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ADRIAN SHARPE’S VERON DEACON My lock down project is the Veron Deacon. As you can see I've got as far as opening the box and ironing the plan flat. Tomorrow I'll start planning the electric conversion.
(Jim “MIG 15” Ruffell had a memory to share: Brings back memories Adrian , one of my first successful fliers. Cox Babe-Bee up and free flight. A partial tank and lazy cycles took it from Twynham school field, across the Stour, before landing in Wick, undamaged. Oh, the confidence of youth) Some of you might wonder why the Deacon - well it goes back to the 1980's, when I belonged to the Devizes & District Model Gliding Club. The club had two main flying sites, the first was Roundway Hill on the northern outskirts of Devizes. This slope rises some 600ft plus and is the western edge of the Marlborough Downs. Roundway Hill has several claims to fame, one being the site of a bloody battle in the English Civil War, regularly re-enacted by the Sealed Knot Group, and another being used in the film of H.G.Wells novel 1984, staring John Hurt, as the scene of desolate windswept place. (See 2 off Hawker Hunter Photos)
The second site was a field near the village of Coate where the club flew gliders from bungee launches, and had the 7.5cc competitions. Some of you may remember the 7.5cc competition rules - only one - the I.C. engined model must have a 7.5cc fuel tank. The prize went to the model with the longest overall flight. Anyway this led to some interesting tactics, some went for max power and a short engine run to a high altitude, some went 50/50, and the club chairman, Bob Sandy, flew his Deacon with a Mills 1.3 engine and large prop, tuned to give a very long engine run. Bob's model seemed to putter around for ever, not gaining much height and returning competitive flight times.(See Photo of my Hepcat taking of on the "flat" field.)
What better then than an electric Deacon to wander about the sky with, when we're allowed out again.
24 April - a thing of...beauty?
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