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Slingsby Kestrel 19

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Antonia
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Joined: 17 Mar 2015, 22:30
Location: Oxfordshire

Re: Slingsby Kestrel 19

Post by Antonia »

What a brilliant job you have made of the rebuild Brian, looks great :D
simon_t
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Joined: 17 Mar 2015, 21:45
Location: Herne Bay, Kent

Re: Slingsby Kestrel 19

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Looks fantastic Brian - was great to catch up on the weekend and a shame you weren’t quite finished on the Kestrel as it is such a pretty glider.

Simon
Mike F
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Joined: 18 Mar 2015, 14:08
Location: Gloucestershire

Re: Slingsby Kestrel 19

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Very nice Brian.

Particularly impressed with the quality of the rattle can paintwork.

Mike
B Sharp

Re: Slingsby Kestrel 19

Post by B Sharp »

Thank you lady and gentlemen for all your kind comments.

Last Sunday I was in my T-shirt flying in beautiful thermals at Buckminster and today I am wrapped up like Michelin Man in a 16 to 25mph wind on my local slope. That’s right; I was performing the maiden flights of my Kestrel 19 after its repair/restoration.
It was actually a bit of a non event with the Kestrel penetrating outwards and upwards with ease. I didn’t even have to alter the trims. I was a bit careful to begin with but was soon throwing the model around as my confidence in the strength of the repairs grew. Loops, rolls, stall turns, reversals and inverted passes were all performed with no undue wing distortion. I even carefully attempted a square loop which the model handled with ease. If anything the model was handling rather better than it has for quite a while. Hopefully I can look forward to another ten years of happy flying with the Kestrel.
I have attached three rather dull and grainy airborne shots as proof of flight. Sorry about the quality but they were taken by me, with my phone, in rather blustery conditions.
Brian.
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Proof of flight on a very grey day.
Proof of flight on a very grey day.
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Max Wright
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Joined: 10 Mar 2020, 19:57
Location: Clayton Bay South Australia

Re: Slingsby Kestrel 19

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Congratulations, Brian. 8-)
Max
Phill Tadman
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Location: South Cambs

Re: Slingsby Kestrel 19

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Super stuff Brian!

Phill
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