A bit of Sunday afternoon flying

 The weather is being surprisingly forth coming at the moment, so a few of us arrived at the field for a bit of quite electric flying. Scott, Jeff, Keith, Les, Ben, Robert and my self turned out. The strip is in good condition, having been mowed a couple of days ago, the wind was a little stronger than anticipated, but everything went home in one piece. Scott successfully maiden his foam Wot 4, it flies nicely, gets off easily but floats on a bit when landing.

Robert brought out his Gloster  Gladiator, for a few fights.

 

 

 

Tuesday,s flying Session.

 The weather was perfect for a spot of aviation down at the field. The wind was very light, and it was surprisingly warm for the time of year. The only fly in the ointment was the Sun was in the wrong place, maybe we can ask God to move it to the right a bit. The usual suspects turned out to enjoy the weather. |Lucian came along for a bit of tuition and is picking it up nicely, he made his first landing today, well done.  👏👏

 

 

 

 

Not a bad day for flying

Fairly light winds a bit over cast but still a nice day to get out flying, a few members turned up, me, Mike, Dave, Jim, Keith and John also a potential new member Ian. He brought along a nice scratch built Tiger cub

I flew the RCB combat with 4s and managed 98mph on the GPS.

 

Ian's Tiger Cub

 

 

 Keith's home brew model, an interesting concept, still looking for a brave test pilot.

 

 

Proof of the 98mph I'll take a bit of nose weight out and hope for the TON

 

 

 

Building tools

 

 I've made a few useful tools for the latest build project. A couple of sanding blocks, 150X50mm, that I stuck 120 and 240 grit paper to, when they wear out you can prise off the paper and replace, or if that dose'nt work they only take about 30 minutes to print. I also made a sanding block that fits the servo cutout holes in the wing, it's 34mm at one end and 44mm at the other and 4mm thick. I also made some magnetic right angle jigs, the magnets were for another project but were not used, they are quite strong, so care is needed. They were made to fit between the wing ribs to hole them upright when glueing. 

I also made a box to hold round and flat scalpels, it's got a bit of foam in the bottom, which can be replaced, to protect the tips.  

Overall, I'm pleased with the Bambu P1S, I've had few print failure's and there has been a minimum of tweaking required to get good prints.

 

 

 

The winter build season has arrived

 The nights are starting to draw in, and the building season has started. I managed to pick up a balsa USA Fokker D VIII 1/6th scale kit for a reasonable price, the box had been opened, but it looks like all the parts are there, only time will tell. The instruction manual is very comprehensive, and the hard wear kit looks to be OK. 

I've made a start on the wing and it's going well, at the moment.

Inner wing panel. 

 

 

outer wings  

 

I've joined the 3 wing sections together, there was quite a bit of fine adjustment to get the spar lined up straight when clamped together, but it went together OK in the end.

Wednesday 2 July

 Not a bad turnout for this Wednesday, considering the forecast wasn't brilliant. The wind was quite strong and gusty from the west, which made landing a bit "interesting", a few go-arounds were the order of the day. It settled down a bit as the evening went on and ended up very pleasant. Thanks to Jon C who made the fish and chip run which was enjoyed by many. Here's a few videos courtesy of Kev

 

Wednesday 25th

Another great club night, the wind died down nicely and it was warm. Steve got out his spitfire and had a couple of good flights. Les brought along his storch but it didn't fly as he's still setting it up. The evening ended with a bit of fun flying the viper's.

 

 

A couple of videos of the spitfire.