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Blowing hard at the strip today, six of us turned up to help with club house maintenance but only two of us flew due to the wind, Richard flew his Flair Dara which has a 35fx 2 stroke in it which really cuts through the wind with it`s thin wing and i flew one of my SIG Wonders, the blue one which has a .15 in it. The USA one had it`s engine run and set up but needs the tail fins beefing up with some angled balsa to increase the glue contact area, very flimsy as is hopefully get that one flown this coming week, this one has a .12 in it.

It is a shame there is so much damage to the rear of the fuselage, i am sure Alan can sort it out. I sold the kit on Ebay earlier this year and put plenty of packing in with it but it still arrived with some rear fuselage damage. The buyer got VERY arsy saying i had deliberately sent it out like that and i had taken my Ebay pictures from certain angles to hide the damage! There were pictures from all angles so how you would do that i`m not sure, but who in their right mind would send out something with that amount of damage and not expect the buyer to ask for their money back through an Ebay case is beyond me. The box now has a heavy diagonal crease from the top right hand corner which was not on the pictures on the Ebay advert, something very heavy had been laid across the box at that angle. I gave the buyer his money back but when the kit arrived back with me he had sent it back with NO packaging inside which resulted in the fuselage damage being ten times worse than it had been in his pictures. What a d*ck, anyway i got a refund of the value of the kit from the carrier for the damage but not the postage so that has now been covered by Alan`s purchase, i hope Alan will put some pictures up of the finished model or do a build thread, i would like to see it completed..........

Kit now sold to Alan.

This is an Aerotech International Vultee Valiant part built kit, unfortunately the fuselage has a lot of damage to the rear end which was done in the post, it will repair but i have too many other projects i would rather complete. All plastic mouldings are undamaged as are wings, tail and fin etc, more pictures on request. I will post and pack it well but it has already been damaged once, it will be insured. £20 Postage is £14

Ten of us at the field yesterday, two of us flying our 1/4 scale Balsa USA WW1 models, Tim had his Saito FG30 powered Fokker DVII and i flew my Nieuport 17 which has an SC120 Four stroke in it. Here is some video of the Nieuport, apologies to those that don`t do Facebook, but i struggle to get the raw video posted on this site. https://www.facebook.com/reel/3547118412260235 You can hear them firing from the trenches just after the video starts 😂

Sorry the kit was sold a few weeks ago..........

Two more test flights on my BUSA Nieuport 17 today, took some lead off the nose from the first flight and added some more down thrust on the SC 120 Four stroke after the second flight, feels spot on now . Time to screw the cowl on now, will fly it some more later in the week, next to sort out is my SE5a, petrol engine out and a Laser 150 going in.

Now the weather is warming up i want to paint my Flair Baronette in a more scale scheme, it will be done using B&Q match pots thinned through a spray gun/airbrush, i know you can thin it with water but i am sure i read there is something you can use that helps it flow better, hopefully it is something that is easy to buy off the shelf? Would have liked to have done the `washed` scale scheme but the light green base is not going to cover the black blotches sufficiently so it may just have to be a dark green base colour to hide the measles....

4 1/4" from the bend that carries the wheel to the 90` bend to the rear Roy, the model has now been sold to a club mate who is going to fit a 120 Four stroke and repaint the model in the camouflage colours, i will post some pictures when he brings it to the club to fly.

I have just purchased a nice Goldberg Super Chipmunk airframe and am thinking of fitting a Laser 80 i have which is looking for an model, has anyone flown one of these on a Laser? Most people seem to fit 90 Four strokes in them, am i going to be left wanting more with the Laser in it?

We have a meter which was last calibrated about 5 years ago, the people that did it before are no longer offering the service. One of our club members also has a fairly cheap one he purchased in the last year which reads very close to the club one but if we had someone question the calibration it halts any argument if it has been calibrated in the last year.

Finally got round to sorting out the Magister undercarriage issue, i shortened the length of the wire by bending it at 90` and then taking it down into the wing in a piece of large diameter dowl. The model was test flown in very blustery conditions which gave the undercarriage mod a good workout which it passed with flying colours, no bending backwards any more 😁. I am considering parting with the Magister as it doesn`t get flown enough and i have quite a few large models now which take up a lot of space, it will go with a new uncut cowl and a pair of new spats, it is ready to fly minus rx and battery, the engine is a very good running Kalt 22cc petrol engine. If anyone is interested send me a pm.

Three of us at our patch today, three large scale models, flat twin powered SpaceWalker, Christen Eagle and my BUSA Nieuport 17 which got it's maiden flight today.

I'm looking for a SLEC/Apache Aviation Super Chipmunk, rtf, airframe or kit, anything considered. Message me with what you have.

Our club has a noise limit of 82db and we have a noise meter to check on those we think may be over that. The meter was last calibrated over 5 years ago and the person that did it then no longer offers that service, can anyone suggest where we could have that done now?

My flying buddy had one about 15 years ago, flew beautifully till one of the Brushed motors had a gearbox failure on climb out and it spun in to a ploughed field. Very lightly built model, airframe was history sadly...........

Are these silencers in cowl or on a long pipe under the model, I have several petrols that if i could get them under 82db i could fly them at my main club, most of my models are scale and the thought of a big canister silencer under the model is a non starter for me, if they are in cowl where were they purchased from? (Please don`t say Just engines 😓).

Not another one! Only a small loss i know but i ordered an exhaust screw from them two days before their `Stock take/holiday` It never arrived and was waiting for then to re open to call about it..........

I was thinking of using this to fuel proof a firewall and tank bay on a four stroke glow model, how long does it need to cure before using the model? Replies 'as long as possible' don't really help. 🤔.

Spotted minuets before the sub station fire.............

My pal has some Prosynth 2000 5% fuel, he is going to try it on that, i will report back once he has done so. Coincidently i have just picked up a large scale model that has a ST 3500 in it, unfortunately there is no chance of getting it under the noise limit at my main club as it has a very narrow engine bay with a custom made slim line silencer that leads to 3 scale exhausts. I will `borrow` some of my pals Prosynth if his runs ok on it and maybe just have to fly it on the odd occasion i go to my other club.

Five of us at our field today, conditions were perfect and T shirts were in evidence for the first time this year. Some lovely models in the air, here are a few of them lined up for some pictures. It was also Triple Triplane day for me.............

Classifieds has been ok for me the last week, it was v troublesome for three or four days.

Yes, in the original pos i did mention the tank has had all the piping and bung replaced. Ran the engine here yesterday afternoon, certainly a lower sustained idle, will fly it again tomorrow and report back.

Ok thanks, will put it back in the model, that bit of crud was probably the culprit.