Trinity indoor flying meetings

[Prosper]

Thanks for reporting and illustrating this so thoroughly gents. Very enjoyable to see.

Stephen.

[Squirrelnet]

Today was the February Meeting with the fellows of Trinity


Another great meeting with some new models on show as well.

Great to see Lee Bates again who had a box full of models including some new ones.

First up is the pink and green Roland D2. this is a superb flyer climbing high to the ceiling on every flight. Later on the motor peg pulled through the fuselage side, un daunted Lee cut the fuselage in half and repaired the inside with some balsa glued it back together again and had it up in the rafters again

 Also new was this lovely SPAD

[Squirrelnet]

Another shot of the SPAD. I didn't see this one fly but then I may have missed it.


 Also new was Lee's Sopwith Triplane . This looks gorgeous but still needs some trimming to get it going properly

[Squirrelnet]

ANOTHER! new one from Lee. This is an RE8 complete with crew. It looks amazing but had suffered a structural failure the week before and needs extra internal stiffening so couldn't take full winds. It did so some very nice 'controlled' landings with is scale looking 4 bladed prop.


The crew are moulded in type of foam clay using a silicon mould, he had a little of pot of foam recruits ready for the next mission. They looked like a pot of those foam sweets I remember as a kid...  I guess that's a mistake you would only make once!!!

[Squirrelnet]

Final foamy from Lee that I photographed is SE5a, very much showing how it's done compared to my own foamy SE5a-  the skin on mine is courtesy of Lee as well


Ok enough foamies I hear you shout


well here's a new one from Peter Smart. A very nice Freiseler Storch with fully slotted and slightly drooped flaps. Still in the trimming phase but looking promising. The turn was tight to fit in the hall so difficult give a final verdict on the flaps

[Squirrelnet]

Another new one from Peter a Nieuport from the Flying Aces plan. This was also trimming but but looking nice later on


Also new was David King's Comper Swift. David has built it with a scale flat wing and looks very nice. Trimming proved tricky, I think some steamed in washout is planned. Judging by David's table he has a few red models as well 

[Squirrelnet]

Dave Monk's Saint class duration model


Colin (Mr Aeromodeller) Sharman with a new duration model


Richard Preston winding his model which is a built up version of a KK chuck glider. It flies brilliantly

[Squirrelnet]

A couple of lovely FROG Models from Mike Stuart

 A Redwing which was flying nicely as usual and a very cute little all sheet Minnow


 I have some video too so I'll post that in a bit

[Squirrelnet]

There's a video here now

[OZPAF]

Thanks Chris = brightens up a cool wet morning of this unusual summer down here.

I like Preston's rubber version of an old KK chuckie - looks and flies well.

John

[TheLurker]

...brightens up a cool wet morning of this unusual summer down here.

Doesn't harm on yet another soggy old morning in this unusually wet winter "up" here either.

[dputt7]

  Just been catching up, A lot of great models, thanks for posting it's always well worth a look.

[Squirrelnet]

Thanks

Just found another shot of Lee's Roland D2 that missed the download

[Squirrelnet]

Today was the March Trinity and another wonderful aeromodelling day.

Great to see some new models too, Dave Monks OD foamy Sopwith Triplane stood out flying  nicely on it's maiden outing (village hall test flights aside). Lee Bates FE2 circling the hall was an absolute joy too but it was a highlight in a morning of highlights, great fun

First up Lee Bates new Fokker DVII in the 'LI' scheme next to my own example . Lee's is unfinished lacking the engine and gun detail but it flies very well . I t has a tad more dihedral than mine and much less down thrust so he's making me rethink mine a bit

[Squirrelnet]

Next up is Dave Monks Foamy Sopwith Triplane. Dave based his design on an IC FF plan scaled down to peanut size. Today was it's large hall maiden, having been tested in the village hall and it didn't take too much encouragement flying very well by the end of the session