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Scale / Schweizer 1-26, thirteen years later!
« on: May 09, 2017, 01:23:16 AM »
Well that didn't take long....

After a very long hiatus from flying, I'm finally back to it. First order of business was to finally finish my 1-26A and clear my building board. 1/4 scale, good outline but wing structure isn't terribly accurate. From the Steve Moskal plan and built with the help of an old Skybench Aerotech short kit.







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Road trips / MCFC - Saturday 11th April - A day at the flying Field...
« on: April 16, 2009, 23:01:01 PM »
Quote from: "joe"
Typical French! Thats your answer for everything. Go on strike!


He'll park his trawler on the patch.  8)

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Slope Soaring / New Speed record ! 392mph / 630km/h !
« on: April 16, 2009, 23:00:08 PM »
It's how they measure your car for speeding offences, and it stnads up in court... :) Could be out by 10-20mph and it's still an outrageous speed.
So, well see model gliders with super-critical wing sections next???  :shock:

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Scale / Check This Out
« on: April 16, 2009, 22:55:44 PM »
15m is standard sailplane class. They shoulda built a 1:1 Ka6 and be done with it. Maybe they couldn't find a big enough wheel.  :roll:

Fred, how about a 3:2 Ka3. That'd be 15m too...  :lol:

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Scale / 1/3 scale Ka3
« on: July 04, 2008, 15:48:54 PM »
Fred, if you ever look at the typical club glider, it's all seams and patches and mismatched panels of covering anyhow. (Least the ASK13s and ASK7 I was around were!) So you're still sclae... :)

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For Sale / ASW 28 scale glider for sale
« on: June 30, 2007, 01:26:53 AM »
Quote from: "cvanscho"

 I need to be able to paint my wings lurid dayglo colours, and that just isn't on with a scalie!


Ahem:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1206465
You ain't going to lose orientation with those tips and rudder!

Also you could try:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andershamre/575972831/

The serial under the wings will show up a mile away.

Both will solve your orientation problems. Also that's a good big glider, it'll be much easier to keep it oriented....

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How to... / How do you get a really flat building board / work bench
« on: June 21, 2007, 00:21:09 AM »
A roll of cork underlay makes a great pin surface on a building board.
Just a thought.

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How to... / How do you get a really flat building board / work bench
« on: June 14, 2007, 22:30:07 PM »
I also use kitchen worktop as a bench, actually I bought super-cheap kitchen units in B&Q so I have drawers and cupboards below my bench for storage. The kitchen worktop was slightly damaged along the Rounded "nose" so I got it for 10 Euro. Whole lot (2.5m bench) with 6 deep drawers in 2 clusters and a single cupboard cost me about Eur120.

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Events / ISR Glide-In - June 17th
« on: May 16, 2007, 22:00:13 PM »
Seeing you didn't mention it, I'll ask for cross-country. :)

Pylon racing.... Hmmmm. I wonder how much ballast an Alpina can take...  :shock:

Am hoping to finish my scale schweizer 1-26 by then but we'll see. Currentl in the spray shop tho I've lots of detailing to do after....

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Slope Soaring / Other lads and what they are doing
« on: May 14, 2007, 21:34:12 PM »
While I don't like foamies I do concede it's probably the best way to go. By having risk-free flying, you'll get more competitors. And racing is only as good as your opponents.. More competitors is deffinitely the main thing.

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Slope Soaring / Other lads and what they are doing
« on: May 12, 2007, 23:18:39 PM »
I say it should be "all timber" 60" racing. No foam, carbon or anything else exotic. Just wood. :)

Alternative is to do one class. Then you want the cheapest easy-to-fly model possible. Actual performance makes no difference if everynoe is racing the same machine.

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Slope Soaring / Other lads and what they are doing
« on: May 11, 2007, 12:45:24 PM »
F3F can be competitive without spending that much. The MiraJ from your part of the world Fred was a fantastic "economic" F3F performer. Wouldn't be a player at top level any more but at club level it'd work out. Anyhow 60" pylon would be much more exciting.. :)

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Slope Soaring / Last Friday on slope
« on: May 01, 2007, 22:42:53 PM »
Easier for them at Glencree seeing you're halfway up the hillside...

Alas gurriers get everywhere. I prefer flying at kilakee with company to be honest.... Lacken is nicer if you're alone IMO.

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Scale / 1/4 scale Opel Rak
« on: April 04, 2007, 21:25:58 PM »
...and I've a second on the way next week. I'll never get my 1-26 finished. We can both kiss goodbye to flying this season!

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Events / ISR Glide-In - June 17th
« on: March 30, 2007, 00:08:49 AM »
Just encashed multiple good behaviour Brownie points so all being well I'm there too. :)

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