Team Monkey: Flying the Swinger 48

So, it all came together on Saturday.....
We had seven Swinger 48's up and had a ball!!!!

Team Swinger: South Africa from Johann Lochner on Vimeo.
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Team Swinger: South Africa from Johann Lochner on Vimeo.
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Our thanks to Team Monkey UK for the design and support.
Camera work done by Brad and Alain....
And to Vic for his patience,dedication and skill in supporting the Rebels when they don't know what they are doing....

Morne, Vic, Markus, Sean, Johann & Daron.... Donald was a bit late and missed the group photo, but his plane made it!!!

Markus's Swinger

Vic about to launch...

Donald doing his thing!

Sean's Swinger in it's day-glo colour scheme

Daron's Swinger... He says it flys like a kite!!!

Johann's Swinger moving out!!!

Morne's STURDY correx Swinger!!

Wasabi: Total Acrobat Build (Part 1)

The Wasabi is a molded slope soared designed for "Total" aerobatics. It is the fruit of the team work between French acrobat master Jérome Bobin, airfoil designer Thierry Platon and Flybiwo.
The Wasabi has powerful but precise roll and camber control as well as an impressive speed range.Wingspan: 1500mm
Wing area: 26dm2
Aspect ratio: 8,6
Stab area: 5dm2
Length: 980mm
Wing section sym 9%
Tail section: sym 7%
Weight: 1100g
Wing loading: 42g / dm2

Foam marked and ready for shaping.....

Plug sprayed with 3M77 and all
dressed up!

Plug wet out and in the vacuum bag.

Wing roots aligned

Vic fitting the built up wing to the plug for a double check!

Bench flying!!!!
Now the work on the mould starts.....

Waiting for the wind.....

Another day at the slope....

Daron's Trojan

Daron's Trojan from Johann Lochner on Vimeo.

Vemeo Video: Cranking it Up

In future, I'll post the videos in Vemeo format with a slightly larger screen and will be downloadable!
So here is a test.....

Cranking it Up from Johann Lochner on Vimeo.

Cranking it Up

On Saturday afternoon we headed for the Rebel playground.... yes the Slipper!
Maitlands, a nominal distance of 10km as the crow flies had absolutely.....NO WIND! We had a ball!!!

Bogey attack....
Brad and Daron

The Toko doing it's thing! What a pleasure to fly!

And we think planes are fast.... This Bogey would not leave us alone.

Brad's new plane

Maiden launch!!!

And we have to carry all these planes to the ridge... Keeps us fit!

The view makes it all worth it!

Daron's Jart. Still a wonderful plane to fly and the landings keep you on your toes!!

Video: Cranking it Up

The Mig 7 Story "Hermanus"

We all rushed our Correx MiG seven builds!!! We had Team MiG jackets made! We even competed on selected colour schemes..... and it never happened!

The 700km odd trip to Hermanus ended up with the weather letting us down badly!!
This video happened later and at best only got 5 up at the same time...

Mixing it up from Johann Lochner on Vimeo.

The wind blew in the wrong direction on both days!!
The Team MiG photo does not reflect all the members as.... SOME... Slope Rebels abandoned the slopes and headed home earlier!

The Wednesday night build group

Alain's MiG.. .Where is it! Why are we still waiting???
Mike did a fantastic colour scheme on his plane.
Sean with one of his earlier models. Vic Hoxley was going to pilot it in Hermanus!

Shawn Ruth with his

M O N S T E R

colour scheme. The rumor is that it needs some fixing..... And he can't even blame Ashley!(His son)

Sean's latest MiG 7 doing it's rounds

Daron's MiG sporting it's colours

Morne's MiG surprised us all when it made an appearance... Perhaps the "Stang" never recovered after colliding with the Red Bull MiG?????

Gavin with the "repaired Red Bull MiG

Marcus and his lethal looking MiG 7

Mig 7 "Mixing it up"

The Mig 7 Story!

Team Mig 7

M I G 7 VIDEO: MIXING IT UP!!!