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I’ll message James tomorrow afternoon and if access is OK I’ll put up the calendar for Friday 9:30 start
All things being equal Iwill be there with the little Victoria and the big Wizzle Wozzle and a snag in hand for the Roadkill bbq.
I caught up with Kyle around Christmas and arranged for him to make me a set of compliant Victoria (One Design) sails when he had time in the new year.
He delivered them about a week ago so I thought I’d better get them fitted & tested.
I ended up re doing most of the rigging & up ending the boom vang to allow the new sails to fit correctly with the new CF mast & booms.
Was quite a bit of stuffing around & I needed to reprint several of the parts but I’m now happy with the results.
Hopefully I’ll get to sail this Saturday and if all goes well with the new setup I’ll just need to strip it all down again & paint the hull and “Victoria’s Secret” will be like a new boat.
I reckon its about time to get back to basics @ the Canal.
A bit of real big boat (A Class) racing followed by the customary BBQ lunch.
I am currently in the process of fitting the new sails (Tas Devil of course) to the Victoria that I have been modding for several months so it should be ready to go by the weekend & if anyone else is going to sail big boats I can put the Wizzle Wozzle (RA) or the Battle Axe (10R) in as well.
Just need a decent day.
By the way, no update as yet on the Flying Field access.
Tuesday Fly In
Only 4 intrepid pilots today but apart from Kermit (who was on cinematographer duties) everyone else flew multiple planes.
The day started off almost chilly & a bit windy & overcast but around lunch time the sun finally broke through & started to warm the day.
Thanks Kermit for providing your usual Road Kill BBQ even if I had to do most of the cooking today.
I flew the Retro Ugly Stik and it went much better today as opposed to last week when the flight controller was loose in its housing.
Also got some airtime with the Bixler 2 Sport & the 3D printed Zero, both of which flew well.
Chris spent most of the time today thermalling his glider & Karl, who arrived a bit late got in some FPV flights with one of his quadcopters & a glider.
It was disappointing that today’s organiser Seaside Mitch (Stephen) couldn’t make it due to being unwell but at least your (well Bev’s) relish was once again sampled by all that were feasting @ Kermit’s Road Kill BBQ. I’ll look after it for another week till you return to the fold.
I was also a little late arriving but with 10 Pilots in attendance & a very nice day weather wise there was plenty of action happening.
A couple of my videos (finally)
Yes, all in all a good day (for all but one) with plenty of action captured.
Finally got my last video for the day edited & posted.
Coverage no doubt would have been better with our friendly cinematographer (Kermit B. DeMille) but he chose to be elsewhere on Thursday so we just had to battle on.
Yes Gadget, chasing another plane is rather difficult, especially when there is a significant speed & glideslope difference between the planes.
I fixed the noise in my Zero, just forgot to threadlock the engine mounting bolts. Should be all good again now.
Hopefully we will get another fly next week.
Another fine video Mr Kermit, pity about the failure in your Carbon Cub.
Yes it was a less then perfect day for some of us but twas still fun to get another fly in before the year ended.
Luckily only minor damage the the Ugly Stik from hitting the power wires (yet again – that’s twice this year)), Not sure what went wrong with the P51 but she’s a write off this time round.
Oh well, there is always 2026 waiting for us just around the corner.
The P51 Mustang flew beautifully for its maiden flight last week, the landing not so good.
Ended up with a broken wing tip & a bent motor shaft as well as a couple of minor cracks in the fuselage.
Anyway the motor shaft has been replaced & the wing tip reprinted & installed. Also added a bit of colour to the tail to make it easier to see against the clouds. All ready for the next fly day.
