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Events / CMAC Indoor Flyin ****CHANGE OF DATE****

« on: October 02, 2006, 08:09:47 AM »

Nice Joe !

For a power system, I'm looking at 2 or 3 possibilities (cheap..).. I'll let you know...

For mine, that will be a Biplan with a 3D fuselage... Plans are finished but I may see it a bit too big  :oops:

Wingspan is 1mtrs.. Most of the biplan are 80 cms, 90cm is the  maximum I've found.. But I want to use 6mm depron , so I have enlarged the wing surface to keep the wing loading low... Should not be a big issue to fly indoor... I start the building this week and I'll post some pictures.

Fred

4757

Combat / Wowing Skua

« on: October 02, 2006, 08:03:01 AM »

And thanks to you, here is mine :








BANNNNZZAAIIIIIIIII !!!!  

Fred

4758

Scale / Flair K 8

« on: September 29, 2006, 14:26:31 PM »

Hi Ralph,

Jim over here have one...

You can find some pictures here : http://gliderireland.modelisme.com/ka8jim.htm

Very nice model.. Just a shame that Flair don't make it anymore  :cry:

And I know that Joe want one...  

Fred

4759

Events / CMAC Indoor Flyin ****CHANGE OF DATE****

« on: September 28, 2006, 07:18:24 AM »

Hey Joe,

Surprise surprise... I'm working on a plan and in a cheap motor set...  
The plan and plane will be finish by the end of the week, but I have to wait for the plane to be finish before I order the motor set. I'll let you know.

Fred

4760

Slope Soaring / Aero Tow, winches and bungee flying in Cork** Postponed*****

« on: September 25, 2006, 09:27:09 AM »

Hey Ralph,

Argl ! The 1st will not be possible for me... I'll confirm that but it seems not  :cry:

Anyone else from the ISR is interested ?

Fred

4761

Events / CMAC Indoor Flyin ****CHANGE OF DATE****

« on: September 25, 2006, 09:21:17 AM »

Hi Ralph,

Count me in if my planes are ready !

I'll let you know, but that should be OK.

Anyone else from Dublin want to join ?

Fred

4762

PSS / Lockheed U2r PSS

« on: September 19, 2006, 07:47:25 AM »

Hop, Here is the video :



Right Click and save as...5.5Mo - 3.40 mins...

Enjoy !

Fred

4763

PSS / Lockheed U2r PSS

« on: September 18, 2006, 09:56:37 AM »

So, Yesterday, The U2 has made is maiden flight in Kilakee...
Joe can tell you more about the flight as he was on the sticks, but something is sure, this PSS looks great in flight !

Very beautiful machine ! And you don't need a storm to fly it, as the wind was light for the day and the U2 was able to stay well in the air without problems.

So, to be short, one word for the U2 : WOW ! Nice one Joe !



More pictures can be found on the GliderIreland website.

Video tomorrow !

Fred

4764

Control Line / Shannon CL Flyin

« on: September 11, 2006, 15:51:34 PM »

Hi Alan,

Welcome back !  

Yes, I've bring back my tow plane from France this summer... The plan is to use it in the club or to support other club meetings.
The plane is not ready yet, I need a motor (had an IC, but I want a petrol one now... Cheaper to operate in meetings / club) , but it will be ready for the next season.
I'll keep everybody posted

Fred

4765

Control Line / Shannon CL Flyin

« on: September 08, 2006, 15:15:49 PM »

I'm not angry about this anymore    (phoned Ralph)

By the way, you can see some pictures of the aerotow here :

http://www.maci.ie/Public_html/htm/Scale%20Nationals%202006.htm

Scroll down

Fred

4766

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

« on: September 08, 2006, 14:42:31 PM »

And if other guys want to debate with us, please do !

Fred

4767

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

« on: September 08, 2006, 14:29:56 PM »

Hey Ralph,

Happy to read from you !

To be honest with you, the main goal of having a glider club over here is to have the MACI insurance and regroups all glider guys that are actually flying without insurance / alone in their corner (whatever the reason of this choice..)
After that, the name.. personally, I don't really care if that represent Ireland or not.. I'm not even Irish..  :wink:

No really, it's to fly insured, and that open the gate to organize events...

But flying uninsured does not mean that I'm not flying safely...
And by the way, In the ISR, I'm the only one without Irish insurance (yet..). My FFAM covers me in Ireland even if I stay more than 6 month here (confirmed to me this summer during the Retroplane meeting by a Federation official..) But here is not the Pb anyway...

So yes, as soon as the club is official to the MACI, we will go to the maci meetings and try to represent the glider community interest the best we can... It's also part of the job
That's why I totally agrre to unify and join our actions, that was the plan from the start.

The main pb I think here, is the serious lack of communication between clubs and the flyers all over Ireland... To be the first, I don't really care too...Another 100% silent club exist in Ireland... Good, but Where.. Never ever heard of them... So, they did not exist for everybody else... And that's the problem.. And unfortunately, not only in Ireland...

Gliderireland web site, that's around 600 single connection a day and around 1400 pages read.. I receive contacts from all over the world about flying in Ireland, meet people on the slope and so on... Now, we are joining forces with the guys in Mount Leinster, we start to have contacts with the handglider community, we are talking of a Retroplane Ireland, a Eurotour... That's communication... And at least, from my point of view, things are moving slowly, but surely. The most important things now, is to make strong bases, and hope to join your effort as well on this way.


But that's just the beginning, and I'm of course open to everything !

Damn it, my fingers hurts !  :lol:

Fred

4768

Control Line / Shannon CL Flyin

« on: September 08, 2006, 14:01:16 PM »

By the way Dermot (Ralph ?)...
Any pictures / news from the Irish Glider Nationals ?

I saw you were doing aerotowing during the F4C championships...

I'm angry that the info did not go through, and nobody was aware of this here... I would have participate to this with all my scale ships... And certainly with others guys over here...

And maybe, that was the moment to show to the MACI that gliders is a real and big thing in Ireland, or at least bigger than what they believe...

Fred  

4769

Control Line / Shannon CL Flyin

« on: September 08, 2006, 13:55:52 PM »

I'll go there just for Ralph's mother's cakes !!    :oops:

Sooo good !  


Fred

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PSS / Lockheed U2r PSS

« on: September 07, 2006, 07:23:13 AM »

Hey David,

Have you find a gear set for your servos ?

Fred