Nick Cripps

Hi James, The Cub wheels are expensive but you can find cheaper, similar-sized, wheels here

Yes, they look like from a Fox 25 or 35. Peter Miller would know...

Great model. I've had 3 of them over the years, all of which were fitted with floats for waterplane flying. They fly well, if a little "heavy" (especially with floats), and can bite if you try to fly too slowly. If you're brave then try spinning it! I think they are moulded from ABS and therein lies the problem - the plastic degrades over time with exposure to sunlight, hence the dirty brown/yellow discolouration. On my first model I noticed that the hinges on the elevator were cracking. When I grabbed the elevator to give it a tug, my fingers and thumb met in the middle! There was similar brittleness on all the control surfaces and the model had to be scrapped. Something to watch out for...

With all the recent rain, isn't your stream powered PC running faster? ?

Sorry, can't help with that as I only have the email. Perhaps Andy Symons will be along soon to explain.

The reason for this is explained in the 1st paragraph of your BMFA Membership Confirmation email.

I think you missed a letter, Peter...

How can you tell?

There's no castor in Laser 5, Martin, according to the MT website. Could the odour be due to the SICAL ignition additive? Jon, have you heard anything about pricing? I would think that Klotz-based fuel will be more expensive than ML70.

Looking good, but don't forget to carefully remove the covering film from the areas of the tailplane and fin that will be glued. By carefully, I mean that you should use minimal pressure when cutting through the film to avoid damaging the balsa structure underneath.

Gee Dee's in Nottingham closed 2 years ago and Steve's Models in Ashby-de-la-Zouch closed earlier this year. Millennium Model Services in Hucknall (never heard of them before) now appears to be a motorcycle shop and the website link from your map doesn't work. Not a good time to be in the model trade...

That looks a nice Mini Slow, Pat. I've built a few of those over the years and still have one somewhere with a symmetrical wing a la Peacemaker and an Oliver Tiger up front. Must have another go at control-line sometime...

Ordered an OS91 camshaft from RC Japan last Wednesday and it arrived this morning. 7 days from Japan? Great service!

That last video is very instructive, Jon. A lot of people adjust the low needle to give the highest idle speed but this clearly shows the tuning is then too lean for clean acceleration.

2nd nipple? So basically what Tim said then ?

Many thanks to the team at Ashbourne who put on a great event today. Weather was a bit iffy initially but the afternoon turned out fine so plenty of flying was enjoyed by all. Model of the day for me was this beautiful Waco YMF-5

Plans found. Bill, I'll send you a PM.

Hi Bill, I built one at least 25 years ago and I'm sure I kept the plans. The problem will be finding them, but I'll have a dig around tomorrow and let you know.

Just realised this clashes with the Derby 10k so I'll be arriving late morning - hope this is ok? Note that will be a few road closures through Derby city centre up to 11am to accommodate the event.

Well, Jon isn't going to hit his peak production rate today ?

This is really great news, Jon, I'm looking forward to seeing the first batch. Intrigued by the top of the crankcase on the 300, is that a cylinder head bodged in place just to hold it all together or does it serve any practical purpose, eg cooling?

I had the great pleasure yesterday of witnessing the first 2 flights of John's magnificent S6B. The weather was just about perfect with light winds and correspondingly calm water conditions but, as John says, the light was poor for any flying photos. Talking to Ian Redshaw after the flights, he was very complimentary about the model's flying characteristics which surprised us all given that it is an almost perfect scale model, even down to the floats. Despite this, the model leapt into the air quickly at just over half-throttle and proceeded to give a very scale-like performance before well-judged landings by Ian, to the delight of all who were watching - most of all, John himself! Thank you, John, for bringing the S6B to our waterplane meeting at Colwick Country Park, you should be proud of your achievement in honour of your great-uncle.

Please put me on the list, too. I'll probably bring along my Hangar 9 Carbon Cub and Great Planes Little Toni. Sorry, both are ARTF, I can't compete with the experts like Gordon ? Good luck with finding a new site.

I'm happy with the new and unused SC91FS that I bought for £70 from the same gentleman. There is a little corrosion on some of the head bolts so I pulled off the cam cover and rocker cover to check the internal condition. The cams and bearings look ok but there was some surface corrosion on the rocker arms and it was bone-dry inside. A little cleaning and a few quirts of after-run oil and it feels ok now. Probably worth a check over of your Saito, John, if it was stored in the same location. Also, thanks again to the guys and gals at Don Valley for a good day out ?

I go away for a few days and come back to find Jon has produced a flat twin prototype - brilliant! A 200FT for me, please, Jon ?