Leprechaun 2 built and ready for its maiden

Finally, after 2 months of building my Leprechaun 2 from Dane-RC is finally finished.

Will try and post some video from her first flight.

Hirwaun Common Winter Soaring in South Wales

I met up with Ian for some light wind slope soaring at Hirwaun Common in South Wales.

The first video is of my Ascot which performs well in light conditions. Drop a bit of thermalling flap and she will float around all day.

Here is Ian's Nan shadow that really does float on nothing. The wind was around 3 - 4 mph but directly onto the slope.

Hiraun Common is located directly above the Tower Colliary at Rhigos, South Wales. The slope is mega with a huge landing area behind for those perfectly controlled landings. Big thanks to Steve (A470 Soaring) for first showing me this site.

Started covering the Lrepchaun 2

Most of the building and RC installation is complete, so the next job is covering. I spent a fortune of a 10m roll of transparent orange and a few pother rolls of coloured Profilm / Oracoat.

The transparent orange goes on well but one issue you I have is that any overlap of film goes from a lovely honey colour to a solid orange colour. Unfortunately, you do have to have overlaps in many places. The fuselage and tail plane now look like a camouflage orange finish.
Time to cover the wings next.

Slope A Tests (Round 1)

Well done to John, Rob P, Mark and Nick for all passing your BMFA Slope 'A' tests today.

The lift was variable and although the wind was blowing well the lift was patchy on occasions and it was quite turbulent close to the slope.  Landing was quite a challenge too as the landing area was still in lift.

Well done guys and thank you very much to Kevin from all of us for your time and patience!

Leprechaun 2 Glider starting to take shape

The first fitting of both Leprechaun 2 wings.

The ailerons, elevator and rudder are built but there are a few snagging issues I have yet to overcome.