David Davis

A couple of better pictures of the new wing. There's still a bit of filling and sanding to be done but the basic construction is nearly finished. The wing weighs 350 grammes or 12 ozs and is very rigid.

Welcome back to the hobby and to the forum Davy! SLEC now offer the Limbo Dancer as a kit for electric motors. https://www.slecuk.com/electric-limbo-dancer-kit I'm sure that if you were to contact them they would advise you on how to convert your Limbo Dancer to electric power.

Dunno but if it's any help I've just bought a brand new ASP 61A for 60€ including postage, say £50.

All of these engines are too big for a Super Scorpion except the two 25s.

Well it depends what you want. Two stroke glow motors are ten a penny. A decent OS 20 or 25 FP will not command much of a price on eBay, foustrokes are a little more expensive.

I used to fly the Super Scorpion on an OS 40 FS before I sold the airframe. It's currently in my Guidato which though a similar size to a Junior 60, a Super 60 or Super Scorpion, it's much heavier than the other three and not as nice to fly. If you want to fit an "old Diesel" please go ahead but the old diesels did not have either throttles or silencers so not really practical these days. Steve Webb Models is advertising a brand new single ballrace PAW 19 on eBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185130686244?itmmeta=01HR7KB7B4J75FXQFEHKZRCRES&hash=item2b1aa61724:g:uagAAOSw3JlheTxJ

On reflection a 15 might fly it. The engine bearers on the rather larger Radio Queen are spaced for a 2.5cc engine but I still think that you'd be better off with a 19 on a five foot model like the ones we have mentioned. You'd have to buid it very light if you wanted to use a 15 and the engine in your picture has neither a silencer nor a throttle so not ideal. Although fitting a PAW silencer to a non-r/c PAW engine is not a problem, you cannot fit a throttle to a PAW with a vertical air intake. Video of a PAW 19 r/c running here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEQDqFHcXjw and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e_RH7i0U2o I would be inclined to use a four stroke glow engine on a vintage model myself.

A 15 would probably be too small for these models. It's only 2.5cc besides this engine has no throttle or silencer. Picture of a PAW 19 with throttle and silencer below. Finally if you are going in for a diesel please be aware that they chuck out a great deal of unburnt oil all over your lovely model. PS. Model diesel engines are not as difficult to operate as some people claim but you have to know what you're doing because you have two controls which can effect the running of the engine: the compression vernier and the carburetter's needle valve. When I was a youth diesel engines were commonplace but they have fallen out of favour over the last sixty years. I used to be a member of the Shropshire Model Flying Club which had just over eighty members at that time. AFAIK only three of us even owned a diesel engine. That said, one of the other two only flew diesels. Consequently you may find it difficult to find someone to help you get your diesel running. Just sayin'. PPS. I turn 76 next Monday!

Just a brief update on my preparations for La Coupe Des Barons. The new wing is almost finished and I'm pleased with the way it's turned out. A Baron's wing as kitted features four spars arranged in two pairs and twenty-eight wing ribs. One pair of spars is made from basswood, the other pair from balsa. My wing has eighteen balsa capped depron wing ribs, a built up trailing edge, a carbon fibre leading edge and three balsa spars. The forward part of the wing is fully sheeted resulting in a D section. The wing is extremely light and rigid. There's still a bit of cutting, shaping and sanding to be done, the attachment points for the wing warping wires need to be glued into place and the front section needs to finished off before I start the covering process. Then there's the pilot, gun and cables which need to be fitted. Earlier this morning I took the opportunity to measure the wingspans of all three wings. According to the infomation on my kit box a Baron's wing should measure 155cms or 61 inches in the wingspan. The Ukrainian Baron's wing measures 60 inches, the new wing measures 62 inches but the wing with the lower dihedral currently fitted to the British Baron measures only 57 inches. No wonder this model is more difficult to fly! I did not deliberately enlarge the new wing but there we are, it's within 10% of the original! As stated above I've already flown Boris Baron but since then I've received the roundels and numbers from Lee at Pyramid Models so here's what it looks like in fighting trim. You could say that it's colourful! The Flourescent Yellow stands out really well so I intend to incorporate some of this colour into the colour scheme of the new wing. The weather forecast is good for tomorrow so I plan to fly Boris.

Attached a few pictures of our exhibition. The Fokker DVII was the star of the show. Three of our members are keen cooks and made us cassoulet for lunch on the Sunday.

I had the same problem earlier on this morning using Firefox on a laptop.

The SLEC Fun Fly could be a logical next step providing that you can fly well enough on ailerons. I built one about nine years ago. Mine was powered by an OS 40FP but you can buy one intended for electric flight these days. The instructions were good coupled with many photographs. The only problem was attaching the cockpit to the wing but I still think you'd benefit from having an experienced builder to keep an eye on your build. https://www.slecuk.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=130_168

I stumbled on the following acronym yesterday, SABLE. The bloke was trying to sell some kits because he was not going to live long enough to build them all. SABLE stood for Stock Acquired Beyond Life Expectancy!

My club will be hosting a model exhibition in a local village hall over the coming weekend 2nd-3rd March. We have invited neighbouring clubs to participate. Most of the models will be aircraft but we usually attract a few interesting model boats. Details below. Iwill take some pictures of the more interesting exhibits.

Hooch, in my view, the help of a real live experienced model builder at your side as you start a build is worth 100 YouTube videos. You don't say whether you've joined a club yet but I urge you to do so. I'm sure there would be some old greybeards there who would only be too willing to help you. You only have to ask.

Morning Ron I don't know when you intend to call a halt to the voting for your next build but it's eleven minutes past eight GMT as I type this on Sunday 25th February 2024 and the votes on this site are as follows: For the Mystic: 4 For the Rascal: 4 Over on YouTube the votes are : For the Mystic: 17 For the Rascal: 9 Aggregate: Mystic: 21 Rascal: 13. Over to you.

Ok Hooch, the Cub seems to be an easy model to build though it's a bit smaller than I would normally recommend. Are you going in for the three or four channel version. If you've chosen the three channel version, I'd advise you to get familiar with a high wing model with ailerons first before going on to the 109. After all the real Bf 109 pilots flew at least two different trainers before they flew the fighter.

Hooch, the Falcon is the holy grail of vintage models and not for someone new to building. The similar size Majestic Major is a much simpler build: https://www.benbucklevintage.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5&products_id=17 My fist successful r/c model was a Junior 60: https://www.benbucklevintage.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_4&products_id=13 The Majestic Major is an enlargement of it.

This was my Mystic at Christmas. There has been no progress since because I've been too busy building a wing for my Baron.

Hooch, to build a model aeroplane you will need a building board and a table to put it on. I use a piece of plasterboard for mine. You will also need a modelling knife, I use a Swann Morton scalpel and a balsa saw and Stanley knife for thicker wood. Pins such as the ones shown in the pictures below are a good investment. I use aliphatic glues for most joints but I have been using more cyano recently and half-hour epoxy where extra stength is needed. You can see my building board, pins and some aliphatic glue in the pictures below. Finally if you were to join a club I feel sure that someone would help you with the build if you asked them.

I've voted for the Mystic, but then I would, I'm building one myself!

Then there's this old classic: https://www.benbucklevintage.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_4&products_id=11 It's not a particularly complicated build and more British people probably learned to fly on this model than any other prior to the arrival of foam wing trainers. I've built two and bought a third. The kit is available as a three or four channel model.

JDB knows what he's talking about.