PDB Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 A couple of club mates and myself held an event recently to get people out flying, write up published with thanks to @Andy Symons - BMFA HERE 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 ANOTHER breezy day here.... ggod fun though. That little FW flies in wind it has no right to! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 A bit windy here also, but after being given a broken Gyro I couldn't resist it, I did 3 flights, including 'reverse' hovering, it does have a bit of a tracking problem, but that's going to give me something to do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Been flying around with a Honda powered Mountfield, 21" prop, nice n sunny n no wind. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 8 hours ago, john stones 1 - Moderator said: Been flying around with a Honda powered Mountfield, 21" prop, nice n sunny n no wind. It sounds more like a lawn mower. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Smith 1 Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 Unusually for my patch at the airfield there wasn't a breathe of wind today at 9am. This just normally never happens. Bearing in mind the Great Wall of maize still insitu I decided to fly my most forgiving aerobat, the Sbach. I do wonder when the maize gets harvested. Opinion is divided on whether it's for animal feed of for a nearby Bio-digester plant. Additionally on the other side of the runway to the far side about 50 yards away there is another Great Wall of hay bales which coupled with the maize creates a wind tunnel effect down the runway most days. Never mind I have to meet these challenges and at the end of it I have strange feeling of enjoyment/achievement! Four flights on a lovely day and all safely back at the work shop. 😀✈️ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan mcatamney Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 3 minutes ago, Adrian Smith 1 said: Unusually for my patch at the airfield there wasn't a breathe of wind today at 9am. This just normally never happens. Bearing in mind the Great Wall of maize still insitu I decided to fly my most forgiving aerobat, the Sbach. I do wonder when the maize gets harvested. Opinion is divided on whether it's for animal feed of for a nearby Bio-digester plant. Additionally on the other side of the runway to the far side about 50 yards away there is another Great Wall of hay bales which coupled with the maize creates a wind tunnel effect down the runway most days. Never mind I have to meet these challenges and at the end of it I have strange feeling of enjoyment/achievement! Four flights on a lovely day and all safely back at the work shop. 😀✈️ Beautiful plane and nice runway to go with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 3 hours ago, aidan mcatamney said: Beautiful plane and nice runway to go with it. You forgot, a Nice Futaba radio,,, 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan mcatamney Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 9 minutes ago, Paul De Tourtoulon said: You forgot, a Nice Futaba radio,,, Ah yes, my favourite radio. Havnt used anything else since 1986. Ultra reliable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 Nice day out today, I wanted to fly the Mustang but a broken wire on the Rx battery put paid to that, a bit annoying as I usually take a spare with me. Managed a couple of flights with the FMS ViperJet and 1 flight with the Osprey F5J (lots of good thermals) but spent the rest of the time checking out other ‘planes and trainer 3 others. All good fun! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Smith 1 Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 Yup 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 Went to Hull in the morning, to take my wife for a minor op. Checked in at 10:00. Op cancelled at 10:03. Rescheduled for early Saturday a.m. - will need to leave house at 5:00. Grrrrrr. Went out for a couple of hours after lunch. Took the little FW190, and my Double Trouble. First time I've flown the baby Wolfie in less than 15mph winds - it really is remarkable, and really impressed the other members. Flew 7 batteries out.......... then remembered I'd get longer motor life if I let it cool down between flights. Never got to fly the DT as my reminder for a physio assessment said I was due at 14:20 (I thought it was 16:20) - I got it at 13:52! Raining today 🙁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 Probably the best morning of the whole summer this morning, there was real warmth in the sun, zero wind and perfect flying conditions with fluffy clouds and blue skies. That on what they are saying is the first day of autumn. Anyhoo, test flights for a couple of models on different battery packs all went well enough, though my GWS Tiger Moth flew quite tail down with the 2s1p 600mah pack, which I'll substitute for a slightly heavier 2s1p 800mah pack for the next flight. The remotoring with a direct drive 20g pole and stator motor gave a big uplift over the geared Feigao inrunner. My Funnyfighter Spitfire was greatly improved in vertical performance from it's maiden, with my new 3s1p 600mah packs, but a five minute flight had the cells coming down a wee bit lower than I like at 3.65v/cell, so I've dropped the prop size, compared to the bench test I did last week on some different packs. I think these Radient packs might be delivering a bit more voltage than the rather aged packs I tested the model with last week and the 8x6" prop is too much. Most of the flight was at very much reduced throttle, so she'll probably be better off with the 7x5" that I've fitted, will maybe see what tomorrow brings. During the morning we were treated to a mini twister, which flipped over a couple of models, lifted a heavy plastic tarpaulin 20 feet in the air and carried all sorts of bits of paper and rubbish from the track up to a great height. Only one of us flying at the time, but it was a real struggle to get what is normally a very well behaved model back down to earth, the turbulence was clear from all the debris blowing about. A passing buzzard hooked onto the thermal and shot up from tree top height to a few hundred feet in seconds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 Sunday for me, been on the Honda again, we have nesting Buzzards adjacent to our field amazing birds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 Feels like best weather for months here on NE Coast! Andy came and flew out his batteries earlier, as did Brian. Now just Kev and I flying, and Pete watching... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 4 minutes ago, GrumpyGnome said: Feels like best weather for months here on NE Coast! Andy came and flew out his batteries earlier, as did Brian. Now just Kev and I flying, and Pete watching... First picture, is that a Seagull Cessna on the left GG ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 (edited) No, a little leccy one - FMS I think Edited September 2, 2023 by GrumpyGnome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDB Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Yesterday our BMFA ACE visited to assess an examiner and as part of that process I passed my A cert, the examiner also got signed off. 👍 I had been practicing in our prevailing SW winds so yesterdays fluctuating N/NW took some recalibration doing the manoeuvres in reverse, however a couple of practice flights sorted that. The Boomerang is now being retired as a winter/bad weather hack and onwards with my B cert. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Congratulations PDB. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDB Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Further to my comment above the Boomerang is staying. Had a lovely morning flying during which an instructor flew the B schedule with the Boomerang also demonstrating perfectly straight consecutive rolls. Reinforced how important the person on the sticks is.👍 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Keep flying it then 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Tag "A Trainer" is misleading, it'll do all manner of aeros, and teach you stuff that you have to work at to do nicely, too valueable a model to consign to the hanger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Couldn't agree more - lots of 'trainers' ditched prematurely, and expensively. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maurice northcott Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Well done to you and the Examiner......... Congratulations to both of you 👍🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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