HW 4 FLAMINGO 1:3.5 SCALE

[Olli]

Hallo cw,

Nice work, what a beautiful model.

Regards Olli
www.oliver-theede-oldtimersegler.de

[Milan Bodzan]

Hello CW!

It´s a very nice model.
I watched it during its construction.

Milan Bodzan

[patte de loup]

Hi Chris
Congratulations
How to say...... no word ... too much....
Pat'

[cw]

Thank you gentlemen, all I have to do now is finish drawing the plan and make the video
Here is a small preview...

[Rusjan]

Speechless ....

Btw: Just working on ailerons for the Minimoa, so that buildnig instruction came just at the
right time ...


Regards !

Uroš

[Jürgen]

VERY, VERY, VERY GOOD JOB !!!


Good luck with this great sail plane.
Jürgen

[czirh]

Hi Chris ,
very good job..!
Congratulations

[cw]

A fabulous day at White Sheet yesterday...video soon

[erwan]

Hello
Very nice pictures

A great glider as like as your other made!!

[de Schaetzen Harold]

Again a lucky day.
You are really flying in the UK? Not along the Mediterranean sea?
Very romantic pictures.
We are all waiting for your video.

Harold

[Laurent Beldame]

Sir;

One could say : "Never in the field of vintage sailplanes was so much owed by so many to so few...."

With this model among many others since many years your're definitely one of "the few" .....of our community

Hope that the old Winston with his big cigar will forgive me from where he is...

L

[cw]

Just a minor historical note, Laurent... Winston Churchill and I share the same birthday

(Video nearly ready, Harold)

[cw]

Enjoy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXYjkNDy0F4

[de Schaetzen Harold]

Dear Chris,

As usual from you, beautiful video, good presentation and great flying conditions.
A lot of Classic planes on the site. You must motivate a lot of friends in the region?

Somme comments and questions:
Sometimes the Flamingo is flying at nearly zero ground speed.
Not enough penetration? Too thick profile? Too much wind? Too light for those wind conditions?
I notice also some turbulent flying, even some instability. Are you “over controlling” your glider? Or again too much wind?

Are you using the same camera as for the Steinadler? Which brand and model?

Again congratulations.

Harold

[czirh]

In addition to being a good modeler, you are also a great film producer.
A great flight.

Very motivating.
When my leg is better, my Fafnir construction will start again ..

Congratulations.
Greetings..

Cem

[cw]

Harold, there was quite a lot of wind that day, maybe 25Kph, and it was sometimes gusty near the ground (where I like to fly ) There is no instability in the model's handling, as perhaps the stall demonstrates?
The HQ35 section has good penetration, even with 14% at the root. The only downside at the moment lies in the ineffectiveness of the spoilers, but that will be cured by programming more up-aileron in the Tx.

I'm still using the Flycamone2, but with the 1000Mah Extreme clip-on battery, which cures all the problems the camera had previously...

[Orionis]

Congratulations for this flight and the video (and music) quality!

[de Schaetzen Harold]

On the Sohaj, 3.75 m, weight less then 5 kg, I have the HQ 3.15 – 12 wing section.
After long trials and problems in the beginning, because of wrong thrust line adjustments, it is now flying perfectly.

I confirm, this is really an excellent section for our gliders. It can be used for low and fast speed. Penetration also is excellent.

Your Flamingo is larger and I can understand that 14% is better adapted.

Harold

[Zeitweise]

[cw]

Alexander, all I have is the information in Martin Simons' book, 'Sailplanes 1945-65'. After that, I used my imagination

[Zeitweise]

Dear Chris,

I only found these pictures on the Internet, seems to be an early version...






Regards
Alexander

[cw]

Yes, Martin sent me these pictures too... I think this is the Flamingo some years later with some terrible modifications to the canopy. I was happy to go by the 3-view drawings in the book instead!

[Zeitweise]

[Zeitweise]

By the way please notice the nice glider (twoseater) on the left is a Spallinger S25!

Regards
Alexander

[caralp_laurent]

Hi Chris,
congratulations for your new super glider !
And thank's for sharing your video with us, it shows many other magnificent gliders.
The slope seems to be great, too !

Bye

Lolométéo

[cw]

Thank you for the information Alexander: I can believe the cockpit being modified at some stage, but probably not the position of the tailplane...never mind

The Spalinger 25 is on my list too...!

Laurent, global warming has been kind to us this year, bringing back the westerly winds...

[Zeitweise]