chrsfrwll Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 I know a week is an eternity re weather and I don’t want to get too excited just yet but on a grey wet windy Monday this is enough to perk anyone up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cas_whitmore Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Watching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_k Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 I'm so excited I've wet my pants. Not flow for 2 1/2 months. (Fibbed about the wet pants) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Still below my minimum of 6 or 7 deg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hann__ Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 The weekend was looking good for us down south this morning. I didn`t get too exited as there is plenty of time in five days for the forecast to change. Sure enough, about an hour later it`d completely changed to un-flyable..! (the calm weather has shrunk and shifted to Monday..) The thing i noticed about last year was the lack of settled, calm weather for extended periods - it seemed to be isolated days here and there and you had to act fast and ready to fly at short(ish) notice, and the forecasts would change radically from day to day if not hour to hour. Andy, yep - sub 6 degrees is cold, 6 - 10 is quite manageable, though i have found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dklude Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Glass half full thoughts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrsfrwll Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 Getting better as we get nearer. I’m going to have to dust off the motor tonight and make sure it still runs, it’s been that long since I flew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cas_whitmore Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Desperate to fly now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hann__ Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Prepare for flight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Nice, but I prefer more than 7 deg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrsfrwll Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 9 minutes ago, AndyB said: Nice, but I prefer more than 7 deg! So do I but blue skies and light winds...beggars can’t be choosers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerlord Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 aye its looking good. I'm gonna have to get my FOURTH ACL knee reconstruction mid february (heavy landing at Ben Nevis in the rain back last summer) - so will be my last chance for a flight for 4-6 months I reckon before I'm fully 'bionic' again.. so might have to brave the fecking cold to be honest...maybe take a day off to get a few flights in. some of my nicest flights have been in winter (well in snow tbh.. so sign of that in suffolk), but it is a PITA wrapping up, keeping lipos down yer pants to keep em warm to start up.. more lipos for the heated gloves, yada yada.. still - one has to give it a punt. stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hann__ Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Who flew? I got two flights in this afto, spent about 2 and 3/4 hours in the air. The wind aloft was too strong (as forecast) for a classic XC so just headed into wind (a bit slow) until my hands started getting cold then turned back. Had a warm-up then flight number 2 for an hour and a quarter, similar flight to the first. Surprised by thermal activity on occasion - benign, but noticeable. Overall i was quite well insulated, just my hands let me down, surprising how much difference a couple of degrees makes. It was a frosty morning, the first we`ve had down here for a while. My iphone didn`t like it, either - it turned itself of a couple of times (it does tend to do that in the really cold weather) but after in-flight rebooting behaved itself from then on. I`d like Vittorazi to make an option of a small generator to power heated gloves - fix some magnets on the inside of the large reduction pulley with a small stator mounted behind - 12V and 30W would be fine. Could fly in winter for hours, then... Monday is looking very good (for those who don`t have to work)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking1000 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Yes I managed to get a couple of short flights today, perhaps around an hour in total.And had to land because it was pretty cold up there...Yep, I really ought to wear some clothes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cas_whitmore Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Hands get me every time , unless tuck them behind front mount and weight shift , bit boring though to be honest . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffw Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 get your kit out this Sunday, it's flyin time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_k Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Top tip. If you have a choice of field don't choose one near a canal. The weather started very foggy this morning at home, cleared by lunch time but has remained foggy with limited visibility all day at the field, bugger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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