Wingman

COR! at last I'll be able to use the "double points on any aircraft purchase" voucher that's been cluttering up my pocket for weeks Anyway nobody is going to buy a PoS plane for 142 quid when they can buy a ready-to-fly drone WITH A CAMERA for 99 quid so I wouldn't worry about it!

Mugger drones attacking Amazon drones could be fun to watch!

In any case once you think you've sussed the position for the motor and before drilling the mounting holes you can always tack the motor/mount to the firewall with cyano then fit the cowl and see how it looks.

Erfolg, I, as I suspect everyone here does, feel very sad for you. What a terrible bind to have to uproot yourself from your home of 45 years because your children, who you have provided with a magnificent education, are unable to balance their life to provide adequate care for their own children, expecting their aged mother to travel 120 miles 3 times a week so they can earn lots of money to spend on themselves. How terribly terribly selfish of them - huh! the things we do for our kids eh? I extend my very best wishes and greatest sympathy to you Sir!

OOps sorry! thought it said models hed

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If I've been let off the leash for the whole day then it's IC all the way - I just love my Saito FGs - but if it's just a couple of hours flying then it's electric assuming it's not too windy

If so you probably remember one of the books where he did THIS

Exactly what I did with my Seagull Christen Eagle - but those carbon copy u/c's are not cheap!

Simon do you reckon there's enough wing area for model flying purposes? - I mean we are talking about a ballistic missile - I wonder how they intended to get it on target 'cos once wings are added the missile becomes affected by air movement which alters the ballistic flight path by an uncalculable amount.

This Flying Wing CG Calculator should help you out.

These guys may be of interest to you Boz - they're building a strutter from scratch to fly.

Looks like the thread title needs changing or maybe just removed

OMG! a staples chart - isn't the internet just wonderful?

Is it normal to block the crankcase vent like that on these engines?

I'm amazed they were not being thrown all over the sky by the turbulence from the flaps and wing tips

And Inwoods have 6 pages of them - or - SMC have 9 pages of them Edited By Wingman on 01/11/2015 18:04:28

Review Hi David I've got one of these - see the review link - it's not good I'm afraid - it doesn't fly very well although I suppose you could say it flies in a scale like manner . It took a lot of fettling to get it together and it carries 10oz of lead in the nose to balance it - even then it still has a lot of down trim for straight and level at half throttle - I think the wing incidence ​is wrong. Best I can say about it is that it looks the part flying around. I also have the Maxford DH2 which is a bit better quality but still took a fair bit of fettling so I guess Maxford are not the best - pity really cos they have some unusual aircraft in their catalogue. Actually just found that Eflite have re-issued their PT17 here - I bought the Maxford to replace mine - wish I'd waited!   Edited By Wingman on 21/10/2015 15:45:37

Flight log book? You will always get people who forget/can't be bothered/in a hurry/get it wrong - so why bother because just a couple of people not participating makes it invalid. I suggest you apply for planning permission using the minimum of detail in the simplest way possible as it is hard going (or at least I found it that way - I was left to do everything myself!) if more info is needed the planning people will ask for it - one thing that is required is an accurate scale drawing of the site with access, parking, footpaths, roads, buildings and anything else of possible interest marked on it (a 300ft wind turbine in my case) - the planning application will be advertised in the local press which is the call for anyone who may have an objection to speak up. I found the planning people to be ultra helpful and they will answer any questions you may have and keep you straight down the path. Interestingly we only rent our field but we have the planning permission for use as a model flying field only and, as the planning permission applies to the land, it means that the landowner can't use the land for anything else other that model flying for the next 5 years - he gave his permission for us to get planning permission which is part of the application.

I have a Ford BMax Titanium X Powershift which may push all your buttons - it's 1.6 petrol drives beautifully and has that centre armrest although I have to admit it's not a thing of great beauty . It will take my Glens 74 inch Maule fully rigged with room for a small leccy job - it takes my fully rigged H9 Camel or my Seagull 20cc Christen Eagle without touching the sides! Also it has sliding rear doors with no centre pillar which makes it really easy to load up. Edited By Wingman on 16/10/2015 10:35:09 Edited By Wingman on 16/10/2015 10:35:43

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COR! a man who built his own WW1 tank - stunning!

This club any use to you? DADMAC

In the meantime here's two in formation

I buy mine from the local supermarket - it's designed for sticking on clothing so the adhesive is very strong and doesn't soften with heat so won't peel off a well thrashed LiPo when you pull it out of the model - the make name is "King Cole" and is £2.99 for 50cm.