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  1. kc
    Ditch the pusher prop and then you could build any one of many powered gliders. Maybe the Goldberg Electra plan on Outerzone could suit that motor.
  2. kc
    On the hired Opel Astra the elecronics recognised every yellow village sign in Austria & Germany ( indicating 50 kph limit ) or speed limit sign and gave a distinctive noise that the speed limit had changed and a different sound when that speed limit was exceeded. ( of course I never exceed the limit but the speedo was 3 k fast so I heard it work! ) Very handy I thought. I reckon a rear reversing camera is an almost essential item to most modern cars which have restricted view rearwards.
  3. kc
    So I suppose at 10 watts for 24 hours day for 366 days year that means that for anyone who has a landline and does not need broadband they must in future pay about £22 year extra for electricity to power the previously unnecessary router! Not a lot of people would know that........ and it's not as 'Green' as the old landine!
  4. kc
    Why is it that we are willing to accept a Digital phone won't work when the mains supply fails? Surely the phone could be fitted with a battery just like the cordless phones ( 2 AAA size Eneloop in mine ) that recharges automatically from the mains and can provide an hour or so of calls! If we accept that technology cannot provide a proper service in future in an emergency then we are wimps and will pay the price eventually - due to terrorism, war, strikes, electric cuts due to sudden mass use of elecric car charging etc. Some months ago in RCME an article showed how a small, cheap solar panel can keep a gel cell charged for use in shed etc. Cost was about £18 retail for solar panel and 12 v gel cells about £13 for 7 amp. Why do we not insist BT do something similar for land lines? The phone companies want to eliminate land lines to force us to have mobile phones which are cheaper for them and much mor expensive for consumers. Landline users are being forced to also pay for a mobile contract just to have a phone in emergency. Actually they can also be charged in a car, so can be charged via petrol or diese! Or a solar panel can charge the car battery or phone.
  5. kc
    Change should only be to something better and having a phone that needs electricity supply to work is clearly worse. Those of my age can remember the 3 hour off electricity cuts in the 1970's every evening but at least we could make phone calls in an emergency. Frankly our world is being dominated by idiots who cannot see that being dependant on certain things ( in this case electricity supply ) will cause chaos in an emergency. Look at last weeks Crowdstrike problem. Maybe they should have spent less on advertising on F1 cars ( I wondered what Crowdstrike meant on Lewis Hamiltons car ) and more on staff checking updates before isuing them. Common sense needs to be used especially by those at the top.
  6. kc
    BT have just sent me an e-mail saying they want to convert my phone to Digital Voice and amongst the small print in the e-mail is - " By booking the appointment, you’ll be providing consent to proceed with the switch over to Digital Voice" How can they presume I am giving consent just by booking an appointment! I will bet I cannot withdraw my consent to Digital Voice if I find that it's not suitable for my circumstances afterwards. Frankly I don't want my landline phone to be dependant on the electricity supply. So my question to the forum members is what are your experiences of Digital Voice? Have you refused to have it?
  7. kc
    Or Boddo's Dracon also on Outerzone together with Elf 16 or Elf 20. But I reckon pusher props and hand launched rear motor models are too dangerous to the fingers of the launchman, so you might do better giving the prop away to someone with a Bixler type model. I suppose an add on pylon could be used on a glider to utilise the pusher prop.
  8. kc
    My advice is never buy secondhand radio gear - you need 100 percent reliable radio for enjoyable troublefree flying and more importantly safety. Never buy 35Mhz radio gear as people often give that away free as it's not used much now . 2.4 Ghz is the radio everyone prefers now. Buying a secondhand plane can be OK but may be fuel soaked and heavy, so that could be a problem. Get an experienced modellers opinion first. Secondhand engines can be OK if you know about engines or have a club member who can sort the engine for you. Visit a nearby club and see what the members are using and whether electric or glow takes your interest or maybe gliders.
  9. kc
    Anyone interested in Keil Kraft would probably find the Aeromodeller Handbooks interesting- 1948 to 1969 are available online to download free here
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  11. captainandrex

    many thanks

    have down loded but although i calc a 8.5x increse in size using corel (rewsize) cannot get the rariois correct

    have a full copy of a cheif with 10.5" wings plus plug,after this all goes haywaire

    if anybody fancies a cut down version i can supply

    do have in my folder a full size plan of a tiger moth  46.75" showing .20-4 stroke engine  designed by the famous dave boddington

    regards to all

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    2. captainandrex

      captainandrex

      thanks to all and the welcome most enjoyable in this day and age

      now a new one..

      has anyone considered increasing or decreasing the di-hydral on any wing of a plane.or even adding winglets

      i have asked many actual pilots (real fly boys) of increasing or decreasing angles  or even increasing winglet size.their reply usually amounts to we flyh them noot design them.so no answers to that

      anyone in the model world given any thought?

      would be most interested to hear

      regards andy

      finally anyone in the worcetser area who would like o contact me  please

    3. kc

      kc

      Andy,

      for some reason your messages are coming to me as a 'status update'    I don't know what status update is........if you want to send a private message click on members name and then 'Message'  and the message can be sent and replied that way.  

      Your message today should be posted onto the forum so that any member can reply.   

      Basically lots of dihedral is normally used (as designed ) for models without ailerons  and is usually decreased to very little if the model is fitted with ailerons.   Winglets don't seem used much on R/C models - I think it's to do with Reynolds Numbers and on full size it's for fuel economy I think - not much use to us!    Other forum members may know more about this than I do.

       I am in Essex so I cannot introduce you to a club that will help, but look on the BMFA Club Finder section and all the clubs are listed by area.  Maybe a member in your area will help you if you mention Worcester on the forum.

      Regards

      kc

    4. captainandrex

      captainandrex

      many thanks

      have now contacted a print shop in malvern worcestershire who will print the cheif plans for me (4 x my size so far)

      keep you posted if all goes well

  12. kc
    Captainandrex, Welcome to the forum. The link to outerzone gets the plan to download and instructions also 'printwood' image. These can be downloaded to a memory stick and taken to a print shop to print, or you could print on an A4 printer as a ' tiled ' print at 100 percent and stick them together with sellotape.
  13. kc
    I can see the point about short people but my wife is short and has the seat right forward but she still can reach the manual handbrake. Of course we checked she could fit the car before we bought. ( we rejected the Prius as the steering column bulge wouldn't allow my wife to drive as it hit her knees with the seat right forward ) A handbrake cable would surely be checked at an MOT so shouldn't fail, but can the MOT tester check the electronics and be sure they will last the year? Must be safer to have a cable brake that is completely separate from hydraulics and electronics. As for running back on a hill my Toyota Auris Hybrid Auto with manual handbrake doesn't roll back without using handbrake on most hills. I would have paid MORE money to NOT have a keyless ignition on my Auris! Same with electronic handbrake if I bought another car - it's worth more without especially when it gets a few years old!
  14. kc
    Nobody seems to have explained why they like electronic handbrakes rather than the good old fashioned handbrake lever! Surely a handbrake lever that does not need electric power must be a safety feature? With the extra advantage that the manual handbrake can be applied gently or fully according to circumstances.
  15. kc
    Tim, Good luck with building the new Maricardo and lets have some info on the forum when it's finished. If you have the original article you may still find the 2004 article of use as it's a modernised/ simplified version. You may hate the changes of course! There was some info somewhere that the name Maricardo was derived from the designers name and his childrens names- can you verify that?
  16. kc
    Futaba seem very reliable - the problem being compatibilty of Rx with their Tx. The old FAAST Rx once available with their cheap 6EX Tx are now only compatible with their very expensive (£1000 )Tx nowadays, so if my 6EX Tx goes wrong then it's either a £1000 for a new Tx or scrap the Rx. Same with the more modern Rx and TX - the cheaper Tx are not compatible with many Rx. See a chart online which shows which Tx is compatible with which Rx. Not many cheap Tx are compatible with many Rx and none are compatible with the old FAAST system. So that Futaba is fine if you buy all the Rx that you may need ( it seems everybody has at least 6 Rx nowadays- some need a dozen or more ) and look after the Tx. If the Tx gets damaged or fails then you may need to buy a much more expensive Tx to use your collection of Rx.
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