Topic: DS-UK Speeds...

Cracking news! I'll bet this is just the start. 2010 is going to see the UK catching up towards US speeds.

Also I see a new European record has just been set at 369!

Steve

Well we had a great day guys

  Conditions were not really spot and got more southerly through the day, but we made the most of it, was blowing between 30mph and 45mph all day just a shame it wasnt bang on west

  I managed to up my personal bests with moulded and foam

Got 211mph with my D80 and 183mph with my Tank (54inch foam plank) and 167mph with the D40 just before it died

   The D80 had a lot more in it but i was so shocked at how it picked up speed i had to land for a coffee   did no more than 10 laps! george was on the gun and it went from 140 to 190 in 1 lap then 200 and 211,  at that point i needed clean pants,

  Some really bad news from the day is that Zim had to leave his Splinter somwhere on the backside
She is sitting there as i type, servos whining and little blue receiver light slowly fadeing ,

204mph on my D80 maiden though!

Splinter   

Will on the walk up


Zim and George


Waiting for Zim




Moi


Wills 80


The tank (183)


1 set of redundant Splinter bags

Sounds like you had a "Cracking" day guys
 Sorry to hear about ya Splinter though Zim & ya D40 Adam

  Stuart.
 

Did you find my X-it while you were looking for the splinter?
I almost decided to have a traditional Australian 'sickie' today, but chose to work instead.
Glad you had fun and congrats on the Pb's
Looking forward to videos

well done to all,bad luck with the splinter zimbo,judging by the shadows on the tank pic ,i bet the sun was right in yer face!

Well done on the new PBs, hope you are going back soon Zim and find your splinter.

Is the D40 repairable?

Congrats on the new D80 PBs, more to come!

Most impressed with the Tank's speed, with only 54" span - wow!

Bummer losing your Splinter, Zim.  Guess someone will find it before long.

What happened to your D40, Adam?

Congrats on the new D80 PBs, more to come!

Most impressed with the Tank's speed, with only 54" span - wow!

Bummer losing your Splinter, Zim.  Guess someone will find it before long.

What happened to your D40, Adam?

D40 got hit by some turbulant air on the top turn, and the last i saw of it was heading vertical up towards the sun

  I didnt see it come out the other side (couldnt really see much at all) so shouts "can any one see my 40" we were all looking for about 10 seconds (zim ran and hid behind a rock) and then i herd a whistleing at the back of us, there she was on her way to the bottom of the back side , so yanked on the elevator and expected her to just fly past and pop over the front side but about 20foot from the ridge that same bit of turbulant air slamed her in the grass, (when will we learn, skirrid and a tiny bit of south is bad news).

  Funny how i thought she was binnage, but after close inspection yesterday it seems it just has a lot of delamination along trailing edge and drag spar, main spar is fine, and not a single mark on the fuse, so will be back in no time. 

Sorry to hear you lost the model Zim 

Really tempted to say something about splinters on the backside  But now is probably not the time 

Glad that some TLC will get your D 40 back in the air soon Adam 
I guess Zims lost Splinter will eventually take root in the ground and grow into a "Mighty oak"

  Stuart.
 
 

Looks a good day tomorrow. Anybody off out flying on mothers day

Yes But not DS. Hope to be on the cloud.

No-one on Lawley today?
Must have been great.

just wondering the same thing,

  was expecting some new speeds today??

Think the top of the day was Mark Southall with 187mph with his MCT...

Z

Anyone seen the weeks forecast?
Who is flying when?
It is a pity the stronger winds are wet, but that is what we have become accustomed to.

Anyone's going to the Skirrid let me know. I need a non-flying trip to go look for the Splinter...

Cheers

Z

Better hurry up before it starts budding.......when its in leaf you'll never find it...... Ant.

Congrats to the D80 lads at RE today.
 Adam deservedly was fastest but George's almost-as-fast 199 was an amazing achievement, representing a huge leap in PB; & Will topped it off with a PB too

Hobster, very untypically, had a significant incident with his (No.2) MCT; so was not able to compete in the increased wind toward the end of the affy.
The last circuit involved an up-leg gunning of 186, almost immediately followed by an almighty "bumph" as the MCT exploded on contact with the backside.
Cause is a mystery.
The forward end of the fuz was solidly embedded up to the wing securing bolt  & took ages to dig out. Everthing else in bits.
A tough afternoon, Steve, even you can't repair that (surely?).

Should have had some interesting "onboard" DS video from the keyfob-camcorder mounted on the nose of my Halfpipe, but seems I failed to operate it properly.
Particularly annoying, as I got 1.4 Gb of much less exciting frontside stuff at the weekend.
Next time......

Steve, your MTC made a terrible crump as it impacted mate. Boo!
It could have been any of us with any of our planes, most unfortunate.
Still, one in 6 years... I'll take that too.
Regards
George

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 Mine is bigger that yours! Ye But Mine is Faster Than yours!

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George

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And his Blade

( I should sell him my Dragon and it could be George and the dragon)

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D80 footage from yesterday

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nice pics Will

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Georges D80

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Adam Me and a blury d80.

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Adam George and Adams D80.

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Adam George and Geos D80

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Steve and Adam Watch Graham dsing his hp60

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Great stills Will!
00222 :uk:22
 

Some great pics there Will, really like the Adams D80 in full flow

Al

Great stills Will!
00222 :uk:22
 

Should I buy the lense then?

what is the 00222 ... about?

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Should I buy the lense then?

what is the 00222 ... about?

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dunno baout the lens mate, but the 00222 is Hiccups first post! 

Anyone going to RE tomorrow?

Realy want to Deckit, but have meeting at 5 in market harborough...
Looks like a 200+ day for a Dynamic 80... 

Ho Hum

A meeting at 5pm on a Friday?  School boy error George!

Z

Won't be out ploughing flying tomorrow 

Right now  (0036 hrs), it's blowing  a SSW  20+.
Wish I didn't have work in the morning!

Hoping to get free midday.
MO still showing heavy showers, but Beeb (FWIW) indicating should be few & far between hereabouts.

Looks like Will's going.

A meeting at 5pm on a Friday?  School boy error George!

Z

Arranged by others mate, not my fault! 
Have a good one Will!
200 dude!

Was a good day.
at least 3 hours burning circles.
Damaged my mini dragon landing. Hit the wire, De lamed the wing, pulled the fixing holes through and v tail of the fuzz.  But Hope it will be ready before the next ds session.

Best ds session with the blade. best I have ever had with it, but it must go, any body interested, pm me for details.
Will

nice one will!
Bye Bye Blade

George
who was in a meeting till 7.30pm...

Yup, really good day at RE, only one shower the whole day & a really sweet backside; with (typically) less wind than forecast but plenty enough drive for fun.

Kiwi Steve & Jools hit the slope first thing in the morning (KS having to leave before mid-day, to fly a real plane to Tenerife), I got there about 1100 & Will arrived in the early affie.

This time (dumbass ), managed to switch on properly the keyfobcam attached to my Halfpipe.
Just watched through the results. Wow!!

Will try to learn the art of editing/uploading this weekend (sometime...) & post something, but 130 mph at about 6 feet over the deck means
(a) the camera frame rate can't keep pace &
(b) don't watch if you have suffer any degree of nausea (tho' a seasickness tablet might help)