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Slope Soaring / phase 6 test flight

« on: January 23, 2009, 15:59:28 PM »

well done keith, theres a glass of brandy waiting for you in the pitts  :lol:
sounds like you had your hands full, it must be a thing with the phase 6 mine was the exactly the same , thats why i asked im not a great fan of expo,i dont like the deadness in the sticks, but when i tried it i went as far as 20% and stopped i just fly her regular (no expo ) although a little mitnt hurt.she`s still in one piece id like to take her out again.  i know what you mean about the landings , before i was trying the long approach but could never bleed enough speed off to land her..............so then i tried the fast about turn landing , (this involes all the surfaces rudder ,elevator, aileron in unison in a real tight turn, it works you bleed off so much speed , but can get a little too exciting at times  :shock:
wellwear with your phase 6  , and stick up a pic , id like to see it
regards
luke

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Misceleanous / answer to flyboys ???????

« on: January 03, 2009, 21:50:51 PM »

funnily enough theres another canadian hero in this one , the fighter ace capt roy brown, if you type in der rote baron into you tube and click on one of the clips it will show you (im sorry i dont know how to post up bookmarks or links)SORRY!!!!!!    although saying that , in the clip there STILL insisting on makin the planes do flick rolls just like in flyboys  :x  but i think it would still be one to watch out for, I LOVE THESE FILMS    but i think knowing a little bit about planes kinda ruins it for me though

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Slope Soaring / phase 6 test flight

« on: January 03, 2009, 13:55:40 PM »

no problem keith , i dont know if this helps but when i was mounting the servos i put them as far forward as possible (past the wing seat, and as low down to the floor as possible) i find that i go through phases like that aswel (cant keep anything in the air but it passes) good luck with finishig and test flying it keith,
ill keep an eye out for the report
tell me how  you find the elevator response

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Misceleanous / answer to flyboys ???????

« on: January 02, 2009, 20:53:28 PM »

trawling thru you tube i came across a new film (made in germany) released in germany since april 08, the story of the red baron, saw a few clips on you tube , could be a better film than flyboys, except i havent seen any release date for the rest of europe,  the film is called DER ROTE BARON (the red baron) could be one to watch for

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Slope Soaring / Xmas

« on: January 02, 2009, 20:32:02 PM »

many happy returns to you all :clap:

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Slope Soaring / dowels on phase 6

« on: January 02, 2009, 20:27:06 PM »

well keith,
sorry bout being so slow with a reply havent been on line in ages, i didnt bother with the timber push rods, i just uses ordinary wire rods with extra formers down along for suppoort (thats another reason why she took so much lead to balance her  :oops: ) what i did then was to put an extra triangular plate of lite ply to act as a doubler to the front of where the wing sits , why did i do this ? becouse after my first flight i came in a little hard with one wing down and tore out the plate foe the nylon bolt. so i reckond that sticking in dowels and using rubber bands would be better (theres a little play on them enough to soak up a bad landing, takes from the appearance  though

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Slope Soaring / phase 6 test flight

« on: October 12, 2008, 15:24:37 PM »

yep, its an E.P.P fuse and wing lightly sanded (for better adhesion of the tape) then covered with crossweave tape ,i put coloured packing tape on the wings just to make it a bit more visable. i also gave the packing tape a touch of a warm iron just to make it stick better, its still on  
but if your keen to fly something that can handle a prang or two, and your not too fussy bout the look, this or a flying wing is one way of getting started

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Slope Soaring / phase 6 test flight

« on: October 12, 2008, 11:24:00 AM »

:lol:    yeah shes prettty slick alright, sorry bout the rubber bands  :oops: , just seemed a better option im still learning her little ways
this is the ship it all started off on, shes my fly anywhere ship
the jperkins bullet
ugly but fun :lol:

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Slope Soaring / phase 6 test flight

« on: October 11, 2008, 21:08:18 PM »

i think so fred ,i trimmed her out properly there today and as i said im getting to grips with landing something so slick as the phase 6 without airbreaks, but the phase 6 will definitely be a soft site machine,
me jp bullet is the ultimate all terrain flier, god bless epp  :lol:
thanks for the tip on resizing photos fred
here`s my girl

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Slope Soaring / phase 6

« on: October 11, 2008, 17:12:07 PM »

thanks ice , thanks fred. i could have put an extra servo but i just wanted to have it as simple as possible, anyway had another flight this afternoon,just back ,im getting the hang of landing , the elevator is a good break  
if used with a little caution, (wing drop)
no im very pleased with it, she can do the light stuff too 4-6 mph but it really depends on the quality of the slope
ive tried to put a pic up of it already, it says its too big even though it is 640x480

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Slope Soaring / weather info

« on: October 04, 2008, 20:21:51 PM »

ok theres another one ive been keepin to myself for quite a while ,its good but you will have to have the airport code to use it.....
e.g shannon--------------------   einn snn
       dublin  --------------------    eidw
         cork  -------------------      eick

http://adds.aviationweather.gov/metars/index.php

its good if you live within 40 miles of an airport  

make sure  you click the translate tab before submitting it, otherwise its just numbers
enjoy  

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Slope Soaring / phase 6 test flight

« on: October 04, 2008, 15:52:58 PM »

flew my phase 6 for the first time last weekend, even though the final weight came to 31/4 lb weight.
thinking that she would fly in nothing less than a gale i flung her off ito a steady 5/6 mhp breeze and guess what she flew lovely, was pleasantly supprised, elevator was a little twitchy . landing however was  hair raising
jeez she comes in fast !!!!!  i just couldnt bleed off enough speed to land her  so i just jept going back farther and farther and eventually i was able to bleed off enough speed to land her, even though i think she was starting to go into the sink !   i have only one servo driving the ailerons so i have adjusted the ailerons in a slight droop to try and slow her.
cant wait for the next flight  

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Misc / c.g. of camrian fun fighter 109

« on: August 07, 2008, 18:44:01 PM »

thanks fred i might try that

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Slope Sites in Ireland / soft slope sites

« on: August 05, 2008, 22:48:17 PM »

hi fed thanks, happy to be here, i know another site thats a great all rounder tountinna above killaloe/balina its slope goes south west going all the way round to due west to north west, lots of soft heather to land on,
the model im flying is a j.perkins epp bullet, butt ugly but flies well  :lol:
im building a chris foss phase six at the moment, im at the covering stage, was kinda wandering if solar tex would be a tougher covering for this type of model than solar film, the other alternative would be glassing but i want to keep it light and im not terribly good at glassing  :?

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Misc / c.g. of camrian fun fighter 109

« on: August 05, 2008, 22:36:25 PM »

hi fred , thanks for the info, when you say incidence is that the tail plane incidence?? i think there might be an awful lot of rippin to do to remedy that, ill have to see if its worth doing, but when i picked up the half built kit the tail was broken off at the  the slot for the stab,i had to cut a brand new tail from hard balsa and propably got the angle wrong,would some down thrust be a better option?
luke