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One should not enter into any draws with v remote possibilities of winning until just before the draw.  It was explained to me that if you enter the Saturday national lottery on the preceding Sunday, the odds of your being struck by lightning before the draw are actually greater than those of winning the draw.  So I tend to leave all draws to the last, in the belief that this might protect me from lightning.

Real modellers do it with small bits... of skin cyanoed to their models.

Wow.  What a quick reply.  This internet stuff is superb-  I googled Maricardo and found a couple of images within seconds, which confirmed "Maricardo" is correct- then looking further, it would appear  that the plan was featured in RCM&E in April 2004!  Neat coincidence. Thanks Compo

I acquired and flew a plane built from plan by a mate.  I had many enjoyable flights from it until losing radio contact and watching it bank into the ground.  I'd like to build another, but my friend can't recall the origin of the plan and he's not sure of the name, but he thinks it was a "Mercado" or "Meracado".  it was a mid wing plane with about a 60 span.  Can anyone help? 

I'm a slow learner, been flying without buddy leads for a couple of seasons, can only fly once a month though, so progress is not rapid. I am very pleased with my Jumper 25 (Seagull) with an OS25 engine. I must admit that I bought it because it was small enough to fit in the car without developing car-rash on the way to and from the strip, as did my first plane a Kyosho trainer with an OS40 that was ultimately attracted to a tree magnet. The Jumper is light and lively and will do the simple aerobatics that I wish to master, including inverted flying. I have modified it by turning it into a tail dragger, and it leaps into the air from our grass runway in about 15 feet, long before reaching the molehills and rabbit holes that interfere with others' take offs. It floats in gently with the engine ticking over after 15 minute flights. Compo