Matt Carlton

Well that would certainly be rather nice.

I was reading the "other airfields" as being civilian ones. I can't imagine that other RAF airfields will be forthcoming when BH is not. Closed ranks and all that, if someone else says yes, doesn't it undermine the BH decision somewhat? Hopefully you are right, but it just feels a bit terminal, especially as the "excuse" was Covid last time, now all of a sudden it is "operational".

That's rather sad news and effectively spells the end of the NATS permanently. Not many non-MOD venues around and looks like we won't be able to use any MOD property now. Big thanks to the Station Commander for what feels like a rather arbitrary decision.

Thanks chaps. I'll have a look at Modelfixings tee nuts and see what they are like. Not sure where I got the last bunch from but they're almost "white metal" soft.

Solartex is easy to use, comes in a lot of colours and doesn't need any finishing, making it friendly on the nose, the lungs and the household. That swings it for the majority of modellers I suspect. Sadly, the "is" has become a "was" , so we might have to go back to some more labour intensive methods. Intetested in giving it a try though!

EarlyBird (appropriately I suppose) got there first, no sense in duplucating.

Traditionally, I have always fixed motor mounts to a ply firewall using tee nuts, but the latest batches I have had have seemed a bit sub-par in terms of quality. For an outrunner "X" mount, has anyone used "aerotight" nuts instead of nylocs, which I guess would be the usual alternative? I'd use self tapping screws for a small motor, but I'm reluctant to do so on anything over 300W or so.

Ken, that sounds like one of those situations where you just stand and look, very quietly, at what has just happened, then walk away to go and chew a lump of granite. I feel your pain.

Yeah it surprised me when I came to price up some plan builds, just how expensive wood has become. That's a shame, because there's nothing quite like a big woody glider. I remember the silent flight nats somewhere around the early 1990s when open/F3j and 100s weren't dominated by composite models. Looking up at a gaggle of open structure wings against a clear blue sky on a beautiful day (RAF Cranwell possibly? That'll stick with me for a very long time.

Gary that is beautiful. I always wanted one of those or the 100s Chieftain. Very classy looking, but possibly showing their age in terms of wing section now? I had a Selestra which was a similar size, but never really felt "right" somehow.

I'm contemplating doing that one as a free flight model for the evening ff session at the Nats if we have one!

Thats my thought. Closest to what I just broke.

Problem being that in ascribing all manner of ills to Mg deficiency, people may be disuaded from seeking medical advice because they assume/think/believe that it is all down to the Mg issue and that if they just take supplements, they will miraculously recover. Early diagnosis is absolutely vital in many cancers, not least prostate, so the risk of assuming early symptoms to be a nutrition issue is, to my mind, quite dangerous. By the time a patient discovers that the supplements are not resolving the problem, it may be too late.

Fortunately not, it was a broken old whole cane pike rod butt, which sort of lurked around the shed, which one of my offspring had decided was a light sabre. Obviously. Onwards and upwards though, I am sketching away at replacements. Not sure what the "Dick Dastardly" inspired machine is all about. Generally I just sketch a few dozen ideas and then decide on one to follow through with.

For smaller diameter magnets, I have glued a disc of sandpaper to the end of a piece of dowel and chucked that into a drill. 10mm is a bit big for my drill though.

There's something nice about how drawn/printed plans look vs cad style plans. Am I alone in pinning up particularly nice ones as wall art in the cave?

I always have tell myself I'm having two more flights at the end of the day and give up half way through.

It's nice to see that hand drawn plans are still a thing. I thought I was a bit of a dinosaur, but there's a lot of enjoyment in it for me, even if the completed plan never actually gets built. Time for another one given recent events. Not sure what direction to go in, but thinking somewhere between a Vans RV3 and a Minimax.

On the plus side, I can now tell my wife that another model "won't cost that much because I already have most of the equipment to go in it" And be honest when I do... ?

The motor arrived for La Mouette. I thought I would fit it today. Full of optimism, I pulled the model out and set it on the table. Whereupon, the cat got scared of nothing and ran under my feet. I tripped, impaling my arm on a broken fishing rod which one of my beloved children had cunningly hidden behind a curtain. Reaching out with my unimpaled arm, I caught the table, upending the model. By some curious twist of fate, said model arrived underneath my not inconsiderable bulk as I landed. One crushed fuselage, one crushed wing, one broken tailplane, one oblivious cat sitting watching the proceedings from a dresser. On close inspection of said model, I proceeded to remove all the radio gear and hardware before. At this point, there was only one thing I could do with the ruined airframe.

When you draw up your own plans, what do you draw on? Does anyone still hand draught their plans? Wallpaper lining paper, pencils and a Rotring pen are still my tools of choice!

Very nice. I always like HMMs models, I'd like to find a Chandelle or a Vendetta somewhere.

Please be aware that the book is essentially a sales pitch for ReMag, and is a pretty unscientific treatise. I'm not dismissing it out if hand, but making the assumption that taking Magnesium supplements is going to solve a whole world of health woes is dangerous stuff as it encourages people to assume that the symptoms of potentially serious illness are solely due to low Mg levels. I just want to throw a bit of caution in here, just because someone has the initials m.d after their name, doesn't necessarily make them an authority.

Not a Super Snipe, that was 79" span and the rudder hinge line was behind the elevator. Much closer to the Soarman above, but not 100% sure. It's definitely familiar though, I am sure it's a USA kit, possibly Dynaflite or HOB. That said, it could be a Bitza or a homebrew. Looks a little bit like a GP Spectra with a different wing.

Fantastic, I'll pm you