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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 12, 2015 22:37:03 GMT 12
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Post by pjw4118 on Feb 13, 2015 14:19:54 GMT 12
Thanks Dave , Ill be there , Saturday at the skateboard park is now cancelled . I am sure the kids would rather see the kites !!!
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Post by No longer identifiable on Feb 13, 2015 19:40:42 GMT 12
Errol and Dave - thanks for "heads up". I went down there this afternoon to see where the aerial action would be, and from what I was told it will be out on what was the old airfield near the defunct boat-building centre. The new road that goes from the old airfield hangars down to the wharf will also open tomorrow, bypassing the short road with traffic lights.
The weather looks good, wind varying from SE round to E and then NE by later in the day, and I'll be there with a bag of kites.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 13, 2015 19:55:13 GMT 12
Get some photos please guys!
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Post by No longer identifiable on Feb 14, 2015 18:23:38 GMT 12
Here’s an update from today (Saturday).
Down on the waterfront there was the usual farmer’s market with a good crowd buying food and drinks. In front of the market were 2 gliders on display with people from the gliding club at Whenuapai answering questions, and a tent had also been set up to help children make small paper kites. I looked at some of these later and wasn’t impressed with the design (bridle in the wrong place) but at least the kids were making something with their own hands and that’s to be commended.
Back up the hill and onto the old grass airfield we had model aircraft from the North Shore club putting on a continuous display to the delight of a decent crowd, and without them the flying side of things would've been a non-event because the wind didn't play ball for kite flying.
I took a bunch of kites but it seemed that the kite flying was intended to be more of a professional display from what appeared to be one guy with a collection of large kites and what we call "line laundry". Because the wind was never strong or continuous he had trouble lifting anything far from the ground, so I decided to come back later to see if things would improve.
In the afternoon the wind was still light and variable, but despite this I managed to intermittently fly a new canard kite I had just finished last week. Meanwhile the kite display bloke had, I think, given up because nothing was flying over on his patch.
If anyone is thinking of going tomorrow then the model aircraft will still make a visit with kids worthwhile, but don’t expect too much from the kite brigade unless the wind improves.
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Post by scrooge on Feb 14, 2015 19:32:02 GMT 12
where was the bridle and where should it have been- probably going tomorrow.
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Post by No longer identifiable on Feb 15, 2015 8:52:54 GMT 12
where was the bridle and where should it have been- probably going tomorrow. The kites were bridled right at the nose, so the kite had no positive pitch. Imagine trying to fly a normal kite by tying the string right on the nose, and you get the idea. The correct position is best determined by holding the kite loosely in the fingers while holding it into a good wind, and moving the position back and forwards on the kite keel until the maximum lift is felt. The wind this morning looks to be better than yesterday, so we may be in luck! |
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Post by scrooge on Feb 15, 2015 12:15:47 GMT 12
When I saw them, I thought that might be the case. didn't make one in the end so no comment on the revised design. The 'professional' kite flyers were up and had a dozen assorted kites going- some traditional delta's some stacked box kites and a large inflated heart shape. The smaller ones were fine but some of the larger ones dropped occasionally when the wind eased, it depended on how active the flyer was in monitoring the indvidual kites. When we got back to Beach Haven and looked back they'd added some other large inflated kites. The model aircraft guys kept going and while no.1 asked if they were going to crash soon (and I herd few others ask the same)the only silly thing I saw was a rc yellow piper cub do some passes near (and on one pass, through) the kites lines. When we left the rc area, there was a guy setting up some WWII fighters- P51, P47 and Tempest, joining the P40. no. 1 was happy- so a good morning out. Photo's from the phone:  "]      |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 15, 2015 14:57:39 GMT 12
Is that seriously Auckland's biggest model aircraft display?
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Post by scrooge on Feb 15, 2015 21:45:40 GMT 12
Yes, I think marketing got a little ahead of themselves writing up the poster and blurb.
Though to be fair, we did leave bit before lunch and there were more aircraft being set up. But still.
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Post by scrooge on Feb 15, 2015 21:51:32 GMT 12
And actually it probably was the biggest display. Being the only display gives you that distinction.
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Post by suthg on Feb 16, 2015 5:55:51 GMT 12
There was an International RC Jet display at Tokoroa Airport - hired for the day, sorry I didn't get there as I was painting a section of the house, but it seems that may have had a more quality display on the same day. If I get my hands on pics I'll share here.
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Post by pjw4118 on Feb 16, 2015 14:03:44 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 16, 2015 22:17:12 GMT 12
Great shots Peter. I like that dinosaur kite!
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