2011 Veterans Gathering Muswellbrook NSW

[Warren Leadbeatter]

What a great weekend... no competition, just good fun, camping/caravaning/moteling and flying of Free Flight, Control Line and Radio Control!

Here's some pics...

1st Pic - David Murrell flying his Scale Tiger Moth
2nd Pic - My van is in the middle of pic
3rd Pic - Queenslander Colin Maybury starting his Gladiator
4th Pic - Pilots briefing on Saturday morning
5th Pic - Close up of David Murrell's beautiful CL Scale Tiger Moth

[Bruce Hoffmann]

Yes - a great weekend... enjoyed flying the EL Stunt model and then my little 'Gaucho' FF Scramble model at night (hadn't seen it flying with the lights on previously) then on Sunday morning it was again perfect weather for FF until about 11am..  Sorry the Weekend is over...
 

[Geoff Goodworth]

The first of Warren's pics looks like Dave Murrell flying his scale CL Tiger Moth. Three lines and throttle control it can taxi, take off, fly, land and taxi again under power. The fourth pic is the Tiger Moth in close up but I can't help with pics 2 and 3 except that the big bloke in the red jacket to the right in the third pic looks very much like Warren himself.

[Brett Buck]

The first of Warren's pics looks like Dave Murrell flying his scale CL Tiger Moth. Three lines and throttle control it can taxi, take off, fly, land and taxi again under power. The fourth pic is the Tiger Moth in close up but I can't help with pics 2 and 3 except that the big bloke in the red jacket to the right in the third pic looks very much like Warren himself.

 Sweet!

[john e. holliday]

Is that all we get as far as pictures?      Good shots tho and looks like beautiful country.   

[Bruce Hoffmann]

More photos please Geoff (I know you took them!!)   

[W.D. Roland]

This makes 3 votes for more pictures!!

David

[Warren Leadbeatter]

Ok ok.. I had to go to work today.

1st pic Some on lookers on Saturday Morning
2nd pic Gary Brett's Thunderbird MkII
3rd pic Fokker DVII RC assisted
4th pic Dave Murrell's Spitfire

[Warren Leadbeatter]

And more...

1st pic View of flight line with Stunt circle in the background
2nd pic Young bloke, flying a Flite Streak on 2nd CL circle with Free Flight guys in background
3rd pic View of the field at night ready for night flying
4th pic Dinner at the field on Saturday night

[Dennis Adamisin]

Warren:
Did you get to night-fly your Super Clown?

Looks like it was a great gathering.

[Warren Leadbeatter]

Hi Dennis,

Yes I did, and it looked quite impressive in the air but, there was a slight problem.  Not sure if it was due to the moisture in the air, but the speed controller was playing up.  It would rev up to full speed then after a few seconds it would pulse, slower, for a fraction of a second then resume full speed again, and it would continue to do this over and over.  Slowing down the speed would cure the problem but then the model was so slow it was un-flyable.  I did some testing with an RC transmitter/receiver, changed the battery, disconnected the lights and the problem was still there so I deduced it must be the speed controller.  I will try another ESC that I have here.  Any thoughts?

One thing I noticed, due to the brightness of the lights you could see how high above the ground the model was really clearly, and I really felt comfortable about doing aerobatics, but only for my concerns about the model slowing too much. I did a loop and nearly lost it so that was it.

The Vets Gathering is one of our most popular events here, with better attendance than most contests. The mix of RC, CL and FF makes it a really fun weekend.

Cheers

[Dennis Adamisin]

Hi Warren

Hmmm I wonder of the load of the lights is giving some false signals to the ESC?  I suggest you fire off a note to Wil Hubin, explain what happened.  He MIGHT recommend a separate BEC for the lights???

[Warren Leadbeatter]

Hi Dennis

No it wasnt the lights.  It did it even if the lights were disconnected.  It did it to me once before on a cold misty morning but later in the day it was ok...   It wasnt the Timer either because it also did it if I connected a RC Receiver and controlled the speed with the Transmitter.

Cheers