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Jul 4, 2009 21:37:28 GMT 10
Post by nick on Jul 4, 2009 21:37:28 GMT 10
BE CAREFUL
Now that i have broken 100 mph i have found myself looking at ds articles and fixing planes that usually stay on the bench for some time, i think this DS is addictive as other people have told me, im getting worried ;D the skua is nealy finished being fixed and it's still blowing outside.
is there a DS anonymous? i suppose it's this forum
have fun
regards nick
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DS
Jul 4, 2009 22:15:32 GMT 10
Post by ezza on Jul 4, 2009 22:15:32 GMT 10
That is right. Welcome to therapy group. Eric
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Jul 4, 2009 22:33:23 GMT 10
Post by ezza on Jul 4, 2009 22:33:23 GMT 10
Here is what I did for therapy today; After weeks of planning, phone calls, (you wouldn't believe), etc, Tim, Kane and I tried a new spot today. Actually Tim and I had been there before but there was no wind. We haven't properly named it but for now we call it Brokeback mountain. Basically because of what Kane had to do to get flying approval. Winds were up to 12-15 knots max. The ridge itself is not as sharp as it appeared on GE, but it was ds'able. It faces SW and takes a fairly serious 4wd(and special permission ) to access. Loads of wild pigs, deer, frisky horses, blood thirsty hunters with HUGE dogs, thieving tresspassers, houses with underground bunkers and tunnels(!), tresspassing motor bikes, junkies living in shanties, in the bush, this place is REAL deliverance country. One guy offered us a pound of dope just after meeting us!! I guess it was to keep everything hush, hush, , and hence it must remain secret. As far as flying, so far it has proven to be typical of westerly sites, with bumpy lift, swirling backside, and carnage to boot. Unfortunately there was a sickening crash for Kane. He had just banged a top turn with his double glass opus, when it stopped responding. It augered in vertically, to the top of the ridge. Buried the fuse up to the LE and snapped the wing in half!!! Felt very bad for him but he took it so well, and kept ds'ing his Vento like a champ. It appeared that the battery connection had come unplugged. Kane was ds'ing really well today. His Vento handled the choppy conditions well. There was a little flex over 105'ish when banging a turn, so he is going to try the steel joiners next time. Before the crash the Opus was carving beautiful laps, cutting through the turbulence with amazing presicion. Tim maidened his new fuse with the Cat 1 wing. All was well until both the joiners failed. Luckily Tim had some tape on the centre of the wing that held it together just enough for a landing. He also flew his HP60 but it also ended up in the repair bin. Tim got out his little home brew, 20 something inch, brushless powered foamy. Man this thing is WILD. Roll rate so fast you cant tell which way is up. Measured it at 83mph in a dive and he ds'ed it between the trees and fences with the motor on as well. Pretty funny to hear the prop, as he was ds'ing it, through the shear. After terrorising a flock of pidgeons and cutting many laps, one of the $3 servos stripped a gear. Tim was grounded with no toys left. He had a go with my old beat up JW but seemed quite unimpressed. The Skorpion was brilliant. I really love it.......a fantastic allrounder. Fun today as Kane and I kept taking turns, each time beating each others best recorded speed. Lower, tighter, faster........I think we were pretty lucky to get the Skorpion and Vento home undamaged. There were some real heart starter moments. Looking forward to trying this spot again. We need some more wind so we can tell whether it can handle more wind, or like most other westerly sites, becomes a cauldron of death on the backside. Speeds; Vento 111 Opus 117 Skorpion 120 Eric
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Jul 5, 2009 7:01:37 GMT 10
Post by nige on Jul 5, 2009 7:01:37 GMT 10
Hi Eric. Sounds like you happened upon a secret community preparing for Armageddon. Like a typical addiction it starts off when you sneak around the back of the slope just for some fun. Then the not long after you're sneaking around clandestine operations searching for a fix taking more risks than you can point a sornoff at. (Was that a knock at the door ) Or we could just call you the Captain Cook and his sidekicks of the DS world. No good about the carnage though or is that collateral damage. Nigel
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Jul 5, 2009 7:58:05 GMT 10
Post by nick on Jul 5, 2009 7:58:05 GMT 10
hello Captain Cook and fellow sailors! ;D sounded like you had a fun day ezza and friends, well i was out in the shed for about 8 hours yesterday and re covered my duck and am going back out to finish the skua now, i gave it a test flex and it seems ok, but i wont be doing any dsing in that strong wind again as it will surely fail, from my limited experience im guessing 80mph to be it's max safety speed. i have a swift a friend bought brand new off falcon gliders and didn't touch it and he only wanted $120 for it so i snaped her up, i have some kevlar to reinforce the front belly with and then i have my new ds machine, sean seems to think it will be quite good for me. the other day at lemontree sean was doing some fast laps in the little bowl with his carbon bird where mine died and was hit buy turbulance, he was at the bottom and it just threw him up at 45 degrese and out to the north, i reckon buy the time he leveled out he was about 250 meters in the air, i now know what you guys mean by rough air. it looks like it might go a little south today so i might be able to try my reapir at the knob. i will let you know how it goes, hey ezza next time you go out there take a banjo for protection : regards nick
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