Mr Sam

i started off with the arising star was a good plane unfortunatly suffered alot of hangar rash though

i was down shakespear raceway at the weekend (Long Marsdon) hello to anyone that flys models up near the finish line of the track)  i go for the old fords really as im building a 1967 Anglia for racing but its allways good to see the oddities that turn up like a lotus engine in a metro or a bike engined reliant robin........how about a jet turbine engine on an old butchers bike?? propelled him to 39mph and theres me taking on a skyline, i beat him off the line WHOOP

now powered by an SC32a and just about done the ground running in

dont worry the plane came with the MDS (i nearly didny buy it because of this)  temptation got the better of me and it seemed to run fine on the ground even with the nose up test but once in the air its a bag of nails and has a mind of its own, it almost cost me the aircraft when it cut on the 4th flight, when i got home it emediatly went in the bin i cant afford an OS 30 FX so settling for an SC32 when i get down to the model shop later today but yes ive heard nothing but bad press about the MDS engines, mixed opinions on why there so rubbish some say design tollerances are none egsistant some reccon its the carbs on them, i know when mine had warmed up and i re-checked compresion there was a hell of alot of play between the con rod and piston

i reccon that globemaster at the nats 2 extra turbines and you could carry a person in the cargo bay?

just over 10miles of back roads to the clubflying patch ive got a field about 2 miles away although theres ruddy horses in it

re-arranging some of those words in google came up with a nice little RCM&E 1975 free plan of a pylon racer here also while searching it i notice July issue this yeah had a nice little cussat racer, might try get hold of a copy and another mag had a free plan called the okie swinger that also looks rather simular im hoping when i get a reliable engine in it and the CofG right its going to be a right little speed machine, and i dont even have to fold the seats down in the car to transport it

whats one of them

decided its loosley based on a cassut reno racer

model shops do them  also check your local bike shops and motor factors, might get one a little cheaper?

HELP bought this little beast at the Nats havent a clue what it is or what its designed for CofG seems WAY forward like only a cm or so off the leading edge very slow rolls takes a good strethch to take off and comes in to land at some terrific speed........my first go with something non high wing!!  only trouble is it came with................an MDS, its almost cost me the plane allready so has emediatly been removed!!    looks to be more of a racer than an aerobat?? would love to know what it is or who its made by and what engines i can put in it and mainly CofG?

congrats its the best thing ever being able to fly as and when you want too ive only been passed a week or so and had about 3 hours flying time today

thats was last august had a lovely day today sun was beaming down blinding me when i was flying........even with specs on!

walked from the pits to the take off strip and the damn thing cut, not tempting fate i walked back to the pits instead of atmepting to start it on the strip with a finger is there any way of starting a 4-stroke with a chicken stick?

ive not touched this in months having taken up R/C again ive not even given it a thought or picked up the welder once  its a 1967 105e ive thrown a 1300 x'flow in it along with sawing the front end off in favour of fiberglass flipfront, its having polycarb windows and just a single bucket seat 3 rail gearbox with a welded diff will also be running slicks, eventual plan is 2.1 full race pinto with a hint of happy gas  built solely for drag racing although its got to be road legal and have an MOT when i bought it previous owner had brush painted it in red oxide..........nightmare!!! ooops got it back to a rolling shell although diff kept locking up and i forgot the heavy duty clutch relese bearing so its all come out again..... the fire breathing 1300, bought for £5 replaced all the gasgets and runs sweet as a nut certainly not going to be a motorway cruiser! and the flip front half on really need to get on with this