TOPIC: Old Warden May 2024

Hi guys,
I hope to see a few a few of you guys at this meeting on 18 & 19 May. The weather forecast (writing this on the Wednesday before) is 'not too bad' with lightish winds and some rain.

I hope to be there as I have lots of motors to shift. At worst, I shall plonk myself in the SAM tent if it rains. At best, I hope to be on the flying field, even if I do have to be in a wheel chair. My KK Rapier and Jigtime Arrowjet are raring to go.



and then there's Roj Reese's Thunderstreak (a rather nice Mike Stuart design originally for Rapier L-2) ....



And his ambitious OD XB 46



Onwards and upwards!

Nice models! I'm looking forward to videos and photo's of the day, Roger (for those of us overseas who can't attend these events).

Hi guys, well, we had a good day on the Saturday. The field wwas quite damp up to mid-mornong, but the winds were lighter than forecast, the rain stayed away and the sun came out in the afternoon. Here are just a few photos to give a flavour of the fun we had .



Above: Daniel Rackstraw was definitely the star of the show. Here he is with his Cutlass, Skystreak, Bell X-1E and X-15. All had some splendid flights.



Above: Andy Blackwell was a real trouper helping me trim and launch my models and retrieving my wayward Jetex Viper. He had fun with a T-38.



Above: nice action shots of Andy with my new Arrowjet. It made a good flight after adding 5 grams of Blue-Tack noseweight and a rather more potent TSP L-2.



Above: similarly, the KK Rapier needed some sorting out, but we got there inthe end!

It was great to see John Digby with his new Skyray. It needed a motor mount, so John, like Andy, spent time retrieving and giving out good advice to all and sundry!



Above: John with his colourful Skyray and with my venerable F-15. This had just made a really wonderful flight and I was so pleased John was there to fetch it back!



Above: Roger Reese had brought a grand selection of models with him, and kept Daniel and Andy busy trimming them out! All had potential, but they needed, perhaps, a bit more power than the 2022- 2023 TSP L-2s provided.



Above: Roj with his unique XB-46. He says he'll be back next time with some TSP L-3 motors!



Above: expert opinon (thank you, Daniel and Andy) was that the Thunderflash needed more oomph to climb away out of ground effect.



So I went home a very happy Bunny, if now short of 200 mN L-2 motors. I was too tired, however, to go back on the Sunday.

Brilliant, thanks. So glad to see you guys having fun. Here's to next time.

Short of 200's cus we burnt em all boi! - I noticed Hadi is also 'short' of motors. I hoping this isnt a trend.