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Gliders => Scale => Topic started by: gerryb on June 03, 2011, 13:38:13 PM
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timely reminder to one and all that we at shannon mfc are holding our annual glider fly-in on sat 11th june. that's tomorrow week.
flying will be at tountinna, ballina (near kilalloe). all are welcome, as are all types of gliders.
if sat is a washout, we'll move the event to sun 12th, i'll notify everyone on fri night.
anyone who wishes to fly both days is more than welcome to do so.
hope to see you all on sat week,
regards, gb
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Maybe next time for me Gerry. Just spent money on the Rathlin weekend so bit skint :cry:
Are you running anything later in the year? :?:
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Looking forward to it Gerry. I hope the weather will be as good as it was last year, but maybe with a bit more wind.
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that's great alan, looking forward to meeting you. maybe the k8 will fly this time. mmmmm maybe the k's 8, 13,and 18??? now there's a thought!
pity you won't be down bill. nothing planned just now for later but who knows, a fine sept day might yet be organised for a bit of 'gravitational inversion'
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Hi Gerry, sorry but I am unable to attend your fly-in.
I wish things were different as I really do wish I could join you for a weekend of fun.
Have I great time and I hope the sun is shinning and the winds are blowing for you all.
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Gerry,
see you sat, Les Kev and me at the moment, maybe philip too, have to wait and see
Ralph
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Ger, I’ve been looking at the forecasts,…………..it doesn’t look too good.
Alas, the consensus seems to be light winds/showers. (I don’t mind the showers but I’m not a great fan of light winds. :( )
I’ll keep an eye on the forecasts and if there seems any likelyhood of a decent ‘blow’ on either day I’ll see you there. :D
K.
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Hey Keith,
Ger hides the real weather from the met office as to have the slopes to himself. You are guaranteed a great day. Hope to see everyone on Sat
Ralph
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:lol: !
Ralph: ………."The eternal optimist"
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I will get down to fly with you guys some day, working over the next few weekends so it will have to be next year Ger. have a good weekend on the slope and enjoy Daves big Buns!! :wink:
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Yes Ger, very important to get a supply of Dave's buns for tempting us up the hill :D
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pity ye can't make it those lads but thanks for the good wishes. keith, i believe there's no such thing as bad flying weather....just 'challenging'!
ralph, i'm afeered no buns this time, mc caffery on hol's. i'll see what i can rustle up to satisfy those southern sweet tooths.
we were up tountinna tonight preraring the hills. all the heather has been freshly washed with lovely soft rain, all the thermal clouds have been fluffed up and are ready to draw our models upwards. even the wind has been tweeked to blow onto the best slopes for the whole day. all we need now are glider guiders to fill in the perfect picture.
looking forward to a great day out. see ye on sat bright and early (-ish).
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Hiya Gerry. Sounds like everything is set. If you have half as good a day as last year it'll still be a good day out. I'm not goin to make it this year unfortunately. I'll be doin a gig in Cork. Very best of luck. Enjoy.
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Hiya Gerry. Sounds like everything is set. If you have half as good a day as last year it'll still be a good day out. I'm not goin to make it this year unfortunately. I'll be doin a gig in Cork. Very best of luck. Enjoy.
That's a bummer . Was hoping we could do some synchronised L-213 flying (finished and maidened mine a week ago) :( ...
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Hey Keith, you are slippin up, Where is our forecast for the day?
Hope everyone has a great day today
Ralph
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Er, sorry Ralph. I can see Big L. from where I live, but Tountinna is well and truly below my horizon. :lol:
Sorry about that!
Hope you all have a good day, I’d guess you’ll be doing a combination of thermal and dynamic flying as I see it the wind speeds are forecast as low.
Good luck, and remember to post plenty of picies/video! :wink:
Keith
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what a great day's flying! warm sunshine, lots of thermal activity and not a drop of rain all day. like i said earlier, flying in light winds brings its own challenges and rewards. a most enjoyable day, good company, good banter and plenty of good cheer.
thanks to everyone who took part, hope ye enjoyed it as much as i did. looking forward to next year's event already.
i'll get some photos up as soon as i can.
gb
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Thanks for the great days flying Gerry. A pitty we could not get any good flights with the ASK13 and K8.
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Yes - another great days flying at Tountinna. Thanks Gerry for co-ordinating the event. Wonderful place to fly.
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brilliant day ....... well done Ger for setting it all up ....
I can't believe it ...... I got Sunburnt after 7 hours on a fantastic slope ......
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Great day, enjoyed it very much, thanks Gerry :clap: !
Chris
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Nice to meet ye all again lads. Good Day out that. Pity my own visit there was so short... but some flyin is better than no flyin eh?
Weather was fab too.
Well done Gerry.
D.
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Ger,
many thanks for a great day, you must tell us how to organise weather like yesterday , great for models but not so great for paragliders.
Thanks again form all in Cork
Ralph
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ralph,
he just doesn't tell the evil weather gods of rc flying that there is something planned....works everytime. :wink:
D
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Hi,
Sorry again that I could not make it :!: And that was my kind of weather :evil:
Happy you had all a good day flying :clap:
Any photos, videos etc for the poor souls that weren't there ?? :cry:
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Hi Fred. I have some photo's, no video though. I'm working on it.
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OK. Here are some of the photo's I took. No Video though.
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Alan_Perse/DSCF5873.jpg)
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(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Alan_Perse/ASK-21-Avater.jpg)
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Nice slope lads. I'll need to get down sometime
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Very good! :clap: :clap:
Thanks for sharing the photos Alan :D
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Alan you look like a happy man in the last photo, the landings must be getting better :wink:
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love the picture of the K8 and the K13 together :clap: :clap:
looked like a good day :D
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Hi John. Unfortunately my landings were a bit hit and miss. There was so little lift some times that there was not enough height to make a proper approach to land so you had to land where ever you could. I sheared two bolts, but that's all. No other damage apart from that.
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Any landing which you can walk away from, is a good landing :lol: :lol:
Nice pics, by the way
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a most enjoyable day!
andrew i hope those photos of the k8 and 13 spur you on to get your 13 flying. a mouth watering prospect to see all the ask's up together, just imagine it......
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forgot to say we were up on tountinna again last night on the very same slope in very good lift and the difference was amazing. flying was so easy when you knew all you had to do was face the model into the wind and go skyward again. a real buzz
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finally got to put some photos up of the fly-in on tountinna....
photos are by richard o'neill and kevin barry, loading onto site by declan buckley.
alan assembling....
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/glideInSnnJun11%20008%20copy.png)
chris, pj and james discussing the finer points of programming....
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/glideInSnnJun11%20009%20copy.png)
kevin steering by mental telepathy..."go right i tell you, go right...!"
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mid air narrowly avoided...!
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some of the group who enjoyed the day out....
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ralph launching my ask 13.....
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/glideInSnnJun11%20036%20copy.png)
chris' model, sorry guys, can't remember name...
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/IMG_8641%20copy.png)
couple of birds of time and a gentle lady, that sort of day....
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very relaxing....
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declan and i assembling a flyfly condor(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/glideInSnnJun11%20002%20copy.png)
peter well satisified with his flight times...
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Thanks for the photos Gerry! :clap:
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Nice pics! Thanks for posting!
Mine would be the Volcano by Valentamodel.
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chris, pj and james discussing the finer points of programming....
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/glideInSnnJun11%20009%20copy.png)
What's pj o gorman's user name on the forum...
Met him at the "Fermoy Fly in" ,last weekend...
Sean
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chris, pj and james discussing the finer points of programming....
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/glideInSnnJun11%20009%20copy.png)
What's pj o gorman's user name on the forum...
Met him at the "Fermoy Fly in" ,last weekend...
Sean
Not sure about this forum, but on the BARCS forum he's "volcane"..
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Sean[/quote]Not sure about this forum, but on the BARCS forum he's "volcane"..[/quote]
Thanks Chris...
I'm head down your way this saterday,
see if I can find that spot around Camp...
Sean
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Just a quick note to say that this is one busy site. 9 cars parked up a bunch of Limerick lads a few from Tipp and a solitary Cork man for his sins. Lift was steady Alpina stayed up all right and my Fling was in its element. A great night had by all.
Am I right in saying anyone welcome any Wed evening (WP :D )
Frank
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of course frank, but not just 'anyone welcome', 'everyone welcome' and their wives, g/friends (both??), childer, big gliders, small gliders, v-tails, t- tails, no-tails, grp, balsa, ply, plan-built, kit-built, arf-built, pure gliders, el gliders,(oh no, not again, enough,enough!!).
i think you get the picture!
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of course frank, but not just 'anyone welcome', 'everyone welcome' and their wives, g/friends (both??), childer, big gliders, small gliders, v-tails, t- tails, no-tails, grp, balsa, ply, plan-built, kit-built, arf-built, pure gliders, el gliders,(oh no, not again, enough,enough!!).
i think you get the picture!
Where about is it . . . Ballina Co, Tipp....
Sean
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that's right sean, we meet on wed night, fly til about 9. nights starting to close in already, so sometimes we finish about 8.30
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that's right sean, we meet on wed night, fly til about 9. nights starting to close in already, so sometimes we finish about 8.30
How about the weekends do you fly there then....
Where about is it from Ballina....
Will add to the Fav's in Sat Nag (Nav)...
Sean
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that's right sean, we meet on wed night, fly til about 9. nights starting to close in already, so sometimes we finish about 8.30
How about the weekends do you fly there then....
Where about is it from Ballina....
Will add to the Fav's in Sat Nag (Nav)...
Sean
It's OK I've found out how to get there...
1. Call Dave or Gerry if completely lost. Dave 086 8218746 Ger 086 3497493.
2. From the Main N7 Limerick to Dublin turn at the village of Bird hill. If travelling from the dublin direction you need to turn right at the main roundabout outside Birdhill. Signposted for Ballina/Kilalloo. If Travelling from the Limerick Direction you need to drive through Birdhill to the dublin side. Then turn left at the main roundabout for Ballina.
3. In Ballina you will have plenty space to park up and meet.
4. Head North through the village until you meet a tiny roundabout outside the Grocery store. Continue straight ahead at this roundabout.
5. You will then take the first right turn. You will know you are on the right path at this stage as the road takes a sudden uphill direction.
6. So the basic rule is KEEP RIGHT from now on. the next right turn is just opposite a small house on your left. He always has a boat parked there. There is a sign saying Graves of the Leinstermen straight ahead. Just turn right.
7. The road takes a downhill direction now to a very small bridge. Continue straight on.
8. Continue after the small bridge for about a mile or so. You will be doing some pretty decent uphill climbing now. The Next right turn is almost at the top. By now it will be very obvious that you need to turn right to get to the top of the hill. This turn is a very sharp and steep. It is almost a U turn in a 35degree uphill direction. 1st gear job!
9. Drive straight to the top. Car park at the top beside the transmission tower.
10. If lost refer to step 1. 8)
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