leccyflyer

Another chilly morning, with light winds, grey skies and a short shower - such was the visibility though that I bottled out of trying that PRU blue Spitfire PRXIX against the gloom. Did get some flying in though, as did a few of us but it would be nice if Spring kicks in sooner rather than later.

Couldn't get onto the site at all in the latter part of yesterday evening, just kept timing out and returning a Gateway error message.

They must be selling fast -they had at least three yesterday, including the profile P-47 and a P-51 but looks like that's the only one left now. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166594260843?itmmeta=01HQZHMRBBXSH1ASKGWPGZF25G&hash=item26c9caaf6b:g:gMsAAOSwnW1lyRkR

Good job - you should be very pleased with that.

Have you seen them? How do you consider that they compare to the Durafly Vampire electric ducted fan model being discussed in this thread?

Got a couple of hours in this morning, lovely blue skies, but the light NE crosswind made it far coder than it had any right to be, for the first day of the meteorological spring. Flew both the Seafire and the Spitfire PRXIX and they looked ace against the blue sky, apart from when the PRU Blue did it's job and made the Spitfire all but disappear.😮 Also did some single channel flying with the Super 30 and a post repair test flight for the wee SEMFF Zero, which it passed with flying colours. Just seconds after I landed a single Typhoon came over the adjacent field at very low level and motored up into the Cairngorms, where he spent the next 45 minutes cavorting about before going home to Lossiemoutn for tea.

Back on topic Sussex Model Centre have got a few Aerotech Kits on eBay at the moment including a profile Thunderbolt and a full fat P-51.

Or perhaps an elephant? Those FB algorithms are something else, or perhaps it's just the Interconnectedness Of All Things, but this pooped up a few minutes ago. 😃

The Vampire is showing as sold for £110 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/profile/100047809238976/

What does the seller say? Have they sent the wrong box?

I wouldn't think so Chris, as far as I know it has a fixed undercarriage, with the appropriate holes in the hull, but I'll ask Jim when I next see him.

My clubmate Jim built a small Walrus a couple of years ago, but I believe it was nothing but trouble - saw it rolled into a ball several times on failed ROG launches and in the air it used to wallow about with a scary Dutch Roll sort of motion. I believe that in the end after modifying the wing incidence and engine thrust lines a few times Jim mothballed the Walrus. You can just see it here, behind the Sunderland and Canberra.

That Stuka looks the business Eric - very nice. 👍 It was the Aerotech Stuka and Mosquito that I found very attractive in their range, when they were displayed at the shows, but their reputation was such that I never bought one. There was talk of missing or ill-fitting parts and wing panels that were different lengths, rather than being in proper pairs. As you said when they came to the end they were selling them for next to nothing, but I still didn't buy one. It was only some years later when I saw the Profile P-51 perform that I wished that I had done so.

I think that is the pukka 3D, non profile FW190 Chris.

Hooch was asked about gliders to build as kits, so mentioning slope soaring is completely on topic for the thread and the questions asked. That is in stark contrast to attempting to insert slope soaring countless times into a thread where it had been previously noted that the thread starter was not interested in going along that route at the moment. Context matters. If you had read the thread you would have seen the Hooch has already bought a VMC Piper Cub kit.

I think it's a bit pricy to be hones. I also believe that all of the profile series have the Mustang picture on the box as the main picture, with smaller pictures of the other models in the series and a mark showing which one the box contains. The plan says it's for the Bf109E.

Hi Chris There's a Profile Series Me109G on eBay at the moment. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/296245624753?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=3hNlwWa6R8m&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=S6bh7olhRJm&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

No problem, there isn't anything vital hinging on it ;). Thanks.

Yesterday I broke out the home made vac-former and made a new canopy for the BC Hurricane, as the old one suggested the pilot was an 80 Capstan Full Strength a day man. First pull didn't work as the slightly thick PETG never really got hot enough with my covering heat gun. Second pull used some slightly thinner 0.5mm PETG and the extra heat from the Black and Decker heat gun was much better, the vacuum caught straight away and dragged the floppy plastic down really nicely onto the Plaster of Paris mould for a perfect canopy. Today I finally got the simulated rear fuselage stringers onto the Balsacraft Hurricane refurb. It's only been about fifteen years since I added that to my to do list. Fineline masking tape proved too thin to make an impression, since my intention is to cover over the fuselage with tissue prior to painting. Some experimentation suggested that duct tape left a tangible ridge and we'll see how that goes. The silver duct tape is probably a bit thinner and more subtle, but I'm hoping that the olive drab tape will create more of an effect. I put the correct number of stringers in for a Hurricane Mk 1, but I'm starting to think that maybe less would have been more, in terms of the overall effect. We'll see how it turns out.

I said " I suspect that Pacer Hinge Glue is essentially aliphatic....". You edited the quoted post to remove the qualifier, that I had precisely inserted to preface the point I was making. That changes the point and makes it look like an assertion on my part, which it is not. It's simple quoting etiquette not to misrepresent by omission, a post which is clearly a qualified statement..

I'd say the most critical thing is to have a proper viewfinder. Trying to frame a video, zoomed in on a model to get it a decent size on the screen and track it through it's manoeuvres demands that you have a proper viewfinder, as it's extremely difficult to do it on a fold out screen, especially in bright sunlight.

The Vampire louvres are in the post gents.👍

I routinely use 35% expo on ailerons and elevator, arrived at by experimentation, as I like the soft feel of the sticks around the centre of their action. That is coupled with tending to set my low rates quite a bit less that the manufacturer's recommendation, as I don't use huge control movement, especially on elevator. Nearly all of my models are set up with High, Mid and Low rates on the same switches on each transmitter and high rates on elevator is mostly used for take off. Most of my flying is done on the low rates, as that is how I like it. I don't set different expo for those different rates.

I used to do a fair bit of video photography of models and full size aeroplanes, back when it was far from straightforward to be able to put clips online. Essential to that was a decent optical viewfinder, in order to track the aeroplane and ensure that you don't just end up with a dust dot. Since then I've put various cameras on models and have also shot videos with smartphones, Go- Pro and digital cameras. The problem with these small digital cameras is that they are mostly very wide angle, particularly the action cams and models in flight just disappear. I've tried mounting the GoPro on the peak of a hat but the wide angle lens is useless. I've even tried a pair of the narrower angle spy sunglasses -or pervert glasses as we call them - but they do not fit well over my prescription specs and the framing is very tricky indeed, meaning you need to look well above the model if you are not going to end up with just grass. It's very frustrating and I've seen some decent hatcam video shot but been unable to reproduce that. However I've recently found my old Sony TRV110E camcorder and plan to give that an outing down the field to capture some decent video. If I could find a decent workable set up for filming your own flights then I'd be very keen, so will see how this thread develops with interest.

Please don't misquote my post Nigel.