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Flight No
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Location
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Date
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Conditions
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Duration
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Remarks
|
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1
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XCh Harbour
|
4 May 08
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F1, cloudy
|
5
|
Maiden flight: very successful. -120 el, -30 ru, 0 ail. Take-off 3/4 th, cruise 1/4 th.
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2
|
Xch Harbour
|
5 May
|
F2 sunny
|
10
|
Controls adjusted to TX neutral
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|
3
|
XCh Harbour
|
9 May
|
Calm
|
10
|
Touch and goes.
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4
|
XCh Harbour
|
10 May
|
Calm
|
7
|
+20 ru. Water rudder needs R bias
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|
5
|
|
10 May
|
|
10
|
0.75oz noseweight removed after flight
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6
|
Stanpit Rec
|
16 May
|
Calm
|
5
|
Maiden off grass
|
|
7
|
|
16 May
|
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5
|
|
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8
|
|
16 May
|
|
10
|
|
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9
|
Stanpit Creek
|
22 May
|
F1
|
15
|
Touch and goes, crunch and go.
|
|
10
|
Howards
|
27 May
|
|
5
|
|
|
11
|
|
27 May
|
|
5
|
|
|
12
|
|
27 May
|
|
5
|
|
|
13
|
Stanpit
|
30 May
|
F1, sunny
|
5
|
Grass t&g
|
|
14
|
|
30 May
|
|
5
|
|
|
15
|
|
30 May
|
|
5
|
|
|
16
|
|
30 May
|
|
|
1600 mAh into battery
|
|
17
|
XCh Harbour
|
31 May
|
F1, sunny, perfect
|
10
|
Evening flying at its very best
|
|
18
|
|
31 May
|
|
10
|
|
|
19
|
|
31 May
|
|
10
|
|
|
20
|
Howards
|
6 June
|
|
5
|
Total power failure. Crash landing damaged pylon, easily repaired. Lucky!
|
|
21
|
Howards
|
15 June
|
|
10
|
Rewired with RX battery and separate SCs
|
|
22
|
|
15 June
|
|
10
|
|
|
23
|
XCh Harbour
|
16 June
|
|
10
|
Evening flying with Trevor’s Sealand in company
|
|
24
|
|
16 June
|
|
10
|
“Skim and Go” practice
|
|
25
|
XCh Harbour
|
27 July
|
0700
|
10
|
6 weeks of wind, but a perfect morning
|
|
26
|
|
27 July
|
Calm
|
10
|
|
|
27
|
|
27 July
|
|
10
|
Freed stuck water rudder and greased mech
|
|
28
|
XCh Harbour
|
31 July
|
F1 gusty
|
5
|
W rudder 5 degrees left. Much better
|
|
29
|
XCh Harbour
|
31 July
|
|
5
|
Curtailed by rain
|
|
30
|
Stanpit Rec
|
8 Sep
|
Calm
|
5
|
First flight for ages - some rust on various steel components. Trouble setting up due to TX crystal misalignment.
|
|
31
|
|
|
|
5
|
Excellent flights with a lot of right trim. Very impressive in the air and smooth landings.
|
|
32
|
Stanpit Rec
|
15 Sep
|
F1 to calm
|
10
|
30 full minutes, mostly cruising, some T&G
|
|
33
|
|
|
|
10
|
a loop! Some full-throttle passes
|
|
34
|
|
|
|
10
|
Very pleasant flying, lovely sunny evening. Port motor loose and mount required repair. (T&G damage?)
|
|
35
|
Howards
|
16 Sep
|
F2
|
5
|
Bumpy air made flying tricky
|
|
36
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
37
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
38
|
XCh Harbour
|
28 Sep
|
Calm
|
5
|
Sunset: very pleasant flying conditions
|
|
39
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
40
|
|
|
|
5
|
Taxied back to shore - great fun!
|
|
41
|
Howards
|
29 Sep
|
F2-3
|
5
|
V bumpy air; ground looped on landing and broke pylon. Mended w epoxy that evening.
|
|
42
|
XCh Harbour
|
8 Oct
|
Calm
|
5
|
Late afternoon - perfect weather
|
|
43
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
44
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
45
|
Stanpit
|
6 Nov
|
Calm
|
5
|
|
|
46
|
|
|
|
10
|
“formation” flying with Trevor’s Sealand
|
|
47
|
|
|
|
10
|
see photo at top of page
|
|
48
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
49
|
|
|
|
10 secs
|
Prop bite after ground-loop
|
|
50
|
|
|
|
10 secs
|
Terminal crash destroyed the model
|
|
51
|
XCh Harbour
|
16 Apr 09
|
F2
|
10 mins
|
Maiden after repairs. Rather too much breeze, but faultless performance in the air. Took on some water during taxiing in rough water.
|
|
52
|
XCh Harbour
|
18 Apr 09
|
F1
|
10 mins
|
Motor failure caused heavy splash landing. Minimal damage. Y lead suspect.
|
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53
|
XCh Harbour
|
3 June 09
|
F2
|
5
|
Aileron minor fault
|
|
54
|
|
|
|
10
|
Port motor failure after flight
|
|
55
|
Howard’s Field
|
4 Jun 09
|
F1
|
5
|
RX problem: AC grounded until solved
|
|
56
|
Howard’s Field
|
17 Jan 10
|
F1
|
15
|
Renovation work done previous week: CG moved fwd slightly
|
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57
|
|
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|
10
|
No probs with electronics. LH motor is running a bearing. 2500 mAh back into battery
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