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Killakee today
Spanner:
Hi All
Anyone thinking of going to Killakee this afternoon forecast looking good between 3 and 6 PM.
I am thinking of going out badly need to blow off some dust.
Joe
Fred:
Sorry Joe, missed that!
Weather was a bit wild down here with a few scattered showers. Did you go up?
Spanner:
Hi Fred
Yes I went up for a while about 4pm.
was quite windy I would guess about 20 -25 mph with stronger gusts.
I decided to maiden the AXLE and god you were right they are difficult to land. I was hoping that with the strong breeze it would land reasonably slow but getting it down just increase the speed and I could not slow it down without climbing away once again. I found that it was very touchy on elevator but surprisingly tame on ailerons considering the wing twist.
I flew it for about 35 min and spent about 20 min trying to get it down. Eventually landed in one piece and decided to call it a day.
It was good to get out and blow the cobwebs off.
Fred:
Anybody heading up there tomorrow?
Looks like we have westerlies at last!
Peter:
Hope to get up if it is not too wet.
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