Repair

Hi Guys:

It’s been quiet around here for the last few months. Well the weather has been poor for slope soaring.

So I thought to post a series of pics to demonstrate how quick and easy it is to repair the Correx Mig.

Tip:

Use Lacquer Thinners or equal solvent to smooth out hot glue beads or welds

You will need:

Glue Gun

Glue stick

Some vinyl

Lacquer Thinners

Damage

Work bench

Repair kit

Use to smooth hot glue beads and welds

Some timber required

Scrap ply and epoxy.. that's all

New former fitted 1

New formers fitted 2

New battery and receiver compartment fitted

Just need to add battery and receiver

Assistance

Use hot glue gun

Filled in with hot glue

Smoothed out using Thinners

Vinyl added

All done

Something new

Sean tried something new for our Mig:

Glider Backpack! He went and put together a cradle for his Electric Mig. Complete with a servo release mechanism.

This then allowed him to strap a light weight glider like the Alula on top of the Mig. The setup works brilliantly. He was kept busy taking Alula after Alula up for a glider session. Height was no problem, only the size of the Alula limited the up ride.

Well done Sean and what a great idea! It was just what we needed for those windless days especially for us slope addicts.

Markus

Some shots from Maitlands.

Older man Tony, built these Migs. Two for his two grandsons.....display only, and two for himself.

Seans machine in the air at last.

Barry taking on the entire squadron......brave guy!

Mike going up.

Morne has everything in his vans workshop....including watermelon!!

So I thanked him by taking his fin off and escorted it into the bush!

Jims very pretty and very scale Mig-7!....including pilot and Russian dials!

Markus's party trick!

So when doing the normal things become boring........Markus likes to do his favourite crowd pleaser!!......normally, he knows he has to push,.....but now and again, he pulls!......this time he did the right thing...and pushed :-)

A perfect sloping day

Every now and again along comes a day with perfect conditions. The wind blows straight up the slope creating incredible lift perfect for RC sloping.

Well, this was one of these perfect days, wind, as Sean likes to say, as smooth as a baby’s breath. Sean, Morne, Breton and I took full advantage of these conditions at Maitlands.

It was great fun cruising low along the ridge. We were trying all sorts of tricks: spot landing, formation and combat flying and touch and go’s off the road behind the ridge.

We flew our self dizzy well into the evening and even were treated to a spectacular African sunset.

Below is a sequence of photos to give you guys some idea of what I am talking about.

Enjoy the photos

Markus

Check the links for video clips of the touch and go!!

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=120542


http://vimeo.com/20976040