CARBON_ROD

  All this early morning flying has got thinking at the moment I'm building a flying wing ,the free plan with the mag ,I started yesterday in among cutting hedges and creosoting my  3 sheds one for bikes one for garden stuff,and my work shop that's a 12x8any way getting away from the subject ,I've done the wings ,fin,and fuse sides  Ive got a motor from a Cessna 182 (that's an other story some time ) any way! i've got a very large field at the bottom of my garden,thought i would fly it there don;t have to take off and land on wheels so just the place ,by the way any one flown one and how do they fly ? i mean are they nice to fly etc ?yea! could do some early morns as well .sound good .

    Nice plane ,our loss,!

In answer to James at just engines ,Thanks for that James i did put some thread lock on and it's done the trick ,I would also like to say that today (Sunday 8/8)  i flew that engine and i can tell you it was amazing my trainer took off like a jet fighter it was fast,but when me and the airplane settled down i found that i could fly around quite happily on about just under half throttle ,so i'm impressed what a sweet engine with lots of power to  do almost any thing really and fast, so thanks JE,  TD

 Welcome start ,you'll be OK here ask as many questions as you like there will all ways be some one who will know the answer,and good luck    TD

 Hope you got a good shed or spare room cos you are going to accumulate a few models now you've started ,hope you enjoyed Sunday , there is nothing like it ,The best hobby in the world , for me any way i'm sure for you,I only used to go flying  on sundays but now i'm retired I can go mon,wed,fri,and sun .unfortunately we have a few problems were we fly and we are restricted to certain times and days ,but good luck to you and enjoy.  regards  TD

http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/07/23/4739027-pilot-ejects-an-instant-before-fighterjet-crashes      Check this out guys !  regsrds TD

   best thing you can do is join a club  ,lots of help and advice and up to you if you take it  ,personally if i were learning i wouldn't go near a helie but hay ho, that's me ! any way good luck . TD .

 WELL COME ! grounded.TD

 Welcome to the best hobby there is ,as the other guys have said get good radio gear from the start  and a nice trainer and you'll find after 3or 4 flights you'lstart tosettle down and enjoy it ,of course a good instructor helps , i was lucky i had a very laid back guy who didn't get too strict with me but was st urn when the need arises , but you;l find it will all click into place after a few flights and become FUN ,good luck and enjoy.  TD

 Hi  Lady Sarah,I watched a guy flying a Lanc at old warden (IC)that's the only time I've seen a lanc do an inverted circuit ,quite impressive , any way all the best and enjoy. TD

 Crack on and get some stick time in ,I'm afraid i don.t know the guy instructing you but from the other comments about him you got a good en ! all the best .TD

  Thanks for that ernie ,i'll give a lock nut a try.

just bought a jen 47 from j/engines whilst running it in i noticed the nut holding the Carib in place kept coming lose,and at one point i thought it was going fall out and hit the prop,to say i was freaking worried was putting it mildly , i have now put loads of thread lock on it but up to now haven't run it due to weather conditions  ,has any one else had any thing like this ? i'm not calling the engine i think it well nice but just that bolt worrying ?      TD

  the BMFA did a nice write up for BODDO i think at was the the one  befor the last , can't remember the dates but it was realy good .lots of pics ,a nice trbute.

  I did a really good one last week i decided to check my electric Cessna 128 out as it has been sat on top of my wardrobe for about a year , so !sat it on top of the kids trampoline went into my hanger,switched my tranny on and proceeded to search for the Cessna when i found it WELL!all hell let lose and my model came off the trampoline like a dose of salts smashing the prop to bits bending the shaft to which it was at ached ,what i had forgot was  i had been using that tranie as a Buddie to the master and some one in their wisdom disconnected the batteries ,so sending the memories back to factory settings IE reverse controls,so i thought the throttle was closed it was in fact wide OPEN ,any way a new motor and prop now fitted and my self a very wise pilot.  LOL  TD

 the pics on there now are new , i up loaded them yesterday , i did have well over 40 pics of my hanger and waddington air show,but thanks for that guys  TD

All the pictures i had on my account  have mysteriously vanished , any ideas?      TD 

I think i'm getting close to taking the A ,what you went through kind of makes me feel a bit jittery ,PHEW!