Don Fry

On me knees, but where is the assassins bullet.

I made a dolly for a HK Skipper. All a bit hairy, not enough airframe mass, and I noticed that on such a small aircraft, the motor struggles to pull the extra mass. I would explore a catapult launcher first. An old club of mine used to use bits of old broken dinghy mast, with a sail slide used to guide the plane. The only mod to the plane was a flush fitted dowel across the C of G, to hook to. We were launching funfighters for combat vandalism.

Posted by Martin Harris on 11/02/2017 10:45:22: I don't know about that but I can't get it through to my wife that if she takes her coat off when she comes in from the cold that she'll warm up faster... ???????????????? Flying weather here, but for a few weekends a year, rugby comes first. Edited By Donald Fry on 11/02/2017 12:44:45

As regards the other games, they will revert to whatever form they are in. England we well below par last week. But, Wales were being pushed and outplayed by Italy, ranked below Bulgaria by the way. Who has the most ground to make up. Keep the faith John. I bought some leeks to go with me slow roast belly pork yesterday.

Always lazy I find the above works just as well if you reduce tthe pencil to powder with 40 to 60 grade sandpaper, wood and all. Being cheap, old pencil stubs get used.

37, ignorant.

I have read the above. I accept that some sites have special problems. But, you must have a special club with huge numbers of pilots all wanting to do hours a week in the air. Or spend so much time gassing, prevaricating, and generally farting about, that you have no time to sort the flying out. Just my £0.01p worth. On the other hand, I was up the club. I was flying my Fokker D VII, handmade. A fellow club member turned up, with a drone. We agreed, you fly there, I fly there, we do not hit each other. (We have previous with indoor stuff). There's me thinking, arrrrrrrr, but they don't fly for long. Then he pulls 10 batteries out of his bag, one at a time, like a magician with his bunnies.

Dai, not expected. Your lot will puff, and blow, but we will sort ourselves and prevail.

So at the end of a good weekend what have we learned. As predictors of matches, John Stones or I, have the ability of any (random) dead slug. Scotland need a reality check. I would not wish to face them next. Ron and Dai, don't expect nice next week. Nothing personal, but war is war.

But not panic.

I would agree a servo tester is good. Once you have one, you will wonder how you did without one. But I would not decry middle aged gear. At the end of the day 20 odd years is not old. Replace the batteries. Take the back off and check for corrosion. In particular look at the wiring from the battery for corrosion. Do a good range test. Not mentioned much is the fact that the most unreliable period for any electronic component is in the first few hours of use. Welcome back. I would have thought 20 odd years would be long enough to break an addiction. Heroin is easier.

Best thou avoids bananas for breakfast tomorrow Ron. That contest is not, as the Trumpists would say, a slam dunk. Italy will come at you wielding chainsaws. If your lot panic, they are lost.

John, as they used to say, win ugly. But no one remembers who came second in a two horse race. And that team does not need a lesson in complacency.

Prayer answered.

Malt's cutting in. Getting gobby. Missing a bit of weight today. The current prayer is they tire. Even the whippets are nervous. And they had a (failed) go at three hares this morning. Even hares are big in France.

Wow, great, and I think Scotland grew up today. And they do a lot of hard yards for not much result. But today their nerve held and well done they. Edited By Donald Fry on 04/02/2017 16:15:13 Edited By Donald Fry on 04/02/2017 16:15:48

You may be right Graham, it's all very tight. Mind, it could be as simple as the winners can keep more players on the park than the losers, given the rule changes,

Thank you John. I seem to have spent the week being told the game was in Paris, and I had a bit of senile worry, because I was sure I remembered a magnificent trashing handed out in Paris last year. But didn't check so was living in dreamland.

Although I worry about the rain in Paris. I would prefer to have maximum brute force available. But I still back our pack.

John. SHMBO. off to Paris on a day trip tomorrow. Did not realise what was on. Not picked for her forward planning. Not informed of errors. I am therefore set for a quiet day. A venison ragout is coming out of the freezer, and I think dumplings will be a good partner. I bought a malt today, and have, this very second, remembered my lovely sister gave me an exquisite bottle for my birthday last week. I would take issue with you views of the scores. Scotland/Ireland, nothing in it. Could go either way. An England scratch pack will still see the French off. And I reckon, quietly, don't be too sure that Wales will be that far in front, and I would not bet against an upset. We will see, assuming I can still focus at the end.

A gilet wearing aeromodeller in rubber wellies. Sartorial elegance.

I have been using the HobbyKing acrylic paints. Advertises as airbrush paints. They work very well sprayed or brushed, with very good coverage. Ignore the claims of being fuel proof

So we are agreed that we see a whole croud of idiots for performing to their lowest common denominator, for various reasons. Not the pilot, he is under time pressure. From origional design, contract constraints, maintenance. Makes us look good, at least we do the lot as jack of all trades

WarbirdColours are still at Fighteraces.

Nothing to do with a single skin tank, what saved a lot of weight, but was a slight problem when bits flew into it. Or indeed the tyres, inflated to a pressure greater than the manufacturer liked, and changed often to mollify but still overstressed, what blew when they hit debris. And punctured the tank. A problem waiting for its day. But I take your point. Stupid is universal.