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Posted by Gavin Mack on 09/07/2018 13:09:32:
Sunday nights bbc midlands today had a piece about the show including interviews with some of the pilots and planes flying
Repeated on FB here: **LINK**
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If you are taking a tea and bikkies break from the building board and would like to take a wander through some excellent pics of awesome models, check out David's albums on Flickr. I have been following him for several years and really appreciate the quality and sheer volume of his work.
Edited By KiwiKid on 03/07/2018 15:37:43
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My favourite model actually turned out to be a bit of a surprise as it was just a wackjob experiment I thought of one night lying in bed. I have always been keen on flying wings. Although just a small part of my modelling interests I do get a bit carried away with them - **LINK**
So, I was thinking of making something scalish, but getting scratch built flying wings performing well is quite a challenge, so I decided to see if I could mod an existing design. I added some winglets (inspired by the B&V designs) to an X-8 FPV ship and came up with this 2.8m w/s brute that I call the B&V 219.
It is a great park and club flyer, sloper and, on account of a fairly low wing loading, thermaller.
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Very nice work Greg - really starting to look Vulcanish now.
I have been enjoying a very detailed account of the development of the Vulcan in this book by Tony Blackman. So much (like powered control surfaces etc) was new to them at the time and seeing how they overcame problems is very engaging. For example, the cranked wing l/e was introduced to combat buffeting at high mach numbers which threatened to scupper the whole programme.
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I have been meaning to give that Mode 3 thing a try, but it looks a bit awkward.
And Mode 4 is nuts.
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Noticed we have just been elevated from http to https, so presume that was part of the "sorting".
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Yip that water based floor varnish is a must for any of Dynam's matt finished models. My Waco (below) is one of my favourite parkies. I did change out the ESC for a 60amp HK Plush as there were reported problems caused by the stock ESC and motor not being compatible on a number of the Dynam models. The ESC does seem to work OK on other motors - weird stuff.
EDIT: By the way, the paint job and overall presentation of the model were very good, but I guess the odd Monday morning product slips thru QC.
Edited By KiwiKid on 11/06/2018 14:47:35
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Very nice and speedy work - with a bit of camo she could pass for an Albemarle
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Just noticed the banner on the BMFA FB page - well done chaps. Thought we should record it here for posterity.
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Getting a bit more back on track, this is an inspiring vid of the maiden flight of a well presented EDF 215. Some initial teething problems are overcome and lead to a great flight.
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The fuse, booms and canopy are hand made one offs.
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No plans sorry, it's a scratchy built off three views and info on websites like this one: **LINK**
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Posted by Erfolg on 23/05/2018 09:48:25:
As with many of the often called secret German aircraft of the latter part of WW2, the majority did not exist at all.
Most are described as Brochure Tender documents, mainly for specifications issued by the RLM (Reich Luft Ministrium).
In a sense there is no absolute right, as even those that made it to mock-up, such as the Fw Flitter would have been modified in the light of requests primarily of the the RLM.
Great models though.
Interesting stuff Erflog. Yes a lot of modelling potential from the Luft '46 proposals and many RC models have flown successfully. I have been picking away at a PSS Flitzer glider which should be a good flyer I think with a layout similar to the Vampire.
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Posted by Rich Bailey on 23/05/2018 05:35:16:
Hello Harry. I have plans for the 215, for depron. Don’t want to mess them up though! How do I make the templete for bulkheads, ribs?
You could take them down to your local copy shop and make a copy and expand them in size.
I did this with my Sorcerer plan which I copied to a stick and then had enlarged and printed - making this
from this.
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Posted by J D 8 on 22/05/2018 14:09:19:
That it was carbon fiber,nice and conductive ?
Oh yes, electricity can be conducted as the electrons are able to pick up the charge, move along the layers and conduct the charge to the rest of the circuit. The electrons in carbon are loosely bonded and, when energized, tend to repel each other, with sometimes explosive results!
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Posted by FlyinBrian on 22/05/2018 08:33:14:
Probably the most dangerous of the OH cables are those carried on wooden poles, these are 11 or 33KV and the cables are close enough together for a model to touch two wires at once - could be interesting!
Interesting indeed - that's a 750 quid competition DLG going poof!
Not much left.
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Posted by William Macleod on 20/05/2018 17:09:51:
Do you want me to try and get you the magazine and plan and post it to NZ. there is also a video on you tube of graham folding the depron wings.
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Thanks Bill, but if I build another I had been planning on getting one of the larger balsa kits designed by Graham.
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Sure Ray, you can never have too many Vulcans.
Rather a unique colour scheme - is that scale for desert operations?
Reminds me of a model built by a lovely young lady in her London flat a few years back
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Hi William, is this you and Graham strutting your stuff? Awsum flying and spectacle.
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Posted by Andy Meade on 15/05/2018 11:33:06:
If it was getting pushed back or flying slowly, I'd say yes intakes might get opened out. I can't see how that would affect the up-trim though.
Hi Andy, could it be an incidence issue with the canards?
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I just remembered that Harry Twist made a PSS model a while back of what I think was a 215. You could PM him for details as it could probably be adapted for EDF or pusher configuration.
Some build pics are here: **LINK**
Edited By KiwiKid on 16/05/2018 10:14:22
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I had seen most these before, but this BWB is a new one and quite a stunner.
The model is not strictly speaking PSS as it is based on a concept drawing, but is a great achievement. This pic of it before the detailing shows that the layout is fairly straight forward, but the devil is in the detail with flying wings.
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Some neat PSSers (and their models) here on FB: **LINK**
Do servos have a use by date?
in All Things Model Flying
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I have several models that (despite my best efforts) are getting, shall we say, a bit long in the tooth, the most elderly being over ten years old. It's an EDF Skyhawk and clips along at a pretty good rate, so any glitches would put her in the dirt pretty quick - vid below. It is on it's second motor and third fan unit, but still has the original servos. They seem to be chugging on fine, but I was just wondering what others experiences are with elderly servos.