Tim Crow Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Maidened a MPX Heron in the lovely calm high pressure air today. No lift but ideal for sorting the flap/crow mixes which need a good amount of down elevator. Was all going swimmingly until the final approach which ended in a rather large oak tree. Luckily it was climbable and after a bit of judicious pruning I was back on terra-firmer, less terror and more firmer. Minimal damage; control horns came unglued which possibly saved servos, and one tip cleanly broken off so easily fixed. The various dents steamed out quite nicely using a kettle - be cautious doing this as too much steam raises the foam into unsighly bumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 That looks pretty high up to me. Glad you got it back OK without injury. It was certainly a nice day today. Avice and I had a lovely walk in the morning and I noticed that there were no sheep in the field I occasionally fly from so I may venture out tomorrow. It's the cold hands that get me though despite heated mitts which don't seem to keep fingers warm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 It’s fairly common to see crows in trees around my way. Not many answer to the name Tim though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Lovely warm, calm day her in East Yorks yesterday. Spent a lovely morning with 4 buddies at the field. Much flying, much banter, bit of WotsApp mickey-taking of the non-retired; all planes home in one piece. Bliss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Crow Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 After a bit of overnight glueing I was able to fly again today - another lovely blue afternoon and some nice floating around to exercise the tree landing demons. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 First flights of 2022 at a very cold club field, but marvellous smooth air with almost no wind, blue skies and bright sunshine. Flew my Aerowatt, Parkzone FW190A and E-Flite P-51D. Rusty thumbs, but made up with the best three pointer I've had with the Mustang and also with an improvement in top speed with my venerable PZ Spitfire IX, using the slightly larger E300 prop. Lots of nice models flying and a really good turn out -socially distanced of course. It was good to catch up with the lads. I did have my camera, but was enjoying the flying too much to use it, apart from capturing some snaps of my pal Derek's Ripmax Bf109E, which flew superbly -mine is still waiting for a maiden flight. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 It has been a good week for flying, cold of course, but so calm and often sunny. I took the photo quad up yesterday, just to cycle the batteries more than anything but was fascinated by how the frost remained around the tree shadows near the club caravan. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Been flippin' freezing her in East Riding. Wish I'd had time to stop and take photos yesterday morning - the freezing fog had coated all the dead flower/weed heads. Stayed in the warm and played with my new toy...... Sooooo much easier to fly than my old mcpx! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Parker Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Got the field for the first time in over 13 months yesterday, only me there very cold and very wet ground too. I took two planes, one the engine refused to run evenly or at full revs, I did manage to get two 20 minute flights with my Bi-stormer but on landing the second time I discovered that we had a camouflaged arrestor system in place for overshooting disguised as a small bush which ripped off the u/c. Repaired today the bi-stormer and replaced the "O" ring to the carb on the extreme so should be good next time. Regards Robert 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Another super winter morning's flying today at the local site, very light wind, cold sunny, massive blue skies. A bit soggy underfoot, but the grass is still short enough for landing and take offs if you select the right models. Just a couple of hours at the patch before lunch, which was just about right -great to have a wee catch up with my clubmates and didn't break anything all weekend, which is a good result. ? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Griff Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 You had to go to the flying field to be able to "go", you held it in for how long ?? Anyways, glad you had a good day, better than mine, car locks and unlocks it self, even deadlocks it's self and refused to start, joy of joys..... Suspect fault in door lock/door loom, and possibly the tank fuel pump has died, sounded rough yesterday but ran, left running whilst I had a pannad, came back to it and it had stopped, refuses to work now. Tomorrow s bag of sweets.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON CRAGG Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 A good days flying today, crystal clear blue sky but biting North wind. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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