The Jetstream effect still continues. Low cloud, showers and strong winds all conspired to prevent flying today. In fact, the Jetstream topic is causing so much debate that a Jetstream forecast has been added to the RASP Forecast page of the club website.
We welcomed visitors Terry McCauliffe and Nick Borst-Smith to the club today who had arrived hoping that the weather would clear, but they were disappointed like the rest of us. They did avail themselves of the simulator and will be back soon.
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| Working on the Bocian |
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| The refurbished undercarriage ( amazing what you can get excited about ) |
The Bocian undercarriage refurbishment was completed today with the refitting of the frame, wheel and new rubber bands. I know it sounds odd that it has rubber bands in the suspension but these are BIG. They look like the “bungees” that you might be use to hold things to a roof rack but they are thicker than your thumb and it is impossible to stretch them by hand. The Bocian uses 2 loops of these twisted to form 8 strands.
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| Chris provided this picture of the bungees. He referred to them as "knicker elastic". Now that's a scary thought |
The other excitement today was the arrival of club member John Blaskett with his new glider in tow. The DG100 incited quite a lot of interest. We look forward to seeing it flying soon.
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| New owner John Blaskett and DG100. The registration is interesting. Did it once belong to a sailor? |
Steve
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