HPA

I have some video which I'll post on youtube tomorrow morning but just to prove some things I brought did actually fly here's a screenshot from one of Pete's videos. The best flight of the Falcon all day and before the competition started  ...apparently frowning at the model makes fly better

And finally the happy winners

Andrew Hewitt winner of the Gold Award

and Pete Fardell who won the Kit Scale element of the competition

Mike's new Parnel Elf... the grass was too short for such bravery

Phil's new Sopwith Dolphin ... er ditto

Phil did have his ebenezer Hilson Hurricane which he did bravely try but the thought of longer grass next year was too much

After the comp the wind increased a bit to around 10 mph and I got the Tomboy out

Here's Phil's Smith Lacey form the Andy Septon Aerographics kit. Phil got a well deserved 2nd place with it

Mike Smith's lovely HP400 now with rudder only RC and Gyro

Mike's venerable Tiger Moth

Some of my fleet for the day

Piper Clipper and Miles Falcon both the rubber power

The falcon flew beautifully in pre comp trimming flight so I changed nothing ...the Falcon had other ideas and misbehaved for all 4 comp flights with just being passable and enough for 3rd place

To add insult to injury I damaged the fuselage on the winding stooge!!!

It was a similar story with the normally well behaved Cessna which did a lovely trimming flight then sulked for the comp with a nice flight again once it was over

All this sounds like I should be disappointed but I am very much not it was a wonderful day with some very nice fellow aeromodellers flying our models in the open Lincolnshire countryside, what more do want

Today was the last Lodge Farm of the year. The forecast wasn't very promising until the last minute and may have put some off as only 5 of us rocked up for the FF2 Flying Only . 3 of us double entered so the number of models was actually quite healthy

I nearly didn't go myself having seen the 10 mph+ winds forecast a few days before but by Saturday it had dropped to under 10 and a near calm start and it proved well worth the 2 hr drive up to Sleaford in patchy fog

I have some pics and video from both me and Pete Fardell but that will be tomorrow now.

I think Pete has the results but spoiler he won the kit scale element with Andrew Hewitt taking overall winner with his Moraine

Pics

1- this why I like Lodge so much... spot the cars parked in the corner of the field

2-3 Pete and Andrew Hewitt fettling

4 - Mike and Phil Smith's models for the day

I have glued the wings together with balsa cement (thinned Duco). The root ribs were precoated a couple of times before the final application.

This should allow me to seperate them, with acetone, if a repair or replacement is needed. The 19mm tip dihedral specified in the plan corresponded exactly to the width of Lego bricks. I used tape under the joints and small baggies of lead shot to hold the wing panels down without warps.

Final shaping of the centre section will follow; so that the structure matches each panel

Paul,

Thank you for posting your experiences. There is much to digest.

Tim

Tim,
That looks like a very light model. Definitely a slow flyer. What is the weight and the usual / max duration you get out of it?

George

I don't think that's the plan I saw, but I could be wrong. Somewhere around here, I have a newsletter with a ridiculous plan in it. It might even be for the Ca.60. The newsletter editor said that the first person to break a minute would get his Camaro.