Steve Colman

Good to know spares are still available

Many thanks for that info Simon. Makes things much simpler for me.

Paul, do you have the rigging wires on the Tiggie? Have you flown it without? I have one I started years ago but didn't finish and I have no idea where the rigging wire is. I hope to finish it this spring/summer.

I also had problems with Zippy yellow lipo's from 3s 2200's to 4s of varying capacities.

Me too!

KW, I'm sorry, I don't have the model any more. From memory I think it's 4mm but I could be wrong.

I've proposed such days at my club on many occasions and there's been no interest at all! 😒

Very good point there Konrad. I've never liked this type of connector myself. Might be passable on small foamies but not on a model like the Angel. I have both 2mm and 3mm threaded rod and a variety of ball joint connectors and clevices from which I will fashion some new and improved control rods.

Thanks Learner, I think I've made the right choice too.

Keep your chin up Colin and be patient. You never know what's around the next corner.

Thanks John, I thnk so too 😁

Thank you Peter. It does look very good and with that and the price I just had to take the opportunity despite the distance involved. I have read that the Angel is rated better than the wind on many occasions. Re setting up the model, perhaps I will need to get myself a copy oy your book?

Very good news that I want to share with those of you who kindly gave me lots of advice on this subject. I have secured a second hand Sebart Angel S 50 evo for 450 euros. I have not seen it in person yet; I will be picking it up on Saturday 7th December - entailing a return journey of some 800 kilometres but I think it will be worth it. Comes with recommended Hacker motor and ESC, Graupner digital servos and a Spektrum Rx. Photos of model below.

Two years ago I had 35 models ready to fly of various kinds, some have been sold and some of those have been replaced with others. I currently have 27 in flying condition with 7 others in various states of completion. I'm trying to slim down the fleet and concentrate more on quality over quantity but, there is always a new temptation around every corner and I get bored very easily. However, storage is becoming a major problem and more models have been put on the for sale list. Also, keeping track of all the batteries of different sizes is becoming something of a headache.

I can relate to this post Konrad; it's exactly the same at my club in every detail. I am no expert by all means when setting up a model, but I do put in the time and effort via many trimming flights to get each model flying as best as I can. The weekend warriors, many with years of flying experience, turn up time after time with models that are very poorly set up it beggars belief. Then, they bemoan the flying characteristics of the model and wonder why theirs doesn't fly as well as my example. Some listen and make adjustments to their models while others just aren't interested and don't want to take the time and effort required to make improvements and continue to blame the model - especially so when they ultimately crash it! As the phrase goes, you can take a horse to water but you can't force it to drink. I also wonder why some buy a nice scale model and proceed to fly it like some demented 3D model. We have one guy who recently bought an E-Flite Beechcraft D 18 and he flies it in the same manner as his sport aerobatic models with no thought to the nature of the real aeroplane. He is also one of the group that takes little heed to what anyone else says, often flies with disrespect to others and seems to care little about basic safety. He is, of course, also the guy that has the highest crash rate of models in the club by a big margin!