Wingman

If it's just one servo for the aileron don't bother about it - the plane will fly quite well with just the aileron on the other wing. If it was not too expensive you could buy another plane and then you would have a fully working plane and a load of spares. Edited By Wingman on 15/05/2020 21:57:14 Edited By Wingman on 15/05/2020 21:59:34

That looks like quite a meaty soldering iron so I reckon it would be worth a go with it - probably have to hold it on for a while until the heat builds up on the joint then just track down the wire with the iron adding solder as you go. If you have to use blow lamp or similar, heat the wire a bit, remove the flame and dab the solder on and keep doing that in small steps until the solder flows - melting the solder with the flame just makes a mess and the joint will probably just come undone when it's in use - i.e. the first landing. Just make sure the binding wire is also clean (steel wool or emery cloth) before soldering.

The wires will be coated with a varnish (shellac) so that has to be scraped off to bare copper before they will take solder.

As an aside, I've tried all those Fernox type cleaners and preservatives but the best by far is ethylene glycol car antifreeze (Bluecol etc.) dozed at 1 litre per radiator (regardless of radiator size). Car antifreeze is good for much higher temperatures than a central heating system can get to and is good for steel, iron, aluminium, copper, brass and magnesium so any metal in a central heating system won't react with it. I find that after 2 years the water is still clear and I now leave it for 5 years before draining and refilling. My system, including the boiler, is 25 years old, one of the radiators and the hot water tank are original and the system is still silent in operation (and it's an 'open system).

I'm always a bit miffed when I order something from Amazon.co.UK , which is the Dunfermline or Dundee warehouses for me, and then find that the kit is being delivered from CHINA and is going to take weeks. You definately have to check the delivery date before placing an order.

The one my son has to monitor the area outside his flat (has a visiting herd of deer) connects to an app on his phone via his wifi. The app records and produces stills if required. It has night vision using infra- red LEDs and motion detection although tree movement in the wind makes that pretty useless, it's also weather proof. He can also access the camera remotely over the internet from anywhere in the world - pretty good for £26 delivered from Banggood about a year ago.

Phewch! camera traps are expensive! loads available like this IP camera for 20-30 quid

Well I'm playing in the garden with my RC tank, my RC car, my teeny weeny drone, my nano helicopter, or running up my Saito FG33R3 in the Stearman just to listen to its glorious tick-over and if the weather is a bit dodgy (by the way - why has it been perfect flying weather for the last 7 days??) I play with my Ham Radio gear or carry on slotting together my Sequoia Systems Greenfinch 234 (it's like a 3D jigsaw puzzle!) . Oh, and in case you're wondering, I do the cooking so that keeps the wife quiet

FB3 if you're over 55 you can get free hearing aids from the NHS (once it re-opens that is) - the batteries are also free. Mine are quite neat and I really only wear them for listening to the telly or when I'm part of an audience. Don't bother with the 'hearing aids' you can get from Bangood/internet etc. they never have enough volume (gain).

Well that put a big smile on my face - well done Cliff! Oh and did you know you have a Dalek hiding in your garden?

Drone delivery will never be viable as long as they use leccy - they need to use a DLE50 on each corner!

Never do less than 80 on a motorway - but then I drive a B Max

Ho Ho! That means that all old folk out and about after the lockdown will have to carry proof of age to show they're under 70 He He! Or a letter signed by both parents Ho Ho Ho! You couldn't make it up. Oh and while I'm at it - if it's so dangerous why isn't it classed as a "Notifiable Disease" - Junk Government! Edited By Wingman on 15/03/2020 12:40:43

A search for "Tamiya Camloc" might be helpful.

Well going by government philosophy in our experience they should be Laser attack

Simon I've been ranting on for years that everybody should be issued their own IP address at birth

Jon, While a video would be great can I suggest that in order not to get trapped in it that you video yourself doing all the repairs/refurbs until complete and you have a running motor and then upload it after editing. That way the thread won't stall because you can't get a part or have insufficient time available to do the job etc. etc. and you will be a hero

I presume that whatever regs come into being after 30th June will still cost £9 or more otherwise the CAA would have to refund everybodies' £9s

sorry David but it does make me boil

Yes Gonzo I've just read it and 94D and agree with your assessment. It's like somebody in government has finally read it and said "why are we persecuting a load of old men flying toy aeroplanes - stop it at once!" It does make me wonder, though, what they have in store post June  Edited By Wingman on 17/02/2020 15:18:59     Edited By David Ashby - Moderator on 17/02/2020 15:19:27

There are quite a few "Plant Identifier" apps for your smart phone if you have one - you take a photo of the plant and the app identifies it.

Posted by Steve J on 05/01/2020 10:50:06: Singapore (a fine country) has gone for individual registration at $S15 per unmanned aircraft. **LINK** I still don't understand this concept of registering per aircraft - we can only fly one at a time and surely they don't make it illegal to own models? I think I'd baulk at paying to register my hangar queens which I might only fly once or twice a year.

He probably read his script, saw 250g, and thought nahh that can't be right and 'corrected' it to-air   Then he came off-air and his director said "you got that wrong - its 250g" and the guy said "don't be daft why would they want to register toys weighing less that a pound!"  Edited By Wingman on 02/01/2020 18:43:21

Check this out - minutes 15 to 18 - Drones - it's not even really noted as 'special' just accepted.

Posted by Denis Watkins on 28/12/2019 12:05:27: Ordered a Mini Welder on 18th December And this arrived today 28th December, in just 10 days Am using it to weld own design landing gear Bet you got mine