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Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: rogallo on May 06, 2011, 09:21:54 AM: A little to quiet here so I just thought I would ask, Who is traveling? One day, two day?

Just to help me plan...

See you all there

Ralph
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: rogallo on May 06, 2011, 09:47:44 AM: Fred,
how do I make this a sticky?

R
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Fred on May 06, 2011, 10:46:48 AM: And done :)

Count me in!

(sorry, just a quick message, not very forum active at the moment! :!: :cry: )
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: rogallo on May 06, 2011, 12:21:47 PM: Cheers, can you move it back to Slope Soaring, it is the first one people see? Just a thought.

R
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Alan_Perse on May 06, 2011, 12:57:52 PM: I'm going to try and make it for one day. Most likely the Sunday. Currently trying to repair the Vega. Hopefully it will fly more successfully this time.
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Happy Days on May 06, 2011, 13:27:27 PM: Weather permitting I’ll probably make it on Sunday, :D but on Saturday we have son and daughter-in -law with us.
Might invite them to take a ride up to the mountain and see what is going on but I wont actually be flying that day. :(

Keith
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: rogallo on May 06, 2011, 14:27:13 PM: thanks Fred :D
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: billscottni on May 06, 2011, 15:52:55 PM: Sorry guys I won't be down. Can only afford one major a month :shock: and the Rathlin trip is the end of May, so heading there. Will make Spet :D
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: andrew wallace on May 06, 2011, 17:19:34 PM: sorry guys
i'm the same as bill :(
i'll be there in september :clap: :clap:
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Peter on May 06, 2011, 20:08:31 PM: I hope to go - which ever day looks best weatherwise.

Peter
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: JohnPearson on May 06, 2011, 20:47:37 PM: Hi Guys, I should be down for the two days, hopefully the weather will be better than forcasted. I will be booking rooms at Moss house at the start of next week, does any one need a bed?, let me know.

Ralph! did you finish the 787 yet?
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: rogallo on May 07, 2011, 09:02:34 AM: 787, jeez I have to finish the K8 for July, (might have it ready for Sat week but keep that quiet) I am not sure if I will go for one or two days, Les thinking pick the better day, Me I am undecided at the moment.

Looking forward to seeing anyone!

Ger B, Mr Rockstar, Kevin OD, Anthony are you around?

R
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: woodstock on May 07, 2011, 16:48:44 PM: I'll keep an eye on the weather and decide closer to the weekend. It's a VERY long drive for me...
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Fred on May 07, 2011, 19:21:20 PM: Hey John,

I'll take a room :)

By the way, a bit OT, but can we move the trip to the island for the week end after ? :?:
I can't this week end unfortunately, I have some pilots coming to visit me from Switzerland and Germany, but we can't go that far as they have to go on the Sunday unfortunately :!:
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: gerryb on May 07, 2011, 19:56:57 PM: hope to be there for one day. i'll keep an eye on weather before deciding
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Richard Boyd on May 09, 2011, 08:29:05 AM: At present I am unable to attend the fly-in at the Big L.
I am gutted :!:
Hope you all have a fantastic time, may the wind blow for you all.

Richard
A bad days flying is better than a good days work :)
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: JohnPearson on May 11, 2011, 22:25:34 PM: Weather for weekend looks o.k., so who will be up on Big L on the Saturday? :?:
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Alan_Perse on May 11, 2011, 23:04:01 PM: It will be Sunday for me. I think Sunday will have the better weather.
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Happy Days on May 12, 2011, 16:49:02 PM: Slight change of plan for me,……….I’ll probably be able to fly for a couple of hours on Saturday pm. :wink:

Winds are looking to be fair / moderate so we could have some reasonable lift on Saturday. :D

Kith
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: gerryb on May 12, 2011, 22:58:10 PM: sun for me too, hope to be there 11-ish. forecast shows generally nw winds but i can't remember which slope this is on. anyone remind me please?
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: rogallo on May 13, 2011, 10:41:38 AM: Sunday for Les and me too, sorry I did not get back to you Ger, I only saw the text this morn
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: JohnPearson on May 13, 2011, 12:58:39 PM: I have booked you a room Fred for sat night, will anyone be there on saturday morning, if so, I will be at the carpark around10.30-11.00am.
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Fred on May 13, 2011, 14:37:08 PM: Thanks a mil John :)

Yeah, I will be up there early I think (nobody's home! :D )

See you all tomorrow!

Fred - Busys re-doing the fleet tonight!
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Fred on May 13, 2011, 14:37:36 PM: Oh, do I bring the BBQ ? :D
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Happy Days on May 13, 2011, 16:05:32 PM: Hi Ger, which slope will be working best depends whether the winds are more northerly then west, or visa versa.

The north slope is at the tarmac car park, “Nine Stones.” (So called because there are nine small standing stones there. (Why nine? Because, evidently, from the very top of the mountain you can see nine counties……….but only on a very clear day :P )

Anyway, getting back to the question of slopes, the north slope is just a few paces from that car park.

On the other hand,……………….the west slope is at the area we were flying the last time you came. You’ll remember that we parked the cars by the side of the road, near some forestry areas and walked 80yds to the top of the slope. (You might also remember showing me how you fly that ridiculous ‘figure of eight’ by doing an inside loop on top of an outside loop……..which I can’t get any of my models to do. :!: )

Quote from: "Fred"
Oh, do I bring the BBQ ? :D

I don't think the winds will be strong enough to fly it Fred,.....but the world loves a trier!!! :lol:

I hope to show my face there tomorrow around 2pm :D

Keith
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: joe on May 13, 2011, 20:02:29 PM: Hello all. Hope to see you all tomorrow mornin. Safe travels.
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Fergal Gordon on May 13, 2011, 22:49:20 PM: HI everyone,

I hope to down at Mount Leinster early Sunday morning. Looking forward to some nice flying.

Best regards,

Fergal
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: gerryb on May 13, 2011, 23:43:21 PM: thanks for the reminder keith. as regards the verticle 8's...it's all about speed management. try doing the inside loop before the outside one. 1st of all, climb high, then a high speed dive into the inside loop. the speed gained coming out of the that loop is used to push into the outside loop and then climb back to the top of that loop. be gentle on the sticks all the way through. try it, i think you'll like it!
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: rogallo on May 14, 2011, 08:16:00 AM: To all, have a great day today and hope to see you all tomorrow morning. Bout 11.00 methinks

Joe, any luck with the aermacchi?
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Fergal Gordon on May 15, 2011, 18:51:36 PM: HI Everyone,

I really had a great days flying today. It was one of those days with so much lift that you could do anything you wanted without having to think about conserving energy or regaining height. It was made all the better by bringing the Typhoon home in one piece.

Thank you an enjoyable event.

Best regards,

Fergal
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Happy Days on May 16, 2011, 00:31:51 AM: What a great time. Thanks to all who made it. Bit wet on the Saturday with showers every hour or so :roll: , but we still got some good flying in.
Commiserations to Chris who’s plane ended up in the trees canopy. :cry: Most of us have either done that, or come close to doing it, haven’t we.

Sunday there was no rain, but low cloud to start. But we flew for almost all of the day. :D

I took an old little stills camera with me on the Sunday and recorded the following footage. Not very clear but just about watch able I think :wink: . It only shows a few of the pilots who where present. (It doesn’t have a very big memory, so couldn’t record all who where there.)

JP presented himself in usual fine form from the north. Chris’s brother, Joe flew a fine glass covered Phase 6. (It looks a lot better condition than mine I have to say. :!: )
Of course “our” Joe was there also, showing us all up with his normal display of expertise. A new pilot in the making, Darren joined us and took the sticks of his new Radian for the first time. Well done Darren! :clap:
On Sunday we were joined by Peter, Alan, Les, Ralph, Dave, Ger, Fergal and a couple of other pilots who’s names escape me at the present. Welcome back to the slope lads 8) . It seems we also have another potential pilot thinking of joining us in the form of local lad Graham. He couldn’t stay on Sunday as he was just passing with the wife and kids in tow. But he says, “I’ll be back.” :D

Now, let me see……can I remember how to link in this video from Vimeo :?:
[youtube]http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=23772693[/youtube]

Keith
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Richard Boyd on May 16, 2011, 10:34:35 AM: Quote from: "Happy Days"
What a great time. Thanks to all who made it. Bit wet on the Saturday with showers every hour or so :roll: , but we still got some good flying in.
Commiserations to Chris who’s plane ended up in the trees canopy. :cry: Most of us have either done that, or come close to doing it, haven’t we.

Sunday there was no rain, but low cloud to start. But we flew for almost all of the day. :D

I took an old little stills camera with me on the Sunday and recorded the following footage. Not very clear but just about watch able I think :wink: . It only shows a few of the pilots who where present. (It doesn’t have a very big memory, so couldn’t record all who where there.)

JP presented himself in usual fine form from the north. Chris’s brother, Joe flew a fine glass covered Phase 6. (It looks a lot better condition than mine I have to say. :!: )
Of course “our” Joe was there also, showing us all up with his normal display of expertise. A new pilot in the making, Darren joined us and took the sticks of his new Radian for the first time. Well done Darren! :clap:
On Sunday we were joined by Peter, Alan, Les, Ralph, Dave, Ger, Fergal and a couple of other pilots who’s names escape me at the present. Welcome back to the slope lads 8) . It seems we also have another potential pilot thinking of joining us in the form of local lad Graham. He couldn’t stay on Sunday as he was just passing with the wife and kids in tow. But he says, “I’ll be back.” :D

Now, let me see……can I remember how to link in this video from Vimeo :?:
[youtube]http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=23772693[/youtube]

Keith

Loved the video !
The music had me dancing while the tears ran down my cheeks with laughter.
Fantastic !
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: DaveMc on May 16, 2011, 11:25:28 AM: Fun day out lads,

Cheers all.. Nice Vid Kieth.

D.
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: JohnPearson on May 16, 2011, 13:01:59 PM: Hi Lads

Thanks for a great weekend, great flying with good friends. Keith your video is the best one yet, produced so far from the new wexford studio and I am sure Icelandair's PR department, will have quite a few comments from their last set of passangers on the 787 flight to Ireland, well, we had the french ground crew union rep on strike again on take off :lol: :lol: :lol:

Highlight of my weekend, had to be Davemac's big 4m Fox, what a fantastic plane and looked so real in the air!

look forward to the next event.

'O Yes' sorry but I have no photos to post, I was to busy flying and forgot to take any :oops:
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Happy Days on May 16, 2011, 14:49:00 PM: Glad you liked the vid lads. I kinda had to make the story up as I went along :? .

Fergal, you said you were going to get a Phase 6. I’ve made a list of modifications which I use and posted them on this forum under the heading of "Techniques" and "Topic" of “How to…”

I shall expect to see your ‘6 flying at the next event :clap: . Please don’t let me down! :lol:

I’m sure I saw Fred brandishing a camera at the weekend 8) . Comon Fred, share the picies!! PLEASE :wink:

K.
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: gerryb on May 16, 2011, 16:10:40 PM: adding my thanks to everyone's for a great day out yesterday. physically, i was in the car driving home. mentally, i was still back on the hill enjoying the flying and the banter! hope to see ye all on tountinna 11th june. gb
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Alan_Perse on May 16, 2011, 16:46:31 PM: Thanks for the great days flying lads. Looking forward to the next meeting.
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: joe on May 16, 2011, 20:14:15 PM: Great days flying on Saturday. Shame I missed Sunday. Hello to all. Nice to see ye all and sorry i missed ye all on Sunday. See ya next time.
:D :D :D :D :D 8) 8)
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Fred on May 17, 2011, 10:49:23 AM: Hi there,

Sorry for the very late post, had to deal with some emrgencies at work since Sunday night! :!:

Once again, thanks to all of you for coming :clap: Great people, great slope and epic lift do make a real good mix for one of the best week end we had this year!

The showers did not stopped us to fly on Saturday (we are real hard core slopers or what!?), and even if the weather was not looking too good for Sunday, all finally lifted at around 10.30, and all was set for another great day.

Some great display from the Shannon guys (no buns though... So went to plan B and brought some nice models to keep us distracted!), Ralph with the Kulbutin, JP with a passenger jet when not doing bombing runs, Fergal with his Typhoon, Peter, Jim, Chris (sorry for the glider :!: but at least, we know where it is, so we'll keep an eye on it!) and other pilots (sorry, not too good with names :oops: )

I have a few photos (not much sorry, ran out of batteries :oops: ) and no videos from me (thanks Keith for the video :clap: ).
On another note, for me, as Bono once said : "...And I stiiiiillll haven't found, what I'm looking fooooorrrr...." Start to stress now at this stage! :!: :?

Anyway, time for some photos!

Saturday, setup a tent to wait for the showers to go through.

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040889.jpg)

On Sunday, Ralph was thinking we were in summer! Fool! Time to gear up and stack the layers! :P

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040890.jpg)

Dave 4m Fox

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040891.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040892.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040895.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040894.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040896.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040897.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040898.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040899.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040900.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040901.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040902.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040904.jpg)

John's 3m Fox. That thing fly and looks great! Makes you re-think about the cheapo Chinese stuff! That one definitively worth a look at!

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040905.jpg)
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Fred on May 17, 2011, 10:52:20 AM: More!!

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040906.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040909.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040910.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040911.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040913.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040914.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040915.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040916.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040918.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040920.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040921.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040923.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040924.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040925.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040927.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040928.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040929.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040930.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/P1040931.jpg)

More to come from my phone! :oops: (John Boeing etc...)
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Happy Days on May 17, 2011, 13:06:17 PM: Good Man Fred. There are some nice, clear, in-flight photos there :D . Well done that man!

Thanks for posting them :clap:

K.
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: gerryb on May 17, 2011, 21:11:05 PM: thanks for the photos fred. a little bit too clear methinks keith! i hate to see scale models sail by with huge canopies and no one in the cockpit. terrible! what d'you think dave, ralph? will we make a bit of an effort to 'occupy the office'? even jim's profile of himself in the k8 is better than an empty cockpit. now, where's the camera?
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Fred on May 18, 2011, 07:53:13 AM: Ok, more photos.. From the phone, sorry for the bad quality! :oops:

Real or what?! JP Airliner...
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/IMG-20110515-00032.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/IMG-20110515-00037.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/IMG-20110515-00038.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/IMG-20110515-00039.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/IMG-20110515-00042.jpg)

Boys in the wood... Looking for Chris' glider...

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/IMG-20110515-00043.jpg)

It's here somewhere...

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/IMG-20110515-00044.jpg)

Look closer! (wings are yellow...)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/IMG-20110515-00045.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/IMG-20110515-00046.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/IMG-20110515-00047.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/IMG-20110515-00048.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/IMG-20110515-00049.jpg)

Dave Pik 20 just before touch down...

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/IMG-20110515-00050.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/IMG-20110515-00052.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/IMG-20110515-00053.jpg)

Impact! Nothing broken. Re-clip the rudder, and off you go again :D

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/IMG-20110515-00054.jpg)
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: rogallo on May 18, 2011, 13:55:05 PM: Fred,
thanks for a great days flying, Yes I do think scale models should have pilots but mine often go on strike due to the other pilots flying :oops:

Ralph
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Happy Days on May 22, 2011, 15:04:03 PM: As a final piece of news from last weekend…………. :D

I was up on the west slope of Big L. today.......... Very windy, in fact almost too windy, couldn’t launch the models :!: …..had to wait for a lull, then launch and quickly get the models out and away from the turbulence created by the top of the slope :? .
I found it very demanding flying but surprisingly (for me) nothing got broken. :) Maybe I’m finally getting the knack of this flying lark. 8)

But anyway, a really good thing today was that Chris’s Stargazer fell out of the tree that had been holding it captive this past week. :clap:
Slightly damaged and soaked through, it actually looks in not bad nick considering what weather it’s endured this past week.
So Chris is a happy chappie! :D

Keith
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Post by: JohnPearson on May 22, 2011, 22:25:21 PM: That's Great news Keith :clap: :clap: :clap:
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Fred on June 20, 2011, 12:44:54 PM: Mistery is solved!!!!

Finally found the rudder for the Crystal!!
Was in my garage all along, behind a few tons of boxes :!:

That was really buggering me that one!
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Happy Days on June 20, 2011, 13:03:09 PM: Glad you found it Fred. :clap:

I had been meaning to ask you whether or not you’d found it. Use some tape to stick it to the fuse so it’s ready for next time. :lol:
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Fred on June 20, 2011, 15:36:46 PM: I'll glue the rudder to the fuselage, and problem will be solved! (and who need a rudder anyway! :P )

Seriously, big pfeeewwww!
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Happy Days on June 20, 2011, 16:14:54 PM: Quote from: "Fred"
I'll glue the rudder to the fuselage, and problem will be solved! (and who need a rudder anyway! :P )

WHAT :shock: !!! But you are always telling me to.... “Use more rudder Keith,…more Rudder!”

You must practice what you preach Fred :lol:

Keith
Title: mount leinster 14th,15th May......so who is going?
Post by: Fred on June 20, 2011, 16:18:36 PM: :lol: :lol:

Ok, I'll do an Ailerons-->rudder mix so! :P