Brett82 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Duplicate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc RC pilot Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 You are a lucky man to have such a wife Brett! Great present! Nice one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munch197 Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 First day up on pole cottage slope of long mynd with my Shinto. What a slope and what a model... Doesn't get much better than this surely? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oipigface Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 12 minutes ago, Munch197 said: First day up on pole cottage slope of long mynd with my recently acquired Shinto. What a slope and what a model... Doesn't get much better than this surely? Yes, it does! Try racing with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc RC pilot Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 9 hours ago, Munch197 said: First day up on pole cottage slope of long mynd with my recently acquired Shinto. What a slope and what a model... Doesn't get much better than this surely? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil.Taylor Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 XPro met the Cherhill White Horse this evening - and had a blast in 20mph wind direct into the bowls - really moves well with a touch of reflex - unballasted in lift conditions which would have suited a fully ballasted F3F at twice the weight/ loading - fun aeros too - unlimited invered soaring. Liking the Xpro - liking the slope too. Phil. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyri Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Flew with some birds yesterday, they are so much more efficient than rc gliders! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munch197 Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 As a result of the relatively windless weekend I took the opportunity to give the e-extreme an outing and workout. The perfect tool to keep the thumbs busy on the slow days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munch197 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 A weekend up long mynd pole cottage slope with a couple of friends. Met some fantastic fellow slopers and some great flying. Thanks to all. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyri Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 That is a fantastic slope, and great people - I really enjoy my visits there. In the meantime I picked up a lidl glider for £3, put some gear in it, then sloped it and soared with some birds - what a bargain! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentPilot Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 £3.00? Looks like I got ripped off at £7.00! Any chance of some pics of the conversion I've got some micro radio gear but instead of cutting surfaces I've got a crazy idea to try out a weight shift arrangement instead... Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyri Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Tony i need to take some pics - but basically I used a soldering iron to open out the front under the hatch and a slot for a battery. Then flatten the wing by heating with an iron through a wet cloth. I cut ailerons but used the foam as a live hinge. small glass horns and servo in each wing, another in the rudder with a horn to the elevator. Couple of hours work that's all. This has potential for a cheap pylon racer for fun with a small motor, but it is excellent as a slope glider and can pick up some speed so the design is not too draggy. I tried ballasting it and it was pretty ok with the weight. Cheers! Kyri 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Nothing as flash as the models beforehand on here. Went to the BMFA centre to get some flying in as I wanted to trim out my 4 servo wing Pegasus. The wind was too strong but I managed to get 3 flights in, it shows potential and is much more manouverable I need a good day to sort it. Took also my trusty Easy Glider, I always feel slightly embarrassed bringing her out for some reason. I shouldn't do as it's a brilliant bit of kit, first launch into 12-18mph winds hooked a thermal straight off for 10' followed by three more 10' flights. Tony 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wookman Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Never be embarrassed about the Easyglider, it's a great piece of kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Well I had another good day at the national centre. Hacked off that one aileron servos failed, that's the second SD100 in a month, one died and todays' one the gear train went, no idea why I'd been flying all day but I always do a quick check before every flight good job I did as there was quite a few flyers late afternoon. Also had problems with my Altis. Was set to 30' run 175m it was in fact showing +2m prior to the first flight cut off every time at 30' but the height limiter didn't work for some reason so I need to put on the laptop and see what's what. The good thing is that my new £13 emax sale motor goes to 301m for 30'. Huge thermals little wind very hard to see and scary trying to get the Pegasus down great seeing three full size gliders all in the same thermal overhead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Would loved to have been there that day. I always seem to be the solo electric/glider guy every time I go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulj Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Hi Tony - on your Pegasus, do you have M3.5 wing bolts, or M4? It's M4. Now I have cleaned up the captive bolts with a tap, I am getting a good fit with M4 bolts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren_O Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 State of the art equipment today... Sagitta 900 on Futaba 35mhz in marginal lift on the Orme. Took me about 10 attempts to land, she just wanted more airtime:) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Great looking model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Well what an interesting day. First off it was great weather flying my Q12 a little overcast late on, in fact I've just got home as the flying site is only 15'away in wonderful countryside. The other gentleman flying this evening had one of those things with a prop in each corner! Now I've only seen a drone in a shop and they've never interested me a bit, however after this evening I do get it, granted this chaps drone was very expensive certainly out of my budget, the equivalent of buying a new Explorer. I can now understand the attraction: There is no skill really involved as I picked it up within minutes, what did blow me away was flying it FPV I literally did say Wow I felt a little sick to begin with until I got used to it a bit like feeling sea sick but the clarity was outstanding and you really can fly quite a way with them. Also had a really good insight into the problem they pose. Anybody can fly these things money is the only barrier as to how good these things are, after 40' you can't see or hear them. This chaps was no bigger than an outstretched palm. How you police these things is pretty much impossible. I really do think we've drawn the wrong end of the straw on this one. Also the chap had today tested out the proposed test we're supposed to do in the future, he works with drones and tonight he was logging hours in on his personal drone as apparently they have to have so many hours per month, he said the test was pretty easy. I should have asked more but I was to busy enjoying myself. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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