Topic: First race 5th April Northamton

Just 2 weeks away now for the first race at Northamton with club 2000

Entrie's are to be in by sunday eve 29th at the latest please, sorry guys weve got to be quite strict on this as e2k allocation is down to numbers, register late and a flight wont be gauranteed
Sunday 29th eve is when i pass on the entries to Graham for inclusion

Either PM me or to cedarbuildingservices@yahoo.co.uk or you can enter via www.e2kpylon.co.uk all i need is name and prefered frequency and spare or let me know if its 2.4

Toal races for the day will be 6 heats, slowest 2 will be dropped(well see how the entries go and wether evryone has enough batteries for a possible extra heat and also dependent on total entries and time permitting)

Ill post directions up shortly

cheers

Thanks duncan 

J Odell 62 or synth.

Thanks Daz

Cheers J   

ill speak to mike later as he dosent use the forum

Mike?? Toyer?? is he coming to play?

Im presuming so, he had  his se twiglet with him sat but didnt test fly it, ceartantlly hope he will

yes mikes entered but still needs to test fly the se and may need some help battery wise as hes only got 2 packs

Weve been getting 5 min flights on our batteries so far duncan, theory is it may be possible to do 2 races per pack,  but as you say the charge time should be about 25/30 after one race, ill test it out tomorrow if the weathers flyable

If this works it may help with directions to the Northants field 


 

Bu@@er - will sort it later 

Going to have eyes tested now lol - could explain a lot 

Gollocks still cant get it to work 

rough written directions are as follows:-

Take Junction 15a off M1 - Take A43 South and turn left on Towcester Rd S.P. Blisworth
In Blisworth turn left on Gayton Rd S.P. Gayton and left again
After crossing A43 go straight on at the cross roads
The field is a short distance on the right

Will continue trying to sort the map thing

Result of the eye test is i cant see a thing - most people get shown round the showroom to choose their frames - they took me round the kennels instead   

and the new look nick

 

OK for my next trick 

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=471000&y=254310&z=126&sv=471000,254310&st=4&ar=y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=776&ax=471000&ay=254310&lm=0

If you click the link at the bottom of the page that says "click here to convert coordinates" you get lat and long for yer sat nav 

Please bear in mind i have only a limited grip on reallity and double check you're happy with the route before blindly following anything i suggest 

Out of interest. Whats the entry like for e2k. If it's 4 or more then happy days

Darren has the figures - I think its at least 5 

possibly 6         low in comparison to those that have registered for the sponsor batteries        but 5 or 6 should make a good days racing

Google Maps

this should work better, gives grid ref for sat nav as well  (nick could you check to see if its right)

  Guys just a reminder entries in the latest tomorrow evening (sunday 29th) for racing sun 5th april

Yup that looks like the right field to me 

was it not the same field as we had the open test day at last year for the E2k stuff because i thought that had a bl))dy great big building in it??
steve

no steve that was the petersborough field with the barn that we used for that day, this ones the northampton field

Apologies to my friends and colleagues, but this is the last straw for me;

was it not the same field as we had the open test day at last year for the E2k stuff because i thought that had a bl))dy great big building in it??
steve

First of all, if the area of the Langtoft field not occupied by the “bl))dy great big building” is not sufficient for you to fly comfortably, then you should really not be flying solo!

Secondly, if you are not satisfied with the conditions available at this site, then find somewhere else to fly!!

Lastly if I read any further derogate remarks on this e2k section, made about the Langtoft site, generously offered to the pylon race fraternity by the Peterborough club, with it’s flat closely mown patch, on site hard standing parking 100mts from the flying area, and dawn till dusk availability, you WILL be looking for somewhere else to fly, trust me on this!!


Crush..

I do believe theres a sensitivity problem here, i  belive Steve was commenting on a landmark and nothing elses, ive checked all the other past mails and find no form of derogitive remarks of any discription towards the field, club, or individuel

Apologies to my friends and colleagues, but this is the last straw for me;
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Hmmm - new camel required I think 

Seriously though we're very grateful for the use of the Peterborough field and as Darren says i'm not aware of any adverse comment in the e2k section or anywhere else.

All Steve was trying to do was to ensure that i'd got it right - which knowing my ability for getting it wrong i'm grateful for 

Have to say that while i'm sure none of the comments was meant to be "derogate" as you put it I do feel that suggesting that a guy who is a well known show pilot and bmfa examiner is not fit to fly solo possibly is 

See you on Sunday 

I'm sure that Steve is very grateful to be able to use the Peterborough field in order to come racing, right Steve? As I know the rest of us certainly are.

We all know that flying site are very hard to come by, so as the mod of this section, I offer most sincere apologies on behalf of all posters for any offence caused.

Personally, I think it's an absolutely fantastic site for our racing.

Zim

Sorry I can't make this one boys.

I will be around for the next though.

Other commitments means I can't come and play

Steve

crusher
   i was reffering to the landmark GO TAKE A CHILL PILL!!    the field that the guys had pointed out had no building in it so i thought i was doing the right thing and pointing that out. in no way was the remark derrogatory wrong side of the bed me thinks!! i enjoyed my days flying up there or was there something i missed???  oh and as for not ready to fly solo now who's making the derrogatory remarks eh!!
nasa

What times?

Would it be possible to buy a Wasp kit there?

Let's get this thread back on topic please. Any remarks about the thread other than OT stuff to be addressed through me by PM now please. I don't want this becoming any more of an issue.

Firefox, you would arrive at 0900 mate, and I'm sure that Darren will be along shortly to tell you about the kits. Come along, and bring a hard hat with you and I'm sure the lads will get you inside the bases to have a feel of the heat of racing!

Zim

firefox, if youd spoken to me about a week ago  i could have got one there for you without the postage cost, i dont often meet up with cloud models as hes some distance from me..........sorry.......phil is quite quick in sending out, either way it would be great to see you there still and see them run for your self, as zim said hard hat, if youre stuck give me a shout as i usually take a spare one


cheers

Hi guys, thanks for the info; I am not sure if I can make it, but if I get a chance I will - have fished out my hard hat in case. 

Any idea what time you will be there till? 

It might be useful to have a few Wasp kits available at these events in the future, would be useful to get new people into it and maybe useful for the odd 'tree' incident! 

oooooooooo below the belt 

yes agree, its a shame cloud models is so far from me as its not often we meet up and posting them to me would incur extra cost
but i will be speaking to phil next week
look forward to hopefully seeing you there sunday........time wise 9ish people start getting there and i believe start time is 10am and dependent on numbers 4 to 5pm roughly is the finish time

cheers

Woooohooo - i'm ready 

For the first time ever I will be going to an event with 2 models which are:-

1. Finished 
2. Known to fly
3. Trimmed 

Apart from a total inability to fly the course properly how can I fail now 

See you in the morning chaps 

Dad says yours is finitoed now, ill try and post a pic later as hes sent it to me in some weired format.............so if you keep the 2 tomorrow


youll have    THREE   

see ya in the morning

Hi Guys, thanks for a brill day and a good start to the 2009 season, british weather was fantastic, sunshine nearlly all day, couldnt have wished for better.

e2k has got of to a good start with mike toyer setting the pace of a 78sec after a struggle with a very twitchy set up at the beginning, unfortuanatlly had trouble with his motor and and a landing on hard ground put him out of the last couple of races and a miss on the finals, i think we will see mike in the low 70's very soon, especially once his batteries are matured.

Justin had problems with his plane, possibly on his s/c and kept him grounded all day, shame because i was looking forward to seeing what times he would have put in, im sure well see some very low 70's out of justin soon

Nick did very well today, hes still got 3 models  his first race saw a severe motor burnout for some reason on his first race with a DNF, on to the spare model and was going very well and settled down well to getting some good quality times and enjoying his racing

Duncan had a great run, same as mike on brand new batteries, suffered for a bit with the model being twitchy, reduced the rates and put in some good times, i think beating his c2k personall times, again i dont think it will be long before his times tumble pretty quickly

Mine was a lousy start, id adjusted the elevator pushrod and hadnt tightened the locking nut and it unscrewed itself completly by lap 2 and lost all elevator, but she came down in one piece by the luck of the gods, times were slow with new batteries but as the day wore on the packs were giving a lot more, same as the others i suffered twitchy flights and improved more as the movements were reduced

The finals were nick duncan and myself, thoroughly enjoyed this race. made a few booboos but managed to keep in front, duncan wasnt far behind as i kept seeing his dark plane nearby, didnt see much of nicks plane till near the end, nearlly caught him  , saw someone go out of shape, then a boo boo at no 1 and i cut, gollocks
without the cut it would have been in the 80's,
Duncan clintched the win,(and got the first e2k trothy win) followed by nick and me 2/10th sec behind, make one mistake  thanks goes  to trevor for calling for me

A great start to e2k and i think enjoyed by all inc the c2k guys, there was a couple of races mixed with ic and worked very well as the airspeed are very evenly matched.
ill post in a seperate thread about flying with c2k after we had a chat with Frank

After todays flights there does seem to be marginal benefits out of s/c's with no clear winner which is good, batteries certantly need a few races under thiere belts before they start delivering, and all of the e2k planes have needed smaller movements to get them flying more smoothly, benefit was quicker times
weve worked it out that theres about 30% of your battery capacity left if your course time is around 90 sec, more if youre in the 70's, and you can get away with just 3 packs if each used one is put straight on charge

overall i think everyone will agree e2k is definatlly looking like it has a future

thanks for a fab day guys and ill get a video posted up as soon a ive edited it
see ya second sunday in may for round 2 

and a big thankyou to the c2k guys for having us and especially Mr Clarkey

cheers

Cowboys do exist in norfolk
The concentration
And the deserved winner

Nice!

As Darren says a brilliant day 

My best days racing by far - for the first time I actually felt I was in the race rather than outside of it being lapped a lot 

Cheers to Chas and Sean for calling for me and everyone else who made the day possible 

Nice one chaps, glad you had a good day

batteries certainly need a few races under their belts before they start delivering

That's pretty standard tbh, found the same with my packs too.

I Have no doubt that this class is the perfect class for begineers into racing too. It is a great class on it's own but for people wanting to just get laps in. Proven by the fact that you all did PB's and you all felt like you were racing!
Roll on the next one.

Well done Slam 

This is a very tempting class, how many packs does one need to run a meeting?

CM

Nice one, so three would be more than plenty then... was there a particular brand that gave better runs?

Shame CK's didnt make the start as it looked pretty quick to me when he was testing it at the patch last sunday 

CM

April 5th meeting .......  A mixture of c2K and e2K .......   excellent   well done to all involved, it worked a treat

To save double writing, I left a report here --->   april 5th Northampton
It revolves around my view of the day but I think says how well it all went.

Norm.

ps Duncan ..... you need slightly bigger batteries   ...

Am I right in thinking that if the battery holds its voltage better under load then it will flatten faster than another one?

Z

Am I right in thinking that if the battery holds its voltage better under load then it will flatten faster than another one?

Z

I would imagine so as the motor will be doing more work as it will be turning faster.

CM

Am I right in thinking that if the battery holds its voltage better under load then it will flatten faster than another one?

Z

Dead right mate - if the battery holds a higher voltage the motor will draw a higher current and will therefore flatten quicker. But it will obviously be producing more power 

Nice one, so three would be more than plenty then... was there a particular brand that gave better runs?
'(
CM

I reckon 3 packs and 2 chargers would allow you to run all day - this is what i had and in each session by the time we got to the 4th race my first battery was full again

Norm - nice report mate

Guys - thanks for the positive comments on e2k. Darren, myself and Stu, before he decided it wasn't for him, put in a considerable effort to try to come up with something that would work and yesterday made it all worthwhile - great stuff