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MACI => Events => Topic started by: Fred on December 15, 2014, 12:03:49 PM
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ISR Dates for the 2015 season:
14-15 March 2015
Event: PSS over Ireland / Bring and Buy / BBQ
Type: Open to all gliders + Start of season Bring and Buy
18-19 April 2015
Event: ISR Slope Fest
Type: Open to all gliders
26-27 September 2015
Event: ISR Slope Fest - End of season meeting
Type; Open to all gliders
This is of course without the usual impromptu and normal weekends :)
There is again a big gap. Anything in May, June and Summer you would like to organise, let me know!
Would like to see some aerotow action too this year :)
Cork, Shannon, any dates yet?
NI?
FALAISE - For those of you interested, this is the 3rd week end of September.
MENEZ-HOM - as I get them
VIELLES TOILES - 4-5-6 July 2015 (near Bordeaux) /!\ LIMITED NUMBER OF PILOTS!
MACON - TBA
I will go to Falaise, and I will be in France the last week in June (a bit of sun and flying :D ) but my schedule does not allow me for much more trips abroad, unless we do something all together, a short trip :?:
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Hi all,
This is this time of the year again (well, Ok, a bit earlier than usual, but seeing the very successful year we had, better get organised earlier for 2015!)
I need all clubs to send me the meeting dates you have for 2015!
Need to be sent to the MACI for the next meeting (21st of January if I remember)
Send the request to me directly (maci@gliderireland.net, glider@maci.ie) or post it here (I'll do a bit of clean-up as we go along).
Lots of things to do and organise, and I already have lots of requests from abroad (so as a few invitations! :D )
I would really like to get something of an Aerotowing nature to be organised... Any takers?
I can help with anything I can.
Oh, and something is sure, we will have the visit of the French contingent this year again :D :clap: :clap:
Belgium, Germany, UK, US already on the list, but we need to get the dates set as early as we can.
Any questions, ideas, events etc etc, please let me know of course :)
Fred
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Yesss :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Oh, and something is sure, we will have the visit of the French contingent this year again :D :clap: :clap:
Thanks for that Fred, at least I know what sort of weather to expect for summer 2015. Rain, and low cloud followed by cold winds and more rain for good measure!
:lol:
Little Keith
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:lol: :lol: True!
But I have to say, the weather was good... Until we all ended up in Cork, where we flew in the mist at Kinsale.
So I'll blame those guys from that Republic down south :lol: :lol: :P
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Did I mention that we'll have a direct flight between Iceland and Dublin from June until October next year... :?:
http://wowair.ie/
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Oh NO :shock: ! We haven’t got to put up with you showing all of us how to fly properly again, have we?
On second thoughts, :?: it could be fun to learn from a “pro.“ See if you can coincide your trip with a glide-in Severri. :D (I think I’ve spelt your name wrong, sorry)
L. Keith
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Thanks for the compliment Keith but I think you might have had too much tea last summer! ;-)
We'll see what happens, limited resources and all that malarkey.
Brg., Sverrir
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All competitions are held at City of Belfast Playing Fields, Mallusk on the North side of Belfast with a 10am start
Open & Height limited electric:
12/4/15
26/4/15
21/6/15
5/7/15
2/8/15
16/8/15
6/9/15
20/9/15
NIAA Area Thermal Open Event 7/6/15
100S only
10/5/15
19/7/15
Height Limited Electric Only
23/8/15
4/10/15
NIMSA Club Open Flying Day
24 May 2015
All very welcome and we have spare height limiters that can be borrowed on the day if needed
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Dates added. Pretty much the same as next year.
Again, a big gap between May and September. If anybody wants to get something organised, let me know :)
Maybe a bit of aerotowing :?: :D
For March, I moved the date a week end further. Also, that has been asked before, so here we go, there will also be a Bring and Buy!
Can be a good start of the season for some, buying some new to you gliders, planes etc, and also for others, to get rid of a few things that have accumulated during the winter break :)
In April, we will have the visit of the French contingent, so book this date! Guaranteed laughs, with possibility of a bit of flying! (between 2 pommeaux!)
We will have lots of visitors from around Europe this year too. Travel packs already arranged and sent, but if some visitors dates clashes, we might get something "organised" at the slope :)
As uausal, any ideas, events etc etc, feel free to let me know if you need any help etc :)
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Bring & Buy on Mt Lienster?
I’m just wondering how that is likely to pan out. In my mind’s eye I’m seeing people loading their cars up with unwanted items, to bring them to a windy (or worse, possibly wet) mountainside to offer them for sale, knowing that they might actually sell precisely nothing and have to take all their “goodies” back with them and unload the car when they get home. :!:
I recon it would be better to have an “exchange of purchased items” at Big L rather than a bring & buy. How about this? :?: ……………
People who have items for sale take a picture of them,…..(the items for sale I mean, not a picture of themselves! :shock: ) (I though I’d just explain that for the benefit of any foreigners who might intend to come along :roll: ) and post a description here on the forum. What I mean is, the potential seller takes a single picture of all, or a lot of the items he intends to sell. This will save taking (and posting) lots of individual pictures of the items for sale.
People who want to know more about a single item can ask for further info on line and if the seller wants to, they can post individual pictures of those items the potential buyer has expressed interest in.
Then,…………..if buyer and seller agree a price, the rest is obvious. If buyer and seller don’t agree a price, or the buyer wants to see the item in the flesh, the seller takes the item to the glide in with a fair knowledge that he might get a sale on the day.
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This way sellers will only have to load the actual items that they have a reasonable chance of selling. This will leave more room for models that they intend to fly. :D
Anyone got any (civilized ) comments?
Little Keith
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Bloomin' heck!! Common sense from an Englishman!
Sounds like a damn fine plan Sir :wink:
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Bloomin' heck!! Common sense from an Englishman!
I’m sure it’s happened before Bill,…….although I can’t remember when :?:
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Guy Fawkes ? :?:
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Look Bill, I may be old but I certainly don’t remember Guy Fawkes :evil: (circa 1600 )
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but he was an Englishman with a good idea :shock:
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Look Bill, I may be old but I certainly don’t remember Guy Fawkes :evil: (circa 1600 )
That's what old age does to your grey cells mate! :twisted:
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Bring & Buy on Mt Lienster?
I’m just wondering how that is likely to pan out. In my mind’s eye I’m seeing people loading their cars up with unwanted items, to bring them to a windy (or worse, possibly wet) mountainside to offer them for sale, knowing that they might actually sell precisely nothing and have to take all their “goodies” back with them and unload the car when they get home. :!:
I recon it would be better to have an “exchange of purchased items” at Big L rather than a bring & buy. How about this? :?: ……………
People who have items for sale take a picture of them,…..(the items for sale I mean, not a picture of themselves! :shock: ) (I though I’d just explain that for the benefit of any foreigners who might intend to come along :roll: ) and post a description here on the forum. What I mean is, the potential seller takes a single picture of all, or a lot of the items he intends to sell. This will save taking (and posting) lots of individual pictures of the items for sale.
People who want to know more about a single item can ask for further info on line and if the seller wants to, they can post individual pictures of those items the potential buyer has expressed interest in.
Then,…………..if buyer and seller agree a price, the rest is obvious. If buyer and seller don’t agree a price, or the buyer wants to see the item in the flesh, the seller takes the item to the glide in with a fair knowledge that he might get a sale on the day.
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This way sellers will only have to load the actual items that they have a reasonable chance of selling. This will leave more room for models that they intend to fly. :D
Anyone got any (civilized ) comments?
Little Keith
Howdy Keith, (sorry, catching up :) )
All good points, but this is something that has been asked for me to do regularly. Cost nothing to organise, so why not :)
For photo sales etc, there is the for sale section on the forum which is working OK I believe, but some people, might prefer to see the stuff in the flesh, especially when you go up in scale / size / money.
We already have a few trades going on when we meet at the slope, people bringing stuff for sale etc, so why not making it "official" if you see what I mean :D And at the beginning of the season, seems sensible, that allow the buyers to then break their new toys during the year :P
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Hi Fred et all,
How long a runway is needed for aerotow? Perhaps could investigate organising something in Shankill.
John.
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Hey John,
Why not, everything is open!
I think, on top of my head, the Shankill field is big enough (haven't been up there in years!).
Can also be handy if I could use the field for an hour or two to test the tow planes when they are ready :)
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John our strip at the Buzzards is 90metres long and the tow rope
I use is just over 30 metres and we have no problems :D
I was able to get Fred's big ASW 15b in the air :D
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Hi Fred/Andrew,
I will have a word with club secretary and measure runway lengths, perhaps you flew in the old field Fred. When towplane ready Fred mail me and will organise tests.
John.
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Thanks John :)
I'll let you know when I have something ready (in a few months!)
Very early morning flights, to avoid the potential shame :)
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Hi Fred,
No Problem, and I'm sure it will be fine. Looking at your design with tricycle undercarriage I think you may have problems getting it to unstick from the ground unless flaps are used. I had this problem with a trainer as the wing incidence was zero degrees to ground when on it's wheels. I cured by converting to a taildragger. I think an Opto Isolater is also required with a petrol engine or use separate batteries.
John.
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If it's not required by a local law/rules you don't need an opto. However it doesn't hurt!
I've run both 35 and 2.4 systems with and without opto.isolators.
If you are not going to use an opto have the radio part of the system at least 25cm from any part of the ignition system, it worked well on the pcm systems plus 2.4 isn't as suspectable to interference from the ignition system as 35 was.
That being said, above 50cc I use optos and dual batteries!
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Hi Fred,
No Problem, and I'm sure it will be fine. Looking at your design with tricycle undercarriage I think you may have problems getting it to unstick from the ground unless flaps are used. I had this problem with a trainer as the wing incidence was zero degrees to ground when on it's wheels. I cured by converting to a taildragger. I think an Opto Isolater is also required with a petrol engine or use separate batteries.
John.
Hi John,
Same as Sverrir.
As for the Take off, no worries, incidence etc all set :)
Have flaps too.
Another trick for the incidence on 3 wheelers, is to put a bigger wheel at the front to increase incidence :)
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Looking forward to the March fly in, hopefully can get a few free hours between now and then to actually get something into a flyable state :!: :!:
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Hi all,
Remember this weekend, this is our season opening with PSS Over Ireland.
The event is also open to all gliders of course, and we will even have a wee Bring and Buy attempt! Get you gears ready, dust off your gliders, and see you all in a few days!
Oh, and I'll bring the barbecue of course! (might need it to keep us warm!)