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Slope Soaring / R/C gliding club in Dublin / Ireland

« on: July 31, 2006, 15:41:24 PM »

the slopes WE fly are in Leinster.there are great slopes around the country too.a lot of them better than the ones in Leinster i'd say.they are are flown by people we might like in the club and might want to join.slopers in Sligo may feel a bit funny about joining the Leinster Slope Rebels!
I personally don't see the need to have a geographical reference in the name.but thats just my two pennce worth  

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Events / R/C Glider Irish National Championships

« on: July 31, 2006, 11:52:17 AM »

i mailed Ralph and he got back to me today.here's what he said.

"we had about 15 competitors in total but alas only the light weight models would fly. A great day had by all and some super models present.
 
Hopefully a full report will be in the next issue of Flight lines"

I scan the report and post it when i get the next flight lines!

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Slope Soaring / R/C gliding club in Dublin / Ireland

« on: July 31, 2006, 11:47:58 AM »

thats the reason i said Island instead of Ireland.although i do think Island sounds better

It's a bit cheeky robbing their name (well almost!) do you think we should ask them if they mind? maybe we should go for it first and contact them later!

the ISR name kinda leaves out the thermal and electric side of things.i don't think this is a problem.we can make it clear that we are a silent flight club in club info/website.90% of our flying is slope anyway as far as i can see!

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PSS / Lockheed U2r PSS

« on: July 29, 2006, 20:18:55 PM »

OK! here we go.starting to get somewhere now.still a good bit of work to do though.
elevator/stab are pretty much ready to cover,just a quick once over with filler to fill any joins and the like and a final sand.
rudder/fin nearly there too.will probably glass poly-c the fin and rudder and finish the same as the fuselage.
wings need a bit of work where they meet the fuse.balsa sanding and some filler required here.leading edges need to be sanded and wing tips added.
fuse needs a good going over with filler and then sanded and then probably filled again and sanded.......... fuse needs work! will test fly first!
one big mistake so far.due to a f**k up installing the wing joining rod.the wings aren't as sweeped back as they should be.apart from a more forward c of g i'm hoping this won't effect flight too much :?

some pics then.probably looks better in the pics than in the flesh.
fairly happy for first build.looks like a U2r anyway!

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Events / R/C Glider Irish National Championships

« on: July 29, 2006, 13:44:24 PM »

I wonder did it even take place?
maybe i'll mail Ralph and ask!

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PSS / Lockheed U2r PSS

« on: July 29, 2006, 13:42:16 PM »

managed to get a bit of work done Fred.will do a little more today and post pics later on
 

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Scale / 1/4 scale Ka-3

« on: July 29, 2006, 13:34:03 PM »

checked out the video
looks great Fred! looking forward to next year!
can't wait to see the Ka 3 fly.just need some decent wind!

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Slope Soaring / R/C gliding club in Dublin / Ireland

« on: July 29, 2006, 13:30:05 PM »

hiya lads.
sorry i haven't been posting for a while.a bit busy there!
ISR Inland Slope Rebels looks like a great club.check out there mag.very good Ezine.a few of their members produce PSS kits aswell.

Ireland Slope Rebels sound pretty good to me too.a bit cheeky! pinchin the name.

Island Slope Rebels i like even more!

other than that is the usual raptors,harrier,merlin,bussard,osprey soaring club

i like ISR a lot more though!

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Scale / Kangaroo.. Australian Glider.. For Alan

« on: July 22, 2006, 18:49:08 PM »

any chance of you sharing a low res version of it with the rest of us?  

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Slope Soaring / 35 degrees and some flights... :o)

« on: July 11, 2006, 15:05:05 PM »

:lol:  :lol: just saw the photos on the retroplane site ELVIS Maire!! very feckin funny.looks absolutely brilliant.so wish i was there.Congratulations.so what did you win Fred?? some amazing looking gliders!

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PSS / Lockheed U2r PSS

« on: July 07, 2006, 22:02:24 PM »

hiya Alan.haven't had a chance to do much on the U2 for a while.i plan on putting a full day in on it tomorrow.i shall post some pictures of my progress tomorrow evening.i hope!

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Slope Soaring / Rubi Thermal/Slope Soarer

« on: July 07, 2006, 21:31:00 PM »

great job Alan.looks like a really nice finish.look forward to seeing it fly.we'll have to get you down to mt leinster one of these days

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Slope Soaring / 35 degrees and some flights... :o)

« on: July 06, 2006, 16:36:18 PM »

i'm very very jealous  

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Scale / Irish representation for Retroplane :)

« on: June 20, 2006, 12:03:32 PM »

i'm sad to say the irish representation has been halved! i can't make it to Retroplane because of work.total pain in the hole  :evil:
i'll be ready for next year though! doppleraab next on the list for building and hopefuly a big Ka8 after that.might have to take a look at the Ka8 in dublin.if the colour scheme is nice i might base it on that one.anyway!
best of luck to ya Fred.we're all counting on ya    have fun and take lots of pictures and video.
lucky b******  :evil:

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Slope Soaring / Rubi Thermal/Slope Soarer

« on: June 20, 2006, 11:50:12 AM »

very nice job Alan.looks great! a nice gentle floater for the summer thermals.if we get the sun back that is! is it strong enough for the bungey?(never used one).
just an idea maybe you could use polycell no sanding filller and get a little tin of balsa coloured paint!? easy to sand and the right colour.i know it's crazy but it might just work!!  :wink: