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    Yupp and his aerobatic partner Skip Volk that flew a similar Super Chippy was killed while practising for a show in '72. What a display they did..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B06YtngsplE
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    Holy Moly, what a pilot ? Don't think I'll be trying this in my Super Chippy just yet anyways, esp 7:50 onwards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PWOP_UxF5Q
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    I think I should mention that my Chippie has several modifications to the standard build as far as I can tell from the SLEC description. This could mean my experience will be somewhat different to yours if you build to the plan/manual. My 'USPs' are as follows.... Electric power not I/Cc, apparently the first so to be built so was leading edge at the time. Runs on 2 x 6S 5800mAh LiPos and a separate 2S Rx LiPo to power the radio gear and other electronics. It has air retracts fitted, Advanced Scale Models Retracts with a Xicoy V2S valve controller. The U/C legs are spring oleos. It is mainly fully skinned and glassed then spray painted. If all goes well with this one and SLEC start making the Pennzoil kits again I would like to go a petrol converted twin as is fitted to my 1/4 scale Cub J-3. That's got a SC FS-160 Horizontal Twin Cylinder 4 Stroke Engine With Full Petrol Conversion - it's so sweet ?
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    All ready for the maiden test flight on Tuesday if all goes to plan and the wind dies down ?
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    Brilliant, thanks once again Tim.
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    Brilliant, thanks Tim.
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    Brilliant, thanks Tim. Forgot to include the CoG in my question, what is it please? Flap throws would useful too. Ta
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    Can anyone tell me what the recommended throws are please as I bought a ready-built one and didn't get the plan or manual (if there is one). Thanks in advance ?
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    Excellent model, build and log, thanks for that Tim. Can you tell me what the recommended throws are please as I bought a ready-built one and didn't get the plan or manual (if there is one). Thanks in advance ?
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    Great ideas there, could save a lot of money....
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    Posted by Robin Colbourne on 20/09/2020 22:48:18: I had an Eros once. The short nose and heavy tail were probably responsible for most church roof repair funds being initiated.
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    Posted by Caveman on 20/09/2020 22:15:49: Looks like it could be an Eros. Plane here Eros GDB Marvellous Thank you GDB, couldn't be anything else could it? The tailwheel is another giveaway, not seen it done like that before. Edited By BikerDon on 20/09/2020 22:53:28
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    My flying buddy Steve bought her today at the Model Air show at Old Warden today, I'm envious obviously
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    I'm thinking the most distinctive feature of this model which would help identify it is the tailplane location - half way up the fin   Edited By BikerDon on 20/09/2020 22:11:03
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    I loved watching your G-Buster and Cobra today at the Old Warden Model Air show today Graham - marvellous models and marvellous flying. You say you're on Facebook, there are several Graham Leatherlands on there (surprisingly). Are you the GL standing outside the Ace Cafe next to a Z4?
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    All sorted now Refresh the edition by archiving (removing it from your device) it and downloading it again all will be well, yeeharr!
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    Posted by Roger Auker 1 on 20/05/2020 13:33:12: I was sent the notification last Friday that the digital mag was available on the app. Went to download it and there is a copy of the front page of Model Engineer but has the details of the contents of the RCM&E mag alongside. Have contacted the help desk at RCM&E to sort it out as it downloaded the Model Engineer instead !! Hoping for a speedy resolution. Stay safe everyone Same happened to me Roger. I have reported it to the helpdesk at Pocketmags. They are not the same apparently. I'm guessing Pocketmags is the distributor and RCM&E has a publisher, MyTimeMedia? The nice lady that replied says she has reported it to the publisher and will get back to me when she has some news. In the meantime I loaded the magazine into the Pocketmags app this evening and it worked OK. Both apps are available from the PlayStore. In case you didn't know (I didn't for years previously) the two apps are not from the same people. The RCM&E app only loads our magazine but the Pocketmags app can load all the E-magazines. Beware if you buy a subscription through Pocketmags like I did recently it doesn't give you access to the subscriber part of this site. They sorted it for me to cancel the first one I bought and replace it with a MyTimeMedia subscription which meant I got access back. Which was a shame as Pocketmags had emailed me with a special offer discounted price which I obviously lost when I changed. To make it worse I cannot find a way to archive and so reload the current edition of the magazine like you can do with previous editions so even if they have fixed it I cannot reload the current edition.
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    FYI I found the article, it is in the March 2018 issue of RCM&E. Thanks for all the ideas here though. I reckon I'll pinch the ideas I like the best from all of them. I've got no excuses now have I?
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    I remember reading a recent-ish article on building a LiPo warmer box from an aluminium case as used for transmitters, a pet bed warmer mat and an old LiPo. I'm sure it was in RCM&E, possibly a Special. While I look through my old magazines, search the Internet and search ModelFlying.co.uk does anyone recall it and know which issue it was in please? Now where is that RCM&E index? Oh wait.....
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    Posted by Geoff Sleath on 12/12/2019 14:26:40: No, sorry I don't. I bought mine at Cosford last year (probably from the same bloke) but he wasn't there this year or I'd have bought a few more blocks, too. I have 20 which is usually enough but another 10 would be useful. Geoff Thanks for the speedy reply
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    Hi Geoff, slightly off-topic but related in a way. Do you have any info or contact details about the supplier of your magnetic building board? I bought one with similar fittings a year or two back at Wings and Wheels and have lost the leaflet that came with it. The Guy doesn't appear to have a website, not that I can find anyway, and I would like some more fittings.
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    Posted by Nick Farrow on 19/09/2019 16:54:53: [Snip] Just as an aside, would you expect new packs to balance? I have had some 1800mah (nanotech) from hobbyking that wont balance, Do they accept them as returns in this case? A lot of my LiPos don't balance, they just sit there balancing on my budget charger until it times out at 120 mins. I would be more likely to blame your charger if its not a decent (£££ ) one. The way the budget ones balance is really naff - they just bung a resistor across the cells with high voltage while charging, this really isn't ideal. Trust me I was an electronics engineer for many years... Edited By BikerDon on 19/09/2019 20:09:33 Edited By BikerDon on 19/09/2019 20:10:01
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    When they start to deteriorate,I use my old 3S/4S LiPos for things that used to be driven by 12V lead acid batteries. Such as the compressor for my air retracts, electric starter, i/c control panel, field charger etc Edited By BikerDon on 18/09/2019 16:36:17
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