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    Duck Repairs

    in All Things Model Flying

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    I have a duck who had new feet fitted in 2020 (3D printed) free on the DuckHS

     

    Recently he fell over and broke a leg at the hip joint! I have done a preliminary epoxy repair but need some epoxy putty to finish the job nicely

     

    Any suggestions for an epoxy putty make would be appreciated

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    May 2025 RCM&E format and print change

    in RCM&E Magazine

    Posted

    No doubt about it modern printed RCM&Es have much worse eye appeal than those in older RCM&Es.

    So my observations tend to support a general cheapening of paper, printing technology and care.

    Some magazines are still printed on excellent paper with excellent photos e.g. BonsaiFocus

    The RCM&E decline does seem to match other declining magazines such as that produced by the RHS. 

    The cheap paper/printing is not helped by the really daft design "feature" of printing very small greyish text on photographic and generally coloured backgrounds. 

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    Sign of the times - funnies * Remember this is a family friendly forum and inappropriate postings will be removed without warning.

    in Chit-chat

    Posted

    Don't forget that AI is neither artificial nor intelligent

    Lets call it DC (dumb code) written by people who don't know how to write bug free code (no one does)

    The main object as far as I can see initially is to separate customers even further from real people in the business

    Golly just imagine Doctors using "DC" to triage their patients, you could have your appendix out without seeing a real person, bad news if you just have a sprained ankle

    It is also worth remembering that the law is on the side of computers they are presumed right in the absence of any other evidence.

    Tell that to the wrongly accused post masters.

    Doom - the end is nigh!

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    A new club - The UK Modeller’s Flying Club

    in Flying Sites and Clubs

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    IMHO My test of any proposal is to see if I can explain it to my Siamese cats in at most two small sentences.

    If I cant do this (and they are very intelligent cats), then I have to conclude that the proposal is of no practical use. Is probably full of loose ends and inconsistencies that will continue over time to be a total nuisance.

    All of the rules and regs that we are inundated with seem to be of little practical use. They are in general invented by so called "civil servants" with little experience in what they are legislating about, we also are made to pay for the "benefit" of all this unnecessary work. 

    My comment does not just apply to model flying.

    Anyway when one of these proposals are made everyone forums about what does it means and what is missing. However as I see it the fundamental question is why do we need it at all?

     

     

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    Club Bank Account

    in Flying Sites and Clubs

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    The banks have shut virtually all their branches, some "services" given over to the Post Office (that does not do a very good job of it)

    Bank share dividends are a fraction of what they were "n" years ago

    They are trying to do away with Physical money completely, this must be resisted strongly as there are many dangers hidden away there. Use cheques and cash as much as possible.

     

    All of it created by dumb directors who get ever bigger salaries and pensions, for bigger and worse mistakes??

     

    My approach is to punish banks as much as possible. Other than a current account, I have moved all financial matters to other institutions. 

     

    Why do clubs need "paid for" bank accounts? What about PO savings accounts or other non bank resources? We need to think in non traditional ways about this.

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    Second Hobby ?

    in Chit-chat

    Posted · Edited by RedBaron
    Add captions

    In addition to the Bonsai, I must admit to several other time consuming activities, one of them being full size gliding:

     

    1 - 21,000ft over wales, 2 - An Austrian geology lesson, 3 - Glacier Blanc Haute Provence

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    May 2025 RCM&E format and print change

    in RCM&E Magazine

    Posted

    Well I am not being negative, just straight forward

    Not only is the presentation now very dull and the print almost unreadable without strong light

    One should also remember that not very long ago each issue was about 130/140 pages and there were 13 issues per year, remember the specials?

    The page count and issues have reduced significantly and the price has rocketed up

    The new format seems to be for the owners not the readers benefit perhaps the owners wear special glasses

    Once upon a time RCM&E was run by aero-modelers for modelers! Can we set the clocks back please

     

     

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    Google out of space

    in Chit-chat

    Posted · Edited by RedBaron
    Cat walked across the key board and posted my comment before complete

    Can't help much with the actual question, but would observe that I have nothing stored online. For myself everything, emails, data, recovery disk etc  are all kept locally. Regular backups are stored at another family location.

    Anything outside your immediate control is at risk.

    Even locally is a risk. Some years ago I had a PC power supply problem that fried my two hard drives. Got new power supply and hard drives and within a short time had everything restored and running like nothing had happened

    I appreciate this does not help your present situation but may be worth consideration as you are going forward.

    I hope it all gets resolved OK for you quickly!

     

     

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    RCM&E Do I need new glasses?

    in RCM&E Magazine

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    Not only is the text smaller, they are still printing small black text on dark coloured backgrounds!! See Page 35.

    This does not add readability or have any artistic benefit. it has been known for centuries that the maximum contrast is best (ie black on white of a sensible size)

    The only purpose of magazines, newspapers etc is to be comfortably read

    Look at magazines from the 70s through early 2010 for readability.

    Perhaps the graphic artists or whatever are not taught that the customer wants to read it. The only purpose of the layout/design people is to allow the story to reach the customer in the clearest possible way,. Anything else is deliberate, purposeful obscuration.

     

     

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    Windows 11

    in Chit-chat

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    IMHO the best solution is to get an old version of W7 SP2 install that and lock it down so it cant update. And of course run a good firewall and good anti-virus etc just as you would have to with W11. My W7 has been locked down for 15+years with never a sign of problems. I also run Office 2010

    Updates no matter what the manufacturer says are just more bad code else why do they keep coming. W10 was meant to be the best... hmm. Why do the updates keep changing the user interface? hmmm....

    They call them security updates just to make the user feel that they are critical.

    No one knows how to write bug free code, even 100 lines worth, let alone the millions in W11 🙂

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