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Events / Re: 2018 ISR events

« on: March 09, 2018, 21:04:13 PM »

Thanks Joe,
I kinda thought it might be like that and if the wind is from the south - as forecast - we need to get to the top! Anyway I too will travel down in hope tomorrow - maybe it will be just for a chat - we will see.

JIM

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Events / Re: 2018 ISR events

« on: March 09, 2018, 09:40:02 AM »

Hi everyone,
I hope I can remember how to fly - I have only flown once or twice since last October......

About this weekend.

Will anyone be there?
Does anyone know if the Mt Leinster Road is open?
Does anyone want any lead?

JIM

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Slope Soaring / Re: Mt Leinster 23-24 Sept?

« on: September 22, 2017, 16:52:01 PM »

Anyone going ?
I hope to be there tomorrow.

Jim

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Scale / Re: 1/3 scale Ka1/Ka3 combo

« on: March 05, 2017, 15:33:42 PM »

I thought it was Max Biaggi!

Hi Gerry,

Nice work and nice photos. Will we see you next week? I haven't flown for ages but I do hope to get there at some stage. I have some DIY in hand at the moment and my models are somewhat out of reach - the old hanger has been demolished. I charged the batteries yesterday with the hope of getting one or 2 models ready to fly.

JIM

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Slope Soaring / Re: First meet 2017, who is traveling?

« on: March 05, 2017, 15:23:30 PM »

Hi Ralph,

I hope to be there for whichever day has the best forecast.

JIM

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Club Talk / Re: 2017 subs

« on: March 05, 2017, 15:19:35 PM »

I will hand you a plain brown envelope at Mt Leinster

JIM

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Club Talk / Re: Glider A & B Crets.

« on: March 04, 2017, 09:03:20 AM »

Hi Keith,
Good to hear your voice.

Yes I agree that as I get older many things that were black and white are now many shades of grey. As I started my working life I knew the right way to do things. 30 or 40 years later and some of these early jobs no longer pleased me. I could see things that could have been done better.  White was now grey. Black was also grey as I could see some merit in the wrong way of doing things. It was time to retire. (That is why the best soldiers are very young - they know they are right and do not see the other side of the argument)

But life is better when things are black and white and many things are clear cut. Pregnancy for example - or death!

In my eyes a plane is also one thing or the other. A plane with power is a powered plane.

I hope to see you next weekend.

JIM

PS There is no value judgement whatsoever in my differentiation between powered and unpowered

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Club Talk / Re: Glider A & B Crets.

« on: March 03, 2017, 21:47:28 PM »

Hmmmm
Just realised my bicycle analogy was pretty bad. I suppose some electric bicycles are still called bicycles. I should have read it over before I posted.

A powered plane is still a power plane however
Jim

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Club Talk / Re: Glider A & B Crets.

« on: March 03, 2017, 21:04:46 PM »

Been busy so it been a while since I logged on and I have only this evening read Appendix L for the A/B cert tests.

I know i'm weird and all that but..............

How can any question relating to a propellor / motor / engine be applicable to a glider?

A glider has none of these things. A plane with power is a power plane - the clue is in the name. Good luck explaining to the judge that the two wheeled device you were riding is a bicycle even though it had an engine.

JIM

PS I've been flying gliders for about 27 years and have never flown a plane with an engine. A new guy arrived with an electric model one day and needed someone to test fly it and help him through his first few flights. We, and he, had a couple of satisfactory flights with it - maybe half an hour or so. Never plugged the motor in however..........
I wonder if he charged the ballast before he flew it again!
   

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Slope Soaring / Re: A/B certs

« on: October 06, 2016, 18:10:08 PM »

Thanks Ralph,
An A cert will do me too! There may be a typo in either 8 or 9 - they seem identical.

Jim

PS a properly designed model should be very reluctant to spin! 75 or 100 years ago when aircraft design was in its infancy planes were prone to spin and recovery was a valid part of training. We can do better now however!

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Slope Soaring / Re: Mt Leinster 24/25 Sept 2016

« on: September 15, 2016, 20:21:07 PM »

I thought you'd never ask!

I hope to be there - for whichever day has the best forecast..........

Jim

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Events / Re: ISR Glide in Cork

« on: July 09, 2016, 07:54:55 AM »

I won't make it this time unfortunately - looks
Ike you will have plenty wind so hopefully you will get good flying.
Jim

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Events / Re: ISR Glide in Cork

« on: June 28, 2016, 11:23:16 AM »

Thanks to both,
I'LL be in touch soon
Jim

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Events / Re: ISR Glide in Cork

« on: June 27, 2016, 16:38:13 PM »

Hi Ralph,
Cork is a big county.......
Mitchelstown is just over 200k but Goleen is nearer 400! A bit far for a day trip but  I might overnight. Need to know where however.
Jim

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Slope Soaring / Re: new kid on the block

« on: April 16, 2016, 20:10:32 PM »

Hi Karel,
To introduce myself I am one of the regulars on Saturday afternoons on Kilakee mountain. We fly at a spot beyond the Hellfire club on the other side of the mountain facing west. I can meet you there next Saturday if the weather is suitable. Are you aware that recent legislation requires that models over 1 kg and flown above 15m are registered. You can do this easily (and free till the end of April) on the IAA website. All flying models are classed as drones (I don't know why) so it is 'Drone registration' you need to find on the IAA  website.

Jim
PS IAA is the Irish Aviation Authority