PatMc

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.

Of course you can always use ordinary, common or garden, pliers to make a perfectly acceptable but not in-line "Z" bend that serves the same function as an in-line one. The only real difference is cosmetic.

@FulvioI think @Martin Harris - Moderator has misread the type of motor. 2 brushed motors would only require a single ESC so long as that ESC is rated for the combined current of both motors. Tom posted as I typed.

It might be worth painting the box white or silver if that wouldn't make it an eyesore to the garden management person.

The fact that all 3 connectors are pins means that a normal extn lead can not be used to connect either a servo tester or Rx. To me this suggests that this gismo is a stand alone device that needs it's own power input. PS is there a land extended to the centre connector signal pin ?

A servo exerciser, like the one Phil Green designed (a few years back) comes to mind. One set of pins for battery & 2 for a pair of servos.

Power trumps authority. 🪓

Now maybe if we could get Jackie Weaver to be moderator... 😆

I'm fairly certain the source of that fire was traced to a badly crimped connection within a fridge or freezer. But I won't name the make in case I'm wrong.

Does anyone check if their charger's cell balance voltage readings are identically calibrated ? The first charger I bought with cell balance turned out to be badly calibrated. Balanced charges took ages & often exceeded the time limit but non calibrated charges usually were reasonably quick. Long story short - after 4 or 5 of my 3s batteries suffered faulty cell each (middle cell each time) I checked the individual readings of the charger against my DVM - calibrations were all over the place resulting in the centre cell being overcharged. I often wonder if this has been the cause of some of the fires with cheap fake copy chargers. Since then I check any new charger's the balance voltage displays against my DVM.

You didn't look hard enough. 😉 There's a message saying that the "shop online" website is under maintenance but the physical gift shop is shown on the site map.

The answer is - yes they do. Here's their website wwww.alnwickgarden.com 😊

IMO, for a 5 year old forget about RC, get him something he can chuck about & run after to retrieve like one of the smaller versions Lidl glider. If you can get a couple that he can enjoy along with a friend. If that sparks the interest he'll ask for an RC model when he's ready.

This is definitely a Classic E glider. Has a good all round performance too.

I did something similar to Tim as part of an article that appeared in the now defunct AMI magazine. I'd acquired couple of mangled ED 2cc diesels that I wanted to be able to use in vintage models & happened to have a carb from a worn out Enya 09 III. I think the one on the right is a Comp Spl & the other is a "Penny Slot" with a replacement home made head. This shows my version of a radial mount to replace the damaged originals. Going from memory the extension is a scrap of brass tube soldered to the existing inlet spigot with the carb epoxied in place very similar to Tim's arrangement. The Enya carb worked very well without any need to reduce the bore. I used a slightly enlarged APS Frankenstein as test bed for both of these engines (& a few others). The carb was more effective than I'd expected.