Phil's SCSA Newsletter
10/09/2007
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What a week! 7 days of flying for some and all on Selsley, I
missed Thursday because of my trip to the Brean model flying week, next year
we should make a day of it perhaps the bring 'n' buy day . The first
half of October is expected to bring rather unsettled conditions with
rain or showers interspersed, so make the most of September.
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Club meeting 19th September, details later
Indoor
flying in Gloucestershire. Venue
the main sports hall Chosen Hill School, Brookfield Road, Churchdown, Glos.
GL3 2PL. Opening
evening Saturday 22nd September 2007 6.00pm
until 8.00pm. Following
the success of these evenings during the winter and spring of 2007 we are
getting underway with the 2007/2008 indoor season. Indoor sessions will
take place fortnightly, but these may become weekly depending on demand. Dates
for the autumn/winter 2007 are: Saturday
22nd September, Saturday
6th & 20th October, Saturday
3rd & 17th November, Saturday
1st,15th & 29th December For
all past indoor sessions see reports plus of course our own highly and
critically acclaimed “documentary” http://www.glos-mfc.co.uk/index.html
Indoor Flying at Bristol
Grammar School post code BS8 1SR map 14th October West Mendip Soaring cross country WMSA |
Advice Appreciated
Some while ago I purchased 2 rather tatty
Pat Teakle gliders, an ASW20 and HP18.
They turned out to be more work than
anticipated and have suffered from enthusiasm loss until recently,
thanks to Phil letting me have ago on his new ASW20.
I've done a fair amount of work and am
getting to the point of thinking about refinishing.
The wings are glassed but aren't that
smooth and on as of the fuselage the gel coat is cracked.
Can anyone recommend a finish or paint,
that is a high build primer with good leveling properties, assist with
the gel coat issues and is not too heavy.
On such a large airframe car spray paint
is going to get costly.
As these are old models I have no
intention of spending vast amounts of money.
Any advice or suggestions would be greatly
appreciated.
Michael Pearce |
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For Sale
Electric helicopter Twister version 2 with collective pitch.
All there and fly's but the skids are now broken and tail boom rod is
split but work OK.
Includes , Tx, 1 x Lipo battery and charger and a new pair of carbon
blades.
£50 or might consider a swap or something.
Michael Pearce
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Maiden Flight SE5a
Today (Sunday) I flew my Great Planes SE5
on Minchinhampton (see pictures).
I ordered it from Tower Hobbies in the
USA along with a Fokker DR1 which is about ready to fly as well.
In the UK the SE5 kit is £65, the DR1
isn't available yet in the UK, we ordered the SE5, DR1, 8 x Futaba
servos, propellers and extension cables for under £200, plus customs
charged about the same as VAT.
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The SE5a spans 864mm and is driven by an
AXI brushless motor powered by a 1300 Lipo.
Assembly is very straight forward and the
build quality is superb.
It flew straight from a hand launch and
required no adjustments to trim. The performance is excellent but it
also looks convincing when throttled back. Aerobatics were performed
with ease.
Despite my apprehension the landing was
really easy, just kill the power and control it on elevator. The
second flight was ROG from the road and it looked very realistic
apart from the short run.
If you like more details please email me.
Michael |
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Monday at Selsley, a moderate north wind, the lift was mostly OK, when it faded a little courage needed to stay out there until it returned. I failed to throw Len's Discus2 hard enough for it get to flying speed and it landed heavily in front of the bump. My ASW20 is heavier but floats away with half a throw if there is bit of a breeze. Joe's Nebula went OK flying well once it had cleared the trees into the good air.
Photo Richard's Phase 6 |
Tuesday at Selsley, light winds and a good mixture of thermals. The lift was a little too light for the Parsgliders so we had the whole slope to search for lift. A variety of techniques were used to dethermal, pop up brakes, flying inverted, spinning and spoilerons. I had two walks down the slope to retrieve my Pegase, a light 1/4 scale was just right for the conditions
Photo Guy's Highlight |
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Wednesday at Selsley, Richard's little HLG in some serious lift, spot the model, click image where you think the model is, if you get the right spot a larger image will appear. To make it easy it is finished in clear wing covering | Alan's DG600 did not fly too well till we took out 1/2 a pound of lead, it now goes really well. The secret is to keep taking it out until it won't fly and crashes then put a bit back in |
Thursday, ideal conditions for Brean model flying week.
Photo, a Mustang low and fast for the camera more phtos at http://www.ebley.plus.com/berrow/ |
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Friday at Selsley, a north wind with little
slope lift, a couple of really good thermals and lots of lumpy small
ones
Photo Phil Wright's Skylark , this flew really well, themalling back behind the slope after finding a small area of lift |
Saturday at Selsley, A good afternoon John's ASW20 made one of its rare appearances photo , strong smell of naphthalene Andy launching Steve's new moulded Twin, Steve was a little nervous of it, being used to power flying |
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Sunday morning at Selsley, a dull morning with some light slope
lift to start with, this faded, later some light thermals built up. Peter's
Charisma flew well early on and Mike had the best of the later thermals
flying my light weight HLG. The afternoon was better, stronger and more frequent thermals with steady slope lift late afternoon on the west facing slope |
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For more photos go t http://www.scsa.org.uk/photos/phil/photopage.htm the pages have been added to since last week |