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Doug, why don't you try Cork wall panels, sometimes used as place mats, just stick them down.

Mmmm, think I'll take two!

Actually I don't think they are batteries, they look remarkably like the capacitors the noise boys use in their cars for their fancy (loud) sound systems. 1hp being 746watts that's around 60Kw. We know from the accidents they've had that the voltage must be quite high, at 1000volts that's 60amps for just less that 7seconds (6.9 actually) not that difficult to achieve, it's inserting it into the power train that's the trick.

Of course, be a bit selective about which ones you watch though. For instance you can give Singapore a miss!   Tony

Gee, thats a funny looking ball! Wait! It's a flysbee!

Just my penneth, remember that the wing half will travel veeerrryyyy far, it will tend to spin along it's chord axis and come down much further down wind. I would guess as much a 10 times further than the canopy. Just a thought, use it, don't use it! Good luck with whatever you call the 2nd maiden. Tony Prince

Hi there, when I hit the 'Tutorial Archive' button it takes me to page 4368, so far so good. On page 4368, when I click on 'the full archive is here' it takes me back to page 2, which is where I just came from! Is there anywhere I can look for an 'in depth' explanation of the different types of receiver? It seems that different types have different ranges (sensitivities). I'd like to know which is which.   Thanks   Tony Prince

Republic Seebee PBY Catalina (big say 2 x 61s) De Haviland Dragonfly (or the 4 engine one whatever that was called Dragon maybe?) 

Thanks for the info about Jan Hermkens, just what I needed.

Have discovered,I think, that the out-thrust was to give airflow over the tail feathers for better control during docking  procedures. The tradeoff was a slight reduction in forward efficiency. Sorry to hear that Tony didn't attempt the flaps, I'm finding it very difficult to find info about them, size (width) and direction of movement, rotational or linear, or I suspect, both.

Being anal retentive in terms of scale I thought I should 'ring the bell' As an aside, did you know that the outboard floats were mounted on shock absorbers with about 6" of movement for rough see landings? Am I right in thinking  that the Flap cutouts on the upper surface are tapered? My MkIII drawing shows them parallel and tapered on the underside. Keep building! I love your attention to detail.

I see you've got the thrust line parallel to the centre line of the aircraft, all the 3 views show the thrust line at 90degrees to the leading edge,is this going to make a difference? Looks wonderful though.

I suppose if you don't enter you can't win

The way the South African rand is going at the moment winning this one is the only way I'll ever get one!

I think I'd like Orkney! I have space in any direction but after 6 months without rain it's a toss-up which is harder, concrete or African earth! I'd like a plan of the flap problem, I was an engineer in a previous life, maybe I can make some usefull comments. [email protected]

Just one caveat, I note the torsion bar is not on the axial centre line of the old Irvine. Surely you need to crank the bar around the centre line (something like a 'C' shape) otherwise the effective length will be the long side of the triangle. Great work though!

Try flying at 4,500ft, only floaters land at any reasonable speed! I also have to wait 6 weeks for my copy of RCM&E at the news agent!