So there I was, talking to the owner of this boatyard where I was thinking of laying up Emily this winter (got to think ahead you know). We were talking about wind and such things, and I mentioned model flying. Straight away he said he liked to fly models too, whenever he gets the time, which is rarely with a boatyard to look after. He goes to a local mountain that has a good south to southwest slope and a bog to land in/on. I won't say where this mountain is because you are not really supposed to go there, and I don't want to stir up trouble. But it is possible, and I'll take a l... (542 more chars)
Hello All.New here so thought I'd introduce myself.We moved to the Sheep's Head in the Independent People's Republic of West Cork nearly 2 years ago, from Cornwall in the UK.I've been model flying, on and off, since I was about 8. Then it was making up rubber powered models from free plans in magazines.Now it's mostly slope, but starting to get into electric, and even eletric helis.You know what it's like moving house! Even after 2 years there's boxes as yet unopened. So I've just dug out an old Impala that has to be 20 years old at least, and hoping to try out ... (110 more chars)
Hi guysI’m a new member from Kerry, thought I’d just introduce myself!I'm a relative newbie to RC. I did some free-flight and control line stunt models as a kid, I only got back into modeling at the age of 50, through an impulse buy of the DeAgostini Spitfire part magazine! That model clearly is not for learners, so I started exploring what else is out there. I find that I am leaning more and more towards gliders, although I have a weakness for jet-type models as well. I use Reflex XTR sim, and I find that more and more I tend to only do the slope flying on that, the rest do... (4903 more chars)
Hello all!.Just a quick few words to get this goin'. Just started a Doppelraab.Have most of the wings built so far.Am enjoying working with balsa and ply in the traditional way.Need something to fly at Retroplane 2007.This will be my first vintage glider.Doppelraab build thread here. Here's a pic of my Blanik taken at Mt Leinster yesterday (sat 10th dec 2006).Good day for flying.Crisp,clear and lots of wing! Also working on a big electric acrobat.CA models Epsilon.90 size with motor and lipos from united hobbies. Need to build a cnc foam cutting machine aswell in the next few months.... (422 more chars)
