Phil's news letter 10/09/2012

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Stroud cooker repairs

Repairs 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

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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
* Class: Brushless
* KV (rpm/V): 710
* Number of cells: 4S to 5S LiPo (11.1V to 18.5V)
* Maximum current: 52A (for 60 seconds)
* Constant current: 42A
* Dimensions: Diameter 35mm, Length 49.5mm (68.25mm inc shaft)
* Shaft diameter: 5mm
* Weight: 175g
* Recommended ESC: 60A
* Prop range:
4S LiPo up to APC-E 14 x 7

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


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
A light breeze to start with very little lift, later the lift improved but it became windy, which favoured the brave with moulded models

  • 1st john Freeman

  • 2nd Steve Hannon

  • 3rd Phil Hayward

Sunday Sept 16th BARCS National F3j League event, start 10:30 am (open to MSA members) Upton − Fish Meadow(no club sport flying)
Sunday sept 23rd E Soaring 6 − national Rules 10 mins in 11 mins, start 10:30 am Upton − Fish Meadow

 

MSA Esoaring open results

ROUND 1     ROUND 2  
  Slot Min Sec Spot Score Best %      Min Sec Spot Score Best %
Bruce Baker 2 5 10 50 360 522 689 Bruce Baker 3 4 38 0 278 436 637
Phil Hayward 3 9 20 50 610 622 980 Phil Hayward 2 9 54 50 644 644 1000
Mike Grantham 2 5 26 50 376 522 720 Mike Grantham 3 6 26 50 436 436 1000
Geoff Carter 2 4 33 50 323 522 618 Geoff Carter 3 5 40 50 390 436 894
Andy Clark 3 6 4 0 364 622 585 Andy Clark 1 5 57 0 357 572 624
Bob Cockerill 2 3 56 0 236 522 452 Bob Cockerill 1 5 33 0 333 572 582
Geoff Dailey 1 9 54 50 644 644 1000 Geoff Dailey 1 5 34 50 384 572 671
John Freeman 1 9 27 0 567 644 880 John Freeman 1 7 9 50 479 572 837
Cliff Hannam 1 9 58 0 598 644 928 Cliff Hannam 1 6 1 0 361 572 631
Steve Hannon 3 9 32 50 622 622 1000 Steve Hannon 3 5 46 50 396 436 908
Malcolm White 3 5 0 50 350 622 562 Malcolm White 1 8 42 50 572 572 1000
Peter  Allen 2 7 52 50 522 522 1000 Peter  Allen 2 9 53 50 643 644 998
Brett Wilson 1 9 54 0 594 644 922 Brett Wilson 3 4 55 50 345 436 791
Graham Beggin 3 5 19 50 369 622 593 Graham Beggin 2 5 3 25 328 644 509
Peter Simpson 1 7 23 50 493 644 765 Peter Simpson 2 8 35 50 565 644 877
James Morrison 3 5 7 50 357 622 573 James Morrison 2 5 3 0 303 644 470
Mike Hurley 2 6 11 50 421 522 806 Mike Hurley 2 4 34 50 324 644 503
ROUND 3   ROUND 4
    Min Sec Spot Score Best %       Min Sec Spot Score Best %
Bruce Baker 3 4 9 50 299 378 791 Bruce Baker 2 7 20 0 440 564 780
Phil Hayward 2 6 36 50 446 543 821 Phil Hayward 1 7 35 50 505 646 781
Mike Grantham 1 9 58 50 648 649 998 Mike Grantham 1 9 56 50 646 646 1000
Geoff Carter 1 9 53 50 643 649 990 Geoff Carter 3 9 58 50 648 649 998
Andy Clark 2 5 51 0 351 543 646 Andy Clark 1 9 59 0 599 646 927
Bob Cockerill 2 6 12 50 422 543 777 Bob Cockerill 2 6 27 50 437 564 774
Geoff Dailey 2 6 1 50 411 543 756 Geoff Dailey 3 9 59 50 649 649 1000
John Freeman 3 4 32 50 322 378 851 John Freeman 1 8 14 50 544 646 842
Cliff Hannam 3 5 17 50 367 378 970 Cliff Hannam 1 9 53 50 643 646 995
Steve Hannon 2 8 13 50 543 543 1000 Steve Hannon 2 8 34 50 564 564 1000
Malcolm White 3 5 17 50 367 378 970 Malcolm White 3 9 54 50 644 649 992
Peter  Allen 1 9 59 50 649 649 1000 Peter  Allen 3 9 52 50 642 649 989
Brett Wilson 1 9 46 50 636 649 979 Brett Wilson 2 6 26 50 436 564 773
Graham Beggin 3 5 28 50 378 378 1000 Graham Beggin 2 4 58 50 348 564 617
Peter Simpson 1 6 25 0 385 649 593 Peter Simpson 1 4 28 50 318 646 492
James Morrison 2 5 14 25 339 543 624 James Morrison 3 9 58 50 648 649 998
Mike Hurley 1 9 37 50 627 649 966 Mike Hurley 3 9 47 50 637 649 981
ROUND 5 ROUND 6
Min Sec Spot Score Best % Min Sec Spot Score Best %
Bruce Baker 1 5 5 50 355 524 677 Bruce Baker 3 6 3 50 413 576 717
Phil Hayward 1 7 45 50 515 524 982 Phil Hayward 2 7 18 50 488 640 762
Mike Grantham 3 10 0 0 600 646 928 Mike Grantham 3 6 31 50 441 576 765
Geoff Carter 2 9 59 0 599 649 922 Geoff Carter 3 8 46 50 576 576 1000
Andy Clark 2 9 59 50 649 649 1000 Andy Clark 1 9 59 50 649 649 1000
Bob Cockerill 3 6 24 0 384 646 594 Bob Cockerill 3 6 26 50 436 576 756
Geoff Dailey 3 9 33 0 573 646 886 Geoff Dailey 3 6 8 50 418 576 725
John Freeman 2 9 52 50 642 649 989 John Freeman 1 9 54 50 644 649 992
Cliff Hannam 1 8 14 0 494 524 942 Cliff Hannam 2 9 50 50 640 640 1000
Steve Hannon 1 7 54 50 524 524 1000 Steve Hannon 2 9 48 50 638 640 996
Malcolm White 3 9 57 0 597 646 924 Malcolm White 2 6 34 0 394 640 615
Peter  Allen 2 9 58 50 648 649 998 Peter  Allen 1 9 56 50 646 649 995
Brett Wilson 2 9 16 50 606 649 933 Brett Wilson 2 7 51 50 521 640 814
Graham Beggin 2 4 53 50 343 649 528 Graham Beggin 2 7 8 0 428 640 668
Peter Simpson 3 5 47 0 347 646 537 Peter Simpson 1 7 0 50 470 649 724
James Morrison 3 9 56 50 646 646 1000 James Morrison 1 7 31 0 451 649 694
Mike Hurley 1 4 41 50 331 524 631 Mike Hurley 3 8 29 50 559 576 970
 
AFTER 6 ROUNDS   Discard Total with Discard   FINAL POS
   
Bruce Baker   4291 637 3654    14
Phil Hayward 5326 762 4564 F/Off 6
Mike Grantham 5411 720 4691 F/O 5
Geoff Carter   618 4804 F/O 3
Andy Clark 4782 585 4197   12
Bob Cockerill 3935 452 3483 15
Geoff Dailey 5038 671 4367 11
John Freeman 5391 837 4554 7
Cliff Hannam 5466 631 4835 F/O 4
Steve Hannon 5904 908 4996 F/O 2
Malcolm White 5063 562 4501   8
Peter  Allen 5980 989 4991 F/O 1
Brett Wilson 5212 759 4453   9
Graham Beggin 3915 509 3406 17
Peter Simpson 3988 537 3451 16
James Morrison 4359 470 3889 13
Mike Hurley 4857 503 4354 10
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I have posted some photos from the comp at

http://www.glos-mfc.co.uk/malvern/oe12/1.htm

Saturday 9th September          MSA E-SOARING CONTEST Upton − Fish Meadow


Cotswold slopers

Forum moved to http://www.barcs.co.uk/forums/topic/3271-cotswolds-slopers/ 
After a moderator problem on the RCMF site

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.
My AVA did a longer flight but was flown by 4 people 

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
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Gloucester MFC  

Saturday 15th - Sunday 16th September
Fun fly competitions and night flying Saturday.
BBQ/hog roast Sunday.
More details to follow.

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
Monday

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
I got an afternoons flying with it with only 40 seconds of motor run, taking just 500 ma from a 1.6 amp 4 cell battery

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John flew his vintage Junior60; throttled well back it was not too noisy

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Tuesday
Not a good day at Selsley, the lift was very poor; Brian's graphite went OK but even Guy's Highlight failed to stay up at times, I had a struggle with my Pegase and walk down the hill many times after failing to find enough lift

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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 approved limiters have an anti zoom facility, that is the software in the limiter analyses the rate of climb.
So that if you are 'rocketing' up the limiter will actually cut the motor at, say, 170 metres so that you actually top out at 200 metres with an allowance of +10%.

Therefore it is virtually impossible to (cheat) zoom by fitting an overpowered drive train and busting the height limit. Such as you can do with the likes of a CAM limiter which switches the motor of at the prescribed height and the excessive speed and kinetic energy of the glider will carry it up a further 40 - 60 metres (or more).  Similar to the ping off a line.

This means that there is no point or advantage in spending a fortune on expensive & powerful drive trains as all you need is a budget motor that will get you to height in under 30 seconds.  This was done specifically to keep costs down and keep everybody on an equal footing.  There is no point in getting to height any sooner, as all it does is extend your (unpowered flight) gliding time

Hope this helps.

If you need a more technical explanation of how this development was made and how it works Martin Bell will be able to explain better than me!

Cliff

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 

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Wednesday
Adam's Hawk

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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

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 Friday  
 smooth lift at Selsley     
Saturday 

  

Sunday
Haresfield and Frocester flown

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.

Gordon

Visit to Blwch

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More photos at http://www.ebley.talktalk.net/photos2/?C=M;O=D 


For sale

http://www.bmfaclassifieds.co.uk/index.php?catid=56 

Newly listed items 


Wanted
One piece 'V' tail for F3X model
Phil


  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

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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

 

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