Peter
Matt Jones was the pilot he,s just given up 3D flying to take his gliding licence and was very helpfull in setting up the XLV totally enjoying the experience. I will check out the 401 and adjust. There are two other's now interested in XLV's.

JR Guy

Maiden flight

Tavvy Phil getting ready for it's maiden flight after a crash 2 years ago
The other photo is of his boom lamp and tool box
Will try to post some video later
Peter R

Videos

Just some short clips,just shows the progress getting it into the air,
The 2 Phils did some more flying around, but I was flying my own XLV
Peter R

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Bell 47 GIII Robinson R22

After an on site engine change, the R22 engine ran as it did for it's previous owner, 2 full tanks no problems, new owner changed back to his original oil/petrol mix and the engine started playing up
It seems the Zenoah 230 did not like the 50-1 mix
We normally fly with 66ml to 5000ml(edit)

The newly rebuilt Bell 47's new Zenoah, is now run in

Both heli's flew faultlessly all afternoon, with the higher temperatures not seeming to effect either helicopters

You can see why we favour yellow livery, at distance it is easy to see

Peter R

Not so much flying

Chopper Jockey is now at the finishing stages of a tail rebuild after a JetCat tail output shaft snapped (all JetCat repair work and upgrades free of charge), and he had a tail strike at the end of his blind auto landing
He decided to change the paint scheme to the Bristow livery
Took me an age to mix the colours for the Bristow decals
For me it is the small details that count
Thanks to all the others in our group who use Chopper Jockey's facilities, quite a few wet/windy Saturday afternoons were spent removing the old 2 pack paint
Peter R

Hi Peter, the 212/412? looks great in that paint scheme!
Barry

All helis and planes have an expiration date stamped on them...you only find it after you crash!!

Good Looking

It is amazing how a paint scheme can really pop or not, and this one works great on this heli.. very nice

Stan

AMA 2918-Team Spin Blades,,Castle Creations, Unique Aircraft

Peter, I only use 50-1 Honda HP-2 synthetic and had great luck with it. In fact I run the same oil in all my 2 stroke engines. I also use nothing but NGK plugs and have great success . WP

A new heli

Arrived at the flying field to find this Jet Ranger sitting on the refueling apron
Just here for the day
Did the usual photo shoot, and got a video of it leaving

The Bell 212 is getting ready to maiden after it's rebuild
Peter R

Zenoah G320RC

First flights with the new G320RC in my Alouette II

The Last engine was a Hanson tuned Zenoah, this simple wore out with use
As the G320RC was released last year desided to give it a try

Early signs are promising, will have a better idea after a gallon or so of fuel
Peter R

Waiting for someone to get me out of here

With 3 days of good flying we started to get a little stale with just flying around
i remembered I had made a novelty test for a flyin 10 years ago

GI Joe

A lot of near miss's

Some do it backwards

some get it right

Peter R

That's awesome!

When the LZ is too hot, you gotta get on with the grab-n-go!

Steve

Chopper Jockey, back from a shoot with his full size, tried to sneak up through the trees

This weekend is a forces display, being a garrison town all the services are represented, this full size just dropped vertically, some thing else to watch

Tea break

Just 2 R22's and the Bell47 flew today there was another R22 in the back of my van

Tavvy Phil practicing precision landings

The 2 R22's, the Red one is the latest addition to my fleet

Peter Rob

Southern HeliFest

Took my R22 to the HeliFest, Rich Morris put it through it's paces
The R44, paid a visit and gave a few jolie's to some of the club workers (nice touch) some had never been in a full size before, especially Tim Brown the Chairman
As always a very friendly meet
Peter R

A couple of us managed to get a couple of flights today, no wind and 8 degrees C, you can see the snow on the Moors
Me setting up a Vario electric Equirell
Chopper Jockey flying my old Huey
Pity my phone does not have a tele lens
Peter R

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Charmouth

This year, the first event of the flying year, was a weekend of 4 seasons, I had snow on my way home
Although a bit windy, quite a few of the scale flyers managed a flight
The Sea king is fitted with a Wren 44, in 700/800 mechanics
The Ecureuil, (Squirrel) is the latest to my fleet, electric, used to be turbine, I may go back to the Jackadofsky, now I have managed to get it flying better
Peter R
EDIT

Cool pics. Why switch the squirrel back to turbine Peter?
Barry

All helis and planes have an expiration date stamped on them...you only find it after you crash!!

Full size scale Hughes 500

This is flying in limited air space, pity I only had my mobile
Peter R
If you want to miss out the startup, then go to 4.5minutes

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