lukebanks1

This sounds good. Will it fit a Miniplane prop?

Top bloke in my opinion. Always willing to help.

I was getting 200 - 250fpm on trims out and full throttle that day and climbing 100fpm on full bar.

You looked fine on the V5 on take off.

I have never had a motor with lots of thrust (Miniplane and now V5) but when I have flown powerful machines all the negatives Seymore has pointed out have negated what benefit there may have been in having oodles of power in reserve.

The V5 is perfect for the sort of flying I think you want to do.

Texted him - no reply yet.

Do you fancy a downwinder to Wales on Thursday? - nice and warm and E wind.

Want to fly tomorrow?

downs will be soarable

i may do friday pm

Looks like will be a busy night at work

I think I'm going to fly at Barry's for an hour in the morning and then head home to bed.

Yes- would have been a good overnighter on the IOW. Let's do that soon - would be fun.

I'll come down to either Hambrook or Seymore's after work.

Let me know timings. Can be at Hambrook by 10:00am

Could make Sunday

Hi Seymore,

Confirmed with the Mrs. We're heading to Padstow. I'll do some kiting at Daymer bay on thursday and hopfully some flying early friday.

Let me know if you want to join me

I have owned a Fusion , Nucleon and now a Speedster.

The Speedster is in my opinion less "reflexed" in my conventional understanding of a reflex profile than the Nucleon, as evidenced by the force required to pull the trimmers back in - the Cs and Ds remain more loaded than on the Nucleon.

What this does to the centre of pressure I don't know but Ozone have clearly approached their reflex profile differently to Dudek.

We all want to know can we fly the Speedster hands off like the Nucleon when it gets funky. My experience is yes but be prepared for the wing to move around a lot above your head - really feels like you're surfing the air. This for me is infinitely preferable to the lateral oscillation the Fusion was prone to (a result of the wings excellent roll characteristics) but not as confidence inspiring as the Nucleon.

I fly with Mark and Seymore regularly in thermic conditions and at the moment I feel more comfortable actively flying the wing with trimmers around take off - full slow, then trimmers out to dash to the next thermal.

Take Friday for example - 13:00 - 15:00 (to quote Mark "booming conditions") I flew at take off - full slow. After stopping for lunch at Seymore's friend's place I flew the hour home full fast (still the odd thermal but not everywhere!) and enjoyed chucking it around on the wingtip sterring.

I'm the one Mark refers to who had a collaspe on the Speedster. I was trims out, no bar and I think I hit some sea breeze convergence. What struck me was that the wing did not turn at all. I don't know how much deflated really, only that I had a definite sensation of falling a second and then bang completle re- inflation before I could reach the brakes. Anecdotally I have flown in very rough conditions on the Nucleon and never had something similar happen - but if the Nucleon did go I think it would be much more dynamic than above.

I have found the Speedster to be a dream to fly. I nearly always reverse launch often despite "nil wind" conditions when others use a forward. I set trimmers an inch past take off and up she comes will constant A pressure and a little trot backwards, the wing is overhead and I'm off.

The glide is fantastic even on full fast. I always land trims fully out. This is especially good on nil wind days or if I'm not 100% of the wind direction on the deck - loads of airspeed to convert to lift and precise flare control through firm brake pressure for landing.

My advice - speak to as many people as you can and ask them how they fly their wings and why. Then demo one.

Looking good (apart from the date!)

I'll be there

Hi Alan,

If you don't mind it would be great to send you the radio.

Can you PM me your address.

The radio seems ideal with a good frequency range. It is very similar to my old Yaesu which cost over 4 times as much!

What a great day. Pub lunch next time Seymore! Mark I hope you're room is spotless

Hi Alan,

Both myself and Morgy can't get your plan to work with the original diagram. Can you make the picture even more mikey

mouse for us perhaps we've gone wrong somewhere

Failing that maybe we could get rid of my original Yaesu adaptor.

Thanks for your help.

Luke

On the 4 pole 3.5mm socket I can't make out which terminal is which. There is 1 dot stamped on 1 terminal and on the other 2 there are 3 dots stamped on both?

Any ideas on how to tell which is which?

Thanks

H Alan,

Right, well I've bought all the bits this afternoon - found the 4 pole plug and socket in Maplins.

I'm going to give it a go in the morning - will keep you posted.

Thanks Again!

Luke

Hi Alan,

Thanks for your reply.

My headset has both a 3.5mm pin and 2.5mm pin so does the headset end of your diagram need to be different?

Sunday can do

Hi,

Can someone help?

I just bought a Vero UV-X4 for £39.99 as a replacement for my Yaesu VX-3R that I lost!

I used the 2 pin adapter that I had for the Yaesu that allowed me to connect it to the 2 pin lead from my headset (which worked for the Yaesu).

It doesn't work!

The PTT button activates but the mic boom doesn't.

I've just the rung the guy I bought it from and he said it's wired differently to the Yaesu (but not more than that!).

Can anyone advise me on how to get this working.

The first pic is of what I think is the original Yaesu pinout with the diagram of my original radio and adaptor below.

Below this is the pinout for the new cheap radio.

Thanks!

Luke

Hi Barry - yes, me confirmed (bargain!)

Love it!

And if you want a great second hand machine I have a PAP Top 80 for sale that I can bring to the field.

Off 9th,10th and 13th.

9th some more ridge soaring?

10th Coastal run at low tide?