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I have had a Proxxon for about 5 years, the most useful feature for me is the ability to tilt the cutting blade. This makes cutting strip balsa with beveled edges for planking very easy and fast. Suddenly planking becomes a pleasure 🙂

I just used 2 8mm steel washers Brian.

Lightly loaded aeroplanes just fly better, whether that is a model or full sized B747. They will fly on less power, land and take off at lower speeds. Needlessly adding more materials to make them ever stronger is counter productive because of the weight gain. One complication I am keen on however are flaps, not just for low speed arrivals but to stop the long float in ground-effect before touchdown. Some years ago I remember watching a friend’s Mossie come creaming in over the threshold at low level before floating the length of the strip. Finally he landed in the ‘rough’ and ignominiously ending up inverted. That is when you do need a tough model! Of course he was coming in like a train because of the fear of the dreaded ‘tip-stall’. (I would have done the same) Flaps? A good servo is all you need in terms of added weight, a good trade off I feel.

Same same but with a TF Corsair. I think it will be a flying brick using the kit wood etc so have largely lost interest. Wife bought it for me from Alans Models in Whitley Bay 30 yrs ago when I first met her. I knew she was a keeper at that point 😂 Its my longest running ‘forever project’

... and don't I know it! I've just sent an email to the 8 year-old twin sons of my nephew. They sent us a couple of cards last week and asked what we did at Easter. We didn't do anything but we used to ride a long distance trial (The Land's End), often on a sidecar outfit and I sent them a picture of us winning the sidecar class in 1973 (so long ago) and another of us riding our tandem more recently (1999) - we were nearly 60 then but it's 24 years ago 😞 Neither of us has turned a pedal this year and I haven't flown much either.

Now all back together. Hole? What hole. A new "heavy" nose cone printed in double wall PLA rather than a single wall in LW-PLA. It also has 5g of lead in it so 13g rather than2. The CofG is now still further forward. It looks crazy but it flew impossibly tail heavy at the left hand mark (25% mean chord). Still flew tail heavy at the middle mark (18%). The right hand mark is at about 12%. I just have to accept that the long relatively bulky forward fuselage compared to the tiny wing creates a substantial nose up pitch at the normal angle of attack for such a light weight low powered plane. The final modification will be to cut down the full span ailerons as the roll sensitivity is much too great. Even the gyro can't control it at the moment.

Andy and I use to fly together at Rivenhall in Essex . So I got to fly some of his models including the Mossie and his very light Chipmunk . The designs are by Ivan Pettigrew and are a bit like the old kiel Kraft stringers and tissue style of construction . Probably a bit too semi scale as Andy says , but amazingly easy to fly when you compare it with the more typical 14lb 72" Mossie . You certainly felt comfortable flying it with every confidence of bringing it home in pristine condition . Going a little more scale will be the answer . But it shows what can be done . The landing speeds were trainer like , so quite modest retracts would suffice . Have a look at his plan as his method of undercarriage was unusual but clever . Thanks Andy .

Busy couple of days - outer wing panels sorted and attached, its surprising just how big this is! 🤣

A grumpy old bachelor I used to work with refused to contribute to a collection for someone getting married. He used to say I'm not paying into something I have no chance of getting a return.

Surely that should be Boeing? And each plane would have just one. And they wouldn't tell the pilots where it is, what it does or how to turn it off.

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Yes, that’s the one. As Leccy says above, it will expand/foam when setting so plonk a weight on the ply to keep it in place.

Just like to say thank you to @Geoff S for the pictures and description - earlier in the thread - of changing the RTC battery on the Horus - very useful! I've just replaced mine, after getting warnings at startup, and it is indeed a bit fiddly. I managed to chip off a small piece of the plastic surround of the battery holder (it was very brittle) in my ham-fisted attempts to free the old battery but it seems to hold the new battery OK still. I reckon the battery had lasted about 2.5 years, as others have said.

Any secondhand airframe or engine on eBay seem too be listed as vintage 😅

I didnt use an Apc for that reason . I think mines got a Radio Active 12x6 or similar . Conventional shaped props look better and require less enlargement of the spinner prop slots .

POR or Gorilla Glue - if no voids to fill I use the GG clear - it's non-foaming, and I used it to build my foam Hanky-Planky. Tom

Out of the two I would use POR. However my first choice would be Gorilla Glue Brown.

I’ve had my KS230 for a few years now and it is a really good machine however I wanted something a bit bigger do bought the FET about 2 years ago. That is the only one I use now!

Put a couple of washers in there Brian, a lot less faff than cutting!

I have "Classic" foamies, Robbe Concorde, Parkzone 49" Mosquitoes, Multiplex Sonic Liner etc. Classic in my mind because they came and went whilst out of the hobby and still survive in various states, some even have limited spares available.

I thought a Scottish attitude would to make do and mend 😅 or is that just the English attitude 😅

Richards furry friends must have spoken to our posties as the order form arrived today! The cheque is in the post. Nigel

Dismantling sounds sensible. Once you've gone solo, you WILL damage the Super Cub - we will help you resist the temptation to move on to another model rather than repair it...... When learning, I couldn't afford replacement models, so had to learn how to fix things. Skills acquired like this last a lifetime.

Old is just old........ Tim😉

Good luck!

A beautifully sunny day here in the middle of Scotland, blue skies, fluffy clouds, light winds and even a bit of warmth in that sun. Got a few hours in at the local field, where it had dried up enough to give the field the first cut of the season. I hadn't expected the field to be cut, so had picked my models accordingly, so that was a bonus being able to take off with my wee Parkzone P-47D. I'd also taken my venerable and rarely flown Modelshack Cricket and had a very enjoyable first flight of the year with that, but broke the u/c mounting nylon bolts on landing a bit quickly. Still had other models with me to fly, so not a problem. All in all a good morning - just nice to sit in the sun and have a chat and the field is looking great.

So with those out the way time to revisit and finish off these two, first one will be done as a full glow version Started in 2022😏

Hi all: I am a traditional aeromodeller who like to build from plan. I like to share my latest project which is an enlarged Quaker Flash Specification as follow: Wingspan : 52" (1.5 X enlargement) Plan: Outerzone oz1584 Modification: Electric Powered, Laminated wing tip, Laminated Fin and Rudder LE and TE Motor: 2826 1200kv Propeller : 10 x 6 Battery: 1500mAh, 3S Flight Time : Easily 10 minutes For those who are keen, I can post construction photographs Thank you

In a blatant attempt to tip the balance and in good 'Blue Peter' style.............. Here's one I made earlier.

Reminds me of when I was asked why I wasn't going to Robbo's funeral. I replied that 'Well, he won't be coming to mine!' * Chris *

David if you scroll down to Pete H’s 2nd post (on page 3 of the La7 Warbird Replica thread). You will find some photos of ‘cutting the ailerons free’. HERE. Regarding your comment about ‘no stringers or internal structure’, a veneered foam cored structure is stressed skin or monocoque so does not need any.

No, please post lots. Although I don't own any machine tools, and the language goes over my head, it's a fascinating read....

Here's another one! Clubmate Steve had never built a model before so this is his first attempt, personally I think that he did fine job. He asked me to maiden it and after adding some nose weight (he was using a 2200 mAh 4s battery) it was ready to go.