Thursday 22nd

Whats the weather looking like in Aberegele/ Rhyl at the mo? - might try to knock another tree over if its not looking too bad!

Weather report from St Asaph looking over to the field in Rhyl:

Currently sunny, with about 2/8 cloud cover. Temperature is about 16 degrees, but it feels warmer in the sun. Wind is currently about 10-12mph, westerly.

I'll be eading over for a couple of hours after work all being well

Andy

Just returned from the field. Had a flight but the wind was a bit on the strong side. Blowing straight down the strip though. Pete Slater and Will Bertoni have just left too. Will was running in his 4 cylinder OS. Awesome!! You could hardly hear it on tickover.

Gutted I missed that

ahh gutted

Can't wait to see it in the airframe, it'll sound great.

Been on the Orme all afternoon with Dave Moran Jem Zaidy Rocket Ron and fireman Dennis, lift was superb.

Hundreds at the field when I got there about 4:30!

Oh yeah, forgot to mention I second maidened my Unicorn which flew like a dream, with only a couple of clicks of trim! - sh#t off the proverbial shiny shovel!
PLUS not a tree branch in sight! Two great flights, two great landings and left about 5:45 (ish) when the light started to go!
I love this hobby!

Nice one Stubbsy all was empty when I passed at 6pm


M

Just finished work now. Dark

Can lend you a torch if you like Andy!

Meh. Tell me more about this Univorn then, what sort of power is it pulling, did you measure it?

Put a 2600kv reactor on the back end which is pulling 30.4amps at max rpm on the 6x4 prop. Single piece of aluminium U channel is bolted to the metal plate on the underside, and the motor is held on by an alloy stick mount.
Needed an extra 50 of lead to get the C of G back to 10 inches from the nose so overall it is now heavier than I had hoped for, but never-the-less not the end of the world!
Will vertical climb which im happy about - glides reasonably well actually despite the extra weight, and is like a bloody bullet when you open up the throttle!
All Gravy so far!

Like the scheme too

Nice one. The Unicorns do glide nice, even when built a little lardily

I'm half tempted to do a winter upgrade to mine, and get some more power on board. I'm running at about 24Amps at the moment, so I'll be keen to see yours in flight with a few extra watts. Give me a shout if you are heading down to the field at all this weekend

Andy