PatMc

If the Fokker is hovering below an aircraft flying at, say 90mph (132fps), it wont be "spraying" it with many bullets. 😏

If it is it's the pits.

As good as prune juice, was it ?

Which cup did the Egg Marketing Board sponsor ? Of course the FA cup will never be able to get a sponsor 😉

Link to Safety Data sheet for Enertherm. Looks like you would be best to wear a mask when sanding as well as HW cutting.

VP 😊

If you are referring to a power model then it's unnecessary. The point of the dive is to increase the model's airspeed above it's level cruising speed, which of course is the only way to achieve this with a glider. Obviously the same change in airspeed can be achieved with a power model simply by opening the throttle whilst flying S&L at normal cruising speed.

I doubt the likes of Pritstick's adhesive contains enough water to make any significant expansion, label paper contains no water.

I scan formers, ribs etc from the plan then print to A4 size label paper. Stick the result(s) on the wood then cut & sand as necessary. Similar to the Prit stick method but easier.

He firmly believed that everyone should only buy from their own LMS. If he didn't recognise you as a regular local he wouldn't sell you any high value item & was reluctant even with consumables. I'd been to a business meeting near his shop once & popped in to buy some fretsaw blades. Whilst there had a look round & made some queries about a couple of interesting S/H engines he had for sale. He told me a cock & bull story that the 2 particular engines were reserved for a regular customer. Then he quizzed me about my LMS & why was I not giving them my trade, followed by a lecture on the evils of people buying engines, kits, radio gear etc at Elvington & other shows instead of their LMS. Finally he begrudgingly sold me the fretsaw blades I was after. I once noticed that when flying at the town moor his Tx was always in a home made soft leather cover. I was told that he made sure it didn't get marked in any way so that it could be sold as new shop display stock.

Because it's running faster (higher RPM) in flight doesn't necessarily mean that it's developing more BHP. The torque will have reduced & BHP is proportional to Torque x RPM. It all depends on where on the power curve the engine is running at static.

So you didn't meet Chippy (Sunderland MS owner) then ? 🤣

Since the service seems to better than or as good as Hobbyking's at their prime is anyone concerned if HK never returns ?

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Grounds for your fears are developing. 😱

According to Ron Warring 1952 test in Aeromodeller 6x3 - 7x4 are suitable depending on model. Personally I'd try a 6x4.

Fitting a 4 stroke engine would be more out of character for the Galahad than ailerons. I built & flew one in the late 1960's or early 1970's as my first or second aileron model. It had reduced dihedral, reduced incidence & strip ailerons, power was an non-throttled Fox 15 later changed for a throttled version Fox 25. The original was designed for aerobatics, albeit without ailerons but it was developed to have them as in Andy's link. PS mine was nylon covered.

Who says that's is a fact ?

If a joke's works without using the stereotype then use the alternative. If a joke needs the stereotype to work then it's neither funny or acceptable.

When I was about 8 or 9 I watched a pair of older lads in the local park chucking a huge all wood glider around, doing some adjustments to it, then one of them towed it up on a line. I think it was a kit design called a "Three Footer" with solid shaped balsa wings, tail & stick fuselage. Apart from the amazing glide performance of the model, one thing that stuck in my mind was that when the model was damaged a couple of times they repaired it with an almost instantly acting (it seemed) super glue - balsa cement. With a birthday coming up I persuaded my parents to give me the money to buy a model plane kit. Full of optimism I went to a model shop in Edinburgh, naively asked advice then came away with a recommended rubber powered Skyleada kit - a scale Curtiss Wright XP55 Ascender. The box was decorated with drawings of the Skyleada range of scale fighters so I wasn't certain which one I'd got. When I started to try & build it I didn't understand the plan & why the windscreen seemed to be looking backwards at the tail. For those that don't know what the Ascender looks like click here. Needless to say little to no progress was made on that model & I've had a healthy scepticism of shop assistants ever since. Around the same period (I can't remember if it was just before or after) during a school break time I saw the Bristol Brabazon fly over very low on it's way to RAF Turnhouse, now Edinburgh airport. It was doing a tour of the country to display our expensive national white elephant to the population. Anyway I swapped the Ascender for something to someone even more naïve than me & got (from a different model shop) a Skyleada glider that was designed for beginners. I can't remember what it was called (may have been Fledgling or similar) but it flew. That was followed by a string of Skyleada, Keil Kraft & Veron gliders, rubber powered & Jetex kits plus a few own designs. My first diesel powered FF & C/L models were a KK Pirate & Champ that took turns sharing the same ED Bee.

They are all the same - upside down. Ask, Jacob Rees-Smug. 😉

Is that why the flags are upside down ?

I used the singular as the generic term. We have them in the north of England probably in the same sort of density as most other small towns. I actually actively support some by donating clothing & other goods also have cards for their tax reclaim benefit.

Geoff, you've missed out the most prolific type of shop in most small towns - the charity shop.😁

Dick Edmonds Algebra kits were available with optional moulded glass fibre or with ply fuselages for construction by the purchaser in a variety of sizes over several years. IIRC the first kits were the 2m span as published by RCM&E with option of FG or ply fus. However there previously were a number of earlier version Algebra kits & semi kits. I have a semi kit of the Algebra VIII with FG fuselage & veneered foam wings (112" I think). Not sure what you mean by "conventional tail" but there were "V", "X" & "T" tail versions. IIRC "V" tail had separate elevators whilst the others were AMT. The 2m as published had a very slim fus with 2 servos mounted in line. Here's a link to plans available via OZ to a couple of early RCM&E plan versions plus a later electric version that I'm not familiar with.