J D 8 Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 An ARC, they also made the Ready Trainer, Jupiter Sport as well as the Cardinal. As long as the ABC plastic is protected from to much UV they will last. My Jupiter is 23 years and by far my most flown model and on its second Irvine 46. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan mcatamney Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 The Beaver is also 15 year old, bought at the same time as the Cessna 177 and my Mk 3 Ready trainer. They are all great flying planes and extremely durable . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted July 23, 2023 Author Share Posted July 23, 2023 With gusts of up to 20mph it was back to the hill today. No hardship there, it’s my favourite place. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 With rain from dawn till dusk been nowhere for the last two days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 Rain, rain, rain.....☹️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Eric Robson said: With rain from dawn till dusk been nowhere for the last two days That and an arm that resembles a skinless, undercooked sausage means ditto here! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Smith 1 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Managed to get out today before the showers and thunder rumbles started. I have a temporary hazard, as can be seen below, to encounter until the crop is cut next month. You certainly learn to line up the landing properly!! Never mind all the fun of the day. Just made sure I knew where the rudder was!! 😁 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 On 23/07/2023 at 18:15, J D 8 said: An ARC, they also made the Ready Trainer, Jupiter Sport as well as the Cardinal. As long as the ABC plastic is protected from to much UV they will last. My Jupiter is 23 years and by far my most flown model and on its second Irvine 46. We had a lot of beginners coming for training with ARC models back in the 90's - they don't look as though they're good models when you're used to trad built stuff, but in fact did perform their task very well. Only snag was that the model shops often used to saddle unsuspecting newcomers with an MDS engine that if you were lucky was merely bad rather than hopeless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 (edited) Snuck out with the Ruckus, Viper, and Wot4 - actually went with a purpose! W4 now has a landing mode - bit of 'up' and lower idle, increases confidence for spins etc. Happy Force 46 in Ruckus is now inverted - looks much better and now runs nicely. Happy Yesterday I uprated the Esc in my little Viper edf to make use of some 4s LiPos, and put in a new receiver - a Spektrum 636 (I think!). Bound it with AS3X off..... all seemed good. Switched it on at the field to be greeted by the chattering of servos as I picked it up. Grrrrrr Still, as Mr Loaf would have said..... "2 out of 3 aint bad...." Raining cats and dogs now Edited July 25, 2023 by GrumpyGnome 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan mcatamney Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 The Flying Fortress 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 16 minutes ago, aidan mcatamney said: video-2018-09-28-17-15-53.mp4 18.43 MB · 0 downloads video-2018-09-28-17-15-53.mp4 18.43 MB · 0 downloads video-2018-09-28-17-15-53.mp4 18.43 MB · 0 downloads video-2018-09-28-17-15-53.mp4 18.43 MB · 0 downloads Just sound ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan mcatamney Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 45 minutes ago, GrumpyGnome said: Just sound ? Sadly yes. Technical fault, not sure what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan mcatamney Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Historic Italian Seaplane from 1925. Just built. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan mcatamney Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 The Fairchild PT 19. Nice colour scheme. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted July 25, 2023 Author Share Posted July 25, 2023 Flying buddy, Tony, is getting into control line so provided today's entertainment at the power field. He managed a world record (for him) 7 circuits before he had to lie down 🙂 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jenkins Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Took me ages to get past 3/4 of a circuit and ghen crashing! Happy memories of youth spent on Mitcham Common. I remember vividly the first time I flew for a full tankful and the relief when the aircraft landed in one piece! I still have a Phantom with PAW 149 I built in the mid 80s to get my son's interested. No joy unfortunately. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Best forecast for the week this morning and had hoped to get a single channel maiden in for my KK Outlaw, but the grass needed cutting first and an hour later when that was done the wind got up, initially to about 8mph, but them up to 14mph and flights with other, more familiar foamie warbird models went well, but showed how lumpy the air was. So the Outlaw will wait for a better day. Did fly my RCM&E free plan built Little Mo though, which was brilliant fun in the strong wind - a bit Sharkface-like in flying characteristics - wild ride under power but good as gold when gliding power off. The dayglo orange Solarfilm on the upper surfaces has faded to a subtle pastel peach, but the underside is still as vibrant as a survival suit in the sunset. Finished off with a flight with the SonikRC Spitfire, which took everything that the wind could chuck at it and just shrugged it off. 😄 Successful maiden flight for my pal Jim's Tony Nijhuis designed F8F Panther, which is highly impressive given that the mag only came out a couple of weeks ago. The model certainly scoots along at great speed and performed brilliantly. It'll certainly be joined by a Cougar a couple of weeks after that issue comes out. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Oh lucky you Leccy. I punished myself by going up to the field to watch and spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Hope that you are healing well Ron and that you'll soon be back on ops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J D 8 Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Made the most of yesterday patrolling the Western [Wales] Front Major Mannock on finals going long to avoid darned badger diggings in our strip. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan mcatamney Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 9 minutes ago, J D 8 said: Made the most of yesterday patrolling the Western [Wales] Front Major Mannock on finals going long to avoid darned badger diggings in our strip. Nice aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J D 8 Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Good old bus the DB Mannock. I restored the oil soaked fuselage some 25 years ago, how old model is I do not know but guess 80's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 2 hours ago, leccyflyer said: Hope that you are healing well Ron and that you'll soon be back on ops. 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. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 2 hours ago, Ron Gray said: Oh lucky you Leccy. I punished myself by going up to the field to watch and spot. I'm in a similar position though not as painful. Although the cataract operation was both painless and successful, my left eye still isn't up to scratch and I don't feel like flying one eyed. I needed new glasses before the operation and my optician appointment isn't until August 14 so I'm in limbo until a few days after that. I can easily pass the number plate at 20 metres test for driving, but I'm keeping that to a minimum, too. Still, the weathers been pretty bad so perhaps I'm not missing much 🙂 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Good to hear that the operation was a success Geoff, only a couple of weeks to wait for new specs, it'll fly by (no pun intended). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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