Not too sure about the reference to Phase 6’s being damaged by a Birdy,…….perhaps you’d care to explain Richard. :shock:
Oh, the faithful Zagi. Lovely little flyer, and soooo resilient. Good choice Bill. (Can’t remember whatever happened to mine.) :?:
And John just loves his Xtreem doesn’t he. Wherever he goes, it doesn’t seem to be far behind. :wink:
Anyway, glad you guys had a memorable time yesterday with Shaun and Mathew.
Down here yesterday the temperature went to over 20C. With warm sun and virtually no wind “she” & I went for a spin on one of our motorcycles. Met a few other bikers along the way and enjoyed the first really warm day of the year so far.
Today, the temp. has been much lower, and the wind much stronger!
I spent the morning up on the Big L. Wind speed at the ridge was blowing me backwards so I’d estimate the gusts must have been 100K plus at times. :clap: Full ballast was needed which produced some very fast flying. GREAT FUN
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The Whisper (2mtr mouldy) was keeping me very much on my toes as it screeched about the sky. However when bring it into land the second time I think I forgot that it weighed 170% of it’s un-ballasted weight and slowed it too much,………it stalled and fell to earth. Ouch! :!:
The Phase 6, also ballasted to nearly double it’s normal AUW, always puts a large smile on my face when flying in strong winds. The trouble is I get a bit over ambitious sometimes. :roll:
Today I made it perform a double roll while flying close in and low, so I thought I’d try a triple roll.
I sent her out into the lift, high in the sky, swooped in low and fast over the landing area and pushed the stick hard over. Unfortunately she only made two and a half rolls before running out of momentum,….. and gravity did the rest!
Oh well, I enjoyed myself and I’ve got plenty of glue in the workshop………….
Phase 6
Whisper
K.
