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Winter project was this Trislander based on Robin Fowler's 80" plan. Motors as recommended by George at 4-max (thanks) on 9"x 4.5" props. Used a single 3s 6000mAh battery. Flies really nicely. I just need to brush up on my landings. It put on some weight with the mods I did and came out at 12.6lbs, but it would not fit in the car otherwise.

Many hours of planking and I have arrived at this. The wing roots still to do. The un planked area at the tail is to mount the base of the fin. It also supports the tail plane. The area at the front is for the substantial fairing aft of the canopy. The Hunter has a spine that runs along the top of the fuselage from the fin to cockpit. I will use it to house the elevator servo wire. There will be no rudder. Tail feathers next.

The courier has, literally, just delivered my third foamy Acrowot. I flew Acrowot 2 (564 1/2 flights under its belt) on Thursday, took my eyes of it for a second to look at the timer then tried to fly a clubmate’s Wot4 (it’s the chequers under the wing) for a few seconds when I looked back. Did not end well. It was my “fly every time” model and I can’t imagine life without one! I will take a lot of convincing that there could be a better everyday model, performance, impeccable manners, fly in a really wide range of conditions, fit in the car in one piece, looks good and pretty fair value. Love ‘m. David

Despite some small problems I am delighted that my Fury FJ3 was able to get to the event. What a great bunch of people - knowledgable and helpful. Sadly missing some major contributors, i hope we can catch up in the future. Below are pictures taken for the event. When I set out the plane was to be a well used FJ3M as scale as I could muster. It was a sharp learning curve with lots of mistakes, some which made it through to the end ? The pictures show the scale shape of the nose and 6-3 wing plus the canopy which is all very different to the Sabre. Thoroughly delighted with this but the weight impact was significant. Gun ports are made with plasticard painted silver and recessed into the groove. The canopy opens to reveal the detailed cockpit and Captain Grey strapped in to a scale ejector seat. The gunsights and instruments are detailed with custom made photo quality decals. Furthur back we have the airbrakes - again different to the F86 and they are made with internal detail courtesy of plasticard (Dirk you may notice similarities in our approach !) The hydraulic piston is made from plasticard with ball joints at each end. The fuselage was painted with Tamiya AS16 on top and AS20 underneath. The panel lines and grubby bits were then detailed with dark umber to simulate the grime of an aircraft in servce. The markings are made with printed decals, in future I will use a different method. A close up shows the detailng around the tailplane, a section that IMO worked well. The tailplane is a different shape to the F86 (it would be wouldn't it!) and also has stiffeners which are detailed. The tailplane was shaped with reference to photos and models plus the excellent monogaph by Steve Ginter. The rudder is white as seen on many FJ3M images, probably through maintenace work. Also included is a photo with the AIM-9B sidewinders, these will remotely detatch - well thats the plan. Andy Meade is able to supply all versions of the missile and so I will be looking to him to provide my ordnance. The parting shot shows her 'On the ground in formation' Perfect she isn't but all in all I am very happy with the effort, really happy, and one persons comment about her - 'That aeroplane looks the most used' - reassured me that my aim had been achieved. Thanks to everyone for your supporrt and encouragement.

Wow ! That is an incredible line up of some amazing aircraft. You PSSA guys have got something really special going on, well done. Gonna have to join you with the next build I think

Despite the occasional scammer, I think the BMFA classified are well trusted in the aeromodelling community and remain the preferred option for a great many. I buy more than I sell, but either way I've (touch wood) never had a bad experience. Complexities such as those described will likely kill it unless addressed, which would be A Bad Thing (but hey, what's one more amongst the myriad others?..)

I have the same motor in an 80” Laser 200 using 8 s lipos it weighs a bit more than your eagle and is well powered so you should be fine

A model of this size is quite practical to fly below 400’ but a large loop will be pushing it unless you’re confident enough to start and finish relatively low. Best to use telemetry to monitor your height - if your radio doesn’t support it perhaps a club mate could do a temporary installation of a sensor and receiver?

Jensen Das Ugly Stik built from a hangaronekits plan pack, my first. It flew very well from the start but landing was a problem it kept loosing it's undercarriage. After the third time I parked it up. Two years later I have fixed it, it flies the same as before and so far has not lost it's undercarriage.? I must have learned something. I made a good job by gluing the snakes to all the formers? constant retrimming is required. My excuse is that it was built before I discovered this forum and didn't know any better.

Our much deferred 2020 Sabre Mass Build Event has run successfully this weekend on The Great Orme - despite the lack of wind on the Saturday(!) - with a superb collection of new hand-crafted models all gathered together for the first time at the slope. The event saw a total of 18 model Sabres on site, a few of them flown and tested prior to the competition, and once again the project attracted a number of first time builders and model flyers new to PSS who will hopefully return as members of the PSSA at future meets! Every airframe was judged on the Saturday for quality of build and scale realism with a keen focus on finish, accuracy and any additonal features or variation beyond the stock plan build. The judges enjoyed exploring the range of operational features seen including sliding canopies with full depth cockpits, working airbrakes and arrestor hooks (there were two Navy Fury variants), releasable wing stores, working strobe lights etc - some fantastic modelling and ingenuity on show! The winners in our 3 competition categories were; BEST PSSA NEWCOMER - James Archer - NA F-86 Sabre Boeing Chase Plane MOST INNOVATIVE BUILD - Grange Lawrenson - NA FJ-3 Fury conversion MODEL OF THE EVENT - Chris Barlow (pictured) Canadair F-86 Sabre RAF Bruggen Our winners received some superb Sabre trophies and a range of prizes from RCM&E, SLEC, Permagrit and Steve Webbs Models all kindly presented by retired USAF pilot Major Art Havko. Many thanks to all who took part and travelled against a forecast clearly unsuited to flying (on the Saturday at least) - and huge congratulations once again to all our winners! A full event report will be written both for our PSSA website and RCM&E magazine in the near future and I think its clear we will be seeing the shape of the F-86 Sabre on our slopes for many seasons to come! If other attendees have more photos from this event please do upload them here and share them if you would!! Many thanks - Phil

A good question, and I don't know the answer. Both my home made G sensor, and the Gyro assisted receivers I have, claim to have 3 Axis accelerometers, so probably each axis is measured separately. Interestingly the G meter in my home-made unit reports all three axes separately but the Rx only reports a single value (but then it is not a dedicated G meter). The receiver manual also suggests that although the accelerometer is factory calibrated you might like to recalibrate it at your own location as the Earth's gravitational field can vary slightly. The recalibration process involves placing the receiver on each of its six sides in turn on a level surface. Once installed in the aircraft you have to tell the Rx which way round it is installed. Perhaps I should investigate more, but I don't really use the G force data for anything and only tried it out of curiosity. Dick

That could cause problems if we ever meet. I won't know if you are talking to me or the models. Still they all must be good looking?

Do you mean 2.3.14 ? They are still in the same place as before.

Hi EarlyBird Nicely done. Just got an e-mail from Alastair Strang, so I'm in business. More than one way etc......... Thanks Jeff

Glynn is still muttering, and it's still on the shelf.

Nice job on the front end there. For such mouldings, where the gluing area is very small, I usually put a balsa or depron insert in there to increase the gluing area.

I had the great pleasure yesterday of witnessing the first 2 flights of John's magnificent S6B. The weather was just about perfect with light winds and correspondingly calm water conditions but, as John says, the light was poor for any flying photos. Talking to Ian Redshaw after the flights, he was very complimentary about the model's flying characteristics which surprised us all given that it is an almost perfect scale model, even down to the floats. Despite this, the model leapt into the air quickly at just over half-throttle and proceeded to give a very scale-like performance before well-judged landings by Ian, to the delight of all who were watching - most of all, John himself! Thank you, John, for bringing the S6B to our waterplane meeting at Colwick Country Park, you should be proud of your achievement in honour of your great-uncle.

Are you replying to me? I had a very able pilot in the form of Ian Redshaw, and we came up with this clever scheme (called RC) whereby he could remain with his feet safely planted terra firma. Why Jeffrey Quill? He never flew the S6b. If I put a model pilot in the plane, and have to name him, I will call him George Stainforth!

My 1/5th scale Supermarine S6b, which I completed over a year ago, finally took to the air yesterday. Ian Redshaw kindly did the first two flights - he did a superb job. The model flew really well. It handled well on the water, took off very easily, and needed only some up trim (probably because CG was set slightly forward at about 28% MAC). The Laser 200V seems to be a perfect match for the model, which balanced correctly without any added weights. The weather was good, but rather gloomy, so not very good for photos. Nevertheless, I am attaching a few pictures here.

Here is my little Provost, still to fly , but fun to build......the scheme is made up ...not one for the purists