Jump to content

nigel_d.

PMC Full Members
  • Posts

    403
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by nigel_d.

  1. You might see www.marstonairfield.co.uk and speak to Clive, he trains around the Market Harborough area and is a very helpful chap. Nige
  2. nigel_d.

    Jokes

    Liked the first one, copied and having many likes on FB
  3. Nice video, look forward to all flying together later Nige
  4. It was there earlier guys I saw it. Magnetic carabiners, but the sexy birds demonstrating them did it for me!!!
  5. Use a park, you shouldnt have any problems with public places if your just ground handling though you might not want an audience. Nige
  6. This sounds like an experience had by a chap who bought a V5 over a year ago. He thought it was just him not doing something right, turned out it was a decompresser fault. I dont know exactly what had happened but needless to say it was sorted and afterwards it was as easy to pull as all the vids etc suggest. Nige
  7. I didnt pay enough attention to the initial post, annual running cost is hardly worth considering. I was saying that the initial cost spread over the expected ten years life expectancy is half the cost of fags. Nige
  8. Balanced over time it's about half the cost of smoking. A decent motor and wing could be good for ten years averaging 40-50 hours a year. Nige
  9. Cheers chaps, interesting differences between the two wings. Nige
  10. I have been thinking of changing my nuke for one of them, how would you compare them? Any down sides? Cheers Nige
  11. Marking the rotors position relative to say piston tdc before disassembly would be the thing to do but if its already in bits then a posting on the top80 group forum would seem to be in order. Nige
  12. I can vouch for them Nick, I fly there occasionally. Speak to Clive he'll sort you. Nige
  13. nigel_d.

    Bastards!!

    Awesome!!! Nige
  14. Sunday afternoon is looking flyable Lisa, pop over and we'll bore you silly! Nige
  15. What tent u got Dan? I haven't bivouaced yet but dead keen. The V5 is defo the machine for it, I have at least 6 hours range with mine, infact last Sat lunch I flew it slow and got 98 minutes for 3 litres! Nige
  16. Sure thing Tom. We have a couple of sites at Northampton which makes places like Solden Hill a nice little xc target. I wasn't intending to land there initially because of the tenner visitor fee but I wouldn't have made it back if I didn't! The chap there said that he has never known anyone actually being charged. Drop in on ours if your out this way. Nige
  17. Because you come from Banbury I wondered if you were the chap on Solden hill a few weeks back when I had to land for a pee! Nige
  18. Nothing to do with your post but have you got a yellow wing? Nige
  19. Parawaiting is what hill fliers do. I fly all year round, as long as its above about 5 degrees, below that its too cold to fly for any decent length of time
  20. My Bailey stays lovely and clean, no black oil build up like on 2 strokes, thats about it really. ...Nah you need to try one! I dont think there is a v5 owner who wishes they could change any aspect of their machine. Nige
  21. I sometimes ponder on a radical alternative to the prop, but imagine how quiet and efficient it would be to have blades 10 feet long assuming the obvious problems could be resolved also at the high torque required contra rotating blades would also be needed. I dream on... Nige
×
×
  • Create New...