Colin Carpenter Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Plus 1 for flying at 9. Wind generally non existent and sun behind flyers ! Don’t mind cold - better than sweating in full sun. But that’s just me ! ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Davis Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Went flying both today and yesterday afternoon. It was nice and sunny this afternoon with a temperature of 12 C. Most of the time I was instructing on a beginner's Junior 60 but we also managed to get some time in on the Bommerang. We were the only fliers there so I do not have any pictures of the event, you'll have to put up with old pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Gates Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Flew both days this weekend. Maidened my "John Rutter" Contra on Saturday which went OK. My first canard so a bit of a learning curve, a few tweaks required. Saturday was definitely colder than Sunday which was wonderful at 13 degrees C and sunny. Sorry no pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Not me - been watching the rain falling.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) Brilliant day at the field today - started freezing cold and misty, but once the mist burned off it turned into a beautiful winter day, with blue skies, zero wind and very busy airspace. Lots of good company -suitably socially distanced. Enjoyed flying my PZ Spitfire, E-Flite P-51 and Wot-4 Foam-E and especially taking delivery of my now completed scratch built Fiat CR42, courtesy of my pal Jim J. She's a real beauty.-pictured here on a frosty field and in a more natural habitat of a desert landing strip. Edited December 17, 2021 by leccyflyer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Yup. Second day in a row. Even better today - evidence on my phone ? I flew my PT17. C-Ray, Hawk, and UMX F16. Also drank lots of coffee and chatted lots to a couple of clubmates. Weather looks largely good until Xmas day...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erfolg Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Please, please stop showing of, here everything is against flying. That is before Omicron is taken into the mix. It is Winter Lock down, in Lancashire, even the donkeys have decided that the beach is not the place to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 7 hours ago, Erfolg said: showing of Showing off! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 I don't know how you manage it in the cold, I flew yesterday and at 4pm it was down to 10°c, so off home to my log fire,, obviously getting old I feel the cold,,? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 I'll quite happily fly in sub-zero ..... it's usually the wind chill that forces me into my workshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 It was totally Baltic early on yesterday - freezing fog when I was loading up and even when I arrived at the field a couple of hours later it was still really cold. By early afternoon there was a little bit of warmth in the low winter sun- cold fingers are the limiting factor really, the flying conditions were quite superb. One of my flying pals had a very neat pair of lipo-powered heated gloves for between flights, they looked just the job and had a 2s1p 2200mah hard shell lipo in each glove. Will have to investigate those as an option. Up here, if you aren't going to fly in the cold, you are limiting yourself to <6 months of the year as a flying season, which would be a real shame, as some of the best flying conditions are from September onwards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Flying in the North East yesterday was better than many summer days, it was 7 degrees but no wind and the sun was out all day clear blue skies heaven. Some of the flyers even took their winter coats off, I am 86 had my 3 jabs and feel much safer at the field than when I have to do my shopping. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Spot on Eric - great that you are enjoying those superb conditions -as Grumpy said, looks like at least a few more days of similar weather ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J D 8 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Lovely flying weather on the weekend here, first time for ages Had the club strip to myself both day's, no idea where others were ! Patrolling the western front with Major Mannock [ Western front of Wales ] on Saturday and some good trimming flights for Citabria in the very smooth air yesterday. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Jones Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Had great weather here in Manchester over the weekend well Sunday was sunny and almost flat calm. Decided to test my indoor version of the Fun Bat. Only weighing 75g AUW the weather needed to be calm otherwise it maybe blown away. So pleased I went out I can now fly it indoors confident it will fly ok. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Colman Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Here, in not so sunny Spain, It's been completely fog bound for two weeks now so no flying for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Walby Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 Not sunny, but 2 mph gusting 4 mph was just too much of an opportunity not to be missed this lunchtime. Even managed to land it on the third attempt by trimming the tick over to super slow, that Laser 150 still shifts some air even at that RPM! Still surprised that the rudder is so ineffective on the ground and lively in the air ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Good flying day today, as Chris, not sunny but very calm. I flew my Xtra Wot, Zohd Orbit (FPV), AR Wing Pro and the quite quick Zohd Deltra Strike. My friend Ian flew, amongst others, this beautiful little (1s powered) seaplane 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Had what felt like a full day of it yesterday..... At the field in the morning. Flew my EFlite PT17, which I am now actually starting to like, 3 years on; my Alt DLG and my Saito powered Valiant, now I finally have a replacement hatch. Just me, the birds, and worms. Only picture I have is of the worm casts stuck to my PT17 wheels. Spent a couple of hours indoor flying with a few club mates. Flew my Banggood Black Flyer and my Blade heli; 7 of us flying - just enough to ensure plenty of air time and a small profit on hall-hire. Then, in the evening, our last 2021 'Noggin and Natter' in the pub, talking random nonsense. A good day! Collecting Xmas food today, which will be far less relaxing....... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Yesterday was nice and calm so quite a few turned out. My friend Tony gave his small models some air time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Just got back from a cheeky hour at the field - even bright red (Hawk) and yellow (PT17) were just silhouettes. Forecast here is pretty mixed over Xmas........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Davis Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Beautiful day here in central France yesterday if a rather cold and frosty morning but what do you expect if you are 1200 feet above sea level? I flew my Baron and I took up my trainee pilot Frans on the We Can Fly foamy trainer. Later in the afternoon he crashed his Junior 60 on take off. He seems to have trouble with this manoevre. The model seems to enter a tight left hand turn as soon as the model leaves the ground. He's Mode 1. I think he's leaning on the stick causing the rudder to turn the aircraft. He'll have to build another fuselage now. All part of the learning process. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Mode 1, ?although unorthodox, maybe leave the rudder on the left stick might be a solution ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Fantastic pictures David -they really capture the spirit of winter flying, you can almost hear the crunch of the frosty grass underfoot. ? Several of those flying the other day reported icing up of leading edges and even prop icing, plus plenty of evidence of reduced flight times, but the air was sooooooooooo smooth, that more than made up for the cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lee Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 4 flights with the Wots-wot this morning to get the year off to a good start. Gentle breeze & 15 degrees, it could have been May. Happy New year all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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