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Hi Stew, it has been a long time. Glad to hear you still get some time on the stix. I'm having cataract surgery tomorrow. Getting old sucks, but as my doc says, the alternate sucks worse!

The flying site was empty when I arrived, the Tundra only flew two circuits of the park, then I packed up and left. Total time at the park would have been less than 10 minutes. But it was a fairly exciting ten minutes!!!! At least the Tundra graced me with a smooth landing, and not a tip over.

Thanks Grandad, I see you had a bit of wind recently too. Lotsa sunshine now, almost summer in NZ, but the weather has been rather contrary, rain, wind, and sunshine. The grass is growing like mad.

@@jo2lovid We just had a major storm, lot's of flooding across the country. We were OK 👍👍

Hi Cliff, The North Easterly wind has two slope sites, Taylor's Mistake, and Allandale. Allandale is the preferred site, that's the one that looks down into the harbour, and has the most amazing LZ.

LOL! The Weasal is a great wee bird, and it flies well in both light and heavier winds. You will love it, once you set the dual rates and make sure the COG is in the right spot. Have a blast, and put up some vids!

Well, the flat spin was interesting, and totally unexpected!

Lol, you sound more like a Kiwi than me! The Tundra is having time out for recovery. I still have unfinished repairs on a rapid unplanned disassembly when the Tundra decided a verticle descent from about 30 metres would look cool on video. Except the video recording corrupted due to the impact, and there's nothing to see now except a pile of foam pieces. It will fly again, I just need to get some motivation. The Turbo Timbo is Ok, I need to re-align the left gear back into shape, and then it will be flight worthy again. The better question would be if I will be flight worthy!! I'm got a rather clouded RH cataract, and the flying pleasure is being tainted for now. Depending on the daylight conditions I have real issues seeing the model while I'm flying. 😫

@@jo2lovid Oh, Hell, Jo! Please, get that cataract sorted out ASAP... not just for the RC flying, but everything else in life! It's a really, really straightforward job these days. Sorry to learn about the IKEA Tundra 😞 Never Stop The RC!

That cataract is causing me issues with work as well, since I work at a computer all day, not being able to see things clearly on the monitor has become a nuisance. I have thought it is about time to get the thing sorted, so I should get to see an ophthalmologist soon. The Tundra is in that almost assembled, but some of the screws went missing, and now I'm stuck sort of state! I'll get there, the moment I get around to it!

I was sure I was in front of the verticle post, even the guys looking on were surprised. At least the damage is superficial, and Timbo will be flying next weekend if the conditions are Ok.

A rather cold morning, and the wind was lumpy bumpy. The others were reluctant to fly. I think I should have been as well. Ah well, the goal post is fine, and I got some interesting footage for a RUclips vid!

Once I set some dual rate the Weasel became flyable for me, and it's a fun model for light to medium strength wind. My MiniVec just loves High wind. Anything over 15 knots is ab fab!!! The MV can stop on a dime when I dial in the Crow, and landing is a breeze at Allandale, with the nice grassy LZ. Not sure if you've seen the Tom Cat Evo big air vid? That landing was like an elevator. The kitty stopped in mid air, and descended straight down to the grass. Allandale certainly is just a great sloping zone. It's part of the Canterbury Port Hills, which is the remains of a volcanic caldera. It gives us lots of different wind direction LZ options to fly from. I'm just very fortunate to slope in Christchurch.

My initial problem was with the full rates on the control surfaces. Once I reduced these, the Weasel flew pretty well. I'm used to DLG type launches for wings, so am now stuck in the rut with that method for getting the Weasel into the air. I've not had problems since setting the rates. Also, I'm trying to avoid adding extra weight into the model. I'd prefer using it in light wind, so adding weight extra weight is a concern. I've managed to avoid damage to the leading edge of the wing so far. 🤩

Defo a fun wee UMX to throw around the sky! It does fly really fast, so it could be a handful if you tried to fly this inside.🤔😃

CA & CF spars. It's holding together Ok, even a dodgy landing this morning, when I stalled 2 metre above ground and the nose took the brunt of the landing. :(

There were lotsa pieces from the disassembly process. The 1mmx3mm spars held with CA really work well to stitch the foam together again.

The Conscendo does have a nice leading edge on its wing, but the fuse is a bit weak, and could have done with some CF spars, rather than the ply used to firm up the up/down flex in the tail. But it does repair well, no real problems there.

Might sound strange, but I subjectively think it is flying better than before the crash. Yay!

The wee Waco UMX sure is a cool model.

LOL! This pilot is sometimes a ID - TEN - T But the little Waco does fly very well straight out of the box. Highly recommended!

The Waco has ailerons on both wings on the bipe. So a lot of control surface area. Same config as the Pits S1. Makes the UMX lotsa fun to fly. Next flight I'll check out its invert capability. 😍

Easy peesy. Just flew 'solid as' straight out of the box!

Thanks Collin. Have you tried slope soaring yourself? Fun times! Definition of SLOPE:" Smashed, Lost, or Pulverised Eventually! LOL!

Thanks. ⚡

It roams across the LZ, jumping up into planes at the most inconvenient times!!! 😎

Thanks Jeff. Summer in NZ. I like flying with clouds in the background, adds a nice dimension for the plane to be silhouetted against.

I usually ask people if they're seen Kay. (If you see Kay) It's very frustrating when Kay disappears during my 'crashes'.

Ouch, just got to the 'landing'. That must be annoying 😢😢

Rocks leaping into the flight path are very frustrating!

Blue sky, and bitterly cold. I had my gloves, but forgot my beanie, so my ears were aching after a while.

The crash occurred November, and the Conscendo still isn't fixed. So not a quick repair. But it will be repaired, eventually????!

Hi Gina, the naughty rock that clobbered the Conscendo just appeared out of no-where! I was most crest fallen afterwards. It should be repairable, but it has joined the pile of 'do later' tasks that track my procrastination. It will get done eventually!!

Have glue, have CF bar stock, even have hot glue. Just a bit short of time. But the Conscendo will fly again soon. 😃

Hi Andrew. You are correct. Sugar Loaf. I had a brain fart. Much like when flying into that rock! Happy new year!

Hi Jeff, long time, no see. Have you moved away from your slope sites, or have regulations ended the slope option? Christchurch is blessed with fantastic site options, to deal with almost all wind options. The port Hills are a volcanic caldera, so lotsa vistas, depending on how far we are prepared to travel.

I had a decent bruise for about a week, but I'm all good. I definitely now know where the drain is located at the Taylor Mistake LZ!! I'll try to avoid doing that again. 😁

Check out the low, slow and inverted AXN vid. That is one I'm quite proud of. Thanks for checking out my back catalogue. 😄

Oh dear, I just watched it too. What a mess, I've tried to get my flying much smoother since then. However, it is a shame that Hobby King no longer offer this model for sale. It is an excellent trainer craft.

Whoa!! just caught the trick landing at the end. Could you repeat that please 😁😁

This site is indeed our most handy flying site, but the landing zone does somewhat preclude some of my larger CF / glass models as there isn't much grassy landing zones. I use quite a bit of the copyright free use music from Zero-Project. They allow free use for YT vids.

LOL!, I don't know how I ended in that potential mess. I'm pleased I escaped without damage. Doubt I could replay that move anytime in the future again! 🤔

It did spit a few raindrops, from time to time, but so intermittant we sometimes weren't really sure it would start raining. But the wind was great to go sloping, so we ignored the few drops. 😍

All good at the slope. It was the landing that was dodgy. I have no idea how I managed to land almost on a knife edge!

You and me both!

Turns out the Lightning V2 was totally at home on the slope. It does have a rather thin wing profile, but it still picked up tons of lift, right from the launch on. I was worried about the landing, but somehow I managed to park it in the long grass right on the edge of the road. Even missed the drain I fell into last week!

It sure is!

Thanks. The Durafly Tundra is fantastic for throwing around the sky. It's great for aerobatricks. I'd still like to get my head around knife edge flying though.

Greets Gina.The Lightning v2 is described as a 'warm liner'. I don't think it's that fast, but it does cut through the sky faster than my true gluders. It does float well enough, but my main intent is to use it on the slope. I've already sloped it, but the video footage was not Good. 😥

Hiya Gina, all the best for 2024. Have a great year flying with the captain.

Lol. Better than falling down a cliff on some of the other slopes! Just some bruises this time though, so I got lucky I guess. 😏

I hope you have a great 2024 Cliff. A beautiful, calm, summer day here in Christchurch, it got to 28°C late this avo. Hope your winter isn't too onerous. 😁

Just a bruised knee. I did utter an explitive at the time! Hope you are well Andrew. Happy New Year!

Thanks Dan. The perfek day for it! 1st of Jan, on a lovely new years day morning. Nice and warm, no wind, and just a great day to go fly a new machine.

Bruised knee for about a week. At least I now know where to NOT step off the road down the hill now! Happy new year. I hope 2024 goes well for you.

Back at you grandad. Have a great 2024.