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Ha haaaa brilliant Radge Spoke to my friend last night and he's sticking with the lizzie idea so I'm on my own with this one. Wont be long till the magazines out. Then we can have a good look at those plans and clear the bench off I must get that hurri finish asap.

Another belter Tony. top job I've not been on the forums for ages as the temptation to start another build is too stong, but my friend and I thought we'd have a look at building your Lysander after our current BT projects come to an end. Now i've gone and found this little beauty and i really want one! Having built a spitty of yours, which I really enjoyed building and flying, I'm extremely tempted. Looking forward to the special Mag. I could use the up and coming birth of my son as an excuse to commission the new build Thanks again TN. Iain B

Only just seen this thread as I've had a nice long break from the forums. An internet search brought me to this E.D. Very nice. I have the plans for this

The Champ. PAW 06

Emulation test. Timbo.

Use ply or very thin ally

How much are they £££ ?   Iain

David, I got that box set too, looking forward to it. Could have done with some mini ski's for landing on our snow covered strip tho!   Iain

What an awesome day Not allowed my BT Hurri kit til my birthday tho, only 5 more sleeps got Pacific box set and a little meccano quad bike, hee hee. Merry christmas and a happy new year to you all

Eddie. I help run Byley MFC. Nearly every new guy that has turned up to join in the last 2 years wants to fly a heli. Very few plankers, which is a shame coz i work hard to keep the nice long strip in decent condition. Mind you, I reckon we have some of the best heli lads around based at Byley, so they tend to attract the newbees into 3D helis. I just wish an awesome plank flyer would turn up and teach us plankers a few new tricks There must be someone out there!

LHF. Thats what this thread is for!!!  Everyone can air their opinions. I have voted for three warbirds, thats coz I love 'em. If the aircraft we're catagorised like Phil B has pointed out i'd prob have put three others. I must admit, i've always liked/wanted a nice single engine civilian prop jobby. I think something with a single engine is more do-able for most modellers, especially on a budget, and will sell more plans for Tony. Buying two or more four strokes can get expensive, and retracts too. Now an airliner sounds interesting I'd have to go over to the 'spark side'

FW190 ME109 Zero   I like warbirds, they're popular and will sell magazines and plans, guaranteed.

r6dan. Just read your last post, about women riding ZX10's. I had to re-read it several times to make sure I wasn't the one getting confused We're you referring to Lyndsay being a woman?  I dont think he'll be too happy with you Edited By batcho99 on 13/11/2010 08:52:11

I was just thinking of that one Dusty  when I saw the thread title

Used to be well into cars(boy racer stuff) but nowadays when not playin with planes, big and little, its music and films. Listening and playing music, the Bass is my instrument of choice, although I have played he drums and keyboard longer. Love funkin' it up on the Bass. Cant beat chilin when the baby's gone bed and watchin a good film too tho. Oh, my misses says I spend too much time on the web, so thats what I do in my spare time!   Iain

A few more snaps while i was checking out the c of g. I think it will be ok. I wasn't sure what to do with the tail skid as there wasn't any parts for it in my kit, so I knocked this up.   The tail feathers.     Its first time on its wheels   Iain

Oops! I know what you mean Myron, the airframe is quite delicate!   Has anyone got any close up shots of their interplane struts? What did you make them from? I was thinking med balsa with bushes at each end to take the 3mm bolt?   Iain

Ay up chaps. I have been working on the pup all evening. All servos, battery, rx, switch fitted. And the tank. I have chance to put the wings, wheels and cowl on it to check the balance and it seems very good as it is, 138mm back from top wing l.e.. I have the ASP61 in mine so obviously heavier than the 40 2 stroke they  recommend. Still got a few jobs to do but getting there now. Gonna make the wing struts next and pushrods for the ailerons More pics to follow.   Iain  

A few more pics of the progress             The cockpit is cut out, just need to remove the covering! Tail nice and straight.   And a shot from below. Still a bit to do, but getting closer to the end result Now if I could just concentrate on this and not start anything else!! Iain    

Hi there Shane.   The spitty flys really well, very quick too on full chat! I have a couple of vids but it takes forever to upload them on youtube coz the camera I use is a 1080HD and I dont know how to dumb it down a little! I'll see what I can do. Good luck with the build, you'll enjoy it.   Iain

David, you we're right.   Sunday was awesome. I spent the day at Rednal with lots of warbirds. Cant wait to see the pics in the mag.   Iain

Hi Steve. Go for the P-51. Its a brilliant little flyer, I know a few people that have them now and no one has any complaints. Mine flys a treat. I'm sure Squadron leader had a few spittys in last week tho?   Iain.

Welcome Carl.   I like the look of this model. As you say not perfect scale lines but i'm sure your scale flying will make up for this   Iain

Alright guys. Not had much time the last couple of days but I did get an hour today in the hangar. I decided to solder the u/c and then I put some solartex on one side of the lower wing. My ailerons are also film hinged, and the servo's in the wing. Its not looking too bad, I just wish i'd have built it all myself. There is a little gap on either side of the ailerons due to a mistake made in the building process. It'll still fly great tho i'm sure. Off topic slightly but I ordered a woodpack for a BT Hurri today Next years project, starting on 1st Jan.   Iain  

Great news Kevin. Hope mine goes well when the day comes I've bent my u/c. Just need some wire to whip it then solder it up. Going DIY shop tomorrow to buy some. I've seen some nice thin metal sheet on Mick Reeves website to do the area aft of the engine cowl too. I'll order it tomorrow and some other bits for my next project.   I've been thinking about the covering. The problem is I already have the green solartex so i'm going to do the top wings with that to save a few quid. I know what you guys said tho, but it'll work out cheaper for me this way   Iain