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Maybe it's time to close this thread. It's too hot to try engaging with the multifaceted facetiousness anymore.

£16 seems ok to me. I expect the costs of putting on a show are immense and a long-winded process, so for the price of a couple of servos it is reasonable.

Name one conventionally designed, electric powered, common club aircraft that doesn't make a high pitched whine. And what is it about the swarm light displays you find so offensive? It sounds like hyperbole for effect.

I've experienced the hot glue softening issue. Fortunately the fact that the glue can be softened means everything can be put back in place. I also loath the way some have got into the habit of dismissing differing views as wokeness because it's a handy, ill defined buzzword they can use without applying any kind of thought outside of their own experience. (Post deletion in :3... 2.... 1...)

In a case of UAV vs loco, my money is on the train.

There already is for model planes: Article 16 exemption in the ANO. Trying to fiddle with it further would just muddy the waters even more and provoke more repetition of old arguments on forums. Legislatively it's simply easier to place all UAVs in one main category with subcategories for weight etc. Oh, that's what the CAA have done!

A lot less than £400! Second hand is only worth what people will pay, so whilst there may be an enthusiast/idiot/collector of things with money to burn, anything more than £150 on an airframe that old - regardless of the restoration- is throwing money at a probable crash. It's more of a display piece now, which is where Pritchards expertise lies, which is probably why he finished on £2k - £2.5k (if that was his actual assessment and not the producers spinning it - tv is all lies).

Yes, he revised the estimate uowards from his initial thoughts.

Drew Pritchard: "I could get £400 for that." Ahahahahahahahahahaha! No. But a nice restoration with a dip into several techniques.

I don't think "Wings on my Sleeve" worked very well as an autobiography.

Try going into the prepare menu and set the HE and bed preheat temperature. Then before selecting the file to print, select preheat PLA. This will heat them up together and let them sit at temperature for a few minutes before printing. It may make a difference.

This is going to come down to "how valuable is a training tool to you, or, how much do you want to pay for supported software?" Phoenix is no longer officially supported, and people have had problems making it work on more recent computers; I assume this is something to do with software architecture. Realflight IS supported and updated. Realflight Trainer on Steam is only £43 and I suspect using the 22-in-1 dongles from Amazon/Ebay will work. I have RF8 from Steam and use one of those dongles and it work fine for my purposes. I hevent bothered upgrading. read this thread to witness one man's horror show regarding Phoenix:

I actually quite like taking a small, light model in the wind and seeing how long I can make it hover on just enough throttle to keep it airborne and how vertical I can make landings and take offs.

Nope, not once. I'm perfect.

That's their silly fault for not taking proper precautions. The plane is just an object, it's the user who makes the mistake.

Addlestone Model Centre: https://addlestonemodels.co.uk/search?q=flite+test

I have certainly discovered that paying more for these is better. I started with a £10 gun from Hobbycraft, and it was rubbish; it didn't hold enough heat for long enough to pump any reasonable line of glue out. I than bought a £20 gun from Amazon and haven't looked back. I do think that the size of the sticks used makes a difference. The cheaper gun used 11mm sticks and was simply not man enough for those. The more expensive one uses 7mm sticks and there I think lies the difference.

Interesting video featuring Jetmanjoe from that very RCgroups thread: I suspect some of you will disagree with some of his findings/opinions, and I think he is wrong in what he says about the smaller (3s 2200 ish size) average club size plane packs, but a good watch nonetheless.

There is a definite tendency within clubs for the club tutors (if a club has them), examiners and committee to interpret and apply the rules as they think what the rules should be as opposed to what the rules actually state. God knows why. I think it's because the sort of mindset that wants to be on a committee likes to impose their interpreted version of the rules, and somehow it becomes entangled with the idea that - as a model flyer - they are being oppressed by the powers that be, and so go to extreme lengths to make this actually happen in the club. Psychologically it's quite fascinating and I tie it into an aging hobby membership stuck on the concept of "When I was young things were better..." It's also infuriating and does nobody any favours because Chinese Whispers creeps in as club members witter at each other at the field, and then online read/regurgitate what has now mutated into cobblers to other similarly downtrodden hobbyists and - more damagingly - the general public. I say this as a club chairman who has had to stamp on this before it causes issues more than once.

I fought for and with the guys around me, the over indulged royals can get in the bin, I never saw C3 risk his neck.

From the OED: Build. Verb. To construct (something) by putting parts or material together. So one does build an ARTF. If you want to get technical about it, you could say you are finishing a build by building using the bits already built by someone else.

It's a punishing business, and Spiros has to put up with Brits on holiday (ugh*) so if they push him too far of course he snaps back! Actually he's a great guy; the staff are ace; the grounds, facilities and accommodation are all great; the flying/fixing staff are top notch; Corfu town is lovely... Honestly, the entire hotel is well worth it. *I've only been once. The first week was quiet and brilliant, the second week some noisy English families with their horrendous children appeared but it was still very good indeed. Go when it's still term time and you'll have a blast.

Props are not dangerous; people not being safe around planes are dangerous.

It's your model, you can paint it any colour you want and never mind what people say about what it "should" be. Glassing the cowl is a good idea for both strength and an assistance for balancing with such a short nose. Bright orange Camel with purple polka dots? A hot pink Spitfire? A leopard print Super Sixty? Go for it!

To add to these posts that don't really address the original question... A guy I know uses Hobbycraft dress lining material in place of tissue or anything else and swears by it.