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New EDF Mini Jets- Jet Provost & Folland Gnat
steve 1 replied to Tony Nijhuis's topic in Tony Nijhuis plan builders
Today I managed do the maiden on my jet provost, a little windy but no problems, just need a couple of pilots now. Thanks Tony. Steve -
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Modelflying.co.uk Christmas Advent Competition updates!
steve 1 replied to Beth Ashby Moderator's topic in Chit-chat
Hi Beth Had the airbrush that I won (day 11) delivered today, thank you and RCM&E, I will "have a go" at weathering my next warbird once I have finished building it. Steve Fish -
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Hi, i have managed to get some video of the piggy back/Carry and departure from the tug. We could of done with more wind really (don't say that very often) we did try some more towing using Velcro and it did work but we found it more fun and less hassle with the carry method. Steve
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Thanks Steve I just made a cradle out of lite ply and ended up with four adjustable steel plates in each corner and an adjustable magnet in the Centre, the one in the Centre is so you can get the tail plane at the correct angle/incidence and you want to make the cradle so you have a negative incidence on the main wings then using flight modes you can keep the servos happy whilst on the cradle and when ready for departure flick switch to normal flight trim and pull up elevator and away the glider comes. The trick to keep the glider attached is to not get the carrying plane going to fast you can have a high angle of attack but not to much speed so adjust climb rate with throttle and before you turn to do a circuit reduce power push down elevator and then turn to keep speed low when in to wind again up the climb rate and add power, great fun. The other photos are in my album. I will try and get someone to video it next time. Steve
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HI, i have never tried anything like this before so I followed speedster (soren) with the pitcheron and as i fly from a flat field i tried towing which did happen just needed a swivel on the towing rope then it was suggested to piggy back it but i didn't want to use a servo for release (had to be different) I thought i would have a go at holding it with magnets and after several weekends/modifications am glad to say it is reliable up to approximately 500' before release/break free (the glider get small) i take it up on my little "ace 20" trainer with a super tigre 29 glow, we have had great fun in getting this to work. More photos of it in my album. Steve
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