Wookman Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Been out with the Alpina first thing this morning. Sunrise was a little underwhelming at Whitesheet. Flying was nice though. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Lloyd Posted June 14, 2023 Author Share Posted June 14, 2023 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Cracking photos 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 On 08/06/2023 at 11:49, Matthew Lloyd said: As my car is off the road I've been using my camper, and the BoT fits in it nicely fully rigged! Autosleeper 'Topaz'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Lloyd Posted June 16, 2023 Author Share Posted June 16, 2023 On 14/06/2023 at 21:33, Phil Green said: Autosleeper 'Topaz'? 1991 Talisman 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Lloyd Posted June 16, 2023 Author Share Posted June 16, 2023 On 14/06/2023 at 21:30, Phil Green said: Cracking photos 😀 Taken with phone in one hand and tx in the other - give me an orange and I'll peel that too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David perry 1 Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 (edited) Soarcerer by Dave Hughes. A truly beautiful model with elegant simplicity and a joy to build and fly. Ive made several over the years including one 120" version for a laugh Edited June 16, 2023 by David perry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, David perry 1 said: Soarcerer by Dave Hughes. A truly beautiful model with elegant simplicity and a joy to build and fly. Ive made several over the years including one 120" version for a laugh We first saw the Soarcerer at a Northern Area slope comp held at Tinkers Monument, where the Bradford club members had all built theirs with foam cores with partial sheeting and cap strips, so they looked 'built up'. They were all reduced dihedral aileron builds, maybe 8 or 10 of them, and this was before we'd even seen a rudder/elevator Soarcerer 'as Dave intended'. In varying conditions these models were astonishingly capable, light and aerobatic, and did well in the pylon race round too. Obviously over the next few weeks, Sheffield SSA members were busy building their own Soarcerers... all flew brilliantly well - this was long before the official 'aileron version' appeared. Dave's finest hour ! (and to think it was designed as a single-channel glider...) (I have a 24" half-scale one that IS single channel!) Cheers Phil Edited June 16, 2023 by Phil Green added pic 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wagg Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 2 hours ago, David perry 1 said: Soarcerer by Dave Hughes. A truly beautiful model with elegant simplicity and a joy to build and fly. Ive made several over the years including one 120" version for a laugh Learnt to fly on the Soarcerer. That and a Monterey when the conditions went calm. Built an aileron wing for the Soarcerer and had hours of fun on Parlick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookman Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Sunset at Whitesheet. Pmp Eppisoar by the light of the moon and Venus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 (edited) 55 Years ago, age 13, I remember long hot summers at Callow Bank flying the first-of-many Veron Impalas with my Dads home-made copy of a Remcon 12 reeds set. Half a century on, one of my favourite pastimes is flying a Veron Impala, on Remcon 12 reeds, at Callow - for me this combination is a real nostalgia trip. I dont know if the Impala has 'soul' - it certainly has lengevity! You can have a tremendous amount of fun with it, its so versatile - single channel on the button, reeds, galloping ghost, pulse, slope, bungee, powerpod, aerotow, its done all that and more. It was my first multi channel model, and to recreate that era with the very same model, same radio and the same location is simply magical. Presently I've three Impalas, all on reeds, all regularly flown. The first pic is me as a kid attempting ailerons for the first time - they were totally ineffective! At that point the Impala had four Duramites and an 8.4v DEAC, and weighed nearly 4lb ! Min in the middle I've not seen since the scooter days, and little Steve on the right later took up model flying! So. The Veron Impala. A model that grows with you! 😀 Edited June 23, 2023 by Phil Green 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Griff Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 Does that tx turn up its mouth when transmitting ? Lol... Nice, slope soaring is sooooo good for us/you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDB Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 On 16/06/2023 at 18:18, David perry 1 said: Soarcerer by Dave Hughes. A truly beautiful model with elegant simplicity and a joy to build and fly. Ive made several over the years including one 120" version for a laugh That’s great to read, picked up a beautifully built example today. 👍👍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bates Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 On 22/03/2009 at 01:57, Martin Roberts said: Hey Eric, any chance of a copy of the Elmira plans, how much and can you include postage to Australia, or can you get it scanned as a PDF and email..... Marty https://aerofred.com/details.php?image_id=80953&mode=search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wagg Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Chris Bates said: https://aerofred.com/details.php?image_id=80953&mode=search Or Outerzone :- https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=4444 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Holroyd Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Used to fly on Baildon Moor in 70ies and early 80ies before being seduced by full size gliders. Fond memories of Dave Hardaker's Kwicksilver (original spelling!) and Steve Mettam's little Slim Pig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Holroyd Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 On reflection the spelling might have been "Kwiksilver". It certainly was not with "Qu..." It was 40 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wagg Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Bob Holroyd said: Used to fly on Baildon Moor in 70ies and early 80ies before being seduced by full size gliders. Fond memories of Dave Hardaker's Kwicksilver (original spelling!) and Steve Mettam's little Slim Pig Don't remember if it's the same guy who, back in the 70's, flew with us on Parlick. Very similar model but he had one with a sliding aileron servo linked mechanically to a standard elevator. So as the elevator went up the ailerons went down. (Flaperons) ?? I have my own version of Kwicksilver but no sliding servo. Edited November 19, 2023 by John Wagg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2.4g Shaun Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 (edited) I got one of the prototype Kwiksilver plans from Dave at Baildon prior to publication. He told me a number of years ago it was someone at RCM&E who changed the name to Qu**** and never asked him when they published the plan. Great all round slope soarers and I personally preferred it to the popular Phase 6. Might just have to make another especially as I have a laser cut set of ribs for it. Edited November 19, 2023 by 2.4g Shaun Typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Its Andy Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Saw this post and had to reply when i saw mention of the Slimpig, I have just finished rebuilding one. back in the early 80's Stephen Metttam was a member of the club and so everyone flew Slimpigs, i was just learning to fly at the time so never had one, then i discovered girls and drink and stopped flying for 25 years. when i started flying again i flew F5J and bumped into Stephen again at wetlands, he had sold off the Slimpig designs and mold years ago but said he had the last one out of the mold in his garage, after much nagging over many months he sold it to me, seemed a shame to build this piece of history so it's sat on a shelf in the workshop ever since. a couple of months ago i saw while trawling ebay a slimpig fuz in amongst a pile of glider bits on a listing, managed to get it for £6 and have rebuilt and restored it.... can't wait to get it out on the slope..........next project is bringing back my old Solent sailplanes Mini Racer! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 For anyone contemplating a new Mini Racer, this guy will do you a fuselage and Cloud Models can supply wings. (A friend has a 'kit' - all very good quality). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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