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Latest F82 Twin Mustang just completed ,previous two flown successfully so high hopes for number three. Mustang good but Twin twice as good
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An X3 model would have to be semi scale I would think, with much increased wing area, certainly a challenge?
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T o change the theme slightly Is any one up to date on the present situation with with full size light planes? I used to subscribe to Pilot magazine and they were up in arms about transponders, many old aircraft have no electrical system to power them , relying on good old eyesight and landing and take off procedure etc. Some did carry hand held radios though.
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Unless in Scotland where it is quite another meaning such as can't say here
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Previously HK British Warehouse had a different address on every order I received, whether this was to keep ahead of customs etc. or some other obscure reason I don't know but Chinese are sharp cookies
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With the help of my sisters I wrote on the back of old family photos who the people were, it will be interesting I think to descendants many years hence. On the other hand I have so many digital they are not named individually. Stored on SD cards and put in small paper envelopes with info . Trouble is a change in technology could make them unreadable. Paper photo albums cannot be beat.
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The boat club I am a member of pays around £2000 in rates (
3 hours ago, Martin Dilly 1 said:Before this thread grinds to a halt or is euthanised could I make an important point.
The words we use to describe what we do, in our case model flying, can have far reaching effects that can sometimes do us all a lot of harm. For instance, there’s nothing wrong with hobbies; stamp collecting, model railways or making a model of the Houses of Parliament out of a thousand matchsticks are pastimes that give people a lot of harmless enjoyment. Making model aircraft, whether Airfix plastics or ones that fly, can be a hobby too. But what we all enjoy is model flying and that is without a shadow of a doubt a sport; it’s a man-and-machine as well as a man-versus-the-elements one, whether we fly recreationally or competitively.
Every time we fly a model, whether we’ve spent many hours building it or many pounds buying it, we’re enjoying a sport. It’s not a dirty word. It doesn’t imply cut-throat pot-hunting competition or trying to fly better than somebody else. If there is any competition then it’s you trying to make this flight just a bit better than your previous one.
Why does this matter? Most local UK Councils have a Sports and Recreation Committee, which can provide funding, facilities for local sports clubs, including model flying clubs, and permission to use sites. In the early 1970s the first steps were taken towards recognition of model flying as a sport. We soon found that two major hold-backs were the title – Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers – and the words ‘hobby’ and ‘aeromodelling’. Because of the inaccuracy of the SMAE name, a working title of The British Model Flying Association was adopted in 1988. In our presentations to government we compared model flying disciplines with other sports, - combat flying and fencing, aerobatics and figure skating, free-flight and orienteering, - and got documentary evidence from numerous overseas nations whose governments already funded model flying as a sport. Finally in 1993, over 20 years since we first started negotiations, Sports Council (now Sport England) recognition finally came, benefitting all British model flyers.
So, please, please, please can we all stop referring to ‘the hobby’ and give model flying the respect it deserves as a SPORT.
And get almost all refunded by the council as a sport) We were a member of the council sports association but left as it did nothing for us
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I think it has already been pointed out ,perhaps on another thread, that enforcement is almost nil. But if it does come to that, registered clubs will be the target, lone flyers in the depths of the countryside will be near impossible to find. Although, planes in the air are quite visible from afar!
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Google free storage is quite a bit more than Outlook but still only II would think up to a point where charges would be levied. Using it up by putting photos on without your knowledge is sneaky then demanding money is sharp practice and annoying. Had me worried that my Email was going to be suspended. Backing up to a hard drive is the best idea.
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As promised here is my flock .
Close up is the mount with scallop for EDF. Four scallops in all. A mite slower than expected maybe the efflux hits the tailplane so it might be better mounted higher.
The white winger is my original two years old at least and admired and copied by a couple of clubmates for its handling and speed.High EDF gives a downward on take off so I dial in up trim until at height.
Venom is very twitchy , perhaps too big ailerons so still working on rates
Pusher prop is also slower than expected, probably reason as above
White winger tail looks askew in photo? must check
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Email providers give free cloud storage , some more than others. I was threatened by mine (outlook) that my email was going to be suspended because no more space,( no mention of cloud) took me a while to discover that all my pictures were being uploaded without my knowledge which had filled all free storage and I would have to pay a monthly fee. Deleted a heap of photos and back to normal service.
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Yes I have built and flown one, airflow to the EDF is provided by four scallops in the foam . The EDF is mounted on four bamboo skewers . Gives a much better glide than EDF on top . Will post a photo tomorrow. Too comfortable watching telly to go out to the shed.
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Dick Dasterdly does it for me
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DH Venom style, cut off the tail, twin booms and an EDF behind
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I can view back in the camera , also on a viewer thingymajig
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As Jon says for putting on here, but for fool proof storage of photos my camera puts them on cards which then can be put into labelled envelopes . I lost a lot of photos last time I changed computers. You can also back them up onto a separate hard drive of course.
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We had a well respected by everyone member who would quickly point out any dodgy behaviour. He died a few years ago but now if anything appears to be iffy everyone says loudly "TAM WOULD NOT STAND FOR THAT"
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KC The CAA informed me two weeks ago my reg had expired and I had to multi question test again ( I thought it was a one off), anyway forty questions 90 percent about drones so in the
response I said I never flew drones and was unhappy about the questions
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Our club from start up had membership and insurance from the local sports council, but that meant if you were a BMFA member etc you were insured twice. Of course the council cover was only for our own field so many did join BMFA etc. So this year we saved by not insuring through the council and everyone must have membership of one of the associations , personally LMA.
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45 minutes ago, Adrian Smith 1 said:
Maidened my electric Capiche 50cc today.
A bit cold and I had to watch my finger action as I could see the feeling beginning to suffer. see the link below.
At least I got her down safely after 3 flights 😅
electric and 50cc is it a hybrid?
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JD8----In Scotland , early 1900s before power lines appeared many large estates with suitable streams installed their own hydro schemes, then in the 1950s abandoned them as worn out and uneconomic with grid available. Lately Companies have offered to install modern plant often along side the old, there are literally dozens now round here in upland Perthshire , all to see is a small power house at the foot of the hill once the mess of installation is complete.
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Conjured up terribly sad memories of my short lived Volantex Twin Mustang F82
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Enjoyed the clip, and the others on the sidebar
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I have used the foam coffee cup method too, one point is that it can make the motor work harder , faster flight but reducing duration. All down to experimentation.
Forum members' new models: Let's see them.
in All Things Model Flying
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Yes ,I am sure that is why the last one disappeared over the horizon.