Outrunner Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 58 minutes ago, Ron Gray said: Thanks Leccy but I think it's going to be quite a while, nursie reckons another 4 - 6 weeks with bandages on but I can always keep my fingers crossed (well on the right hand anyway!) and I'll keep going up to the field to help out. Hi Ron, good to hear you are getting better, you could have a go at single channel button pushing something like a Sharkface to keep yourself in practice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zflyer Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Ron, maybe time to program a gps circuit and self landing gizmo Take the advice and the time u need to full recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jenkins Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Finally got out to fly with an old chum today. He was helping to set up my Flight Coach hardware and to get the pilot box and centre line set up in the hardware. Then I went flying for the first time with Flight Coach. The trace of the flight was enough to put me off using the darn thing but at least I now know what I need to work on. Everything! The photo shows our two birds. My chums model is the CA Model Andes and mine is the B J Craft Anthem both with contra drives. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, Outrunner said: you could have a go at single channel But I would have to build it first which, at the moment I can’t do! But I did think about flying my little Volantex Corsair but then decided that I still need to be able to control the throttle. No, I’m just going to keep coming back to this thread and torturing myself looking at all the models being flown by you guys, keep the pics coming, even the ‘boring’ flying fish ones (F3a) 🤣 - only joking Peter. Edited July 27, 2023 by Ron Gray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Managed a couple of hours yesterday with my glow powered Ruckus (surprisingly good flier) and little petrol Wot4. Had a deadstick on the Wotty when the fuel pipe rested against the silencer/muffler/piece of metal that is stuck on the back of the engine. By far my best landing of the day! My little Viper continues to frustrate. Bound it with AS3X off. Wiggle it about - silence from servos. Yaaay! Took it out of the car, plugged the LiPo in, waited the 10 seconds or so for the rx to decide all was well, picked it up to be greeted by the servos chattering as AS3X did it's stuff. Grrrr. Also accompanied by 'RF signal critical' alerts if the tx was more than 10 feet from the model. It's still in the car. The rx came out of my PT17 and worked perfectly in that so I am a tad perplexed...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Had a rare two site flying day yesterday, which was brilliant fun. The forecast wasn't that promising for the morning, with wind and rain, but there was a short window around lunchtime promising light winds and dry, with sunny periods and that is what happened. Firstly at the club site I was able to get a couple of flights in with the KK Outlaw, establishing that it goes every bit as well taking off from the ground as from a hand launch. It does, however need a touch of up elevator to keep the tail round on starting the take off run, which could be an issue for the eventual single channel maiden flight. Anyway the Outlaw is quite the nicest, most stable model that I have in the fleet, practically flies itself , you just have to breathe on the controls to guide here round the skies. Lovely. Might have some in flight piccies later as well. The morning wasn't marred by a test flight with the Schoolboy, seeing if the mod had made the model ambidextrous, rather than being seriously left handed. The Schoolboy reared up and stalled, then hit the long grass vertically. Damage was limited to fracturing the 3D printed motor mount, but that put paid to any further flights. Heading off early afternoon for the more distant ADS site for the afternoon/evening glider session off the winch and bungee, which I hadn't done before, as it's quite a long way off and not really a core interest. Anyway I had a marvellous session, really enjoyed my first goes off the winch with my Easyglider and it was a good call as when the model started to descend a bit close to the ground I was able to have some really nice long flights with a couple of lazy motor runs. The winch itself is a formidable beast and gets quite large gliders up to altitude in seconds. It was a good turnout, with half a dozen other club members enjoying a really pleasant afternoon- @Murat Kece 1 was having great flights with a big 3m+ glider off the winch and I also enjoyed the sight and sound of a flying ironing board zipping about the skies courtesy of @Tosh McCaber, both of this parish. Alongside the winch the lightweight bungee was getting a workout with the lighter. smaller gliders and I had a bunch of enjoyable flights with my wee red mystery glider, which is now flying well off the bungee, after getting properly trimmed out. Fish supper and a two hour drive home left me a bit knackered at the end of a long day, but well worth the trip. 😄 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 What's story behind those stones Leccy ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 We put them in to introduce a little bit of excitement for the glider guiders at the end of their hour long thermal soaring adventures 😉 Seriously though the NE of Scotland is littered with stone circles from ancient times - that particular stone circle isn't an ancient one, it's one which was constructed in the early noughties and provided the site for the Breemie Stanes midsummer festival held on several years since then. There's also a labyrinth and the club also has the use of the on-site toilet facilities, which are housed in a couple of Yurts, next to the field. https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=11180 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Colman Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Love the look of the "wee red mystery glider" leccyflyer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 (edited) That's not my mystery glider in the pictures Steve - I think it's our bungee guru Mike's Flinger - that's him in the picture above preparing to launch. My wee red mystery glider is the one to the left and right of Mike's Flinger - from Round #1 of this year's Bungee Competition, held in July. Edited August 2, 2023 by leccyflyer clarification 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Acland Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 No flying for months, early year field flooded, when it dried out it became very windy for weeks. The wind is still here but now the field is boggy again and the access track flooded. If we dont get a good late August and good September this year will be a write off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Well believe it or not I will be, weather permitting, flying again next week. Nursie signed me off today after a somewhat miraculous recovery. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Good news Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Some piccies just received of my KK Outlaw in action from the other day, courtesy of my pal Derek, who's Algebra is the red and tartan glider featured landing in my earlier pictures. It wasn't that hard a landing, honest and my other two clubmates who had both showed me pictures of their Outlaws, flying from the field in the 70's were delighted to see that my 2023 Outlaw had the same retractable undercarriage. 🙂 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Just got to love those retracts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 I still can't get my head around how they work. 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 This one is from last week, but I only got the piccies last night from Derek. My 1997 RCM&E plan build - Little Mo. Still going strong after 26 years. Derek did a great job to capture Little Mo in flight - not the easiest task, for sure. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) 23 minutes ago, leccyflyer said: I still can't get my head around how they work. 😄 I think that they’re specifically designed to prevent ‘run on’ if you land a bit too hot. As I understand it they were the forerunner of brakes / arrester hooks and were unique in that you can adjust the point of break away by increasing / decreasing the retention by the number and strength of rubber bands used. Unfortunately they were really only suitable for use on grass strips, not concrete / tarmac. Edited August 4, 2023 by Ron Gray 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 One of my early trainers used to do that Brian. Fit the engine on a pod on top of the wing modify the fuselage and you will have an amphibian, take off on land, land on water. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Bullit Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Flying now in a bright and breezy Southport😁 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Perfect flying conditions this morning and a decent turnout for some spirited flying - mini warbirds, EDFs, sports models, biplanes and just relaxing in the warm sunshine. Flew my wee Spitfire, Zero, Martlet and SE5a, plus another test flight with the Willard Schoolboy, which is still only turning left, so I let discretion be the better part of valour and just let the model land in the long grass. Very enjoyable morning - was able to locate a pal's model which went down in the field with my drone, then back home just as the heavens opened. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Got a few flights in on Saturday, between the showers - when the sun came out, it was very hot! Set up the clubs new Apprentice trainer Helped set up the clubs foamy Acrowot Had some flights with my Arrows Viper, that now runs 4S - doesn't seem any faster than my 3S Hawk tbh Had some flights on my Double Trouble. Nice couple of hours out. Then it started raining again. Yesterday was wet and windy. Currently my P51 and Ruckus are on charge as it looks like being a decent day.....🤞 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 1 hour ago, GrumpyGnome said: it was very hot It was no higher than 14°C here (south Norfolk) on Saturday, even contemplated putting the heating on, but didn’t! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Carpenter Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Got 3 flights in on Sebbie Miss Wind at 9 this morning. Gentle breeze. It flys well on 5s and eats up what little airspace we have. Gets very close to hedges when landing into a southern wind. Think I’ve got the balance spot on as inverted needs a gnats pressure on stick. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Decent, if full day today.. Take wife to work Get blood tests - my arm has neen stabbed so many times, I'm scared I'll drown if I shower! Spend time with dogs Fly Ruckus several times. Leave Mustang in car Home for lunch and keep dogs company Back to field. Help mow grass. Fly Ruckys in what is now a very sfiff breeze Home to keep dogs company Fetch wife from work Relax 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts