bad day

[brin]

a bit long winded but here goes

did you ever have one of those days that just seemed to go wrong from the start .got up 7.30 saw that it was a good looking day so started making plans to get up the club my daughter asked me if i could run her up to the shops ,she was 17 today and she wanted to look good for her big night out .so asked her to go start the car and start scraping the ice off then came DAD the car wont start went out and found the battery was flat so jumped it from another battery but this did not work then i tried another one but this was just as bad ,got the wife's car and tried to jump start from that but this did not work in the meantime my daughter is now getting very frustrated so my wife who was not feeling well took her to the shops i in the mean time went in and put one of the batteries on charge thinking that i need to do this quickly i used my b6 set it for 5As then the power supply packed up so put the battery on the normal charger I am now getting very frustrated as the sun is out and very little wind time is running out finally after cleaning the terminals and useing a partly charged battery the car started yipee chucked all the gear into the car ,the missus came back said i would see her later as i was in a hurry ,got 10mins away and realised i had forgotten my tx (F*****G B****ks) got home and my wife could see the funny side picked up the tx and left again but it was well worth it as i managed to get 3tanks through my rappy and a flight with my acromaster and everything back home in one piece so in the end it turned out well

[Dannyyy]

So it was a Bad-ish day .

I didnt go flying at all today, loaded everything into the car and set off. 5 Minutes Later got a call from Tony saying he just flew his 700 and when he landed it there was lce all over the blades plus it was a bit too foggy anyway. Tony invited me as a guest to another club just down the road from byley and i arranged to meet at this pub could follow behind... (We hadn't even made it on the motorway before Tony rang) anyway i crossed over the M6 bridge and the motorway is at a stand still, just like the other week No chance! so gave up and went home.
Good new though...My Dad's work is moving Barnsley about 3 Minutes walk to Fast Lads Get in!

[David Drew]

Got to Himbleton at about 10.30.

Mike (Heliwilly) turned up to maiden his Rappy.

Lee arrived.

Paul arrived.

ANO arrived.

Shaun & Dave arrived. (With trainer legs for Mike (Heliwilly).

Mike did 3 tanks 'virgining' his Rappy. I did all my helis at least once. Some twice or three times, so all-in-all.................a really great day.

Good to be amongst friends

David

[brin]

So it was a Bad-ish day .

I didnt go flying at all today, loaded everything into the car and set off. 5 Minutes Later got a call from Tony saying he just flew his 700 and when he landed it there was lce all over the blades plus it was a bit too foggy anyway. Tony invited me as a guest to another club just down the road from byley and i arranged to meet at this pub could follow behind... (We hadn't even made it on the motorway before Tony rang) anyway i crossed over the M6 bridge and the motorway is at a stand still, just like the other week No chance! so gave up and went home.
Good new though...My Dad's work is moving Barnsley about 3 Minutes walk to Fast Lads Get in!

must admit i try and avoid the M6 i have never had a good trip on it.some of my mates have gone over to north wales for a few days and after looking at the forcast decided to stay in london ,it's sure looking bad for a few days so i cant see us getting much flying done.

[brin]

Got to Himbleton at about 10.30.

Mike (Heliwilly) turned up to maiden his Rappy.

Lee arrived.

Paul arrived.

ANO arrived.

Shaun & Dave arrived. (With trainer legs for Mike (Heliwilly).

Mike did 3 tanks 'virgining' his Rappy. I did all my helis at least once. Some twice or three times, so all-in-all.................a really great day.

Good to be amongst friends
David

nice turnout dave,only three heli fliers at my club today and three plank fliers but us heli fliers had the upper hand as we fly planks as well, one of the stupid rules at my club no heli only fliers

[callum]

Had the morning planned to fly my new CopterX

Woke up at 8am

Wanted more sleep

set the alarm for 9:30am

Woke up at 8pm

Bit confused and not happy lol

Roll on tommrow lol

[Bart101]

I didn't have such a good weekend myself! Some how I have no working 90's!

Aurora's main gear destroyed it's self

T-Rex 700's head bearing decided they didn't like life anymore

And then...... The SG's tail blades exploded

Not a good weekend

[Geek]

I didn't have such a good day myself! Some how I have no working 90's!

out of 5 thats bad

I just feel ill but thats normal

[brin]

Had the morning planned to fly my new CopterX

Woke up at 8am

Wanted more sleep

set the alarm for 9:30am

Woke up at 8pm

Bit confused and not happy lol

Roll on tommrow lol

what were you drinking the night before

[squeaky pete]

thats ok, i woke up at 7.30, aimin got go out at 9, didnt wake up till 9 lol then i cldnt find my starter shafter for my drill, had a franktic alf hour looking for it, never found, but my heli mate was coming up, said he wld be a hour, got there with my plank flyer mate, 1 hour and 45 mins later my mate turns up went to start up the ely q, glow plug died put in the back up glow which was a tad to hot, gave her a beating, then my mate decked his 450se v2, he wasnt impressed, then i went to start the 700, the glow extention wasnt working properly, so cut it off, so had to take off the canopy to start it, my mates starter didnt hav enuff guts to turn it over good job i brought my drill so i knicked the starter shaft off it ( and who laughed at my dril at charmouth huh?) started her up, had a wicked gentle 3d flight, the thing is.....i cant decribe, its just wow, effortless thru manuvers, neways, landed few clicks of the needle in, then stall, wldnt start again, glow had had it, new glow, wldnt idle, just spitting and once i took the stick of it died, flew ely q in rage, looked really cool, got cold went home, need new glow plugs grrrrr

[brin]

thats ok, i woke up at 7.30, aimin got go out at 9, didnt wake up till 9 lol then i cldnt find my starter shafter for my drill, had a franktic alf hour looking for it, never found, but my heli mate was coming up, said he wld be a hour, got there with my plank flyer mate, 1 hour and 45 mins later my mate turns up went to start up the ely q, glow plug died put in the back up glow which was a tad to hot, gave her a beating, then my mate decked his 450se v2, he wasnt impressed, then i went to start the 700, the glow extention wasnt working properly, so cut it off, so had to take off the canopy to start it, my mates starter didnt hav enuff guts to turn it over good job i brought my drill so i knicked the starter shaft off it ( and who laughed at my dril at charmouth huh?) started her up, had a wicked gentle 3d flight, the thing is.....i cant decribe, its just wow, effortless thru manuvers, neways, landed few clicks of the needle in, then stall, wldnt start again, glow had had it, new glow, wldnt idle, just spitting and once i took the stick of it died, flew ely q in rage, looked really cool, got cold went home, need new glow plugs grrrrr

and who said we do this for fun

[liambaker996]

So it was a Bad-ish day .

I didnt go flying at all today, loaded everything into the car and set off. 5 Minutes Later got a call from Tony saying he just flew his 700 and when he landed it there was lce all over the blades plus it was a bit too foggy anyway. Tony invited me as a guest to another club just down the road from byley and i arranged to meet at this pub could follow behind... (We hadn't even made it on the motorway before Tony rang) anyway i crossed over the M6 bridge and the motorway is at a stand still, just like the other week No chance! so gave up and went home.
Good new though...My Dad's work is moving Barnsley about 3 Minutes walk to Fast Lads Get in!

thats good new you can come and visit me then dannyyy

also yes i had one of them days today charged everything up ready to go
got to the field unpacked got the freya sorted and fuled up
turned everything on plugged in the starter and glow
put on my glow tryed starting and nothingjust turned over and over and over
and the thought hit me i forgot to charge my flight box battery
so plugged it into the car battery and charged it on the triton charger
tryed again this time i just managed to get the heli started then it cut out so tryed re starting and same again nothing it just turned over and over so i think i may have burnt my glow on as i had it heated a tad more than normal due to cold weather
so only got to have 1 battery in marks 450
oh well next time

[squeaky pete]

and now just spent the best part of 2hours trying to get my tail right on the 700 lol

[derrick]

a bit long winded but here goes

did you ever have one of those days that just seemed to go wrong from the start .got up 7.30 saw that it was a good looking day so started making plans to get up the club my daughter asked me if i could run her up to the shops ,she was 17 today and she wanted to look good for her big night out .so asked her to go start the car and start scraping the ice off then came DAD the car wont start went out and found the battery was flat so jumped it from another battery but this did not work then i tried another one but this was just as bad ,got the wife's car and tried to jump start from that but this did not work in the meantime my daughter is now getting very frustrated so my wife who was not feeling well took her to the shops i in the mean time went in and put one of the batteries on charge thinking that i need to do this quickly i used my b6 set it for 5As then the power supply packed up so put the battery on the normal charger I am now getting very frustrated as the sun is out and very little wind time is running out finally after cleaning the terminals and useing a partly charged battery the car started yipee chucked all the gear into the car ,the missus came back said i would see her later as i was in a hurry ,got 10mins away and realised i had forgotten my tx (F*****G B****ks) got home and my wife could see the funny side picked up the tx and left again but it was well worth it as i managed to get 3tanks through my rappy and a flight with my acromaster and everything back home in one piece so in the end it turned out well

That sounds like a bloody good day to bring all your birds home in one piece.
Now let me tell you what a bad day is £110-00 for last weeks crash. lol
Del

[jamiem]

I know that feeling. I've had a few rough weeks. First i stuck the N9 in, only a light one, but still £150 out of pocket, then the freshly re-built SR (which cost me best part of £100) decided it would rather try and run on no fuel, and ate itself alive (it had done about a gallon perfectly!), then i was breaking the 325's on my 450 almost every outing. Today finally it all settled down The N9 was flying like a dream, the 450 came home in one piece (even after i auto'd it from about a gazillion foot and then thought i still had another foot to go - thud!), and got myself an MSR, which is great fun

Chin up, it can only get better