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A few near misses today though. I put my SD card in Rian’s new DJI v2 Goggles and so you can see what he was seeing through them when chasing our planes today. His drone is a GEPRC Cinelog 30 with DJI air unit.
I nominate Uncle G for video of the day especially as no music. No rain here on the eastern shore for those who didnt leave home.
Hardly any wind though when it did come in it was a weak sea breeze from behind us. I had two motor issues. My Parkjet shedded 4 of its 5 ducted fan blades but still flew a half circuit noisily with one blade left. And my Tigermoth on its last battery for the day threw the prop in the air so will finally get a quieter motor and prop next time. And Andrew threw a prop from his repaired glider. My big biplane had the oldest servo driving the elevator which was a bad idea as it died after a minute or so into the second flight. I managed to land using throttle to change pitch.
Kermit and Gerald had a date together so only Mike was left to do some brief video footage today but still had to bribe Moose to win the Best Video of the Day. I have 2 air videos. Here is from my Drifter including going around trees and passing through a small gap with a fence the other side near the end:
And AXN footage here:
It was a perfect breeze for sailing today. I have 2 qs
1. What is the link so I can get a sail number?
2. I need a new rubber band for my df65 winch system. Is hobbywarehouse the only source?
It was a record day for maidens. I had 2, ron at least 1, mike 1. Anyone else?
Videos were top quality especially the aliens or are they zombies that were also there. No videos from me as I was too busy with my maidens.
Unfortunately the weather looks a bit ordinary for a while so plenty of time for building more planes for more maidens.
Finally I would like to thank the weather gods for helping me choose another cracker day.
It’s a S800 wing not a sky shadow. Rian gave it to me for spares as I have a S800 that flies nicely. We think it’s a V1 S800 as is mine but I made my own motor mount which I think is what changed between V1 and V2.
My servos arrived already from China in less than 2 weeks. I just looked at the forecast and monday looks like the least worst day for a week so put in calendar but you need to look at august.
I got 2 issues.
1. I’m after 2 identical small servos about 4.5grams or 5 grams. I e got some coming in from china but could be a month or more. It’s for a small ducted fan jet I’m building as got the frame from Kermit.
2. I dropped my Jumper T Lite Transmitter and broke 3 of the 4 three way switches on top. Any idea of replacements? Also I broke the battery compartment hatch if anyone can print a replacement? I should have fixed on the neck strap properly!
Nice sailing breeze today so 5 of us had a social sail and practice races at the Canal Jetty. Hopefully BA will provide the video entertainment later. Nb the ducks won all the races.
Dave, for your needs you should buy LiPo packs. Lion are for long single flight times such as long range FPV.
Yes the weather today was perfect and 13 cars present so headcount 14 I believe, which is a record. There were very weak thermals after lunch that Chris Adams from Lonny found and even my Fox could just stay up in them. I flew around trees with my S800 Wing and then my Esky Eagles. Here is the S800 video:
And here is the Eagles video:
A good weather day and whoever chose it should receive the highest praise! 3 videos from me. Firstly my Eyas with new mini mobius v2 camera. A bit of chasing and going round trees:
Then the Drifter with same new cam. Some more chasing in this one:
And finally Lepetit this time with #32 keychain cam.
