Saturday's flying at Bo Peep

Yesterday a group of us met up on top of Bo Peep where we graced with a very nice NE wind. I wore a T shirt up on the hill in a Northerly wind which has got to be a first for this year. The lift was strong first thing and got better as the wind strengthened. Robin (our newest member) joined us with his own designed and build wing. He and his model flew very well in the strong wind and finished it all off with a nice landing. Then full of confidence Robin had a go at flying my Merlow F3F which he flew no problem. Rob P was tearing up the sky with his various models and also did lots of nice landings. Ian flew his Stingray and the Jedi. We all sat and watched as his Jedi ripped the slope at such a speed but with very little effort. I flew my Stingray but a little more sedately than Ian as well as the Merlow. I had the pleasure of two bumpy arrivals on landing with both models and ended up with two poorly models. The Stingray lost its elevator servo (came un bonded from the tail) and I snapped the aileron servo horn on the Merlow. It was one of those days that the model was a few feet above the ground when it suddenly got slammed into the deck. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. You wouldn't expect me to admit to two crappy landings now would you?

The wind then went more Easterly (ENE) as forecast and was now off the slope which meant the lift became lighter but the wind was getting stronger making it rough on landing. Time to pack up and decamp to the pub for a pint of Harvey's..........