DLG funfly this Sat?

[sherchoo]

So many mornings, the rain decided to come down on Saturday.... haiz.....

[randomtask]

Yeah man, I was bummed on Sat morning.

I made up for loss flight time yesterday when I went out in the afternoon to help Ray (MHN) do some initial trims for his Super Topsky 2.0 maiden. I was there early and had a few few tosses myself. It's been a long time since i flew in ideal afternoon conditions and I was immediately rewarded with a speck out in no time with the Steigeisen. Forgot how nice it was to fly in the afternoon.

Later on I timed the 10 x 1min task for Ronald and then he timed for me. The friendly competition was fun, and I managed 7 x 1 min flight and the last flight was around 40 sec. Man I am out of practice. Gotta aim for full nine flights. Just gotta do this more often.

This Saturday morning, same time, same place, hopefully better weather. As usual, everybody is invited to drop by and join in the silent flight fun. The people flying them seldom that silent ;) See you guys.

Cheers,
Adnan

[MicroHeli-Nut]

LOL.
And now I'm addicted and seeing weird illusions everytime i see the big blue sky.

Thanks to Adnan for helping to wring out my TopSky 2.0. And I'm really floored by the experienced gain through building and flying something so deceptively simple.

Will try to hunt thermals again today at OHR or Tampines lol. (I've had 5 noseplants after we met- it's a tough plane.)

Will be there tomorrow. Seeya!

[randomtask]

Good to know you're addicted too bro ,

looking forward to tomorrow's session. Let's hope for great weather.

Cheers,
Adnan

[pixeldixel]

LOL.
And now I'm addicted and seeing weird illusions everytime i see the big blue sky.

Thanks to Adnan for helping to wring out my TopSky 2.0. And I'm really floored by the experienced gain through building and flying something so deceptively simple.

Will try to hunt thermals again today at OHR or Tampines lol. (I've had 5 noseplants after we met- it's a tough plane.)

Will be there tomorrow. Seeya!

Speaking of "noseplants", I would like to share with all of you the dumbest thing I did in my entire seven years of aero-modeling. Last Sunday, I was flying at the field early that hot sunny afternoon and decided to take a rest when Ghert wanted to borrow some sticky tape. When I was ready to fly again, I switched my tx back on but it slipped my mind that my 12FG was left on the transmission confirmation screen that reads ?PLEASE CHECK FREQUENCY. TRANSMIT? YES/NO?. Without hesitation and without selecting ?YES? I launched my Blaster 3 skyward only to realize that I did not have any control. I watched helplessly as it plummeted back to earth like a javelin when gravity took its toll.

I have always made it a point to check all controls before I launch my planes. It was just that one incident that I slipped and "shit happened".

Thankfully, it had rained the night before and the muddy ground helped absorb most of the impact. The damage was a crumpled nose cone (which I have already replaced) and a slight fracture of the skins near the leading edge of the right wing. I do not know if there was any damage to the wing spar but had rt9 give it a hard toss to get it ?re-certified?. I hope the spar did not get fractured and that the model will hold up with me long enough to get the hang of DLG flying as I am really enjoying the Blaster 3.

[pixeldixel]

I do not know why when ever I post, the (") gets replaced with (?)

[randomtask]

Nice turnout last saturday. Also the weather now has been great for thermal hunting.

[sherchoo]

Looking forward to this Sat's session after missing out last Saturday. Had to stop flying after I "changkul" the ground with my wing during launch.... haiz. Anyway, it's repaired now (not my best work) and ready to go.

[Rubin30]

Excellent Saturday for DLG fun.

Hi All,

Last Saturday morning was awesome conditions. It was like a "thermal party" at Tampines after 9am. There were pockets and blooms all around. I am so looking forward to this Saturday morning again.

The 10x1min is actually do-able and adrenaline-pumping. Most of all, it was fun. I do hope more pilots would join in this Saturday for a few rounds of games (or tasks, as the F3K boys would call it).

Regards,
Ronald.

Hi Joe, hope you are feeling better. Take care.

[randomtask]

Here's a short vis of MHN's first Discus launch with the Topsky.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1FaPIThIZY&feature=channel&list=UL

Note: The video is a bit wonky 'cos Youtube "fixed" it.

Cheers,
Adnan

[randomtask]

Tomorrow same time same place.


Last week saw the successful maiden of the topsky 3 dbox disser. Just need to trim and fine tune the plane. The ts3 launches high and fast. Hopefully the winds cooperate tomorrow for.better.flights.

The repaired stobel.may see air time tomorrow too.

[MicroHeli-Nut]

Sky was overcast today.

Bigger turnout today with Sherwin, Ben, Adnan, myself, and Ronald and (?) Bernando.

Quite gusty and windy.... Saw the afamed Strobel, and watched the TS 3 in action.

5 gliders up in the air... what a sight.... especially when launching almost simultaneously.

Wringed out my Super TS2 today... sorted out the decalage (?) and the CG.... nice to fly up wind and downwind now...

Photos coming soon from Adnan? lol...

[Rubin30]

Thermal Seeker

Hi Micro-Heli Nut,

Your launches and glider is doing better every week. Well done!

I am itching for DLG this Saturday again and will try to get there little earlier to practice in "dead-air" conditions. See how long my models can hang in those still conditions. Do come if you can make it.

Last Saturday was indeed a good turn out. Check out the bright grins in the photo!


Regards,
Ronald.

PS. Joe, we do look forward to your return.

[randomtask]

Thanks Ronald for the picture. Mine was not save on my HP

Anyways, with competitions just around the corner, I think we can start preparing for them from now.

I'm planning a sharing session this Saturday at around 9 am on basic air-reading. I'm no expert but I will try my best to share what I know. Topics covered will be plane trimming, identifying thermals while in flight, and reading ground signs. Most of these I learned from Radio Carbon Arts videos and they work, I'm just sharing them based on my experience.

Then at around 10am, maybe we can have one or two rounds of tasks. Most probably the ladder task and last flight.

Hoping for good weather.

Cheers,
Adnan

[Rubin30]

Thermal Seekers

Thanks Ronald for the picture. Mine was not save on my HP

Anyways, with competitions just around the corner, I think we can start preparing for them from now.

I'm planning a sharing session this Saturday at around 9 am on basic air-reading. I'm no expert but I will try my best to share what I know. Topics covered will be plane trimming, identifying thermals while in flight, and reading ground signs. Most of these I learned from Radio Carbon Arts videos and they work, I'm just sharing them based on my experience.

Then at around 10am, maybe we can have one or two rounds of tasks. Most probably the ladder task and last flight.

Hoping for good weather.

Cheers,
Adnan

Yes, I am planning to re-setup and upgrade my first topsky 2.0 to super topsky 2.0 for the coming contests, hopefully lighter too. With the kind of rigorous turn arounds practice, a standby model will be very handy.


I will see you this Saturday and yes, let's hope for excellent weather conditions.

Regards,
Ronald.