Club House > Road trips
Mount Leinster - 28-29th November
Happy Days:
There can be rotors on the far left side of the main west slope at Big L. With enough inertia you can fly through them, although the plane bounces around a bit. I tend to stay away…..just in case.
Mandy tells me I should grow up and stop trying to do acrobatics close to the slope. But I find it exciting, and provided I go home with a plane, (not a pile of kindling :cry: ) it’s FUN :D .
Besides, repairing ‘em is have the enjoyment…..isn’t it?? :?:
So. Who have we got for tomorrow and Sunday?
Well, first off there’s Me!
Fred, will you be there for both days?
Alan is a possible.
Ed’s coming, or so he said. Though which day I don’t know.
We’ll have to make sure we are all on our best behaviour lads…. There’s national pride at stake here. :D (Which nations pride I’m not sure? :?: )
Because we’ll also have our new friend from Germany, Karl!
As far as weather for tomorrow…………I’d say we should get there as soon as possible in the morning. All reports show the wind dropping off in the afternoon. I’ll post a visual report on the mountain as soon as it gets light tomorrow morning.
On Sunday I’ll be flying indoors until 11.00. Then I’ll go on to the slope. Big L is only a few minutes away from the indoor venue. Met Eireann are showing 45Km/h northerly. That would translate to about 50 - 55Km/h on the ridge……… WEEEEeeeeeee :lol: ………….hope you’ve all got plenty of ballast guys.
K
Eiretime:
Well Lads, just back from Killakee and not a bad day at all! Other than it been pretty cold got four hours flying in :D Certainly wasnt force 5 but a good 4 most of the time. Fergal who some of you might know showed up as well and said he might make an apperance sometime over the weekend too. So i am well up for tomorrow and getting there early, what time are people thinking? If the weather is going to drop off in the afternoon think i could be there before 10.
ed
Peter:
I might try and get down tomorrow morning .. see some of you then.
Peter
Happy Days:
Four hours er? You’ll be getting quite the expert soon Ed :clap:
Apart from Met Eireann the other forecasters are predicting winds of less than 10Km/h tomorrow and of variable directions.
The problem is two fold. :?:
If the wind forces us to use the south ridge, a 10K wind won’t produce any usable lift. And secondly if the sky is clear we’d be flying into the sun. :(
Actually there is a third problem………….if the winds are very light, as they were today, Big L. could be shrouded in cloud all day…..as it was today! :!:
I think the best thing to do, regarding flying at Mt. L. tomorrow, is to wait and see what the morning brings. :?
I have line of sight of Mt Lienster from where I live, (25 Km away) as soon at it’s light enough to see I’ll post the conditions on this thread. You can make your decisions as to whether it’s worth you travelling down from Dublin then.
There’s little point in driving for two of hours just to sit on a cloud covered hillside with no lift. :cry:
Eiretime:
Ok Keith that sounds good
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