tommcb6016

I thought they cancelled the s.p.l.a.s.h show this year?

Got a reply and they have the Posistrobe on offer at £125 delivered, not to bad I thought http://www.aveoaviationlights.com/products/AveoFlashExperimental/index.php Tom

I am yet to go over to the dark side

Has anyone seen one of these posistrobe minimax on a paramotor ?? I have emailed for a quote but I think it ain't gonna be cheap. http://www.aveoaviationlights.com/products/MiniMax/index.php here are some others they make... [youtubevideo] [/youtubevideo]Tom

"that's more than a hundred metres" "yeah thats well high" "If you listen you can hear him" ???? what screaming?

OMG

Did anything ever happen with these? Tom

Found this on AV8mag's website, Might be usefull to anyone thinking of doing the RT licence. Link at the bottom. Tom ""CAA Launches Online Radio Guide 08/10/2009 A new interactive guide to radio phraseology for General Aviation pilots has been launched today and is available on the CAA website (see below). The guide provides easy to follow examples covering the most common radio calls that a GA pilot makes. In many cases these are also available as an audio clip that will allow pilots to hear the actual phraseology in use. Areas covered in the guide include: • Arriving at and departing from aerodromes; • Cross country flying; • Operating from unattended airfields; • Instrument approaches; and • Emergency messages. The guide covers a range of phraseology used by Air Traffic Controllers, Flight Information Service Officers and Air/Ground Communication Service Operators. It follows a similar format to previous radio phraseology guides for commercial pilots and airside drivers. Gill Galway of the CAA’s Safety Regulation Group has been involved in putting the document together. She said: “Many GA pilots, particularly when first learning to fly, find using the radio daunting. The new guide will allow them to study and hear the correct phraseology in their own time and at their own speed.” "" http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=33&pagetype=65&appid=11&mode=detail&id=3749

No that's cheating

Just checked my gps and my max speed so far is 41.9mph

WOW !! mad could possible be an under statement Tom

Thanks for the address, I guess that it's telephone ordering as I can't see an online shop?

Fly phuket video, some awesome flying but not many options for landing if the engine fails [youtubevideo] [/youtubevideo]Tom

Can someone point me in the direction of a shop selling tiny tach's please. I had a look on ebay but no luck and the only one I can find is on Skydragons shop for £59.95, but i'm sure I read they go for around £35??? Cheers, Tom

Go to :-user control panel - Profile - Edit signature (write what you want) Then :-Board preferences - Edit posting defaults and select Attach my signature by default Hope that helps. Tom

Cool ! I've been trying to play one for ages! I can play all the bits of the song it's the putting it all together that gets me! Tom

I didn't find much variation either.. Northern paragliding are selling them for £17.00 I couldn't find many places to buy them from and didn't come across pooleys Tom

After a lot of searching I found Transair.co.uk to buy a England south chart from seems to be the cheepest I could find. And they do a free subscription service that automaticaly sends out updated charts when they are released (quite usefull I thought) Tom

I was going to build one of these last year but was looking at 2000hrs+ [youtubevideo] [/youtubevideo]Decided to give it a miss ... for now Tom

Dan, I should have held the brakes on, letting the brakes off caused the wing to surge forward causing me to swing into the ground

Ahhh forgot to say that's 10 flights in the logbook and 4hours 45mins logged Tom

Well I have now done my second week with Skyschool!!! Got out to Spain last Sunday 20th via ryanair into Gerona and the week started on a good note as the girl on the Hertz counter upgraded me from a 1l smart car that I booked due to it being the cheapest of the cheap! to a BMW 120d coupe!!! can't be bad. Anyway the week started on Monday morning with a strong northerly wind which they call the tramontana this proved to be a feature of the week. Monday was spent doing GH and settling in to the fantastic surroundings of Ordis. Tuesday morning and the north wind is stubbornly hanging around, so after a morning of lectures we jump in the skyschool minibus and of half an hour down the road to another airfield and by now the wind has dropped down virtually to nothing, We get all the kit out and Kester goes up to test the air but no good as there is some dodgy air up above so more GH it is ! Wednesday is an early start in the mini bus and off up the road to the other field, Kester is straight up and all looks good by now I'm bricking it as I haven't flown since June and it's the first flight on my revo, And to top it of the wind is non existent. Kester lands and I get set up ready to go, So Alex on the radio and Kester counting me down 3,2,1 and i'm off forward launch run run run keep running! and away... two days of weather induced frustration are forgotten Good take off but I wish I could say the same about the landing, I was coming in and at two metres started to flair when I felt my self lifting again so I decided to put my hands up and flair again !!!!!!!!!!! splat I go with a nice big graze on my knee as a reminder of my "ugly landing" But I still had a big smile on my face and went back to Ordis for a great meal courtesy of Rob the skyschool chef extrodinaire !! and plenty of red wine to wash it down with. The rest of the week was fantastic with six flights in total including two sunset flights along the beach and my first xc to Figueres fort, also managed to get into full reflex and get up to 40 mph on the GPS What a great week ! I would recommend it to anyone who fancy's getting away from our dull weather for training and having a great laugh to boot! Tom http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2684055&l=febd1aefad&id=585967595 http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2684382&l=85108add01&id=585967595 http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2684383&l=ab73afff15&id=585967595

I have had some experience of lipo's for rc heli stuff but unless they have got better since... I would avoid them. If they get damaged they have a tendancy to pop/explode also charging is a bit dodgy ! If one cell gets over charged then the batterys are screwed, also if they drop below 3.2v per cell (I think?) then the life span is badly affected so get a voltage warning light. Tom

I am afraid as I am unable to commit to this holiday I shall remove my name from the list as their seems to be alot of people wanting to go. I know it was first come first serve anyway. Tom

Thanks Pete, they seem to be 2004 maps so will try and find something newer. where do you buy your air maps from ? Tom