Don Fry
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That suggests a lot of lead. 61 motor, about 20 oz, electric motor a lot lighter, Lead to balance it, the difference between those two weights. Battery on CG, does not do anything to balance it.
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To quote Jon Harper, it’s only wood, usually, with hacking, the battery can be shifted forward.
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Tank size, I use the formula, 2 stroke, cu.inch x 1.5, ie, a 61 needs a 9 oz tank. 4 stroke, cu inch x 1.0, ie, 61 4st, a 6 oz tank. I don’t go smaller, if the formula suggests a tank size that doesn’t exist, go to next size up.
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Hope he turned out better than Paul, did he get addicted to caster oil. Costs a fortune in bog rolls.
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What is a “woke” Paul, I read the noun everyday in the Mail, never seems to have a meaning. I thought you were British, now, late to the show accepted, but surely it was the financial and military might of the USA swung the balance, and who the French saw during the last war. There is a bridge in Cognac just up the river, named after an American military engineer sergeant, who removed the dropping charges left in place by the retreating German army. Just wandering off to the workshop now. Be safe enough there, 70cm stone walls.
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Be careful with the caster tail wheel. My experience on a couple is exactly the same on all of them. It turns uncontrollably to wind when there is insufficient airflow over the rudder to stop it turning into wind. Try it, it’s annoying but does not usually break anything, but if you do, design it so you can lock it.
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Different countries, different pasts. I can, within a long dog walk of my house, in Western France, visit a German WW2 cemetery, a memorial to 4 resistance fighters murdered by German troops, and an acknowledgment as to the place of death of a local priest, lynched as a traitor. “ lest we forget”, as the world seems to be getting darker again.
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Re use of swastika, it is illegal to display the symbol in France. I have a Storch, acquired painted, displaying a tail swastika. Beautiful creation. To leave it on my club president had to obtain a permission from the local mayor, having established it’s a representation of a historical object, and I was not using it for political purposes. Still sensitive here, and I’m not surprised it can cause offence. Just bear in mind, some of the “offended” are full time argumentative characters, cause of offence matters not
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Change of senior management by Orleons.
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I am slightly short sighted. For distant vision, Nikon reactolight lens, come in any standard lens colour. Works from night driving to flying in full sun, or sailing a boat. Fast colour density change. I use a yellow colour, from my shooting days, maximum contrast
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Konrad, the stuff I and Leccyflyer would use is the same stuff, put it under the the clear film that has come adrift, work it under into the inter layer between it and the substrate. Leave to dry, and activate the glue using a covering iron on tack setting. Clean up with soapy water. This adhesive is less brittle than superglue, and is not time critical. -
Work into the failed area, thin as necessary, water, seal with an iron set to below shrinking temperature.
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Wrong glue, try a heat setting glue. Fabric interlineing stuff works, as does the proprietary more expensive glues for the model trade.
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Definition of a tool, summat what works, Birmingham skill phrase. As in Brumigham screwdriver.
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In fairness, Leyland management were a bit lacking in the neuron department. And their workforce were not getting richer in the national wage scales. No happy bunnies there.
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How big is this company, most kit manufacturers I’ve seen seems to boil down to a bloke, a boy and a dog. The bloke is always a bit of a dreamer. His missus does the accounts.
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Especially at quarter past eight in themorning
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Arrrrrrr, I see your point Leccy. Ignore my faulty thoughts.
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That is not unusual in this game. Useless kits, not because the producer was evil, but just a bit substandard. A whole generation corrected (some) of the faults. Some corrected most, or all. Survivors stayed in the hobby. No one got rich building kits. some of your “faults” are your opinion. Not universal. I remember, 25 years ago, bought a kit, Much Markle , PT19 from the maker. Perfect, shocked. Accurate cutting, good wood, nice selection, pedantic instructions. Flew nicely. Aileron fittings got fragile after a hundred flights, fitted better fittings. Nothing is perfect. Learning curve starts on the trainer. (Happily) It never ends. Part of the curve, learn to stop digging deeper into a one way hole. If it’s not for you, bin it.
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Outrunner misread I think. This is a free site. You don’t get the right to delete adverts, that’s the cost of the site.
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Just put a 160v into a Presidents Stampe cowl. The heads are wider than the cowl, you will also need to mount the silencers remotely from the motor. I think the 160 is dimensionally very similar to the 150.
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Might I also contribute, if that fouls up, you wait to collect it, or go get it. I’ve never opperated one, but 50 years ago, crewed up a 18 foot catamaran racer. Scary thing. Ended in tears, ( not me on board) it pitch poled ( went arse over mammary gland), and my mate, somehow, got a control rope tangled round his wrist, as he got launched, think ballista. Left wrist never much good thereafter. Mind, good fun, sailboat going past a ski boat. We did pick the ski boat, not the really fast ones.
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In fairness, that looks ( no insult) a pair of wheels with supporting airframe. 50 inch span?
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K &S 4mm wire is proper piano wire. But bottom line, in these times of cheap wire, bend a test piece. Then you know where you are going, and at least with K @ S, I think that they do quality control, and all the steel is matched.
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I’ve got the 60 size. 1, contrary to the manufacturers suggestions it goes well on 5% nitro, 15% synthetic oil. 2, It took forever to run in. Stiff, didn’t like ticking over. I resorted to flying it on a fast tickover, and throttle cut to land. After a dozen or so flights it was fine.
