Phil's news letter 22/04/2013Telephone 01453 826164 or 07966 175193 News index http://www.scsa.org.uk/news/news-index.htm Please email me if you wish to be added to the news group list, you will receive this news letter plus updates by email, if you got this as an email you are on the list From the CRCS The Chedworth Club are hosting a scale fly in on Sunday 19 th May starting at 10:00am.It will be the same format as that which we used last October. Each pilot can claim a flying slot where they can fly on their own or invite someone else to fly with them. We are all invited so come along and enjoy a good day with many great scale models. Another Group on the Airfield Resource UAS – Higunn X1 Drone There is a company test flying these drones on the airfield. They have approval from the Gliding Club and like us are contributing much need funds to the club. They have been fully briefed about all the safety requirements with airborne gliders. I made contact with Mark Whincup, one of the Resource UAS trainers to discuss what they do and how his company and our club should work together. The result of our discussion is that they do not want to fly close to us, which is not surprising when you consider that each one of their drones costs £40,000. No that is not a typing error, £40,000! Thought for the day Artificial intelligence stands no chance against natural stupidity.
483 MPH glider http://www.barcs.co.uk/forums/topic/3967-joe-manor-483mph-ds130/
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The SCSA South Cotswold Soaring Association 2013 Records: ALTITUDE GAIN: 2284 feet phil "http://www.scsa.org.uk/records/2013/phil2284.jpg" New 31/03/13 THERMAL DURATION: 42:06 Phil HLG Tony Hickson 14 mins 9 secs Details at http://www.scsa.org.uk/records/records.htm Next club meeting 15th May ELECTRIC THERMAL LAST MAN DOWN COMP 21 April 2013 Held on minch common 7 competitors taking place. The lift was very variable with one round all 7 flew over 10 minutes & the next round the max was just over 3 minutes I think all enjoyed it with plenty of flying as we managed 7 rounds. The results were as follows:
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Gloucester model
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Malvern
Soaring Association
May events
The MSA Open - A grand day out
The weather was perfect and the lift variable strong enough for
those with good eye sight to speck out. The launch was a little cross wind coming a little from the right which was OK for us as we had the left hand winch position, as we did not need to worry about crossed lines I made it to the fly off but was out flown by Ian and Bob
There are some more photos at http://www.glos-mfc.co.uk/phil/msaopen13/1.htm
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Slope soaring
Monday
Tuesday Pensioners Day at Frocester today. Dan, Don, Bob and me enjoying
the 20-35mph gusty wind. It blew us all over the place, but the
models flew straight and true. Lee turned up for a quickie, with his
Wildthing. He looked like he enjoyed himself too. : Wednesday Flying gliders, just the words sound serene, peacefully
wafting a fragile > model across a slope searching for the best
lift. Thursday
Good lift on Selsley I flew my new Vladimir's Models Sprite Thermal-e and struggled to see it and fly it I winched up my F3J Supra and had some good flights, there was a moderate breeze with some turbulence and very strong lift Saturday MSA open F3J Sunday Good lift at Frocester in the afternoon
Below photos of my sprite, a 2 metre esoarer, copes OK with the wind Latest photos at http://www.ebley.talktalk.net/photos2/?C=M;O=D
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For Sale
http://www.flyquiet.flyquiet.co.uk/smf/index.php?board=10.0 http://www.bmfaclassifieds.co.uk/index.php?catid=56 http://www.glos-mfc.co.uk/forsale/for-sale.htm http://www.esoaring.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=5&sid=9be5e7aa62c38e0362754ed0a90eb9b0 For Sale at Glos-mfc http://www.barcs.co.uk/forums/forum/59-for-salewanted/ Black magic kit,, Blade SR Huey RTF, Thunder Tiger Field Box, Scroll Saw, Blenderm tape, Spektrum DX7JP, Stinson, FRsky plug in 2.4gig Futaba/Hitec conversion module,
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Events The Chedworth Club are hosting a scale fly in on Sunday 19 th May starting at 10:00am.It will be the same format as that which we used last October. Each pilot can claim a flying slot where they can fly on their own or invite someone else to fly with them. Entries are invited for the first Midland area
comp to be held at Dunston this year on Sunday April 28th http://www.esoaring.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2445&hilit=&sid=4d0c8caf50116f2793c6a973444d74fa
HLG
http://www.flyquiet.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3706.0
April Sunday 14th – BMFA eSoaring – Hawling, Gloucestershire
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