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A balmy 28 degrees today @ the field with little wind & no sight of rain.
8 intrepid pilots turned up today with their menagerie of flying things to put through their paces.
Kermit spent most of the day on his camera (came without his planes) but he did at least manage one flight with his DJI Phantom drone.
Gerald was there for a while but I’m not sure if he flew or not.
Hoppy had several flights with his little bi plane as well as his glider and a couple of others.
DaveP (who we haven’t seen in several weeks) had drones & planes all eager for a workout.
Greg, under supervision of Rian, had his first solo FPV flight & landing today & looked a very happy chappy.
Stephen had a minor mishap with his “Red Thing” but flew his other planes without incident.
I maidened my little 3d printed P51 Mustang and everyone, including me, was impressed with how well she flew. Hopefully Kermit got some nice video.
It sustained a bit of minor damage due to my less than perfect landing but it will be easily fixed & ready for our next flying day.
Also had a successful 15 minute flight with the 3d printed Zero, chasing Ron’s Zero around the field, a very quick flight with the BumbleBee & a good long flight with the Wild Wing.
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Very nice video predator My video will not be available until perhaps Sunday due to virus on my comp an no it wasn’t from a porn site ……….Well im not quite sure but let’s say no…..Our dear fellow flyer the gentle giant wasn’t with us today as he had house cleaning and lawn cutting to do………. also washing up bed making floarcleaning window cleaning and cleaning the house gutters all things he promised Mrs GG last week but didn’t so no pity from his bestest mate the sinker because he did his yesterday so he said but why then did he ok stinky dash off before lunch ……after a phone call from his maid …………. but real men flew an fly we did hot and light winds near perfect day Miss piggy had a little problem with her parachute …not saying anything but kermit an her have been having problems lately….lastly will we see GG at the canal sailing on Saturday surely he will have enough brownie points by then………………………..just say,n
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It would be nice to get another fly in before Christmas but it’s a busy time and days are limited.
If someone proposes a fly day I’ll see if I can make it.
In the meantime after my less than ideal landing with the 3D printed P51, the repairs are almost completed.
I have replaced the bent motor shaft (second one in 3 weeks – just as well I bought spare motor shafts in bulk !!) and repaired a couple of minor cracks in the fuselage.
Just waiting for the replacement wing tip to print & she will be good to fly again.
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Andrew (GG), Greg, Warwick and myself went for a one hour slope soar session at South Arm Dunes around lunch time today whilst you lot were glued to the cricket! Here is some brief footage. We need either a westerly wind for Tranmere to work or SE seabreeze for the dunes. If anyone else would like to participate let me know but its not suitable for flight controllers and a small glider or electric glider is needed. And there is a risk of mid air collisions as we fly in a small area so cheap foamies such as reject shop chuck gliders are the best for starting out.
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Good god the predator has just viewed my flying video after a week …why do I bother ..here I am slaving over a hot computer editing for hours knowing that UNCLE G will say its out of focus /fuzzy etc GG if he could see would say narh sinker wins Hoppy says …..nothing Steven would say he didnt crash an Gadget the only nice fella in the world says Nice ..Well done.. the only gentleman in our motly flying group ..love you gadget …………………………………..just say’n
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DEAR MR PREDATOR SIR, Nope not enough colour yet When the aircraft is flying fast and at a distance in a clouded sky the camera is in zoom a white dot ie aircraft turns suddenly its gone trying to find it is a waste of time as the camera has lost its fix it can find a coloured aircraft a tad better but requires re focusing thus loosing purhaps a perfect spin twist loop what we all wanna see so dear ol thing a bit more colour ……a colour like …emmmmm green ?…………………………..just say’n
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narh far out aircraft require zoom but not full zoom just enough for a distant plane to be seen clearly if it goes further then yep you loose it quick back it off still in frame is what it is but fast movements in a clouded sky white aircraft looses focus a colourd aircraft stays in focus better the best option is to stay close ………………an a green aircraft ……………………………………………just say’n
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