Gliders > Slope Soaring
Solange...it's new to me!
andrew wallace:
:clap: :clap: :clap: nice lookin model keith hope it flies well :D
Keith:
It's looking good keith lets hope the wind picks up for sunday
Happy Days:
Thanks lads. The proof of the pudding is in the eating so let’s see what she flys like. :D
Personaly I prefer a slightly tail heavy plane,……..I like a sensitive elevator, one that can get me out of trouble faster than I got into it :lol: , but for the test flight I’ll keep her at the recommended CoG.
Only ailerons on this model so I’ve set up some spoilerons to slow her down, should I need to for landing.
Oh John: I hadn’t thought of a cigarette lighter for the soldering! :clap: (May be because I don’t smoke :roll: ) I actually used a big 80watt electric soldering iron that I had left over from a previous life.
So, hoping for favourable winds on Sunday, (and no low cloud) watch this space………..
Fred:
Very good build Keith! :clap:
Soooo.. We all want to know! Any flying done yesterday? :D
Happy Days:
Hey Fred,
Well,.........
I waited until 11.00 yesterday before setting off for the Big L. From my house I could just see a little “Crown” of cloud on the mountain. Driving up to Nine Stones I could see the cloud base was indeed low and when I arrived at the car park I could reach above my head and put my hand into the cloud. So no flying :( . An hour later and the cloud had come down lower still. :evil:
It was horrible because if I walked just a hundred meters down the road from the car park the air was clear! (But with no visible landing zone available)
So, to cut a long story short, a brief clearing in the cloud occurred around 12.30. The wind was slightly off slope at a variable 10 -30Kph. I tried my trusty old retainer (Phase 6) which flew well on the gusts but languished during the lulls, which made me cautious about putting the Solange in the air. But then I could see a mass of lower cloud approaching the bottom of the slope so I landed quickly before the cloud enveloped me at the top of the slope! :shock:
An hour latter another brief (10 minute) window of clearing in the cloud occurred but with lighter winds and further cloud approaching I didn’t want to risk the Solange landing “Out” and the incoming cloud obscuring her whereabouts :oops: , so I didn’t get to maiden the Solange at all! :!:
The weather patterns on the mountain can be very frustrating, particularly at this time of year.
During my times of inactivity I got talking to a local ‘old timer’ who come over to ask about the models. He told me that many years ago they used to fly full size gliders off of the Nine Stones area 8) . I asked him where they could have landed, he said he was only a lad then and couldn’t remember. (Perhaps they landed in the fields in the valley below.)
As I’m writing this I’m also looking out of the window. The winds are still N - NW, which is good, but the cloud base is very low and completely obscuring the mountain.
Maybe it will lift by this afternoon……………I’ll let you know.
Little Keith
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