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Paul I am ok with Sunday but concerned about the state of the field.Worried about getting stuck on the field with my heavy van.

Ooohhhh... thats turned out really nice. Looking forward to the 19th

Happy friday Brett!

I can do Sunday. Would be disappointing to travel a couple of hours on Monday and then not fly due to rain.

Paul, can do Sun or Mon but would prefer Monday. Although forecast is currently better for Sat it's so changeable that I don't have a lot of faith it it.

I’m OK with Sunday.

Hi All thanks for your interest looking at the forecast now Monday is looking pretty miserable but Sunday looks really nice have spoken to Tony and the field should be ok: Please can you confirm if you can do Sunday by tomorrow lunch time as it would be nice to be able to swap. I will then do a Yes / No at 6.00 PM on Saturday. Many Thanks Paul

Hi Paul i sent you a PM regards phil

Again, the results for this comp will not be added to the totals, till mid to end of May. Just FYI

If the results for this comp should be added to the totals, I won't be able to do so till mid to end of May.

I hi Mike interested I sent a PM regards Phil

Hope to make it for F5L. Great that it’s on the Saturday, not Sunday as I originally thought! Neil P

Weather forecast is looking a bit hit and miss at the moment

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Provisionally add me to the comp please, if hay fever ok. David

As usual it was excellent service at Model Shop Leeds and I'm now the proud owner of a Kavan Resco. I don't think I've ever bought a model that felt so light in the box! I've got to say that I'm very impressed with the build quality and Will at the model shop believes they are made in the Czech Republic which explains it. Looking forward now to setting it up and getting it up in the air.

Congratulations to the 9 pilots that took advantage of saving some money and have entered Radioglide before the end of April with the 'Early Bird' discount. For the rest of you, you have until the 20th May to get yourself entered.

Hi Terry Please add Derek Collings Gordon Loomes and myself Alan Twine for open elec

1/5/2024, Mad Hatter 2e F5L 201 seconds 3:21 My humble offering. I flew down at the BATS school playing fields yesterday evening. Managed to bury my bubble dancer in soft mud for their open glider comp (flying the wrong model - it was rather a long way upwind).. Why upwind, well - there was a bit of ridge lift and I was well on the way for the 8 minute max when I was joined by a couple of others and ended up flying the wrong one. Also - close downwind was a large housing estate - only about 100m downwind in fact. A definite no fly zone. So, I got the my Mad Hatter out for the first time since last November and its rebuild and started retrimming it. Decided that the CG was too far aft but the real problem was the housing estate. Lift was quite weak and very narrow and the breeze was picking up. Only 2 obvious thermal flights but both had to be abandoned as the model approached the houses.

Derek Potter is Loppy19

Only afraid of not getting the repairs to my Pures finished in time! Suppose I could still fly the Gentle Lady to make up the numbers. John M

Hi Ian Please add me to the list. Open, 2.4, have limiter. Kind regards Steve

Phil I have also tried a hair dryer and not much happened, so I swapped to a hot air gun as per shrinking solarfilm/Profilm and that works fine. Just got to be careful not to heat the boom up too much as it will go soft. Just need to be careful you use the shrink tape the right way round as only one side has the release agent on it. See the fishing rod repair video. John M

With a bit of luck I'm hoping to get a flight or two in the May challenge as I'm just about to drive over to Model Shop Leeds and treat myself to a new ARTF Kavan Resco. At £299 they seem very good value for such a model. I'll bring it home and then decided what motor/ESC to use.