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Well today the weather was great and we had a huge turn up of pilots today @ The Farm.
There were 3 Bixler 3’s, a Bixler 2, an AXN Cloud Surfer, a Skipper, a Drifter (FPV), a powered glider (old school construction), a home brew trainer & the Grand Tundra along with an assortment of DJI Mavic & Phantom multi rotors.
Much flying was done by all and there were only two minor mishaps, Hoppy parked his Drifter in long grass several paddocks away & couldn’t get airborne again so had to endure the rather long “Walk of Shame” to hand launch it & Bro, after numerous successful flights with his Bix 3, ventured a bit close to “the tree” and is now parked there waiting for a big wind to dislodge him. Other than that the day went off pretty much without a hitch.
We had a BBQ lunch break around 1:00 pm before Moose & Kermit took their DF65’s for a sail in the farm dam while Hoppy buzzed them with his Skipper seaplane & Uncle G and Predator gave their Swampy’s a workout.
A bit of video from my Grand Tundra (fitted with twin HD cameras.
Bixler 2 Sport (Low & Fast)
Some other stuff from the Fly-In
More weed clearing today with Gerald (Uncle G) using his RC Camera Boat to tow a floating rake to remove surface weed, that was left behind by the “Terminator”.
It was a slow progress but worked well.
I know it was rather warm but still not the ideal spot for a swim eh Gerald!!
More pics available here
No video or pics from today but a hardy (or is that foolhardy) crew of Don, Gerald, Kermit, Mike, Pete & Tony gave the Terminator another workout at Puddleduck this morning and managed to remove another large amount of weed from the pond. This time we concentrated on the marshalling area between the jetty and the Deck, Hells Corner and the area above and behind the fountain.
A fair amount of floating weed was also removed with garden rakes, both from the shore and by Gerald & Tony in the rowboat.
Thanks again to all involved, I’m sure all competitors in the State championships next weekend will appreciate the effort.
Kermit, being an old seadog (or is that an old seafrog) you should know that all boats are female, as noted they are often “a bitch” and always High Maintenance so what else could they be.
But we have pics to prove it, you know the rules – no pics then it never happened.
Had half of them for tea tonight, in my custom beer batter – yummo.
Well you may have had all those non dietary produces to eat @ the BBQ lunch but we got fish.
This was our collection of size fish @ lunch time ( biggest 450mm – smallest 325mm). Ended up with 18 total by knockoff time of 14:00.
Yes, thanks to all those on the working bee, sorry I couldn’t assist but unfortunately I’m still a “walking wounded”. Hopefully will make it to sailing on Tuesday.
Yes Kermit, the way the forum reports the latest posts is less than optimal and does make it easy to miss new topics or replies,
I’m sure it will be rectified soon.
I’m afraid I must agree with Kermit that its getting looking like getting way too complicated, the Risdon sailors will love the rules (and there is nothing wrong with that) but that is what you may well be heading for, Risdon at another venue, just like Montrose.
Rules or lack thereof never hindered fun sailing @ Lauderdale, DSS, Cygnet, Franklin, Kellevie & I’m sure the list goes on. These sites are just guys & gals enjoying the hobby of RC sailing without all the baggage, just for fun.
If you had stopped at Rule 1 then that would have been a good starting point. Wait till all the NON sailors fully understand and comply with that one then if absolutely necessary introduce another and so on.
Suits some, probably not others.
Just my 2 bobs worth.
Note: I will be off line till next Monday so no doubt will have plenty of hot discussion to catch up with then.
Baby wipes are fine for your shiny butt, but NO GOOD for cleaning the Vinyl Cutter cutting mat as they contain oil which destroys the tack.
Another fine day of racing @ the Duck. Thanks to our hosts and all involved.
Even though I missed the first half hour the DF95 set up school was definitely a worthwhile exercise and even though the winds weren’t kind you could easily see that all the boats (after tuning) were performing to a similar standard.
Well done Col, and thanks.
