Phil's news letter 10/09/2012Stroud cooker repairsRepairs to cookers and oven in the Gloucester area
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Hawling Open Esoaring Perfect conditions, lots of small pockets of lift, a great site, well run and very friendly
See Photos http://www.glos-mfc.co.uk/phil/esh/1.htm Electric power I have just fitted an EMax GT 2826-06 motor to Shadow F3J, it draws 53 amps from a 4 cell 2,2amp lipo with a 14 x 7 thin carbon prop and gives a climb of 2100 feet per min It's about one horse power which would lift 1 pound to 33,000 feet and would lift 6 pounds, the weight of my shadow to 5,500 feet, this work out at 38% percent efficiency
* Type: EMax GT 2826-06
below is the calculated performance from http://brantuas.com/ezcalc/dma1.asp this
has over estimated the current a little, but I am using a very
slim prop; props vary in section and cord
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Malvern SA News Events http://www.malvernsoaringassociation.co.uk/cal12.html results http://www.malvernsoaringassociation.co.uk/lb.html 3 flight aggregate comp 9/09/12
MSA Esoaring open results
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Saturday 9th September MSA E-SOARING CONTEST Upton − Fish Meadow |
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Forum moved to http://www.barcs.co.uk/forums/topic/3271-cotswolds-slopers/ New photos for August see picture viewer 4 more needed to finish the slide show The flat field duration local record
stands at 1 hour 9 minutes
for this year by Sqeela with his Electric Shadow. on Minchinhampton common
from 150 metre launch. This is for hand launched, bungee or one short motor run on a flat field without the use of slope lift Adam holds the HLG record at 14 minutes The local height record for this year is held by Chris Bishop at 2953 feet attained at GMFC |
Cotswold
Slopers compass |
Saturday 15th - Sunday 16th September See Blog http://www.glos-mfc.co.uk/blog/blog12/ for more photos Indoor flying starts 6th October 2012 details later SCSA Next meeting 19th September 8.00PM, heli flying indoors
Slope Flying & flat field A good afternoon on Minch: Sqeela trimmed out his new Blaster2, adding a little weight to the tail end to adjust the C of G
I had a go at
beating his 1 hour 19 minutes, I got close 'but no cigar' with my Supra
loosing concentration and failing to find lift near the end, I was up over
a 1000 feet and struggling to see it at times against the blue sky John flew his vintage Junior60; throttled well back it was not too noisy I had a go on the common in the evening with my Electric Shadow The 1st chart shows my climb, I reduced the climb angle at 130 metres, the motor cut at 150 on the limiter and I zoomed to 185 A brief outline of zoom. The second chart is my last flight at 7.45PM, there was still very weak thermal lift and I easily made a 10 minute flight from a 16 second motor run Thursday i took my shadow to the GMFC; the wind was a little strong and I struggled to find lift and I was scared of chasing it down wind Photo: CB's Graphite; a great model - very easy to fly
Friday
Sunday I arrived at Haresfield at 3.30 with Andy G so we must have just missed
you. We went round to the main slope, and the wind was indeed off to the
right. However, that didn't stop us having a go! I flew my Wildthing and
Luna, and Andy flew his Zagi. The lift was a bit iffy, so we moved back to
the bowl. Lift was good here, but I hate this slope, but at least I got to
fly one more plane that I have converted to a Jeti receiver (to go with my
DC-16 transmitter). We left around 5pm. Visit to Blwch
For sale http://www.bmfaclassifieds.co.uk/index.php?catid=56 Newly listed items Wanted FOR SALE FRsky plug in 2.4gig Futaba/Hitec conversion module, AVA, FrSky V8R4Futaba CGY750 Flybarless Control Gyro. Align T-Rex 250SE Seagull E-Pioneer Trainer, Ava 3.2 Pro, .Multiplex 3030, Ava 3.2 Classic, HITEC RECEIVERS , Align T-Rex 250SE 2.4GHz 4CH Micro Receiver( V8R4), Schulze 35 MHz FM receivers. Ultimate bi-plane, blendern tape, Protech Megastar, For Sale Page http://www.glos-mfc.co.uk/forsale/for-sale.htm Some Events
OCT 7 arrow Vintage R/C Rally. Cocklebarrow Farm, Nr Aldsworth, off A40 Cirencester/Burford, GL54 3PU. Contact Bill Longley on 01258 488833 or tasuma@btconnect.com
Entries are invited for the next Midland area comp to be held at Plllerton
Hersey on Sunday sept 16th
Location can be found on this map https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid= ... 961930b140 Pilot briefing 9.45am Comp start 10.00am Lunch break approx 12.30 Comp finish approx 4.30 Prize giving 5.00 Please enter with your Name class of model (open or 2mtr) Frequency (choice of 2 if on 35megs) If you require a H/L switch @ a cost of £5.00 to hire,if this is your first comp the hire of switch is FOC. BMFA card if first esoaring comp Entry fee will be £7.00 A FIRST PRIZE OF ENGRAVED CUT GLASS WILL BE AWARDED TO THE WINNER OF OPEN CLASS AND 2MTR CLASS 1 Sep 23 South Devon Glider Day Teign Valley MFC. On Site Winch, Bungee and Aerotow. Little Haldon Airfield, Nr Teignmouth, South Devon, off B3192. Contact Joe Spires on 01626 834014 or Stan Yeo on 01626 332287 HELI FLY IN - 4th September 2011 - CLICK HERE |