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Post by jirvin4505 on Jul 6, 2008 18:41:32 GMT 10
Can't wait to share my joy. It's been a long build! www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=765337Phone call to Shane who tells me it's raining on the Knob! So down to the park for some handlaunch... Can't wait to get it up on a winch or do a little hooning on the slope. cheers jeff ps Andrew I should have come and joined you - not sure I'm ready to land on the beach yet.
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Post by ezza on Jul 6, 2008 18:45:15 GMT 10
Display driver decide to go on my computer yesterday. Managed to get some time on the kids' computer and there have been some great posts/ stories in Windsock lately......excellent!!! Thought I would add as we had some excellent flying this weekend down here. Sat was 25-39 knot easterlies all day! ;D ;D Maidened Dad's Aris and wow!! Flies just like it looks with absolutely no bad habits. Lift was huge so we will have to see what it is like in the lighter stuff one day. 3.1m span and these planes have been ds'ed to 200 dead stock, so you know you can give it as much curry as you like on the front. We were taking it up to speck hieght and diving right past ourselves and then giving it full elevator!! Tightest loops I have ever seen and also the sharpest turns. It makes heaps of noise too. Good roll rate and easily the best inverted moldie I have ever flown. Just a 'tiny' hint of down whilst inverted and she cruises. Tried holding hard down(11mm of travel), whilst inverted, and she would just hang and porpoise a little, whilst gaining hieght!! Rudder has great authority as well, especially for a v-tail. Very hard to make her flick. Flaps stop it dead. Can't rate it enough, absolutely top shelf, A grade, slope rocket!!! Got down to Lennox at the end of the day for some crankin ds with the JW. The lift was just amazing. Ds was turbulent at times but had her really complaining through the shear a few times. Only one mishap into the lantana and thankfully she survived with only a few minor flesh wounds. Today(Sunday), was a totally different experience. No wind to speak of. Watching the windsock go round and round with little puffs from any direction and the odd shower. Dad got out the Blaster 2 Dlg and we had soo much fun. Dlg is cool!! So easy to fly, with so much control. We started having comps where the goal was 2 minute flight time from single launch with a spot to try and land on at 2 minutes. Amazingly we only had a few flights under 2 min. It was close competition with only 7 seconds between us at the end of the day. Both sides of our hobby are so fun, from slope/ds to thermal. Love it all!! Eric
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Post by ezza on Jul 6, 2008 18:48:43 GMT 10
Wow, Jeff, Huge congrats mate!!! That is unreal. Such a huge project, you must be stoked to have her done. Can't wait to see her in the air. Eric P.S. Have ordered myself a dlg, we will have to get all the dlg'ers together one day.
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Post by Vanders on Jul 6, 2008 19:04:32 GMT 10
Yeah guys bring on the dlg, I love it!!! What one have you chosen Sean? Great looking model there Jeff & good news on your dads new one Eric.
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Post by thevon on Jul 6, 2008 20:00:55 GMT 10
wow Jeff, that's fantastic. Good on you for persevering thru such daunting project. I saw it in the back of Jeff's car not long out of molds, with some paint, and it looked like a scary amount of work to me.
Jeff landing on the beach is easy! More room than the thermal comp! One day I'll fly the Fazer there - it will be easier than the TBird due to the spoilers killing the lift better.
No DLG for me. I spend too much time tinkering/ thinking/ fixing/ posting on forum about this obsession already! Have to draw the line somewhere.
But it's really great to get all these reports coming in from all over the place - us flyers are such a dedicated bunch ... everyone's doing something! We're irrepressible. Imagine if we were able to re-focus our enthusiasm/ obsession onto another cause ... we could probably have world poverty or global warming solved in no time!
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Post by ezza on Jul 6, 2008 22:30:53 GMT 10
Hi Vanders, I am getting the same dlg that my dad has, Blaster 2. I believe they are a touch heavier than what alot of dlg guys like, dad's is a touch over 13 oz. It could be lighter but he wanted a large battery. Watched JW fly one at Armidale this year. Beautiful. www.airplane-model.com/blaster21.htmlEric
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Post by shane on Jul 6, 2008 23:51:14 GMT 10
Jeff ..sorry i was'nt there for the maiden ,wanted to see the cord cut on this beautiful baby ....BEAST!!! Also like to gongrats Ken on his new model ,worth the wait. I'v just got a new plane too, a Caracho 3.1 will post some pics soon,doing a general makeover at the moment.
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Post by chamm37 on Jul 8, 2008 19:17:09 GMT 10
hi i was wondering if any1 is going to be able to go up to Mt Mee morrow ;D
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Post by skyboyken on Jul 8, 2008 22:01:11 GMT 10
Hi Shane, thanks and congrats to you on the Caracho!! Looking forward to seeing that one go. Ezza, I'm definitely keen to have you and/or your Dad show off the Aris when I'm down - you show me yours etc... Jeff, we've already spoken heaps about your new baby so you know how happy I am for you. Now let's see her fly!! Ken.
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Post by felix on Jul 8, 2008 22:45:53 GMT 10
been of the site for a week and can see that the lack of wind has turned people a little crazy (if they weren't already!?).....dlg,bungees,thermal what does this all mean? ;D
so in the spirit of things who would be up for a parkfly at the footy grounds at SC sunday if the winds suck for dlg's,electrics and whatever?
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Post by chamm37 on Jul 9, 2008 8:34:01 GMT 10
allright felix......i most likly will be able to come down wat time
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Post by drcuzo on Jul 9, 2008 13:10:44 GMT 10
I spoke to Vanders yesterday about flying and planes. He is another great bloke and was very helpfull and informative.
I am so impressed with people I have met through this forum and the sloping hobby/sport.
Thanks everyone for your guidance, encouragement and friendship.
Steve
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Post by drcuzo on Jul 9, 2008 15:01:00 GMT 10
Sean and I were discussing meteorological phenomena when it was raining at the knob on sunday. He had never heard of the Morning Glory at Bourketown Qld. It is an awesome wave cloud that attracts full size gliders and hangliders from all over the world, who soar for 100's of kilometers on the moving cloud front. There is lots of info if you are interested. this is one site to start with: www.cloudappreciationsociety.org/mg1/a search for "morning glory wave cloud" will give many more. Steve PS: there is no relationship between the Knob and this morning glory
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Post by thevon on Jul 9, 2008 15:23:14 GMT 10
Yeah Steve there was a big article about the Morning Glory in the Courier Mail, I think, about 18 mths ago?? Very interesting.
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Post by felix on Jul 9, 2008 17:34:52 GMT 10
chamm unsure of the time but i will get down there around 3.....of course we'll have to play it by ear and see what the weather is doing. anyone else up for some flat field?
Drcuzo…..another common term that may be worth a search for is “standing wave”. Very simply it’s caused by warmer low level currents forced upwards by a mountain range ,island etc to higher colder altitudes. it then cools rapidly causing it to descend to a lower altitude where it rapidly heats causing it to rise again where it repeats the process again. what it then forms is a wave of sort of with strong ascending and descending air. Quite often what happens is a cloud is formed and trapped under the upper arcs and is easily identified by an unmoving stratus type cloud with a very domed top (generally called a rolling cloud from memory). If the wave is big enough it could definitely harbor rain. standing waves can reach massive scales and altitudes in some parts of the world and have even been responsible for windshear that has forced airliners down and the world record for gliding altitude was also on a standing wave. (sorry probably retelling something you already know haha) These waves are great for soaring but a lot of care must be taken in downdraughts especially at low speeds or altitudes. i developed a fascination of the effects at 16 when I learnt to soar ultralights and even a C172 in these things following a blanik glider at caboolture. in a westerly they quite often form in the area and even in a strong easterly when moreton acts as the ramp.
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