More pics.

Above...The windsock tells the story...our club house...the guys "praying" to the glider to fly..she needed some repairs which were done and she was up in a short while.

Port Elizabeth Radio Flyers (PERF) sleep-over.

This week-end our power club held a sleep-over. Conditions were not in favour of flying model aircraft but hey, ROUGH SEAS MAKE GOOD SAILORS!! This was a spirit building event and it did just that for the guys that attended. Above.. Correx Mig-7 powered by a Saito Fa-125a, our great facilities..runway, Shauns Cap powered by a Moki 135 without the cowl as the engine was still being set. Sean.

Little bird

A Sunday afternoon… Boring but wait what’s that? Did I hear the trees moving in the wind? Yes, there is a bit of wind around. I made a quick call to see if Mike is keen to take a trip to the slope?

We arrive at Maitlands at about three o’ clock and there is very little wind about.

Mike is going to be the guinea pig with his Mazda Zagi.

His session was almost like watching a fishing competition. Catch and release or should I rather say release and catch. Needless to say that there was not enough wind to keep a Zagi aloft.

My turn now and it is going to be another maiden.

I won this glider at the Hermanus Slope competition last year in November. I don’t know what type it is or what it is called. It was already built up and I just needed to add servos, battery, receiver and horns.

But what I can tell is that its all up flying weight is 425 grams.

The launch was quite amazing for a maiden. She floated right out of my hand nice and easy. No real trim was necessary. I would like to add at this point, that the wind strength was hovering around 8 to 10 km/h - really light conditions.

No problem for this little bird. She floated quite happily along the ridge and managed to find enough lift to even keep good altitude after a loop.

The only criticism I have is with the ailerons. I found they were very sluggish and I definitely need to address that. A bigger servo horn or adjustment of the torque roads should do the trick. I use an old fashion 27 Mhz radio and therefore don’t have the luxury of digital adjustments.

This glider is a great addition to my hangar especially for these light days. I can see myself tearing up the slope where as my friends can only standby and watch, their big, fast planes grounded.

Last but not least, there is a doctored picture amongst the above photos.

See if you can spot it.

Hey, I just thought of a name for this plane. “Little bird” What do you guys think?

Enjoy the pics

Markus

A little larger, the file size that is!

Thanx to Shaun, Markus and Johann for all the photos!! I have left this pic a little larger so that you can see it a little better. Sorry for making the rest so small, I have limited broadband.

More Bomber pics.

Escorted by Johanns Elecric Mig-7.

Armstrong Whitworth "Whitley MK.V"

With a Zagi escort.

Give her a steady "SHOVE"

Morne getting the feel of things.

Just checking too see if there was enough lift.

Morne and I setting up.

A Southerly wind of 23Km was predicted for Saturday 16 January 2010 peaking at 14h00, Maitlands, Port Elizabeth. What came through was half, if not less. But this was perfect for me and the Bomber. She was scaled from a 3 view by Neville Jones and myself. We roughed out the blank sizes for the polystyrene and placed the order. It came to R700.00. Long gone are the days of getting off-cut scraps for free. It took us 4 months to hot wire, shape, sand and cover with newsprint and cold glue. Sprayed with Duco Automotive Paints. AUW = 7.5 Kg of which 1.3 Kg is nose weight. Span 3,3m. One servo on each control surface. Thanx to Morne, for the great launch, and all the other guys who assisted to keep an eye on the paragliders. I will be loading a video clip soon. Thanx to Markus and Johann for flying a Correx Zagi and Electric Mig-7 respectively, to provide some scale. You might notice the port side spinner missing in some shots. Markus came a little too close and we had a mid-air. The Bomber did not budge, the Zagi dropped but Markus did well to recover without hitting the deck. And yes , she flies as good as she looks!! Sean.

Video clip

Hi Guys:

Sorry for the poor quality of my video clip. But the situation has been rectified.

Check it out and enjoy.

Markus

Mig 7 at Maitlands Port Elizabeth South Africa

Happy New Year to all:

Sorry still no Hermanus Photos or video.

But here is a clip from our last fly in 2009. Mike and my self where butting our Migs through its paces at Maitlands near Port Elizabeth South Africa.

Enjoy!

PS: Don’t forget to give us your comments

Markus

Morne's Beretta.

This plane was built from polystyrene by Morne. The plan was for free with a magazine. Span is about 12oomm. It was for a EDF, but he didnt have the cash for the power train so he went sloping. Flies as good as it looks. Sean.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS to all our friends and followers. May you and your family be BLESSED during this time. Living in South Africa has taught us to be tollerant of each others differences, therefore, if you do not reconise this season as being HOLY, thats fine. The flowers above are from Lady Slipper, Uitenhage Nature Conservation, the slope where we fly. The top being the Giant Protea, the other I am not sure......But can find out if you insist. Sean.

Mike sloping

I finished work early yesterday and on my way home noticed that there is a nice stiff breeze blowing.

Said a quick hello to the family, loaded the Zagie and went to fetch Mike at his house.

After I managed to drag him (kicking and screaming) out of his house into the car we shot of to Maitlands.

The wind at Maitlands was not too strong hovering around 20 to 23 km/h but the air was nice and thick with good lift.

I did not know the status of charge on my radio and glider, but as it turned out I had plenty of juice left for some cool flying.

Mike really enjoyed himself. It was only his second flight with the Zagie since Hermanus.

Mumbles like “I love this, this is so graceful and silent” could be heard. He really got into his Zagie and started to throw it around. The occasional tumble did not do anything to dampen his joy.

Correx and slope rules!!!

Merry Christmas to all you RC fans

Markus

Alain Blatti starts to build.

So he has cut out all the parts and says he has no idea how to put them together, besides Davids instructions. Alain, start by clamping the fuzz sides at the tailmost point, together. This will help keep the fuzz straight when glueing in the FW former. Then glue in assy F5 keeping it true to FW. These two will give your fuzz the allignment. Glue the rest in at leasure, keeping FW and assy F5 as guides. Post me some more pics and I will direct you as required. Sean.