Went flying.

[billdennis747]

Hi Pete. Tell us more about the Swordfish - is it a Veron and did it fly?
We also Went Flying; Midland Gala at Barkston. Icy wind, rain most of the day, snow and sleet. Still managed 5 flights in F1G but it was a bit of an ordeal.

[OZPAF]

These fellows who fly indoor out have the weather have an easy time, not like you true outdoor warriors Bill

Thanks for the Vids Peter - The flying area at the velodrome looks impressive.

John

[TheLurker]

I shared my table with Colin Taylor, who was having an ornithopter day...

Well, that was a mistake. I showed MrsLurker the video; "I want one!" was the immediate response.  Ermm, anyone got a plan for an easy to build ornithopter?   Very impressive.

[Pete Fardell]

Tell us more about the Swordfish - is it a Veron and did it fly?
We also Went Flying; Midland Gala at Barkston. Icy wind, rain most of the day, snow and sleet. Still managed 5 flights in F1G but it was a bit of an ordeal.

Well done! As I drove over the Pennines, through the sleety gale, my car made the warning beep it makes when the outside temp. approaches feezing. "Wish I was at Barkston" I thought... "I bet they're having a lovely time- such a shame the Selby comp. was cancelled!"

I think Reg's Swordfish is the Veron one, yes, and what I described as his Tempest looks like it's the Guillows Typhoon. Both were old models which he'd flown successfully before, but he said he was having no joy with them yesterday. The best I saw the Swordfish manage were some rather shaky, low powered glides.

Well, that was a mistake. I showed MrsLurker the video; "I want one!" was the immediate response.  Ermm, anyone got a plan for an easy to build ornithopter?  Very impressive.

If you ask me, ornith(opter)ology is a surefire road to madness, but if you're really set on self destruction (and under wife orders) there's a thread on here already, which might help: http://www.hippocketaeronautics.com/hpa_forum/index.php?topic=21381.0

[Pete Fardell]

Next meeting here is February, for the Northwest Gala.

Correction: Feb (23rd) is another Fun Fly. NW Gala is March 16th.

[Indoorflyer]

Well, that was a mistake. I showed MrsLurker the video; "I want one!" was the immediate response.  Ermm, anyone got a plan for an easy to build ornithopter?  Very impressive.
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https://www.ornithopter.org/plans.shtml

And these will fly, unlike some of the stuff on other sites.

[LASTWOODSMAN]

For a nice Ornithopter plan, there is a link to a pdf file here in  "BUTTERFLIES" in 'dosco's'  Reply #14 here   http://www.hippocketaeronautics.com/hpa_forum/index.php?topic=23606.0    Click on his link and it will load up a nice  five page plan and instructions.   Also there is a great instructional 12 minute assembly video here in "BUTTERFLIES" Reply #13 .

LASTWOODSMAN
Richard

[TheLurker]

https://www.ornithopter.org/plans.shtml

...Ornithopter plan, there is a link to a pdf file here..

Thanks both for taking the time to go looking.  I'd found ornithopter.org and will be having a bash at a Freebird sometime soon(ish).  Aside from getting the blessed thing to fly the biggest hurdle is trying to persuade MrsL that ornithopters are indoor creatures as she's adamant that it will be flown outside at the Lurker Industries Aerodrome. 

[Maxout]

Caught a quick clip of Lee Russell flying his Bill Gowen-designed A-6 at our October contest. He and Hope had a nice showdown in A-6.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTZ-mfwEmlQ&lc=z22rgfjpcme4fxnfeacdp43alfiyljqpvwobgxhpfsxw03c010c

[p40qmilj]

   indoor flying started last nite  yeahhhhhhh!!!!!
the following planes flew beatifully

1 neo dimne hellcat (FAC plan) 16 inches
2 easybilt p40 20 inches
3 easybilt spit 17 inches
no surprizes because they are great outdoors
i built a guillows camel and my own design delta jet. both need more power and weight in the nose.

jim 

[billdennis747]

Went trimming prior to the Birmingham Coupe do. A bit of a farce. It was so cold my fingers weren't doing what I told them. I found the way to make a vintage coupe perform aerobatics is to put the wing (flat centre section) on one bay to the left and lose the sidethrust.
More seriously, my new coupe with narrower fuselage climbed like a fat swan. Discovered knots were binding inside, despite it being wider than the Couper S I was copying.  I obviously need to wind better but I fear my problem is using the half tube which is several inches longer than the motor. Thus when it is wound and the prop attached, the motor has to shorten to fit the fuse and that's when the knots appear. I can hear them writhing inside. I'm not sure about the half tube yet. I can see the advantages but I need three hands, and everything I am holding always seem to be in the wrong ones.

[tctele]

Hi Bill, At least you ventured out the weather around here has been too windy and I can see me doing a trim flight at the comp, if the weather holds which the forecast doesn't look promising, straight out of the box from the last time which was 6 years ago. Lets hope the trims the same! Re the half tubes I have a number of them and they are cut down to the length of my motors, well just slightly over so I can insert and retrieve easily. I cut them down at the prop end and just file a notch for the wire pin that goes through my hub. I have two lengths, one for 28 strands of 1/16" and one for 24 strands, ie 14 and 12 strands of 1/8" former for my windy model and the latter for everything else. Sure I've a pic somewhere. Tony

Moot point as I didn't see your post in the "Rubber" section!

[p40qmilj]

   went flying indoors last nite.   my two cats (16 inch hellcat and 19 inch wildcat) flew on a rail, my to stick models did will and my p40 acted up.  i also flew my comet spitfire which needs trim on the tail to perfect.

jim

[Maxout]

This is 6 month old footage, but better late than never I guess. My 42" span Unlimited on its 46 minute flight at Lakehurst this past June: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ25MI88cUM

[flydean1]

Is it covered with microfilm?

[PB_guy]

Took the Bonanza out for a flight today. Just 400 winds on 1/8" rubber. Built from a Whitman/Joe Ott plan. 16" W/S AUW for flight was 16.0 grams Still pics from the video are a little blurry. Nice and warm with the sun today.
ian

[OZPAF]

Your Bonanza would have flown well at that weight PB. Very nice.
John

[Maxout]

Is it covered with microfilm?

It's plastic covered - OS Film. I've got a larger one covered with Y2K that is still in the trimming stages.

[p40qmilj]

   flew lots tionite
1) preparation for next week's glider contest.
    canard meh!, carbon fibre glider  yes it's nice  ditto with an old one i built 10 yheasrs ago.  it's all in the way you chuck them
2) speedee bilt p40  actually works. i tried it on 1/8 tan and 1/8 black rubber.  the tan seems to work better.  if you do these types of models build out of light sheet and foam and they should fly well enough , max weight 20 gms.
3) the wild cat which flew well last week, this week slightly out of trim.  the comet 20 inch piper cub waddled through the air.
4) the two stick models, buzzard jr and modified blue ridge special flew just fine the buzzard on 1/8 black, the blue on 1/8 tan.

jim

[deanz406]

We had a nice day today, a little chilly, but clear and no winds. This is one of my favorites, a BUSA Phaeton 90, W/ OS 120 4 stroke. Dean

[OZPAF]

Nice model and what a lovely field.

John

[OZPAF]

I have been helping a fellow in India in his attempts to build a small FF model. I designed the model for him bearing in mind the limited materials he has at his disposal. One of his aims is to try and interest and inspire young school kids and thus construction and materials must also suit their budget as well.

Thus this design for a Super Capacitior powered model with a small core less (7mm dia) motor driving a 65mm dia prop.It is predominantly foam plate (3mm), reinforced at the front with sanded loly pop stick and with a small aluminium motor mount. The tail on his version is mounted on a reed tail boom.

The time for the first flights was yesterday morning.

Fortunately for me - it was successful as shown on this video clip https://youtu.be/2nIcKaoqUmM

This area was the best Ashutosh could find - parks are a little unheard of over there for many and he had this to say about flying there;  

As you can see, the field had lots of stones, undulations, and was strewn with litter (typical filthy irresponsible attitude of us Indians)- there was a local fair until yesterday. And people come to play cricket as well learn driving, pigs feed themselves on the garbage, and the poor ragpicker women scrounge for scrap and took away our cardboard box while we were flying!...we got it back from them but it was somewhat crushed and broken...Chaotic but we could get our space to fly. I got scared when 2 scooters went past the airplane as it landed and I thought one of them was going to crush it- it survived fortunately. There was slight wind...I lost the calmest time before sunrise testing 716 motor. The wire on the voltmeter broke just behind the solder and my friend had to place it with his hand to see the readings.


It looks like you need to be congratulated for perseverance just to do what we take for granted

He reported that he had a umber of 30sec flights and the longest was 55secs shortly after sunrise with a slight bit of drift. That field would not have allowed much drift!

John

[Maxout]

This unbelievably cute model was built by Doug Demasie, a fellow member of Thermal Thumbers. He had quite a time trimming it out, but we finally figured out that it needed a larger vertical tail, and then that said tail needed to be oriented just right. It flies pretty nicely now and I suspect it'll be banging around in the rafters at our next flying session. Enjoy the progression:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzzU75CVg3c

[dohrmc]

My excellent Majestyk P30. It always flies well. First two pics are at the sod farm during a summer contest, and last is at Muncie during the Ted Dock contest. Great airplane!

[OZPAF]

It looks like you had fun, D.
John