Casper Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 (edited) Edited May 11, 2018 by Casper just being silly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 I like sticking one foot in the rape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The80s Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 12 hours ago, custom-vince said: I love flying over all the rape. My local farmers have a lot of rape this time of year. Good time of year for a lot of rape in the fields when the suns out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom-vince Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 Couple of fun flights recently. Flew over Grafham waters. Trainers were a bad choice, not ideal anyway but it was nice. The problem is damp grass on landing causes a long difficult slide, that happened last time I wore them and landed late on damp grass. Fine in the dry. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom-vince Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 This flight with a different camera position, chest mounted, nothing much happened, just a bimble about, met some friends in the air. The key realisation on this flight was how much equipment has moved on over the years. Often talk about economy, efficiency etc. I was flying at an average speed after accounting for wind 48kmh while burning 3lph on a 19m wing.. to put that in perspective one of my early machines way back when would burn 9 litres in 1hour 15min at 25kmh. That is huge leaps in performance. The difference it makes to me is also huge. I launch lighter 24kg with the lesser fuel instead of 36kg brimmed, I go further and get there faster. Locally to me this means instead of flying one village away and back and not launching in anything over 5mph head wind due to slow speed with wind gradient. I now take in 2 towns, 4 villages all on less than 5 litres of fuel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 I think your tiny wing might help with fuel. I'll bet mine has nearly double the drag!...well 50% more at least. 4.25 to 4.5 litres/hour! Lovely slow landings though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom-vince Posted June 14, 2018 Author Share Posted June 14, 2018 (edited) sometimes I like to get high... no really its not always low flying. Flew out on this fairly cloudy day, but just got outside my local airport hub and could climb a bit then and look back of the cloud. Love little surprise moment like that, looked stunning. Edited June 14, 2018 by custom-vince 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom-vince Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 got a bit of a gallery going, so may as well add another. Flying nearer the coast in a quick mini meet and fly. I was on the magnetic 23m, some others got to play on the freeride 19. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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