirely from plastic. I have it 15 years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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