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I know there were some naysayers with my predictions of the weather today (even Mr Moose wasn’t convinced & was a no show today) but overall it was a very pleasant flying day, especially after lunch-as suggested.
As Chris stated there were no incidents of note today but it wasn’t for the lack of planes in the air. Everyone had multiple flights with multiple aircraft (as it should be) and all came home in one piece.
The Around the Field video is finished, the onboard stuff may take a little longer.
That’s it from me, the other two RunCam2 videos were corrupted. I think there is a bug in the latest firmware update. I’ll go back to an earlier one before next flight.
It sounds more like a Sports Car now than the Tiger Moth of old.
Don’t know about the Jello though, not one of the better points of the keyring cameras. I have a similar problem (to a lesser degree) with the Sky Shadow.
Looks like Hoppy renamed you “UG” in his post, sounds more like the noise Kermit makes every time you stomp on him.
Still got 2 x Victoria RC yachts & the Wizzle Wozzle A Class to finish + some minor repairs on the N12 yacht. Then the Mystic 32 Offshore Racer is still waiting for repairs from where it hit the old (yes, old) jetty @ the canal.
Don’t think I’ll run out of projects any time soon.
But at least the list is getting shorter !!
Still plodding away with Double Trouble.
Got the hull primed last week , also got the display stand built.
Today the topcoat went on the underwater area.
I’ll give it a day or two for the black to harden up then a quick cut & polish of the whole hull below the gunwales, add the signage, rudders & props and that will be about the extent of it for a few weeks till the drive couplings arrive.
I’ll need to get the stand for this & Badger II epoxied as well, soon as we get a nice warm day.
Well, while Uncle G’s aerial video was quite spectacular (as aerial videos usually are) the venue was wrong (certainly not the canal we know & love) and overall I would join with Bodge in giving Kermit my vote.
It was quite an artistic effort from our sick little frog however I must agree with one comment (from one that shall remain nameless) that the shot of the
sewerstormwater discharging did take away from the overall ambiance and would have better been left out. Same for the finishing shot of therubbishtreebranch stuck in the mud.Other than that I thought the clips through the trees & grasses were a nice touch.
Hope you got written permission to include the kids in your video though, you know how much of a stickler for political correctness YouTube has become of late.
Just my thruppence worth!!
Hoppy, you are a game man nominating anyone before ALL the days entries are in.
Don’t want to get the little Green Frog offside !!
Thanks Mr Moose, I’m on a bit of a roll at the moment & its going well. Hopefully I’ll get it masked up tomorrow morning then get the paint on when I get back from visiting the Covid Clinic for my second AZ shot.
If painting doesn’t happen tomorrow then it will need to wait till Friday as hopefully we are all flying on Thursday.
I am assuming we will see you @ the field on Thursday with your collection of planes.
After walking the dog it was time to get a bit more done on Double Trouble today.
Motors & electronics were removed (yet again) just to make life a little easier.
The lower hull was then spotted, sanded and cleaned (several times) ready for primer tomorrow. I will only need to paint to the waterline as the gel coat finish on the rest of the hull is very good and after a bit of effort cleaning today she looks like new.
In between spotting & sanding I managed to get some of the vinyl lettering done (to replace the paper signs that have been in place temporarily since August 2013 – not bad for paper, ink-jet printed & covered with clear tape).
First time I’ve tried double printing (two colours) and whilst it came out OK it really was a lot of fiddling to get right .
The Blue & the Black Shadow – cut separately
Colour overlaid on the shadow – ready to apply
Ah, the joys of modelling.
Yes Moose, its finally underway again.
Whilst this winter has generally been fairly mild it has knocked me about a bit health wise. At least it’s got me motivated to get all these outstanding projects finished while I’m still upright !!
Still got 3 more yachts to finish once this is done, the 1/5 fuelie Dune Buggy still needs the clutch fixed before our next West Coast trip, the Drift Car needs a rebuild & the list goes on.
I have one here that I used a bit of for the bumper on the Ragazza during the IOM conversion.
From memory the pair of thongs (flip-flop type) cost a whole $2.00 at Big W so it’s probably cheaper to buy a pair than drive out here to pick it up.
Sorry about the late reply Tug, to be honest the weather over winter so far (apart from the last week) has been pretty decent for winter. We haven’t been missing too many flying or sailing trips and most days I still manage a 3k or 4k walk with Pyro.
He does like a nap in sun when we get back though.
Anyway looks like the “Double Trouble” project is back on track – well for a little while anyway.
After a fair bit of hunting around to find all the bits & pieces (after all it is 4 years since she was stripped down) the work is finally under way.
Cooling tube holes have been epoxied over and had a light coat of spot putty applied so the hull is now ready for paint preparation. After another quick rub down & tidy up, a coat of primer followed by spray putty on any rough spots then a final primer and several top coats.
I was going for deep blue originally for the underwater area but as I have black in stock methinks it may end up black below the waterline.
Motors & ESC’s have been temporarily installed and the alignment looks OK. Once the drive couplings turn up final alignment can be set & the electronics permanently installed.
I’ve opted to install the ESC’s in the cabin area (below floor level) so there is plenty of room in the rear for batteries & video gear etc.
