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B Test in progress |
At last I'm taking advantage of my membership of the L&MMGA.
01/08/2013 week I visited "Edge Top" which was a bit disappointing as the
promised southerly wind wasn't very strong and it came form ESE. Good
job I had taken my power assisted DG 1000 with me. It also gave me
opportunity to meet a few fellow members and watch a silent flight "B"
test in progress when the wind picked up a little later on.
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Ivan shows how it's done |
09/08/2013 I went to "The Gate" - no shortage of wind on this day and it
was straight on the slope. I measured the wind speed later in the
afternoon, a pleasant 32mph gusting 40mph .
I always have trouble launching the Fusion myself when there's a good blow so Ivan Bradbury obliged.
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With some weight up front it's... |
Ivan suggested that in these conditions I should stick some lead on the front so 25 grammes later I gave it go and it was like launching a different model. Odd that I had failed to spot the problem because if I'd seen that behaviour on a powered model I would have
soon been on the case of it's sensitive elevator. Anyway, I can take some
friendly advice so a big thank you for that, the model has been transformed - by
the end of the afternoon I was launching it into the 32mph (gusting 40) wind
time and time again just for the sake of it - piece of cake !;o)
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...sorted! |
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Sunny skies and... |
The wind brought sun & clouds at various times and soon after one launch a pair of ravens joined me. Curious to find out who was following who I circled and the ravens followed so I repeated the circle and the same happened again! There had also been a family of sparrowhawks flying through about 30
minutes earlier. Ah, the great outdoors and a thoroughly enjoyable
afternoon .
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...threatening cloudy skies in quick succession. |
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I got a visit from a pair of ravens too. |