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Ray's Scale Slingsby T21

In ray's own word...

I started this scale project about 1978 and then it went into storage for about 26 years. I resurrected it 4 years ago (after nearly giving it away) when I came back to model flying but it needed a lot of remedial work and alterations to take account of changes in technology like servos small enough to go in wings.

It was completed this summer and had its first flight in August with Tom in charge of launch and landing. I did the bit in the middle. I dont think it was the easiest job to land on the slope at the Longman but he got it down with the only damage being to the wing shear bolts, which is after all what they are for. Since its first flight it now has more scale details in the cockpit area. It is 1/5 scale so it comes out at about 11' span. One of the problems launching is that the fuselage is too fat to hold in one hand so I dont think I could ever fly it alone. I think it wil need 12mph on the north slope at butts and plenty of time to bolt it all together next time.

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Allen's Aldij meets gusts of 80Mph at theLongman on 03/10/09

In Allen's Own words...

I decided to take the repaired Aldij out in the high winds of Saturday the 3rd

I was not expecting gust of 80mph, I lay on the slope with my model laying on top of me, waiting for a chance to launch, it seemed like an impossible task, but then just for a few seconds, the wind dropped, so I stood up and launched.

The Aldij had over a Kilo of ballast and flew like a dream, even though I got blown on my butt three times.

Landing was a different matter entirely. The Longman is not the easiest place to land at the best of times, the lift was so epic that even crow breaks sent me up to the heavens,

infact during normal flight it was hard to keep the model in view as she would just spec out in seconds in the amazing lift.

Unfortunately the final landing approach was far quicker that I would have liked, and my nicely repaired AJ is now in a few more bits, only the slabs avoided damage.

Gary decides to modify his Pike

"Went up firle for a quick fly, had one flight went ok so I landed and filled up with lead.

Threw it off again, whizzing up and down got a bit low and close to the fence.

The picture tells the rest of the story. The wing is repairable but fuselage not much good.

At least the fuselage fitted in the boot on the way home!"

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Dave Cox and his scratch built (building) Vulcan

UPDATED 3/08/07

Dave has spent most of the last 3 years building it

(Feb 09 update... Dave Cox Vulcan - I spoke to him about a month ago about subs as he was not at AGM and asked him about Vulcan progress. When asked if it would take to the air this year or not he was non commital He did not rule it out! - Ray)

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