Tripped Over This .
Looking Good . Probly Help to whack a 5 Ft pole ( batten ) into the deck , Downwind . And throw a yellow or orage daglo vest over it , for a ' center ' marker point for the Eights Etc .
Have you read Jim Mannels artical on Dave Days site . Englans a windy Island too , so theres a few usefull tips if you dont want the weather to put you off .
Id whacked down some .018s twice , to 55 ft. Thought a slight bump in em might be a worry . A strand mayve gone to be honest . But it pays to have the
lines a bit shorter in a gale . Seems to trim out o.k. a balmy evening you can go out to 70 ft. on .012s , if its trimmed out it wont snap them .
Used to test on .015s for the run ( 60 Ft. ) and go to the 70s if all was well .
Nice Field . I found flying up the line , youd subconciously spot wandering zombies ( city slickers ) as they got within range , and jump ( fly ) over head hight .
Flying High all the time means retraining ( reprogaming the brain cells ) to get everything ' in sync . ' at your 5 or 6 ft . A few weekst to ' get back down low .
Its usefull to have a rent a wreck ( your bend one replastered together - to take out in any conditions . 25 FSR in Nobler size and 47 Oz. made you earn your keep
in the wind . A bit of fast footwork occasionally to stop attempts at reaching China . Brassed off and on edge after visiting the big smoke , youd be all abrubt & harsh
at the handle .
It'd really show up , with the narrow power margin . A couple of flights would have you tuned in and focused . Worst was it cutting loose 12 times on one flight ,
Hypotension . Getting the lines TIGHT as or just before it hit could pull a lot of the inertia / momentum out of the ' arrival ' Also going in ' square ' was a lot less
stressfull for the airframe . Youd Usually just pull it out of the marsh .
Id got used to this , and didnt bother getting Em Tight ( wintertime ) . Big Mistake . Wing & Fuse both snapped . Packers & a board , pins & PVA ( takes a few days
to harden in winter ) would USUALLY have it airborne in a few days . A week , that time . Hosed the sand out from an inverted ' arrival ' into the edge of the
concrette cricket pitch ( Pulled down in the consecutive outsides while I was trying to make up my mind if the shiela crossing the road or the closeing helicopter were more intresting .
THAT one pulled off the rear end and got ornitopial wings from C S ' issues . Two weeks later the up line went ( on the 70s )
The Experiments walking fwd & back to ' ease ' the loops wernt succesfull ( Was on the way back from the dratted city , The Hy Tension Brain Killer ) Went in Hard , so a repeat exxercise .
However , well over ten gallons through it , Though a few trees and ' a good many ' glancing nlows , vertical arrivals and practising various other accidents ( Er a few dozen ) it was still
under 50 Oz and airworthy , though wore out a few motors . So Save your wreckage . Aligned on a board , pva and a bit of scrap do wonders , and its not as if another ' misscalculation '
will terminate it entirely .
I find its better not to use your better ships for such ' exploratry' flying . With this in mind , the weathers seldom unflyable .
Dunno if Owen rogers is still knocking out foam wings . With a vertical C.S. brace so they dont clap hands , theyre a cheap light plane . A 25 in one would learn you the art of conserving momentum .
Straight n light & good Controls , Theres enough video around you dont have to have someone hold hands , though it helps stimulate the building urge for the slackers up the line . Sometimes .
This Is Wotcher need .
actually Bryces things trundle round nicely on 55s @ 5.5 if your feeling cheap .
Just Found this noble gentlemans entreaties , though I consider maybe a Sailing Weather & a soaring weather ship may not be the same thing , and trimming wont nessisarilly make a plane all things to all men .
Besides most people have more than one plane . And I only hit something if its neccesary . Prefering the lessons divulged . One being a movable rudder would save a lot of running , on occasion .
http://flyinglines.org/Aerobatics.htmlthe old 55 in 55 Oz , thereabouts , saves you having to borrow their cricket boots in winter . Had a 11 yr old on a .40 comat wing , barefoot in winter blelow about 40 degrees ( ALTITUDE ) it was teaching him windsurfing .
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