Lima Hotel Foxtrot
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£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.
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On 24/06/2023 at 11:08, David perry 1 said:
I hate drones. The nasty high pitched whining and the absolute UN aerodynamic shape and flight characteristics. I loath them. And the hundreds used at night to make pretty pictures make my skin crawl.
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.
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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.
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18 hours ago, Capt Kremen said:
We had the 'Flying Scotsman' steam loco visit our local station at the W/E, stopping to take on water.
You can guess what was hovering directly over the rail track, loco and carriages full of passengers.
Other scheduled trains were still running past on the other adjacent track whilst the drone was in the air.
Sooner or later ..... do hope not though.
In a case of UAV vs loco, my money is on the train.
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57 minutes ago, paul devereux said:
I think drone flying should be separated from flying model planes, legally. There isn't any skill involved (you don't have to learn to fly a drone) and they are ubiquitous in public places. In fact, I think it was drone operation that the CAA was aiming at when it introduced the registration legislation. Would there be any point the BMFA fighting for separate recognition, any one think?
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!
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2 minutes ago, paul devereux said:
What do you think it might be worth? I thought from you initial post that he would be lucky to get £400.
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).
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4 hours ago, paul devereux said:
@Lima Hotel Foxtrot Thanks for posting this- fascinating! But the estimate they decided on was not £400 in the end- it was £1000 -£2,500!
Yes, he revised the estimate uowards from his initial thoughts.
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Drew Pritchard: "I could get £400 for that."
Ahahahahahahahahahaha!
No.
But a nice restoration with a dip into several techniques.
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I don't think "Wings on my Sleeve" worked very well as an autobiography.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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1 hour ago, Paul De Tourtoulon said:
So you have Never made a mistake ?, never had an accident ?
Nope, not once. I'm perfect.
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1 hour ago, Paul De Tourtoulon said:
tell that to two of our club members, one that has had stitches on his fingers and the other that has a chopped up shirt and a bruised stomach when they plugged their batteries in, and the third that I was holding his electric pylon racer when it went off full chat when he turned his radio on 🤢
That's their silly fault for not taking proper precautions. The plane is just an object, it's the user who makes the mistake.
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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.
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1 hour ago, MattyB said:
Addition - I had forgotten that there are a few posters on RCGroups doing more scientific independent testing, but be prepared to do some additional reading in order to understand the results. Here is the monsterthread on the topic, the first few posts have been updated with the latest data for 2023…
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?1767093-Battery-Load-Test-Comparisons
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.
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13 hours ago, paul devereux said:
I think your club let you down initially with training, but you seem to be good with the small plane you've soloed.
Don't let the gloomsters get you down. Here's the CAA guidance:*the_drone_code.pdf (caa.co.uk)
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.
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On 22/04/2023 at 12:33, Peter Jenkins said:
It's all good practice for the RAF, RN and Army. Coordination of a large mixed formation, navigation, time keeping, dealing with unforeseen issues - all good training. Plus, the Monarch is the boss of the Armed Forces. We fight for King and country not a PM!
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.
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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.
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6 hours ago, toto said:
Others .... quite a few suggest that your face has to fit and some of a rather rude and sometimes angry hotelier.
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.
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4 hours ago, SIMON CRAGG said:
A word of warning.............
Pusher props are VERY dangerous unless you are VERY careful.
They chew through fingers for fun if the hand launch is not thought through carefully.
Probably break just as many props!.
Props are not dangerous; people not being safe around planes are dangerous.
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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!
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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.
illegal; drone flight and non registration fines
in All Things Model Flying
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Maybe it's time to close this thread. It's too hot to try engaging with the multifaceted facetiousness anymore.