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.

 

A great Wednesday evening

Finally the weather has improved, which made for a good turnout on Wednesday. There was a good selection of planes on view. Steve managed to get his diesel running and passed the TX around to a few members. My Tiger moth flew nicely, changed the prop to 14x5 which made it easier to land. Ben is flying well hopefully to get his A later in the year.

Wednesday March 26th

 A lovely day for flying today, the wind was light and quite warm. The flying strip is in excellent condition, having been cut twice this year. 

John S had brought along two of his very nice stick and tissue models, one a Trixie and the other |I didn't get the name of.

 He had some good flights as the conditions were ideal, here is one of his launches.

Mike K got his I/C powered wot 4 out for the first time this year, as the walk over to the flying strip has dried out considerably. 

I took along my FMS Olympus, which is the first time I have flown it for a while, had 5 flights with it, and decided I must use it more as it's very nice to fly. My hobbyking Goblin meet an untimely end when I lost concentration for a split second, I had a GPS module on it, and it went from 98mph to 0 in less than a second. Oh, well, makes a bit more room in the hanger for another model.

 

The strip in great condition.

 

 

 The strip has had it's first cut of the year and is in excellent condition. It's probably the best all year round flying strip in the southeast. Les has made a really nice table to stand the solar battery charger on 👍👍👍👍. The sun is out, and the winds are light, ideal flying conditions.🛬.

 

A new 3d printer

 I decided to treat myself to a new 3d printer as an early Christmas present. I decided on the Bambu Labs P1S. There's a page on the right with more details and thoughts.

Veron AVRO 504 build

 

 It's coming along, a few issues with it so far, there's things shown on the plans that aren't mentioned in the instructions. Also there's additional bit of support etc that are required. You have to have an idea of how it's going to go together before you commit and glue something on.

 

The Grass Has Been Cut

 

The grass at the flying field has been cut, hopefully it will stop growing till the spring 🤞. We're lucky that the strip remains flyable throughout the winter, and we can get down for a spot of flying when the weather permits.