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Slope Soaring / zagi si reinforcement
« on: February 13, 2010, 17:57:18 PM »
thanks bill . time to finish it so 
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Slope Soaring / zagi si reinforcement
« on: February 13, 2010, 17:44:51 PM »
thanks bill,
would it be enough though for a little bit of slope combat aswell
would it be enough though for a little bit of slope combat aswell
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Slope Soaring / zagi si reinforcement
« on: February 13, 2010, 16:02:24 PM »
hey all ,
just purchased a jp zagi si, i opened the box to find there is no carbon fibre wing joiner included in the kit, it says on the instructions that just putting reinforcing tape crossways on it will make it strong enough.
ive had a look at other forums and most seem to reckon just bullet tape on its own will be strong enough
are there people who had one of these kits before out there
what do you think :?
i am hoping to use it for genearl slope flying, and some combat :twisted:
just purchased a jp zagi si, i opened the box to find there is no carbon fibre wing joiner included in the kit, it says on the instructions that just putting reinforcing tape crossways on it will make it strong enough.
ive had a look at other forums and most seem to reckon just bullet tape on its own will be strong enough
are there people who had one of these kits before out there
what do you think :?
i am hoping to use it for genearl slope flying, and some combat :twisted:
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Slope Soaring / My Latest Faze 6
« on: September 19, 2009, 14:49:36 PM »
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Well done keith :clap: you obviously had fun then, glad to hear it and well wear again with "the beast" :lol:
after reading that i`ve come to the conclusion that there is a bit a pup in you :twisted:
well done
Well done keith :clap: you obviously had fun then, glad to hear it and well wear again with "the beast" :lol:
after reading that i`ve come to the conclusion that there is a bit a pup in you :twisted:
well done
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Slope Soaring / enter the gliderstien :-)
« on: September 15, 2009, 11:01:10 AM »
thanks lads,
she`s balancing at the 35% mark but flying, it seems to need a bit more lead, (elevator a little on the sensitive side) .
yeah i think your right keith , i do enjoy a little bit of lively flying :twisted: , but mabey i might go with my original idea of going with the middle phase advanced (with ailerons) this time, ah we`l see
she`s balancing at the 35% mark but flying, it seems to need a bit more lead, (elevator a little on the sensitive side) .
yeah i think your right keith , i do enjoy a little bit of lively flying :twisted: , but mabey i might go with my original idea of going with the middle phase advanced (with ailerons) this time, ah we`l see
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Slope Soaring / enter the gliderstien :-)
« on: September 13, 2009, 20:38:31 PM »
thanks keith, if you didnt see it in your last post , well wear with your phase 6
Unfortunately my phase 6 is no more , i could give excuses about conditions ect, but at the end of the day it was BAD flying, the gliderstein will keep me going anyways until i figure if i will go for another one or something else
Unfortunately my phase 6 is no more , i could give excuses about conditions ect, but at the end of the day it was BAD flying, the gliderstein will keep me going anyways until i figure if i will go for another one or something else
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Slope Soaring / enter the gliderstien :-)
« on: September 13, 2009, 11:50:59 AM »
long before i understood slope soaring i bought a reasonably cheap glider , called a protec malibu. as you can imagine it didnt spend long in the air, first time out i broke the fuz but the wings were ok :oops: . Had them there for a while and was thinking of chasing up another kit, but after looking at the way the phase 6 was constructed and doing a little research on the general dimensions of glider fuz`s , i decided to have a go at building my own.I built the fuz sides out of lite ply with 3/8 longeons going the length of the fuz,i also had the wing tips of another scratch built glider that went horribly wrong :!: , so i spliced the wing of that on to the wing of the protec malibu (wingspan 2.4m) original span 1.7m .And with a little unfounded worrying about tail area it was finally ready. i flew it last thursday evening in a 7mph breeze, joy it flies but never having flown a rudder elevator model before proved very intersting , yawing all over the sky in a semi controlled fashion :lol:
im just wandering would it be suitable or light enough for thermal soaring??
as you can see from the pic , i think i was a little generous with the tail/stab area
FINAL DIMS
wingspan 2.4m
weight 900
g/1000g
but never having flown a rudder elevator model before proved very intersting , yawing all over the sky in a semi controlled fashion :lol: im just wandering would it be suitable or light enough for thermal soaring??
as you can see from the pic , i think i was a little generous with the tail/stab area
FINAL DIMS
wingspan 2.4m
weight 900
g/1000g
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Slope Soaring / My Latest Faze 6
« on: September 13, 2009, 11:20:25 AM »
well done keith , she looks lovely , that block of lead is the carbon copy of the one i had stuck in the nose of mine. well wear and happy flying
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Slope Soaring / phase 6 test flight
« on: August 09, 2009, 22:27:58 PM »
jeez keith sorry bout your phase 6 , but fair play to you for getting back on the horse again are you going to do the same colour scheme again??? eddi goggins ..... he flies an extra 300 (full size), theres some footage of him on you tube doing the air races , the knife edge passes along the beach were something else.
tountinna fly in , what happened keith was that i was set to go but as it happened i had one or two things to do , it took a little longer than expected , but when i did get to go up i cought the tail end of the fly in i arrived about half 3 - 4 pm , got two flights in before the heavy showers arrived , it was nice too see what the other guys are flying
are you going to do the same colour scheme again??? eddi goggins ..... he flies an extra 300 (full size), theres some footage of him on you tube doing the air races , the knife edge passes along the beach were something else.tountinna fly in , what happened keith was that i was set to go but as it happened i had one or two things to do , it took a little longer than expected , but when i did get to go up i cought the tail end of the fly in i arrived about half 3 - 4 pm , got two flights in before the heavy showers arrived , it was nice too see what the other guys are flying
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Slope Soaring / hello ?????
« on: August 09, 2009, 12:24:19 PM »Quote
" hello hello hello , is there anybody in there? , just nod if you can hear he , is there anyone at home? " <Pink Floyd>
hello keith hows things???
have you flown the phase 6 recently or any other exotic machine?
flew the phase 6 just two days ago , first time since the tountinna glide in,
it was very nice
was up at the bray air display , it was very good , eddie goggins was something else Barnstorming is alive and well :lol:
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Events / MACI 2009 Glide-In - Tountinna(Killaloe) - 13-14th June
« on: June 08, 2009, 10:33:04 AM »
hello keith,
yeah can`t wait , if i can escape for an hour or two , on the maci site it said it supposed to be a two day event???
yeah can`t wait , if i can escape for an hour or two , on the maci site it said it supposed to be a two day event???
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Events / MACI 2009 Glide-In - Tountinna(Killaloe) - 13-14th June
« on: June 07, 2009, 21:23:16 PM »
i fly from there quite a bit, the big hill is good from SW to NW, oven due N,
the little hill (graves of the leinstermen) is good from west to north
the little hill (graves of the leinstermen) is good from west to north
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Events / tountinna ????
« on: June 05, 2009, 21:56:59 PM »
hey fred ,
is it the big un, or the little un? :lol:
is it the big un, or the little un
? :lol:
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Slope Soaring / phase 6 test flight
« on: April 30, 2009, 11:18:04 AM »
yeah, thats my video alright :lol:
the phone was attatched to the phase 6 with rubber bands and a prayer :lol:
it was quite windy when i did it , and she did fly a little sluggish alright , the phone was just ahead of the wing seat so c.g. was fine.
as for the landing ....... that seems to be to be the best way (lacking flaps or spoileron) and using rudder and elevator to cause drag to land, as you can imagine it can get exciting :lol:
as for the glide in , theres a good chance of me being around for that ,
the phone was attatched to the phase 6 with rubber bands and a prayer :lol:
it was quite windy when i did it , and she did fly a little sluggish alright , the phone was just ahead of the wing seat so c.g. was fine.
as for the landing ....... that seems to be to be the best way (lacking flaps or spoileron) and using rudder and elevator to cause drag to land, as you can imagine it can get exciting :lol:
as for the glide in , theres a good chance of me being around for that ,
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Slope Soaring / phase 6 test flight
« on: April 29, 2009, 11:06:26 AM »
yeah no prob keith , i have one on you tube , flying my phase 6 its not as good as that but it may be worth a look ,
if you type in " on board with phase 6"
if you type in " on board with phase 6"