Covering your mig.

I was asked how do I "paint" my Migs. I use self-adhesive vinyl 95% of the time. You can spray the entire plane, but, paint is not as durable as vinyl. But I was a little lucky with Johanns Mig. Above are pics of how we "color match" a can of yellow spray paint to yellow vinyl. This small area I sprayed because the "spot welds" look a little untidy if not done right with vinyl. I used plastic primer first coat, then the yellow. Sean.

Johanns E-Mig goes sloping.

Todays flying was a bit of a hiss and mit. We started by going to Slipper, but got rained out on the way there. But as we are "DIE HARD" fans....the movie is showing on TV as I type... :-)... we sat in the rain waiting for it to clear, until Markus phoned and said ..."come to Maitlands, the wind, ....the wind, .....the wind ... is blowing!!....Markus, well done on operating your phone while flying!! So by the time we dropped the key off at the Nature Conservation office and got to the sshlope,.......the wind turned to SSE and dropped at a fast rate. We then turned to our electric Migs for help. Johann flew his plane with passion!! I joined him and we flew formation. Looked beautifull, and we drew a crowd at the same time without knowing it. Unfortunately the photographer was one of the pilots so we could'nt get any stills. JL Productions' video camera operator.......was the other pilot. We put on a good show for the audience and flew out four batteries each in quick succession. Sean.

Morne and his Bomber.

This is Morne holding his .46 size Mig. It has not flown yet but we expect her to fly as per any Mig does!!.....now dont we!! Well done Morne!! She looks GREAT!! This is the first time I have seen a Mig with a scale pilot!!.....and yes, his name is Capt Vodka!! Sean.

We are still here.

We are all back on the ground, doing what we do to keep our bank managers happy, or in some cases, behind the counter selling Grand-Pa's. Sorry to keep you waiting for feedback about Hermanus, but we are getting the best photographs together, not many as the wind did'nt blow. You would not say so with this picture!!! .......wrong direction!! We will up-load asap. Sean.

The above pic is of Johanns E-Mig which has flown but not in her new color scheme, So we look forward to seeing her in the air.

OK!! So my photo's are not in order......sorrry!! Neither is the text, so please just tollerate it for today as I am using Shauns laptop via his cell phone. Above Markus sporting his new Team Mig logo.

Above, an earlier model Mig, below Johanns Red Bull getting some good air.

Hi to all bloggers, we have had a rollercoaster ride from Port Elizabeth, ten o'clock, Thursday, to now, Friday 22h05 in Hermanus. This because we stopped at three slopes, which normally pump with wind, but nothing to fly with. The conditions at Hermanus were due East, no good for the main slope but ok for the smaller slope to the left. The pic above is on departing PE, below is Shaun flying the electric at Wilderness.

Below are pilots left to right, Markus, Daron and Johann.

We hope to get some decent sticktime in tomorrow, but we have not managed to get two weather sites on the net to predict the same forcast. So I guess thats a way of saying "we dont know what the wind in Hermanus is going to do!!" So time will tell. OK...off to bed I go and will update tomorrow evening again. Sean.

HERMANUS 2009

OK....SO NO MORE SLEEPIES......

We just passed the Eersterivier turnoff, and if Sean would drive properly I'd be ab;e to type better.........talk aboutb a rollercoaster ride.....

GPS says 174km to Wilderness slope.......bring it on....should be there by 14:00

will bring you further updates as the weekend unfolds....

SHAUN (note the correct spelling...)

CHOW4NOW!!.....chat to you on Tuesday.

I-O-I-O-ITS-OFF-TO-HERMANUS-WE-GO!! ...........To all our Correx Mig-7 bloggers, we have counted the sleepies ....till we have one left! So tomorrow we are off to sail the slopes in the Cape. We will give a full report when we get back. Regards Sean.

David Drowns, Escondido (San Diego County) California

David has sent me a mail, below is a snipet, above is a pic of his Mig and one of his build parties. MAN!! I wish we could get build parties this BIG!!.... Great stuff David.

"I do power combat with the mig but have modified the wing to meet a spec. class that required a 400 sq. in. wing area (SSC) and it flew so well I used the wing for my open class Mig also. The changes have been modified enough along with a midified tail to where I now call it a Mig-3. We made a set of plans that will be ready to post soon and we also ran it by Dave West to get his blessing on the upload and he was happy knowing his plane was still of use to someone. We've done 4 build parties with 14 planes and 1 more with 18. I attached a picture of a group just before a combat (10 migs) and another closeup of mine so you can see...I like Migs too."

Thanx David, keep mailing us!! Sean

THE LAST SAMURAI!!!!

Mike was so nervous about the maiden. It looks like he changed his mind mili-seconds after launching....check...he is trying to grab the plane back.....jokes!!

Well done to Mike on a GREAT maiden flight. Sorry I did not get some stills, but JL Productions were kind enough to extract a few from thier reel. Mike, you may now box Zoom-Zoom for Hermanus. Sean.

Welcome Mike Hagemann.

Mike has built this Mig and will maiden her at Hermanus. He flew there last year and looks forward to flying there again. Well done Mike, she looks GREAT!! Sean.

Mig on Slipper.

I received this mini movie in the mail from JL Productions....They normally do WEDDINGS... :-) and said the recession forced them to flex a little....hence the shakey camera work. But hey, its better than listening to John Denver!! :-) Enjoy!! Thanx Johann!....... Sean.

Just one left!!

What must we do to get Mikes Mig in the air?? Can anybody out there give me ideas as to how we can get the Mazda ZOOM-ZOOM to experience some zero gravity?? His is the last one left from the home build to fly. Come on Mike!! Lets make plans for this weekend!!.....Mike!!.....you there??.......??.............. You see, thats what happens when you make a COMBAT plane too pretty,... you dont want to fly it! :-) Sean.