What did you do aeroplane wise today?

[THB]

That's terrific! I like the way it stays within the close cut grass too!
Tim

[Squirrelnet]

Great test flights Ramses, it's looking good

I thought you might find this funny. I have been putting together a video today from last Saturday's Oxford FF Scale event and was prompted by Youtube that it could make the perfect title frame to get the most hits. It took it a while to 'think' about it and then produced this .... it's for a flying event ...

...not sure they are ready to take over the world just yet     

[ramses]

Thanks Lurk, THB and Squirrelnet!

Γιώργος Κ. may be interested to know what the weights for yours are.  See here.

I have just weight the Fokker in parts:
The Fokker itself: 29.0 grams
The Cowl/Noseblock: 12.2 grams
The added Noseweight while trimming: 1.7 grams
The used Rubber motor: 4.3 grams
Total Flying Weight: 47.2 grams

@ Squirrelnet:       

Cheers, Ramses

[Spiros]

Ramses, many thanks to you too!!

Both feedback from you and Lurk are really helpful to the final decsions on the model engine etc.

[ramses]

You`re welcome!
Have fun building yours, it`s a great kit.
I think, very suitable for CO2 power too.

Cheers, Ramses

[Spiros]

Obviously I went through all your pics!! And solved a couple of issues puzzling me.

Such a beuatiful outcome!

[Lastwoodsman]

What did you do airplane wise today?

Tues June 23 2026

      I have been pretty busy the last three days.  I'm just getting around to editing two  30 inch Beaver Flight Reports #25 and #26,  of Sat June 20 2026 and Sun June 21 2026,  seven and ten flights respectively.  On Sat,  I got out to the Cricket Field around 10 AM,  and the morning practice guys were done playing and packing up and leaving,  and I asked the guy if I could try a flight -  he said  'sure' ,  and there was not a Cricket game until 1:00 PM,  I knocked off ten perfect flights  6 or 7 sec,  and they filmed me,  as I was winding in the shade right where they were packing up,  and launching form there.  They filmed me and my best seven second flight.  The grass was not cut yet.

    Get a load of this.  On Sunday,  we got out there in Jackson Park very early,  and the Sun was beating down and everybody was already out in the park enjoying the start of the day,  with all of their preparations for all the things going on.    The Cricket guys were in uniform on the field playing, this time, in the morning.    So we went to the far South end of Jackson Park,  which had a long swale of grass between the fencing of the two baseball diamonds,  and the indoor and outdoor complex of tennis courts.    Plenty of room to fly six second flights.  I had just flown two perfect flights,  when who comes charging around the corner,  but two big young sweaty strong,  healthy,  in shape men doing their big time run (it was generally a Father's Day Walk/Run with kids in strollers etc) in their late 20's early 30's.  They had a friendly hello,  and I said  "Wanna see it fly -  I have it just about wound up".  So they stopped and came over.  Afterwards I deduced that they were both cops in civilian clothing ....   

    And all day yesterday,  I worked on the Gipsy Moth Camo Pattern.    It was not complete at all -  I had to square it up and fix a lot little mistakes,  which was a lot of enjoyable artwork,  and a lot of thinking ...

    So,  I have a lot of pics to edit.  It is  10:00 AM right now,  but I think I am going back out for my fix of 180 finger wind flying therapy,  and see how low the grass was cut on Sunday morning June 26  in the Cricket field.

Sorry,  I will have some pics later ....  I am way behind.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

What did you do airplane wise today?

Tues June 23 2026

     In addition to the above,  here are just a couple of pics of the latest Camo Pattern.

Pic #1      3640  Med

Pic #2     3642   Med

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[TheLurker]

Absolutely nothing.  It's too flaming hot!

[Spiros]

 

Imagine the conditions in Greece........

[g_kandylakis]

Actually we are better off than the rest of Europe at the moment...

[Spiros]

come on! I'm trying to find a nice excuse that I'm not working on my Fokker..... 

[Spiros]

Two days already and I deny removing it......

[Lastwoodsman]

What did you do airplane wise today?

Fri June 26 2026

     I got in a good flying session in the morning,  with the 30"  Beaver for  Flight Report  # 27 of Fri June 26 2026.

     Seven flights ,   four in-flight pics,  two long flights.
First time using the new  13"  motor.   405 stretch winds in the winding stooge.

Flight 4  11 sec

Flight 5  13 sec   -  ties the record!!

     Full flight report to follow in my Beaver thread.

Pic #1     3682     Flight 6

Pic #2     3687     Flight 7

Pic #3     3690     Deep grass.

Pic #4     3691     Side view of deep grass.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

What did you do airplane wise today?

Sat June 27 2026        30 inch Beaver

     I did a grocery run early in this morning,  and on the way out,  I walked in to Jackson Park to see if they cut the  grass.    Here's why.

     I did not mention this,  but yesterday,  after my second flight on Fri June 26 Flight Report #27,   I was winding the Beaver on the Stooge,  and what do I see in the distance?   The dreaded,  foreboding,  grass mower was approaching    ,  'and the wind began to howl'    .   And he drove right up to me and stopped.   I asked if he could mow another spot first (they have long lists),  since I only had two flights so far.   He said he could but he had to get the Cricket field mowed today.   Then he asked me if the plane was RC (radio controlled).     I said rubber band power,  hoping it would sound like less of a worry. 

     So,  it was because of his accommodating me,  that I was able to stay and get the next five flights in,   so I do have to thank him for that.    And now I see that he did get it mowed,  so hopefully all is well.   

     Well,  I'm still working on Friday's Flight Report - almost done   -  pics edited and resized and text done in rough.   I just need a short rest,  feeling too burned out.   That was a torrid pace.   Five hundred posts     and trying to cram four pics and text into every post ....

Lastwoodsman
Richard