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Gliders => Slope Soaring => Topic started by: Happy Days on September 20, 2015, 19:21:50 PM
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Okay, Okay, Okay,.......so who's up for next weekend then? Taking a mean average of the present weather forecasts, Saturday looks as though we'll be on the south, or possibly the west slope with 10 – 15Kph winds, broken cloud/sun and about 10 – 12 degrees C of temp.
Sunday looks almost certain to be the south slope with winds up to around 25 – 30 kph and similar temperatures but slightly more overcast.
So, nothing too strong in terms of wind, not too cold, and so far no rain forecast for either day. 8)
A nice autumn weekend I'd say.
The only question remains, who's coming? :?: So come on lads, “Sound Off” as our cousins across the Atlantic would say.
Little Keith
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Bad news Keith.......................... I'M COMING!! :twisted:
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I don't wish to know that, Bill :roll: . The question I'm asking is will you be down for the glide-in?
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I will be on the hill ready to fly by 1030 - 11 Sir!
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Sorry Keith I'm not making it this year
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Okay Andy, pity about that. Just insure you make it next year!
Oh well Bill, looks like it'll be just you and me :roll:. Oh, and a silly Frenchman :!:
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JP & Roisin are coming down and I'm pretty sure Ralph is coming up from Cork
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it gets worse keith, count me in
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Arrrr, Gerry “knobbly knees” Buckley!! It's been too long since we've seen eachother. You must demonstrate your famous Vertical Figure of Eight manoeuvre for me again. :D
L.K.
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it's bee 2 years since my last visit to big l. really looking forward to meeting up with everyone again.
re verticle 8's keith, i'm not sure we'll have enough wind for that carry on, but we'll see.
gb
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With me and Gerry coming Keith,it's the invasion of the tin men!! :lol: :wink:
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Well here, a few Km south of the Big L, there is brilliant sunshine but I can't post a picture of the mountain because it's covered in mist :evil:. Not unusual at this time of day in the autumn. :wink:
Wind is light and variable in direction but broadly from the south. Temp is 8 degrees C.
Once that mist burns off it'll be a nice day I recon.
I'll be up there between 12 & 1pm.....See you then.
Little Keith
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I won't be coming this year. Hopefully I'll see you all at the March fly-in next year. Have a good time and take lots of photos.
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Oh dear Alan,.....with gentle breezes forecast I'd have thought conditions would have been 'right up your street'. You could have floated around looking for the thermals. (There's bound to be some today if the sun stays out.)
Never mind, see you next year. :wink:
L. Keith
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What a glorious day! The sun shone, the wind was gentle, (perhaps a little too gentle for some) and to everyones approval the temperature was warm.
I saw lots of pilots with cameras so I won't bother posting many of mine, just a few to give a flavour of the days event.
First up we have Dillon (hope I've spelt that right.) Dillon was up on the slopes of the Big L today for the first time. He also flew for the first time ever and I have to say he put in a pretty good show for a first timer, easily handling the 2 meter wing span model you see him holding here. And no, he didn't 'cheat' by using the prop. He flew it in true glider style as you see it in the picture, with the propeller secured back against the fuselage.
Well done that lad. :D
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Happy%20Days/Dillon.jpg)
Now I've always believed that people involved in any sport or hobby can generally be divided into one of two categories. Those who do it,.......and those who talk about it!
Which category do you thing the people in the following pictures fall into?
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Eventually Roisin got bored with all the talk of wingspans, lift / drag ratios and aileron differentials and decided to entertain us by doing a striptease on the picnic table. (She's very brazen.)
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It was certainly a good day.
Little keith
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Ooppppsssss, looks like the forum moderator has removed the last two pictures from the previous posting. :oops: Pity!
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In the nine or ten years I've been crashing model gliders, the south slope of Big L has always been my least liked slope. However yesterday (Sunday) was one of the best days for lift on that slope I've ever known.
The strength and direction of the wind where just on the 'sweet spot' of the slope. Couldn't be better! 8)
Apart from one dark cloud that past over us the sun shone all day. Now that's what I call flying! :D
News of the good flying conditions even attracted some old timers out of the woodwork.
One such old Lad is Joe (for those who don't remember him. ) He and I use to regularly fly the slopes of the Big L summer or winter, we've even flown up there in the snow.
Anyway, we were very pleased to see Joe return to the mountain, with a glider or two, if only for the day...................
Here he is preparing his trusty Lune and checking that his 35Mhz control transmitter still works. (Yes that's right,.....35 Megahertz. I guess some people like living in the dark ages!)
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Once up on the slope he launched it out into the lift.......Up, up, and away she flew. It's quite a speedy little model and it certainly made good use of all the lift.
After a gentle landing Joe could be seen wearing a rather silly grin for the next hour or so.
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The second flight however didn't quite go according to plan.
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But all was not lost. Despite going 'nose in' the Lune was in remarkably good condition, apart from the nose cone having been squashed on rather tight and not wanting to come off.
Giving a hand with the recovery is Rob, an F3A flyer who want to break into the adult sport of glider flying.
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Come back and fly with again sometime Joe. We can have some "Smashing" fun together :lol:
Little Keith
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Some video & pics from the weekend. Apologies for the poor quality of some of the images, my cheap compact doesn't like shooting pics in to the sun :?
(and I'm a crap cameraman :oops: )
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Another fun weekend on Big L, roll on Spring 2016 8) [/img]
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Apologies for the silence!
Quick message to thanks all if you coming for the last one of the season.
Once again, a great success, and maybe some of the best sloping weather we had this year!
Report, photos and more to come!
Off to meet Sir Richard Branson! :)
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glad to hear you're still alive. Thought the wife might have murdered you for being late home :shock:
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Here we are nearly two weeks after the event and the only person to have posted any picies other than myself is young Bill Scott! I saw at least three people with DSLR cameras at the event,.....
where are the pictures lads?! :?:
So in the absents of any others, here are the odd ones I captured.
This pic is of some of the Dublin areas lads enjoying some rays,......one is even flying a model glider!
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Kevin is looking particularly pleased with himself after putting his rather large glider through its paces. One of the problems with the South Slope is that
you have to carry the models to the top of the slope. The bigger the model, the more difficult it is. Good job Kevin's fit, isn't it!
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Happy%20Days/KEVIN.jpg)
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Talking of large models you don't often see ones of 5 meter wing span. This is JP's latest. Walking it to the top of the slope in the wind must have been a tough job
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Happy%20Days/JP%205mtr.jpg)
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.Ralph, (in the foreground) Gerry, (with the peek cap) and Fred, (needs no description) chatting about what makes gliders fly.
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Little Keith
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Hi all,
Sorry for the silence, catching up with life! :!:
So again, many thanks to all the pilots who showed up, another successful event, and a nice "end" for the 2015 flying season (well, don't hang your gliders now, we are not done yet! :P )
I put up a quick page with a short report and a few photos. Of course, if you have more to be added, send them to me and I'll put them in :)
All here:
http://gliderireland.net/index.php/galleries/isr-sept-2015
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Hi all
Sorry for the delay with the photos, my computer went on strike and refused to work, however I have managed to get another system up and running.
here are a few pics from the last flying weekend :
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All photos taken by Roisin and thanks to Fred and the all the pilots for another great weekend
johnp
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My God! :shock: ...................I had no idea I was so handsome :P
Thanks for posting John :clap:
(I thought Roisin looked very competent at the controls :D She should do it more often. )
Keith.