Okehampton Model Flying Club

Launch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0xaUBxCfNU

Landing

https://youtu.be/f4LUONhTfBo

Managed to get out flying today on Dartmoor at St Michaels Bungalow.  Wind was forecast westerly; however when I got there this afternoon it had changed to an ideal North westerly at around 7 to 10 kts.  Perfect for a sloping maiden of my recently built PuRES V2.  Weighing a meagre 450 grams, 2 meter wing span; with V tail control. This is my first foray into unpowered flight and V tails.  Went really well and was pleased with its performance; at times climbing up a good 100 feet above my location and got in some figure of 8 flying along the slope and also managed a couple of loops.  Small 4.8v NIMH 750 mah battery.  Flew for around 30 minutes total and still had voltage to spare.  Happy to be out flying again after a long lockdown, due to Covid 19, hope to see you out there soon.

Thanks to Cliff Harvey, Chairman of the DSSC for the video of the day.

1st flight at 18 Acre for the Mossie – Wednesday 16th September 2020 (Still need more runway, I think) Enjoy?

Gary maidened his Chipmonk today. Fantastic build and flying mate. Needs more noise though.  🙂

Video of Gary’s Chipmonk maiden today. Great build and flying. Well done. Could do with more noise.  🙂

Chipmonk maiden

The final fun fly of the year took place on Sunday the 27th October. A stunning day after torrential rain in the previous 2 days.

Phil receiving the monthly trophy for the Oke Stik Racing. Gary probably scrapping sheep poo off his shoe. A natural hazard.

Phil and Guy were joint winners of the Last Man Down competition. Both with perfect scores for both rounds. Phil opted to give the monthly Trophy to Guy seen here.

Thanks to everyone for a great season of flying. Lots of fun and a huge improvement in flying ability shown by everyone over the season.

Championship results;

Rob

Video of John maidening his Hughes Heli recently at the field.  Great scale fuselage with 550 size mechanics and blades.

Wonderful afternoon for flying yesterday, Saturday 14th Sept.  Glorious sunshine and I managed to get some video footage of John Ansell flying his superb model of a Chinook helicopter.  Apologies for the quality but film taken on my mobile phone.