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Gliders => Slope Soaring => Topic started by: Happy Days on October 12, 2013, 15:29:25 PM

Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: Happy Days on October 12, 2013, 15:29:25 PM: So Big Keith and myself were flying our combat wings together on Big L today and suddenly we were accosted by a man who said he wanted to have a go at gliding aero models.

So we let him have a go, fully expecting him to crash and have a long walk to collect the model,……but he didn’t! :shock: :shock: In fact he flew rather well for a first timer. 8)

So the man in question is Patrick O’Brien. (Pat) He was so in enthralled with the experience that when he got home he phoned me to say that he’s ordered a Zagi plus all the radio gear! (Is this guy serious or what!!! :D )(We like " serious flyers" on this forum :P )

So we now have yet another Big L local flyer to join our merry crew.
(I can remember a time when I would be the only person flying off the Big L apart from at glide-in’s. At this rate it’s gonna start getting crowded up there.)

So welcome to the party, Pat……Log into the forum and say ‘hello’.

Here's a picture from today. (I thought I'd put their names in, in case they forgot who they were :roll: )

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Happy%20Days/Pat.jpg)
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: Keith on October 12, 2013, 18:15:50 PM: Welcome patrick :clap: :clap:
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: stephen.shannon on October 13, 2013, 00:14:37 AM: Welcome Pat, unfortunately you'll have to change your name to Keith so you can join the club, we'll have little keith, big keith and medium sized keith ;-)
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: selleri on October 13, 2013, 02:59:47 AM: Congrats on the new recruit!

What's that orange thingy called? :?:
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: Happy Days on October 13, 2013, 07:27:34 AM: Qnswer: A flying wing. Made of plastic foam with a couple of servos, battery and a rx you chuck it off the slope and it flys! :D …………….Er, sorry about that Selleri, :oops: ……….I couldn’t resist it!!! :lol:

It’s a Skua from a company in Oz called Wowings.

I’ve found that combat wings are the best things for newbie’s to have a go at flying because of their resilience to damage. So whenever someone new asks to ‘have a go’ I let them use my Skua. (I dial in lots of expo on the elevator control to make it less sensitive in pitch. :wink: )

Ever done any combat flying Selleri?

K.
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: selleri on October 13, 2013, 23:13:10 PM: :D

Only with indoor depron planes (http://youtu.be/Z1IN7tmZybY?t=1h34m24s)! :twisted:

Flew my mates wing when it was operational, just flat field flying at the time. When Clint Eastwood came over here to shot Flag of our Fathers few of the SFX guys were modellers and brought wings with them. My mate bought his from them, even had the right colour scheme! ;)

I've got this one (http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewitem.asp?idproduct=34072&aff=104285) coming soon, same as the Scout Bee from Windrider (http://windrider.com.hk/product.asp?id=165).

(http://www.modelflug.net/myndasafn/_data/i/galleries/2005/ljosanott2005/ljos05_2-me.jpg)
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: Keith on October 13, 2013, 23:22:00 PM: Yeah thats a zagi selleri ..the yellow wing im holding :D i got it from www.sussex-model-centre.co.uk
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: selleri on October 13, 2013, 23:27:41 PM: Small world! :wink:
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: Happy Days on October 13, 2013, 23:48:40 PM: Is the one you're getting a pure glider or are you getting a power pack with it?

K.
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: selleri on October 13, 2013, 23:52:57 PM: Hmmmm, pure glider to begin with but if I want to do some of the sea side cliffs I'd better get a motor, it's a bit wet down there (https://vimeo.com/49278958) you see... :oops:
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: Happy Days on October 14, 2013, 00:17:42 AM: "Chicken!" :lol:
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: selleri on October 14, 2013, 00:18:49 AM: Weeeellll

https://vimeo.com/49278958
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Post by: Happy Days on October 14, 2013, 00:27:05 AM: OH!!! SHIT! :shock: What happened? :?: Did the wind just drop? :!:
I’m sorry to have seen that Selleri. :cry:
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: selleri on October 14, 2013, 00:28:16 AM: The experts say I flew too far out... I might have to agree with them. :oops:

Plus lack of experience kept me from flying it closer to the cliff on the way down.
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: Keith on October 14, 2013, 10:23:04 AM: Quote from: "selleri"
Weeeellll

https://vimeo.com/49278958

Yeah get a powered one just incase :shock: :?
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: Fred on October 15, 2013, 07:47:31 AM: Welcome to Pat! :clap: :clap:

Hope to see you up a slope soon :D
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: Fred on October 15, 2013, 07:51:12 AM: Quote from: "selleri"
Weeeellll

https://vimeo.com/49278958

And nobody jumped to get it back? :P

(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/08/01/article-2181904-142F4F24000005DC-432_470x423.jpg)

:lol:
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: selleri on October 15, 2013, 23:15:07 PM: I like my swimming pools heated thank you! People who jump into the sea there usually wash up about 8-12 weeks later in another part of the country.
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: Happy Days on January 21, 2014, 20:40:52 PM: (http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Happy%20Days/Patrick.jpg)

Here’s Patrick working hard to get his Zagi finished so he & I can go up the Big L tomorrow. :D He wasn’t too sure how to set it up so he ‘popped’ round to my workshop to see, if between us, we could get it airworthy. :wink:

I’ll let you know tomorrow if we succeeded or not.

You gonna join us (Big) Keith?

K.
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: Fred on January 22, 2014, 08:07:25 AM: Workshop activities :clap:
Have fun today in Big L. and keep us posted! :D
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: Happy Days on January 22, 2014, 16:23:08 PM: For sure, it was a little bit chilly on the west slope of Mt. Lienster this morning, and despite the rest of the mountain being covered in cloud the west facing slope was clear, and for most of the time, bathed in very welcome sunshine.

Here is Patricks’ finished Zagi. Those winglets are very conspicuous when she is in flight. Useful for knowing which way up she is. And she certainly flew……….
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Happy%20Days/Zagi.jpg)

It must be said that conditions were a little ‘challenging’ for a newbie today. Average wind speeds at the top of the slope were around 25Kph gusting to 50 - 60 K. in addition, underneath some of the surrounding cloud there was a fair bit of turbulence. But Hey! We slopers are made of hardy stuff. We can take it, can’t we. (Can’t we??? :? )
Well Patrick & I did anyway. Alas the new Zagi took a particularly hefty ‘crunch’ into the hill side and needed hospitalization, :cry: so the old and trusty Skua was pressed into service.

We flew for about two hours almost without a break. (Well, I took the breaks,…..while Patrick walked up and down the slope retrieving the models. :P ) It was good to get out there again. To feel the wind in my face, observe the fantastic views and draw that pure, fresh air into my lungs.

It proved to be a good time. I went home confident in the knowledge that I haven’t forgotten how to fly these models, and Patrick went home wearing the silliest of grims which spread from one ear the other! :lol:

Who will care to join us next time?

Keith (Little)
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Post by: Keith on January 22, 2014, 21:25:18 PM: Hi keith
Im raging I couldnt get up today but I was working :-)
Well done patrick great to see you finished the zagi ( I thought you gave up on us) ill be up to fly with you the next time :D
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: stephen.shannon on January 29, 2014, 14:53:07 PM: Nice on Patrick fair play to you. I'm going bananas with cabin fever these days, I'll have to get out soon. Joined the royal county model flyers there on Saturday and now an official MACI member as we'll :D
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: Happy Days on January 29, 2014, 20:34:25 PM: Did you see that Keith? Stephen is now an insured flyer! :clap: Just thought I’d bring that to your attention. :wink:

Well done on joining the ‘Royal Flyers’ Stephen :clap: I shall be expecting to see perfect landings from you at the next Glide-In! 8) Practice makes perfect,………so I’m told. (Personaly, I’m still practicing. :roll: )

Keith
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: stephen.shannon on January 30, 2014, 20:35:05 PM: Yes insured and dangerous. I've been practicing away

:D
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: Keith on February 03, 2014, 23:44:52 PM: It's no good being insured and not flying :D
When are we going up next keith ?? I hope it's before the glide-in .
You'll have to get down to big L soon Stephen that's the only way to get rid of the cabin fever ( that's not real flying your doing with royal county flyers it's all powered get back to gliders) :D :wink: :lol:
Title: It's getting crowded on Big L.
Post by: Happy Days on February 04, 2014, 15:45:20 PM: Hmmm, some people would say it’s no good flying if you’re not insured! But let’s not argue the point. :)

I’d say Saturday might be okay on the Big L provided the cloud isn’t too low. We’ll have to keep an eye on it Keith :?

And as for Stephen flying powered models. If I remember correctly, didn’t you start out flying a powered trainer?!!! (People who live in glasshouses,………………. :wink: :lol: )

Little Keith