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« Reply #60 on: October 10, 2010, 11:11:32 AM »
great days craic
flying the bullet in a wind of about 30mph in very low cloud on mode 1 :lol:  :lol:  
thanks guys  :clap:  :clap:
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« Reply #61 on: October 10, 2010, 13:43:25 PM »
While John and some of the others were playing in the fog on Slieve Gallion, some of the NIMSA and East Antrim members met at the Bowl in sunshine and 18 - 25 mph winds.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/v/9G1r2sl8oOU[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/v/pRijKzcu4eA[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/v/JJF4ySrkpdw[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/v/3xl6CsDWSp8[/youtube]

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/nimsafly/091010?feat=directlink

Looks like NI was the place to be for sloping fun yesterday!!! :D
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« Reply #62 on: October 10, 2010, 14:59:20 PM »
Yes, a good day Bill :D ………….the little Fox seemed to have a slight problem penetrating into the wind. I had the same prob. with mine.

Good looking slope. I’m quite envious, don’t have much to fly here in easterly winds apart from some sand dunes.
Lucky ol’ you

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« Reply #63 on: October 10, 2010, 15:11:34 PM »
The fox did have a bit of trouble, but it was blowing about 20 at that point. :shock:
 I would think in a 10-12mph wind it would be OK  :?:

We have quite a few good Easterly slopes, it's other winds we struggle a bit with. Slieve Gallion covers most, but come the winter it may be a bit difficult to get to the top!

Your easterly slope isn't bad, I flew it last year at Retroplane.
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« Reply #64 on: October 11, 2010, 14:03:47 PM »
Hello gentlemen, Looks like our friends in NIMSA also had a fantastic day on the Antrim Hills !
The low cloud over the Sperrin Mountains cleared up after lunch and we enjoyed 4 hours of endless flying on the smaller east slope.
Andrews habby stole the show ! what a stunning looking and flying glider. Johns £20 bargain flew a treat and Karl let everyone fly his bullet, even Andrew flew it and he is mode 2 !
I had another prang with my Vector so its back in the sick bay awaiting glue.
The winds were rocking and the Legend was rolling his Flamingo !
All in all a great days fun.
I have a bit of footage edited just waiting the rendering process and then what ever time Youtube takes to clear it. Hopefully it will be up and running tonight.
Uncle Keith, please be gentle on me as I am learning !  :D

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« Reply #65 on: October 11, 2010, 16:27:54 PM »
The video looks crap on youtube yet ok on my PC.
 I NEED TO SET MY CAMCORDER LOL

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/v/XyiIP2LW5dA[/youtube]
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« Reply #66 on: October 11, 2010, 17:13:38 PM »
It might be in how you're capturing to your pc. I tend to  capture as an AVI file which gives best quality to work with.

But...........I am working with an old Hi8 camera of at least 15 years old!

Looks like you had more wid than we did too :shock:
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« Reply #67 on: October 11, 2010, 19:44:52 PM »
Looks like you guys had your hands full in the wind,…….plenty of lift. :D  (Just the way I like it.) Did anybody try any racing? And who won the combat?

Glad there was no damage to “The one that got away” How many times have we all had that happen at some point. Beautiful looking model, it’d have been a shame had it got damaged. :(
Shame about the low cloud but at least you made the best of it. :clap:

High pressure over Ireland for the next few days :cry: ………..I’m looking forward to the winter gales. (I’d look forward to them all the more if I had a Mini-Toon to fly in them! :!: )


As for the video Richard

I thought it flowed quite nicely, on screen text helped explain what was happening, and it had a title and an ending.
 Pity about the poor light, most camcorders have trouble recording fast objects in low light.
Technical merit…………6/10 :clap:
Artistic Interpretation……6 /10 :clap:  :clap:
Well done!

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« Reply #68 on: October 11, 2010, 19:50:28 PM »
Quote from: "Happy Days"
Looks like you guys had your hands full in the wind,…….plenty of lift. :D  (Just the way I like it.) Did anybody try any racing? And who won the combat?

Glad there was no damage to “The one that got away” How many times have we all had that happen at some point. Beautiful looking model, it’d have been a shame had it got damaged. :(
Shame about the low cloud but at least you made the best of it. :clap:

High pressure over Ireland for the next few days :cry: ………..I’m looking forward to the winter gales. (I’d look forward to them all the more if I had a Mini-Toon to fly in them! :!: )


As for the video Richard

I thought it flowed quite nicely, on screen text helped explain what was happening, and it had a title and an ending.
 Pity about the poor light, most camcorders have trouble recording fast objects in low light.
Technical merit…………6/10 :clap:
Artistic Interpretation……6 /10 :clap:  :clap:
Well done!

Keith


Master ! I thank you  :roll:
This is Glider Ireland ! not " strictly come dancing "  :wink:

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« Reply #69 on: October 11, 2010, 20:00:27 PM »
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This is Glider Ireland ! not " strictly come dancing "  
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I agree Richard. Lets confine our future comments to flying shall we.

(Actually I wasn’t thinking about Strictly Come Dancing, I was thinking more along the lines of Torville & Dean, that sort of stuff. :D  Bit before your time I expect………..silly me! :oops: )
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« Reply #70 on: October 11, 2010, 21:06:18 PM »
Hi Uncle Keith, I was joking !!!!!!!
Your comments are welcomed and always taken onboard !
How else am I to learn.
I love T&D ! Bolero is one of my favorite pieces of music to fly to  :clap:

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« Reply #71 on: October 11, 2010, 21:30:53 PM »
Hi Richard

Good video, my £20 delta flew well, enjoyed the craic.
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« Reply #72 on: January 05, 2011, 08:25:51 AM »
Ok, not very slope soaring... But another cool video from JC Gonnin!  :D  :clap:

On board videos are usually really boring, but these views are kind of cool  :D

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/v/8ZHB1hvXHQs[/youtube]
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« Reply #73 on: January 05, 2011, 09:21:58 AM »
Yea,’ very entertaining vid. :D

I’m left thinking, “How did the rc pilot get on the ground to land the glider while the balloon was still airborne? :?:  Or was that a different balloon in shot when the glider was landed?”

Interesting that the camera on the wing tip of the glider didn’t seem to cause any trouble to the gliders’ flight.

Thanks for posting it Fred. :clap:  (Where do you find all these videos?) (Spend all day watching You Tube I s’pose :P )

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« Reply #74 on: January 05, 2011, 11:39:24 AM »
Hey Keith,

Sometimes links are sent to me (you should see the state of my inbox these days!  :!: ) but that one come from one of the best website in the interweb, Les GPR (litterally mean " The big RC Gliders")
http://lesgpr.free.fr

Translate it with google translator, and you have hours of reading for technical articles etc, how tos...
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