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Posted by Cuban8 on 31/10/2014 07:30:24: " The comments about punctuation are interesting, as many local authorities now leave out apostrophes on their street signs. King Edwards Road, for instance. Quite why they do this is a puzzle (probably some cost saving exercise), but it's incorrect and sets a bad example It might save some argument if, as well as omitting the apostrophe, the final S was also removed. It's a place name not a specific road which belonged to one of the King Edwards or all of them. King Edward Road sounds good to me.
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As Grandmothers used to say, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything", but that was forty five minutes I could have spent doing something useful. (I know the programme was longer but forty five minutes was enough for me). How can you put this chap in the same category as Fred Dibnah?
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Posted by Dave Hopkin on 08/09/2014 18:05:33: Wonder how much those hunks of Balsa would cost these days.... As the man said, "that curious tropical timber". (12:37). How many of us have a stock of curious tropical timber? Edited By Tony K on 09/09/2014 20:46:33
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Posted by Daithi O Buitigh on 19/08/2014 16:53:10: When you look at the gongs that get handed out just because somebody makes millions kicking a football or warbling a few notes on a recording, Johnny Johnston, as the last survivor of Operation Chastise should get one Are Les Munro and Fred Sutherland still alive?
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I was intrigued by the "mean aerodynamic chord" concept, I've never heard of it before. It appears that the MAC is simply the chord line on which the centroid of the two dimensional plan form of the wing is located. The nomenclature on the CMEI software is not very clear so... Now this gives you the balance points of the two wings but the overall balance point should be somewhere betwween the two. A bit of web research suggests that the proportional area of the two wings controls the position. In the side view, the overall balance point lies on a line drawn between the upper wing balance point and that for the lower wing and the proportion of top wing to total wing area is 0,586 (558,25 / 952). The gap between the wings is approximately 9 inches so the balance point should be 9 x 0,586 = 5,27 inches above the lower wing. That will give you a longitudinal position thus... Is that conclusion valid? How does it compare with the balance of Ian's smaller model? Yet another interesting project from Mr. Hooper. I hope this will be the subject of an article and plan in the future.
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Posted by Colin Leighfield on 03/08/2014 17:36:21: Amazing, the tragedy and drama behind all of this is hard to imagine.I wonder if Sqn. Leader Flower or any of his crew survived? Bombing Essen, in the thick of it, in "Happy Valley". Visiting Essen today, it is hard to believe that any of it ever happened. According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site, Flower, Routledge, Southon, Lightfoot, and Fieldhouse are all buried in the Winterswijk cemetary in the Netherlands - date of death 3/4/43. There are no recorded graves for P. McEwan or C.M. Coghill.
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Philip is the only son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, whose family name was Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg . In order to marry Elizabeth (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ?) Philip had to become a British citizen and give up all foreign titles. He took the name of his maternal Grandfather, Mountbatten. His four sisters all married into German aristocracy. Incidently, it is not generally known that George V and Kaiser Wilhelm were cousins.
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Mountbatten is the name later taken by Prinz Ludwig Alexander von Battenberg who became First Lord of the Admiralty in 1912. At the outbreak of hostilities, it was considered undesirable to have a German in charge of the Royal Navy so he was replaced by Winston Churchill. He later changed the family name to Mountbatten, naming himself Louis, and was given the title of 1st. Marquess of Milford Haven. It is his grandson Philip Mountbatten who we know as Prince Philip (of Greece).
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Posted by roger graves on 18/06/2014 19:40:00: In the foreground is that a chunk of cake or a peanut butter sandwich? cos it's got a line of oil over it!! I thought that was the filthy lump!
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Posted by Phil 9 on 11/05/2014 09:26:35: Just in case you are confused this is offensive This is a symbol of freedom and broadening attitudes Edited By Phil 9 on 11/05/2014 09:27:06 Thank you for adding some meaning to my previous post.
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As I write this I hear the Eurovision nonsense in the background. I remember seeing Sandie Shaw winning with "Puppet on a string". You may call me "old fashioned" but......
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Lovely job. The nose actually looks quite long for a rotary engined machine so that must have helped with the balance.
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Just a quick reminder that this is still going on. Received this today:- Log in to your PayPal account as soon as possible Dear PayPal Customer, Recently, there's been activity in your PayPal account that seems unusual compared to your normal account activities. Please log in to PayPal to confirm your identity.
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Posted by Plummet on 10/04/2014 22:47:10: Posted by Tony K on 10/04/2014 22:21:22: Pedant alert! The correct name is "douzieme gauge". I don't believe you. Proops Brothers spell it differently and surely they cannot be wrong! Plummet The ancient measuring system previously referred to is based on a series of twelfth divisions. Douze = twelve, Deux = two. Proops are wrong. Edited By Tony K on 11/04/2014 08:28:53
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Plus one for plasterboard. I used it for my last (still current) project. Needs a flat surface to lay on but, as CB says, takes pins well and is cheap.
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Pedant alert! The correct name is "douzieme gauge".
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Posted by Martyn K on 26/03/2014 22:46:02: These need to be carefully cut out. I use a Stanley knife but the trick is to cut the 'holes' out (if they are present) before you cut the external outline. Work from corner to the centre, taking care that the blade does not go into the former material which will weaken it.. Also mark any datum lines etc. but be careful you don't inadvertently cut these lines. Cutting the inner before the outer. You can see that there isn't much material around the edge. Use a straight edge to guide you, it makes life much easier. For formers like this, I prefer to drill a hole in each corner and cut to the holes. That leaves a radius in the corner which, I think, improves the structure. I also find there is less risk of damaging the frame when cutting. Of course, the size of the radius depends on what has to be fitted through the former. Good informative blog for the less experienced builder.
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Mods, can't you just close this thread. There are many other fora on the internet in which to discuss such matters.
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Google maps has changed its format recently. Could that have something to do with the problems?
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That's a bit sexist Colin. May I point out that ex-pat British men have also been known to order "ein Pfund" of produce. Did you know that when Mr. Celsius proposed his temperature scale, he fixed the boiling point of water at 0 degrees and the freezing point at 100 degrees. He also proposed an atmospheric pressure at which his scale would be valid.
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... and I apologise for interrupting your build thread I did a search of the site and found the following information from BEB. Quote, "But there is indeed a figure which is more related to performance - the "cubic wing loading" - this divides the weight (oz) by the (wing area - sq ft) ^1.5 This tends to give values that relate better to what you might expect the plane to fly like. Floaters being at the 6-7 end, scale jobs 12-ish and fast racers coming in at 15 or so. These figures apply pretty well independent of size - or at least to some degree. BEB" On my calculator 6,1 ^ 1,5 is 15 and 160 divided by 15 is 10,6. By that reckoning there should be no problem.
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Why do I keep getting a smiley instead of closed bracket?
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Danny, just looking at your figures. Please correct me if I am miscalculating but if your wing area (74" x 12" is about 6,1 sq.ft. Then 10 lbs divided by 6,1 is roughly 1,6 lbs/sq.ft or 25 oz/sq.ft. Edited By Tony K on 17/03/2014 12:15:51
