Marginal wind conditions at Mill Hill – Thursday 30 June 2022

A small group of club members met at Mill Hill this morning. Although the wind was not great, I used my wind measurement tool to check wind speed only to find it was around 7.6 MPH. Not great for my SAS Wildthing which needs at least 12 MPH. The focus of todays meeting was to assess the flying ability of one of our newest club members, George K who has not flown for some time. George had arranged to purchase a SAS Wildthing from another club member Richard W. In preparation for this Rob S our club instructor launched the Club SAS Wildthing and passed control over to George who despite a long lay off from flying model aircraft did remarkably well. Richard W arrived later at the slope with the used SAS Wildthing and Richard and Rob set about it to configure it to George’s requirements. We were also very pleased to see Graham W on the slope with his SAS Wildthing 60 which flew remarkably well considering the conditions. I have commented on this issue before that the SAS Wildthing with a shorter wing chord does not fly well in lower wind conditions compared with the Wildthings with the greater wing chords. In summary, a disappointing day for me due to the prevailing wind but a good day for George who by the end of the session now had ownership of a SAS Wildthing but also some stick time on the Club trainer. Graham W enjoyed his time on the hill and our thanks go to Rob S who provided the instruction during the session. All in all not a bad day with good company.