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Hi ,not at all. It would be nice to have someone there as well. Will pm you if I am able to find someone who has been there before and can give me a rundown.

I would love to meet up there as I have never been there and would like to meet someone there who could give me a briefing of what to do and who to contact. Regards Casey

Any one perhaps flying from Barry's field tommorow Sunday ?

Oil light came on when I went to fetch it (drove it home for 350 miles like that) ,previous owners did no kept to a service schedule . Mixing of synthetically and mineral oil over 17 years (172000) miles blocked everything up. Replacement going in

There is allways live left in old gear !!!! Found the perfect use for my old wing risers !!!!

When I started freeflying my instructor did add the wing weight as well ,I always add it.

Hi Fuzzybabybunny I would not say it is felt much more *** I'll say rather different ***** ( my mindset is different as well) It is not more dangerous , it is probably more dangerous free flying , where you actively search for thermals , where tugs on the wing is quite normal. ( I use them to tell me what the thermal is doing). With my motor on I can only remember one frontall collaps where I was to far back over the ridge , on the limit , soaring with the motor on idle **** if you touched the throttle it did a full frontal collapse **** I yust let off , glided forward and when back on power. I love setting my motor on level flight then go chase thermals ( or some times seaching for some heat to warm me up )

Hi Fuzzybabybunny I would not say it is felt much more *** I'll say rather different ***** ( my mindset is different as well) It is not more dangerous , it is probably more dangerous free flying , where you actively search for thermals , where tugs on the wing is quite normal. ( I use them to tell me what the thermal is doing). With my motor on I can only remember one frontall collaps where I was to far back over the ridge , on the limit , soaring with the motor on idle **** if you touched the throttle it did a full frontal collapse **** I yust let off , glided forward and when back on power. I love setting my motor on level flight then go chase thermals ( or some times seaching for some heat to warm me up )

Spot on Andy !!

This is how I would answer it : In my freeflying harness it feels like a glove that moves with me part of my body -- against the motor witch is something I sit in ( although nice and tight , it ifeels external to me). If you have ever been on a boom lift (Chery picker) ** They move , then you move ,when they stop , you stop after them ,you are not part of it ,but yust on it. (I hate being up on one )

I do not mind the thermic conditions ,but love the smooth ride the motor give me in smooth conditions .I take fllying with the motor differently as I set my throttle to level flight and go chaseing thermals . I am very careful with the motor on as you can get in serious trouble very fast ( I had a few scares where the thrust to made the conditions better than it realy was ) I do find that when I fly the motor in thermic conditions I fly with a completely different mindset (almost scared ) , I struggle to stay in lift as I have the motor to back me up . I am starting loveing freeflying even more than motoring as it is a challenge against nature to stay up and any thermic conditions is my beast friend , however bad they are. I am not even remotely comfortable flying in the same rough conditions with a motor on my back. Casey

That is the same way I felt when I flight tested the R3 ,received it a few weeks ago and love it !!

That sounds great . If you do go please let me know ,I have never been there and would love to go , even if I do not get to fly at all. Casey

Looks gusty over quit a large area , might be wise for me to stay on the ground , have been caught out before ,was not fun at all.

Hi Alex I would be up for going to Barry 's field on Friday , have never been there ,would love to meet up Casey

Beautiful, love it !!!!!!!

I allways wear a helmet , was kiting when I yust started and having fun , got lifted off my feet about 4 feet , by a gust and got slammed on my side into the ground. I hit my head so hard with that I was shaken up :: without my helmet on it would have been a lot worse. Stay Safe

Thanks for getting my ""fly and hike"" in as well Steve , it brings joy to my heart . Love it !!!!!!!! Casey

I am no an expert either . Yes you are probably right ,it is smaller ,I had the trim set on the nill wind line , it was a red line with white lines as markers horizontal on the riser. I did use a lot as I was careful not to let it happen again , I won't say more probably the same . I kept the trim the same as I was not usually able to ge my R2 up with trimmers in - will retest that when I get my wing. I can not stall my R2 without a wrap - used the same 1 wrap at landing and new what to expect - it did as I was used to. My climb rate , with the small motor was faster than on the R2 again size - with my thor200 it is very fast on the R2 Wing loading /on the R2 and my old motor was about the same as the top 80 on the R3 Happy to explain

I ( lost a bit weight) ,was using a top 80, total weight was over 20 kg lighter than normal and foot launched . I am used to fly the roadster 2 28 and tested the roadster 3 26 . No wind take off suprise me with the wing comming up a lot easier than I expected and over flew me front tuck and I killed it , I reset ,you have to use quite a bit of brake to slow it down and take off with. Climb out was a lot faster than what I am used to. ( I flew the 28 with the top 80 as well) It control feels a lot tighter , turn a lot easier -like driving an old car after the whole steering system has been replaced and upgraded The speed with trims in or out in reflex mode gave me around the same speeds as I am use to. To me the lift and glide was identical ,felt the same ; with an easy positive climb in a weak thermal. I had no roll during my flight even when it got thermic , Doing some banked turns I could bank it very easy and it would come back horizontal with minimum input , to me rock solid . It might be the changing to a smaller wing but I am happy with it's handeling Hope this make sense

Yust did a flight with a demo Roadster 3 at Fly Spain on a 30 km flight. Handeling to me felt very good ,more positive than on my Roadster 2 . I love it so mutch that I ordered one when we got back on the ground.

From a standard datasheet on D-shakles Different grade of material will change the out came as well as the way in witch the loading is attatched to the shackle 6mm bolt diameter on shackle Working load 0.33 ton Safety factor 1:6

Thanks for clarification Andy Now I will make sure my next motor have a clutch as well.

Hi As I understand if you do thermals with the motor switched off you want the propeller to be stationary as a free spinning propellor will create more drag. I fly both types but prefer the clutched ,,the only issue I had was with my cruising speed and clutch bite point very close together on low level beach flying.

I would be interested as well