Phil's news letter 12/06/2012

Last week's news letter

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Gloucester MFC News

Members page updated http://www.glos-mfc.co.uk/gmfc2012/gmfc2012.htm 

Radio glide HLG Report from Tony Hickson, http://www.glos-mfc.co.uk/blog/blog12/jun12/jun12.htm 

See Blog http://www.glos-mfc.co.uk/blog/blog12/may12/may12.htm later for more photos

SCSA

An evening of full sized glider flying will be arranged with reduced rates, this will take place in May or June
Please let Bryan know if you wish to take part, http://www.scsa.org.uk/cont1.htm 

Club Meeting 
The next Club meeting is on Wed 20thJune 7.00PM,  a club flying session and fun event, limbo on the slope if  windy or glider golf on Minchinhampton Common if the wind is light. A decision on the venue will be made 6.00PM 18th June and b published On the SCSA web sight at 6.00PM on  Monday 18th  

Non Members welcome 

Slope Flying  

Is your model a Brick?

Brick throwing competitions are held between the 4 towns of Stroud in July, 5lb  bricks are thrown about 140 feet
to test your model take it to the flat and throw it, if it's a brick it will fall to the ground, if it's not not a brick  the wings will support it and you will be able to fly it round and maybe catch it. see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uadvZsKYYWE 

Bricks are OK if you have a gale blowing on to a cliff, the wind blows the fuselage up in the air and the little stubby wings steer it away from the cliff face.

Eyeboy calls my model pencils with wings, but  they are different varying by as much as 3%

 Monday 
Modest slope lift on Selsley with the odd weak thermal, I failed to get Tony's Wingmax away and just scratched about in the slope lift

I went  Minchinhampton in the afternoon lift was poor but good practice conditions, Andy's Pike stayed up well landing only a few seconds behind my Supra in several flights.
Andy made new tips for this model, this has stopped it tip stalling and decreased its sink rate

Chris Bishop did better at the Gloucester club with a 41 minute flight, picking up lift at only 100 feet in poor conditions   read the rest at http://www.glos-mfc.co.uk/blog/blog12/jun12/jun12.htm

 
Tuesday 
  Morning
A strong breeze at Haresfield but not much lift, I think there was a little east in it

Thursday 

 Friday  
 Phil and I flew at Haresfield this afternoon. Strong, strong wind, mega lift and a lovely blue sky.

We watched the rain coming up the valley and were back in our cars before it arrived for real. It was best described as a monsoon, with local flooding.

Thirty minutes later blue skies and sun again    

        
Saturday 
  A strong wind on Frocester

Sunday

  Light lift at Rodborough 

More photos at http://www.ebley.talktalk.net/photos2/?C=M;O=D 

For sale

http://www.bmfaclassifieds.co.uk/index.php?catid=56 

Newly listed items 

Superb 1/3 Scale Cessna L19 Birdog model (AS NEW!!!!) Rosenthal Kit, WingSpan 3.60m length 2.70m, weight 25.7Kg ( has a valid exemption certificate for 2.4gHz)
Equipped with all top of the range HS Metal gear & Digital servos, Dual Futaba RX in 2.4, SM services BuddyBox redundancy system, 3 Nicad Sanyo 3000 mH + 2 Nicad Sanyo 3000mH.
Engine: 3W 150 PM with Krumschied K80 mufflers, 32x10 carbon prop, landing light and loads of scale details such as true scale dashboard etc..
Wings and stab are in 2 parts and have separate wing and stab-insulating covers.

Has only flown less than a dozen of times and reason for selling is to get cash ASAP for the 1/2 scale project ASAP

More Pictures and information upon request

SEND OFFERS To Etienne.dodane2@btinternet.com or CALL Etienne 07766652508  (the kit only was over £1400!!). If you are on FUTABA, bring your TX and I will download the program for you, if you are on something else I will help you to set it up anyway and will take the RX's out with a discount accordingly.
Should you like to have the plane without radio all together, we can negotiate, although I do not believe that that taking the servos out is a sensible option at ALL, therefore I can remove the Redundancy system+Receivers+Batteries to get to a lowers package if needed.

SEND OFFERS To Etienne.dodane2@btinternet.com or CALL Etienne 07766652508  (the kit only was over £1400!!). If you are on FUTABA, bring your TX and I will download the program for you, if you are on something else I will help you to set it up anyway and will take the RX's out with a discount accordingly.
Should you like to have the plane without radio all together, we can negotiate, although I do not believe that that taking the servos out is a sensible option at ALL, therefore I can remove the Redundancy system+Receivers+Batteries to get to a lowers package if needed.

Futaba CGY750 Flybarless Control Gyro

  FOR SALE 
 Schulze 35 MHz FM receivers. Ultimate bi-plane, blendern tape, Protech Megastar, MVVS Petrol 26cc, RCV 91 4 stroke , OS 72 4 stroke, TX 2.4ghz,    Laser 100 4 stroke. Laser 70 4 stroke, Irvine 61 (Red head) 2 stroke  SC 180 AR 2 stroke. servo plug crimp pliers, 35 meg Receivers,, ,  325mm heli blades,   Crystals

 For Sale Page http://www.glos-mfc.co.uk/forsale/for-sale.htm 

Some Events 

Jun 16-17 Weston Park 2oth Anniversary Model Show Weston Park, Weston under Lizard. West Midlands, TF7 8LE. Nr M54, J3 or M6 J12. Extensive Camping. Contact Steve Bishop on 01952 587298 or stevenbishop@blueyonder.co.uk or see www.westonparkmodelairshow.co.uk

Sat-SAM35 Events. Sun – Norman Winter F2B Memorial, Profile, Beginner and Expert. At Modelair Mayfly Weekend. Contact Tony Goodger on 01689 822683 or Paul Winter on 0208 958 6731

Inc. SAM 35 Vintage Power Duration. Middle Wallop, Nr Andover. Contact Bill Longley on 01258 488833 or tasuma@btconnect.com

RCMF EVENT LIST http://www.rcmf.co.uk/4um/index.php/topic,87486.0.html