Been Flying

Haven't heard of a Macro-Wot - are you sure it wasn't an Acro-Wot?

Well, the forecast of heavy cloud, strong winds, and rain were true!
BUT
Not here! I got to the field for 0930 (ish), and got the cabin open and the windsock up, although why I bothered with it I don't know - it just dangled limply all day, with occasional flickers of movement! The wind was about 2mph from the South, and the sun was blazing down from a nearly blue sky - just little whispy bits of cotton wool WAAAAY up.
I'd taken the Decathlon, the Tango glider, the Kobus glider, and my Blade helicopter.
First up was the Decathlon (of course), then a cuppa.
There was a lovely perfume wafting across the field, because the farmer was muck-spreading on the adjacent one! The joys of the countryside! 
Then Graham and Alan arrived, so after some chatter, I mowed the runway.
Mike was next to arrive, and put his big glider together.
In fits and starts a few more arrived, possibly put off by the incorrect dire weather forecast!
I put the Kobus and the Tango together, then flew the Blade heli, because the battery was 'done'. That's the first heli flight in about six months, so I didn't do anything spectacular, just some hovering, turns, then zooms forward and stop, - just getting my fingers used to tiny control movements again!
Jeff W wanted me to try flying his Texan/Harvard again, having sorted out the engine's missing bolts. So I checked it over, pointed out that an engine mounting bolt had worked loose again, and a nut had fallen off the exhaust clamp bolt! Some muttering and rummaging in the odds and sods box produced the required bits.
OK, engine started, controls checked that they went the right way. Taxi out, line up, full power, and it was off - about six inches, when it promptly flick-rolled left! Crunch! Left wingtip - nose - right wingtip - tail feathers  splat!
After we'd picked the bits up, he went back to flying his Tundra.
Later I flew my Kobus, this time with the bigger battery, to bring the c of g forward a bit. With a 4S3300 it was a bit nervous in pitch, so I'd put a heavier 4S5000 in, and that made the world of difference. Once I'd got it trimmed out with the new balance, it was charging around the sky like it knew what it was doing. Again, I didn't do much with it, just circles and thermal chasing. (there were a few weak ones) but even the Buzzards and Gulls were flapping. With half flap, the landing was quite fast and long. John R said it came in a bit hot. Then he flew his Gladiator biplane for a while, but on landing it flipped onto it's back. I called that I might have done three touch and go's as I landed mine, but it ended up the right way up! I won't repeat what he said!
Later, I flew the Blade heli again, then the Decathlon. 
As everyone was leaving at about 4, I put a new battery in the Kobus, and began throwing it around a little, getting used to how it behaved. It loops nicely, and rolls quite rapidly considering the wingspan, so I tried a couple of four-pointers. I found that it has a nice whistle to it, in a low pass with power off!
A couple more flights with the Decathon, then I called it a day, as it was quarter to six!
When I checked what was left in the Kobus batteries, I found that the first one still had 63%, and the second one 61%, I meant to check how long the flights were, but forgot. I think both were about half an hour long.
(note to self - start the stop-watch next time!)
 

Well, the forecast of heavy cloud, strong winds, and rain were true!
BUT
Not here! I got to the field for 0930 (ish), and got the cabin open and the windsock up, although why I bothered with it I don't know - it just dangled limply all day, with occasional flickers of movement! The wind was about 2mph from the South, and the sun was blazing down from a nearly blue sky - just little whispy bits of cotton wool WAAAAY up.
I'd taken the Decathlon, the Tango glider, the Kobus glider, and my Blade helicopter.
First up was the Decathlon (of course), then a cuppa.
There was a lovely perfume wafting across the field, because the farmer was muck-spreading on the adjacent one! The joys of the countryside! 
Then Graham and Alan arrived, so after some chatter, I mowed the runway.
Mike was next to arrive, and put his big glider together.
In fits and starts a few more arrived, possibly put off by the incorrect dire weather forecast!
I put the Kobus and the Tango together, then flew the Blade heli, because the battery was 'done'. That's the first heli flight in about six months, so I didn't do anything spectacular, just some hovering, turns, then zooms forward and stop, - just getting my fingers used to tiny control movements again!
Jeff W wanted me to try flying his Texan/Harvard again, having sorted out the engine's missing bolts. So I checked it over, pointed out that an engine mounting bolt had worked loose again, and a nut had fallen off the exhaust clamp bolt! Some muttering and rummaging in the odds and sods box produced the required bits.
OK, engine started, controls checked that they went the right way. Taxi out, line up, full power, and it was off - about six inches, when it promptly flick-rolled left! Crunch! Left wingtip - nose - right wingtip - tail feathers  splat!
After we'd picked the bits up, he went back to flying his Tundra.
Later I flew my Kobus, this time with the bigger battery, to bring the c of g forward a bit. With a 4S3300 it was a bit nervous in pitch, so I'd put a heavier 4S5000 in, and that made the world of difference. Once I'd got it trimmed out with the new balance, it was charging around the sky like it knew what it was doing. Again, I didn't do much with it, just circles and thermal chasing. (there were a few weak ones) but even the Buzzards and Gulls were flapping. With half flap, the landing was quite fast and long. John R said it came in a bit hot. Then he flew his Gladiator biplane for a while, but on landing it flipped onto it's back. I called that I might have done three touch and go's as I landed mine, but it ended up the right way up! I won't repeat what he said!
Later, I flew the Blade heli again, then the Decathlon. 
As everyone was leaving at about 4, I put a new battery in the Kobus, and began throwing it around a little, getting used to how it behaved. It loops nicely, and rolls quite rapidly considering the wingspan, so I tried a couple of four-pointers. I found that it has a nice whistle to it, in a low pass with power off!
A couple more flights with the Decathon, then I called it a day, as it was quarter to six!
When I checked what was left in the Kobus batteries, I found that the first one still had 63%, and the second one 61%, I meant to check how long the flights were, but forgot. I think both were about half an hour long.
(note to self - start the stop-watch next time!)
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Added days later - Does anyone bother to read this stuff, or am I wasting my time?
 

Wot did?    - - - Oh the Acro - ! There's the Wot 4 trainer, and the Wot's Wot biplane, all in the same Chris Foss range. I think there was a Uno Wot as well,but I can't recall having seen one. I once made a rip copy of the Acro  and called it the Wot Izzit. 
There are also a couple of slope gliders - all wearing the same colour scheme.

I would suspect the transmitter isn't functioning correctly. Try a good squirt of switch-cleaner on the pots, to see if it is just accumulated muck on the tracks or wipers.

It was still drizzling, - that horrible fine misty stuff that sneaks up on you, So I didn't go until about 9.30.
Of course nobody turned up until 1130.
Alan and Graham were first. Neither of them had brought models.
A while later, Mark arrived, and he hadn't brought anything either. Stew was next, followed by Mike who wasn't flying anything, and finally John R. He'd brought his big Tiger Moth, and his Kwik Fli. As his Moth had been parked up over winter, because it was a calm day model, is anyone reading this, it must have been resting on something, as the wing was slightly warped, making the trim tricky. So after a break, he flew his Kwik Fli, misjudged the landing, and broke the propellor. That was his flying over.
Stew flew his lightweight fun-fly a couple of times, but wasn't happy with the control throws, it was still too lively for him.
I'd taken my Decathlon, the Kobus, and the Twin Shark, but by the time the rain had stopped, I'd lost enthusiasm, so just joined in the chatter. 

I suspect that the regular non-flyers are merely escaping the family for a while!
Alan hasn't flown for years, Graham does sometimes, he's been teaching a real youngster on Saturdays - who by all accounts is flying better than Graham can, now! Neil sometimes comes on his motorbike, so carrying models isn't easy. Mark is in the process of building a big model - but that seems to be taking a long time!
Due to natural attrition, our actively flying group is slowly getting smaller.

I've sneaked in "is anyone" twice, now, and Jon is the only one to notice!