What a monster!!! I’d say you need some pretty strong arm muscles to steer that beast, for any length of time, with such a long wheel base. (Before the roads of England became congested I used to love my sidecar “outfits” or “chariots” as we used to call them.)
Must have taken a fair bit of ‘shoe horning’ to get a thousand turbo diesel (Thank god for electric starters!) into the frame. What size engine did it have originally John? Did you have to beef up the suspension much?
Alas this weekend my time is promised to the other flying club I belong to. (Model County Flying Club)
They have a working party on Saturday, and a guest fly-in on Sunday.
Besides, the forecast for Sunday that I’m seeing today, shows light easterly/south easterly winds. This amounts to two problems at Big L. John.
The only slopes that easterlies blow on to are slopes up near the TV masts which, a) mean a very long up hill walk, and b) very rocky landing areas! In fact there are no areas up near the masts to qualify for the title “Landing area.”
Just as an addition I should tell you that the Southern slope that we were flying off of last Saturday needs a fair bit of wind to produce any sensible amounts of lift.
Wind speeds of much less than 20kph = a lot of walking up and down the slope! Unless you’re luck enough to get a strong gust when launching that would give you the height to get right out & away from the ridge, where you’ll find more lift in lighter winds. (Out over the top of the forest area in the valley.)
The best wind directions for Big L. are SW, round to NE, (Northerlies are the best.)
Maybe you could find some slopes to fly up nearer Dublin this weekend. If not then be a “Family Man” and store up some Brownie Points for better winds in future!
I do believe the sloping bug has bitten you. Good Man John! :clap:
K.
