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Stroud cookers
I has been a bad week for flying, I managed a short flight on
Monday the indoor session and Sunday morning at the slope.
My path to heli flying is not the correct one, a Raptor 30 is common model to
learn with, Paul Hecules gives lessons and set ups, or a buddy box and an
instructor.
Helicopters part 2. An unbiased view about the evil things,
Leaning the hover, week 2
It is the hover that put me off helicopters, everyone says the hover is the most
important part and spend hours practicing it, tank after tank of fuel and going
nowhere. Paul Gurr is probably the only person who went straight to flying round and
doing aerobatics.
The first thing is to get
it set up, this is very easy for a beginner, you just let a heli guy do it for
you. Taking off most of the down pitch is helpful if it is going to be used
indoors, then if you shut the throttle it will not accelerate downwards.
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Mark trimmed mine out, I watched as he slowly opened the throttle, the little
heli eased a little from the ground the training frame still touching, but it
leaned to the right, Mark adjusted the trim and eased into the air, adjusted the
rudder, moved around a little then hovered stationary and settled it back down.
Then it was my turn, I took off wobbled a few times and landed, I did get to
hover for a while but it went charging across the field. Then I had radio
problems and had to give up.
Indoors at Bentham
The weather has been awful during the week so I was looking forward to flying at
the indoor session.
My first attempts were really bad, as soon as I got near to hovering it skidded
across the floor very fast with the training frame still touching the floor and that's the way it went for the first 2 batteries,
just skidding sideways, retrieving and trying again. On the third battery I had
the courage to get it two feet in the air and hovered for a few seconds, but
as I was holding my breath it was not for long, I managed to do some
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slightly longer flights, I was very lucky that
I got the hover quickly, some times it can take many hours to get to this stage,
being able to prop hang helps but I can not get the rhythm right and over
compensate too late causing the oscillations and wobbles. I made no improvement
with the next 4 batteries. The training frame saved it a few times when I lost
control and it went sliding across the floor
I now need to get on with hovering tail in until it's steady, I will try to
configure the free flight sim to behave the same as my shogun. For some reason I do not like
the flight sim and can only do a few minutes on it.
Phil
Joe W Richardson is building a vintage Helicopter web
site http://www.vrhc.co.uk/
if you have any manuals on old helicopters please contact Joe using the link on
his site.
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Every Saturday at Bentham Hall 6.00PM till
8.00PM, bar open after.
This venue is open to all with BMFA insurance, spectators welcome.
Photos from the 16th session at http://www.glos-mfc.co.uk
not many
A quiet evening with more fixed wing than helicopters Photo is
Jonathon's T-rex 250
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Flight sim. Free
HeliSimRC V2 has been released at http://www.marksfiles.net/HeliSimRC/download.htm
it works fine with my elderly PC and E-sky dummy transmitter. This
simulates the popular T-Rex400 and now includes sound. model parameters can
be adjusted and reset to defaults
please give this a try, it works with most common transmitters and
leads>
Let me know what you think of it
I had a go on Phoenix last week this is a favorite with heli pilots,
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The fist batch of membership cards have been handed out
Gloucester membership form
SCSA Membership form the BMFA
2009 BMFA Membership Fees are as follows:
Seniors £28.
Juniors £15, Family Partners £18.
Family Juniors £11
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Aston Down club is arranging a coach trip to the RAF museum at
Hendon. It is on Sunday 22 of March leaving Aston Down Airfield at 08.00,
the total cost is £20 all in. Members of the SCSA are very welcome if
they would like to come. Please to contact Doug Garland on 01453
824903.
The paper plane contest will take place after the club meeting Wednesday 21st
Jan
8.00PM at the Bear. If you want to practice try this, my best is
114 metres http://flightsimx.archive.amnesia.com.au/
Flash paper dart game |
Wednesday
Sunday
A strong breeze at Frocester but it felt very cold. Doug flew his
Blaik for the first time
Info
The Blaník entered production in 1958 and quickly gained popularity as an
inexpensive, rugged and durable type, which was easy to fly and operate. It was
widely adopted in the Soviet
bloc and was exported in large numbers to Western Europe and North America.
Total production was in excess of 2650, or more than 3000 if variants are
included. Nearly half a century after its first flight it is still the most
common glider in the World.
In the cross-country role the Blaník achieved many two-seater World distance
records during the 1960s in spite of having only fair performance.
Last weeks letter
This isn't intended to be the definitive list of all the events and shows
in the country, just one's that might be of interest to club members
Cooker & oven repairs
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