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oooh an aeroplane thread... cooooolllll.

i myself am a big fan of planes.

last year when lockdown started, i started building model planes that are meant to fly....

at the moment i have around 20 planes in my room, and i am building way to many each month...

hoping to start flying them in 2 weeks time once i've ordered my lipo batteries.........

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Just now, Matthew du preez said:

oooh an aeroplane thread... cooooolllll.

i myself am a big fan of planes.

last year when lockdown started, i started building model planes that are meant to fly....

at the moment i have around 20 planes in my room, and i am building way to many each month...

hoping to start flying them in 2 weeks time once i've ordered my lipo batteries.........

did lockdown start last year or the year before???

*big black void in time*

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On 6/18/2021 at 8:47 AM, SwissVan said:

Our little apron was pretty busy the last week.

School kids being trained how to ride their bicycles, they have marked out a little course on the unused piece of apron (this is what happens when the community own the airport ????) and are supervised by the local police. 

 

 

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Here almost every town has a test track for the kids to learn and prepare for their "Cycling license".  Just we don't have cool planes parked on them.  Otherwise I would have been there more often to practice.

 

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On 6/21/2021 at 5:11 PM, Matthew du preez said:

oooh an aeroplane thread... cooooolllll.

i myself am a big fan of planes.

last year when lockdown started, i started building model planes that are meant to fly....

at the moment i have around 20 planes in my room, and i am building way to many each month...

hoping to start flying them in 2 weeks time once i've ordered my lipo batteries.........

Welcome. Post some pics and don't be scarce.

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Today I flew up to San Francisco for the day from LA. Was overcast at 800 feet on arrival but had cleared really nicely for the departure. Took off from 01L in an enthusiastic crosswind. Left turn out to head south to Van Nuys. Lekker flying. Trip back was over 10 mins longer, NOCAL control had us down to M.72!

I have just 6 PF sectors on the beast now, loving it!0BF6DC36-CE88-45FC-83D2-63E102068EA0.jpeg.c31a032a8f37d2280da18ff1126b2b80.jpeg60989A68-BAA4-4F31-80D1-1CF827AF6260.jpeg.9c42b11a4a642525bb2ccc856105b3f7.jpeg

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15 hours ago, Spokey said:

Today I flew up to San Francisco for the day from LA. Was overcast at 800 feet on arrival but had cleared really nicely for the departure. Took off from 01L in an enthusiastic crosswind. Left turn out to head south to Van Nuys. Lekker flying. Trip back was over 10 mins longer, NOCAL control had us down to M.72!

I have just 6 PF sectors on the beast now, loving it!0BF6DC36-CE88-45FC-83D2-63E102068EA0.jpeg.c31a032a8f37d2280da18ff1126b2b80.jpeg60989A68-BAA4-4F31-80D1-1CF827AF6260.jpeg.9c42b11a4a642525bb2ccc856105b3f7.jpeg

 

Surprised they didn't buy a plane with two engines....... ????

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10 hours ago, DJR said:

It is related to Cannondale and sports a Lefty????

Nice one!

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On 6/26/2021 at 11:15 PM, Bonus said:

 

Surprised they didn't buy a plane with two engines....... ????

Does look so weird, you'd think you would still see the cowling a bit but the angle is obviously just too big.

 

@Spokey that is a damn fine plane that. Enjoy.

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On 6/26/2021 at 7:43 AM, Spokey said:

Today I flew up to San Francisco for the day from LA. Was overcast at 800 feet on arrival but had cleared really nicely for the departure. Took off from 01L in an enthusiastic crosswind. Left turn out to head south to Van Nuys. Lekker flying. Trip back was over 10 mins longer, NOCAL control had us down to M.72!

I have just 6 PF sectors on the beast now, loving it!0BF6DC36-CE88-45FC-83D2-63E102068EA0.jpeg.c31a032a8f37d2280da18ff1126b2b80.jpeg60989A68-BAA4-4F31-80D1-1CF827AF6260.jpeg.9c42b11a4a642525bb2ccc856105b3f7.jpeg

that must be a joy to fly.. 

i'm hoping to start getting my pilots license next year.... i can't wait

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On 6/28/2021 at 9:44 AM, Long Wheel Base said:

Does look so weird, you'd think you would still see the cowling a bit but the angle is obviously just too big.

 

@Spokey that is a damn fine plane that. Enjoy.

Thanks, yes, it is very long.  I did not even notice until the comment was made ????. Does look odd! She is a very fine machine to fly.

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On 6/28/2021 at 11:38 PM, Matthew du preez said:

that must be a joy to fly.. 

i'm hoping to start getting my pilots license next year.... i can't wait

It is a joy indeed Mathew, great performance. Good luck with your flying training!

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7169AD9B-8649-4340-A20C-C02A04F7D0F1.jpeg.e4733817b7ea52890dd1b8f586005fe1.jpegA bit of a read for those who may be interested. I am a big fan of our new aeroplane and here is a little of what the machine is capable of as achieved on our long sector yesterday. We flew Seattle to Dubai, normally the preserve of long range airliners like the Triple 7ER. It was extraordinarily hot in Seattle for our scheduled take off time of 1630 local on Monday. We managed to load 50500lbs of fuel against a max of 51850 but I was happy as the OAT was 39c. Runway 32L out of KBFI showed a take off run of 6200 ft out of the 10000 ft runway. In any event Rotation started at the 4000 foot marker from a rolling take off. Climb out was at M.83 straight to FL 410 with an average ISA of +14. We were 20 mins early which was a bonus due to the rising temperatures in Seattle which would have left us obstacle restricted on take off just 2 degrees hotter. Updating the winds aloft brought us another 22 mins early which became a problem as the runway at OMDB was only opening at 1800 Local on Tuesday. So our LRC of M.85 was reduced to M.83. We crossed Oceanic at FL410 climbing to FL450 at 30West. Random route north of the Nat Tracks took us to 68North. Monitoring our ETA we were able to accelerate to M.85 and also climb to FL 490 with 5 hours to go. Over all we had a flight time of 14 hours 55 landing with 4600 lbs of fuel from a ground distance of 7145 nm.  I am very impressed with the aeroplane and the quietness overall. The pics show a little gen like the low fuel flow at altitude and the low cabin alt which remains lower than Joburgs elevation even at that high Flight Level. If anyone notices the high N2 reading it is not alarming! It is well below the max of 114.9.

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2 hours ago, Spokey said:

7169AD9B-8649-4340-A20C-C02A04F7D0F1.jpeg.e4733817b7ea52890dd1b8f586005fe1.jpegA bit of a read for those who may be interested. I am a big fan of our new aeroplane and here is a little of what the machine is capable of as achieved on our long sector yesterday. We flew Seattle to Dubai, normally the preserve of long range airliners like the Triple 7ER. It was extraordinarily hot in Seattle for our scheduled take off time of 1630 local on Monday. We managed to load 50500lbs of fuel against a max of 51850 but I was happy as the OAT was 39c. Runway 32L out of KBFI showed a take off run of 6200 ft out of the 10000 ft runway. In any event Rotation started at the 4000 foot marker from a rolling take off. Climb out was at M.83 straight to FL 410 with an average ISA of +14. We were 20 mins early which was a bonus due to the rising temperatures in Seattle which would have left us obstacle restricted on take off just 2 degrees hotter. Updating the winds aloft brought us another 22 mins early which became a problem as the runway at OMDB was only opening at 1800 Local on Tuesday. So our LRC of M.85 was reduced to M.83. We crossed Oceanic at FL410 climbing to FL450 at 30West. Random route north of the Nat Tracks took us to 68North. Monitoring our ETA we were able to accelerate to M.85 and also climb to FL 490 with 5 hours to go. Over all we had a flight time of 14 hours 55 landing with 4600 lbs of fuel from a ground distance of 7145 nm.  I am very impressed with the aeroplane and the quietness overall. The pics show a little gen like the low fuel flow at altitude and the low cabin alt which remains lower than Joburgs elevation even at that high Flight Level. If anyone notices the high N2 reading it is not alarming! It is well below the max of 114.9.

94B87938-EA80-4395-84B3-8C4BB649A623.jpeg.a97bf2339d5aae94e0c7edb11aae5731.jpeg3B5E49EB-F2FA-47CB-90DC-CBA8E7EE60D3.jpeg.bd09bf401c1966c82cc7289ff00ce1c5.jpeg4F9DD69C-DD34-4054-A8B6-ADF4C4A83D9F.jpeg.db72ce132354d33b8a072ed1cf6f8d38.jpeg

 

is that microsoft flight sim??

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