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Slope Fest NI
billscottni:
Excellent weekend Richard. Sorry I could only make it for the Sunday, but maidened two models (Discus & Fiu) and really enjoyed my day (& the sausages!)
JohnPearson:
Great weekends flying at Moneymore, thanks to all the pilots who came along, and a big thanks to our resident cook ' Hot dog Boyd', I never want to see another Hotdog for at least a year, the diet has gone out the window after all those super hotdogs I ate :P
Here's a few photos from the weekend!
Hope all when well with the other events around the country, It's great to see so much activity in the glider world !
billscottni:
Now I have a bit of time I'll expand a bit on the two maidens at the weekend.
My Fiu has been in the air before, but not particularly sucessfully! I was taking dogs abuse for having a little pink model. :? But after a bit of radio tweaking (60% expo on Richards advice) John launched it and I managed 3 or 4 circuits, climbing most of the time before dumb fingers tipped stalled it in. Being very light there was no damage :D It needs the left aileron straightened, as there is quite a significant twist in it and after that should be a good light - medium wind model. I also need to do somethin about the aerial, at the moment there's twice the length of the plane in aerial dangling behind it!! Can't be helping the balance :shock:
The other model was an electric powered Jamara Discus CS. It has a BRC 300w motor in the nose, 3S 2300 lipo and 10 x 6 prop. Richard launched and it climbed away lovely at a nice 60 degree angle. Got up to about 300ft and cut the motor. It flew beautifully for a minute or two and then I started getting glitching the right wing dropped hard a couple oftimes and I decided it was time to bring it in. A reasonable circuit and down with no damage. I've had problems with that receiver before (webra 6). It's now in the bin! Get a bit of cash together and I may have to think about 2.4 :?:
All in all for me an excellent day with two models reasonably sorted . Brilliant!
Happy Days:
An interesting post Bill,…thanks for sharing your experiences.
You’ve been flying longer than I have so I don’t feel there is any real feed back I can give you other than to suggest that you certainly do save up your pennies. (As a Scotsman I’d have thought that was instinctive! :lol: ) and move over to 2.4
In the hundreds of hours flying that I’ve done, powered and gliding, I’ve never experienced a single ‘glitch moment’ on 2.4
Keith
Richard Boyd:
Hi Bill your little pink model did really well in the lite lift !
Its a real mans plane :roll:
So did your powered glider.
I suppose I do preach alot when it comes to radio gear and model setup.
First the radio gear, please please everyone buy good quality radio gear, servos batteries etc. Some people spend a fortune on planes and then put in cheap nasty Hobby king gear, most of it being total crap.
Why lose a plane over the head of saving a few quid. Most companies like Horizon Hobbies give you real guarentees ! There aint much guarentee from Hong Kong !
Next it is plane setup, so many times I see beautiful planes with servos not centered ! balance points off a mile, flexing pushrods, loss servos, etc etc.
If you are unsure about how to trim or set up a plane then ask a fellow club member, read some very interesting info on plane setup that can be found on the web. Other tip is please donot go by what you may read on forums, unless it is a well proven pilot. Some info on forums come from people that can " talk the talk" but unable to "walk the walk"
Some very basic info on trimming of a powered models but it is relevant to gliders as well. http://www.pongo-air.com/flightguide.html
Richard
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