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    DH Dragon Rapide

    in Full Size Aviation

    Posted

    Hi Guys

    I agree with all the comments about what a lovely aeroplane the Dragon Rapide is but not sure I would want to model it, well not to fly anyway. Have you looked at those wings? I can see a tip stall looking for somewhere to happen. I worked on a Rapide, G_AHAG in my previous life with Hawker Siddely Aviation and I have discovered that it has just recently, August 2013, flown again for the first time in forty years. See the link.

    I'll have to see if I can manage down there for a reunion and hopefully a flight again.

    It didn't look that posh when last I saw it.   The photo with the couple standing in front of it that appears on the website is how I remember it.  That could even be the hangers at Brough where I worked.

    Alwyn

    Edited By Alwyn Gee on 03/07/2014 19:42:41

    Edited By Alwyn Gee on 03/07/2014 19:46:23

    Mystery Model

    in General Vintage R/C Chatter

    Posted

    Hi Percy

    I knew that would be the next question but as yet I've not seen it in the flesh so to speak. I was not there when he brought it down and he only had left the photo's in the hut without any other detail. I just thought I'd give it a try with the photo's but will get more info next week if no one recognizes it.

    Alwyn

    Mystery Model

    in General Vintage R/C Chatter

    Posted

    Hi

    This is a model that was given to a fellow club member recently and so far we have failed to identify it so looking to see if anyone here can help.

    model1.jpg

    model2.jpg

    model3.jpg

    Now crossing my fingers that I have managed to upload these images without crashing the forum. Honest Mods I did read the instructions!!

    Thanks for any help.

    Alwyn

    Noisey electric models

    in Propeller Selection

    Posted

    I'll second Martins post above with regards to balancing the prop and if at all possible the spinner. (Some are easier than others). I've had several occasions when a model that was usually quite quiet when it has had the prop changed for a brand new one (usually APC electric) has then become rather noisy and required the prop balanced to get it back to normal.

    I have managed to get a semblence of balance on some of the plastic spinners, using my Great Planes magnetic balancer, by pushung one cone right to the end of the pin to support the pointy end as it were and fitting this through the backplate and then assembling the spinner and use the other cone to hold the backplate centered and finally giving the pin a push to ensure it is right through to the end of the front cone and the magnet is just strong enough to hold some of them. Don't forget to mark the sinner and backplate so that you always assemble it the same way after balancing. I have to say this does not work with all spinners but as they are nearer to the hub it is a little less important than the prop.

    Hope this helps

    Alwyn

    Club in Hull?

    in Gliders and Gliding - General Discussion

    Posted

    Posted by Bill Worsley on 27/02/2014 17:21:54:

    Hi Mal,

    Slope soaring would be no problem as you just chuck your glider of a big hill, and sit there buzzing it round the sky.

    Cheers

    Bill W

    Mmmm

    40 odd years since I lived there but if I remember correctly there's a reason Hull was the bicycle capital of Yorkshire. What was it again? Ah yes, no big hills in the close proximity. wink

    Alwyn

    How to fit a folding prop

    in Motor Discussion

    Posted

    Pete

    You just beat me too it. I just logged in to make this same link for John F.

    This is where I found much of what i have leaned since beginning this hobby just a few short years ago.

    It really isn't as dark an art as many would have you believe, there is more than enough knowledge on this forum to sort out any problems you're likely to come across.

    Alwyn

    BMFA INSURANCE

    in All Things Model Flying

    Posted

    There was some discussion about this at the recent SAA AGM. My understanding was that the underwriters had been taken over by an American company who wish to withdraw from sports insurance but have honoured the agreement for the coming year.

    Alwyn

    Introduction

    in Why Not Say Hello....

    Posted

    Wow, you've been on here since 10:40 this morning and no one has said "Hello" to you yet so I'll just put that to rights. Welcome to the forum Colin. I skulked around in the shadows for a long time until Tim Hooper started a blogg on a favourite aeroplane of mine and I just couldn't resist jumping in with both feet. I'm sure that , like me you'll find plenty to interest you and get answers to any questions you may have.

    Ah, beaten to the punch whilst I was typing.

    Alwyn

    Edited By Alwyn Gee on 29/10/2013 15:12:52

    E-flite Apprentice S - newly updated with a panic button

    in Trainer kits

    Posted

    This was my first model four years ago albiet minus the stabilisation and panic button, and it served me well. I learnt on the buddy system and the only drawback was my instructor felt it was a bit light for much more than a stiff breaze. I'm sure that now with the stabilisation it will be better able to handle a stronger wind. Mines up in the loft now but still fit to fly.

    Alwyn

    How do you balance a spinner?

    in Propeller Selection

    Posted

    Hi John

    I purchased a well known make of propellor as recently as Thursday and it clearly states on the packet "Balance before use". Spinners are probably less critical as they are much nearer to the centre of rotation but the the further any imbalance is from the hub the greater will be the effect.

    Believe me it makes a difference, some time back in my early stages of this hobby one of my electric models used to make as much noise as some IC models until I balanced the prop etc. embarrassed

    Alwyn

    How do you balance a spinner?

    in Propeller Selection

    Posted

    Hi Folks

    I have just done this in the last couple of days whilst repairing my crashed E-Flite Hurricane. The original plastic spinner has the hole in the cone as many of the alloy IC ones do but the one I was fitting was just the usual electric type with the two screws at the side to secure it. I use the Great Planes Power Point Precision Balancer to balance my props and thought I'd have a go at the spinner. I fitted the backplate, one bush tapered side & one bush flat side onto the mandrel close to one end so that the long side of the mandrel faced the spinner cone. I then pushed the spinner onto the backplate and secured it with the screws so that the point of the mandrel was right into the point of the spinnere cone. In this way the magnets which support the mandrel in the balancer are pwerful enough to support this setup through the plastic cone.

    You can then carry out the balancing by whatever method you choose, either removing material from the heavy point or adding sticky tape to the light side as described in an earlier post. In my case I trimmed the prop ports as these had been adjusted to accomodate the prop and were obviously uneven.

    This was all done on a two and a half inch dia spinner.

    Hope this helps.

    Alwyn

    Dumb Thumbs Strikes Again

    in Incident Reports

    Posted

    Sunday morning, up with the lark. Sounds like a cue for a song but I definatlely wasn't singing after my first flight of the day. I was enjoying flying my foamy E-Flight Hurricane, got a bit carried away and let it drift too far away. No problem thought I, I'll just do a "split S" and bring it back towards me. First mistake! should not have tried a manouver at that distance that was going to take me nearer the ground. Then I discovered the reason camourflage colour schemes are so called. Totally lost orientation and to compound it while I was juggling the sticks to try to sort out which way I was going I think I forgot to put the throttle back in and it fell out of the sky from about 30 feet. crying 2

    On reaching the model my worst fears where realised when I found the fuse snapped across the middle of the hatch opening, the wings detached and split apart and a lot of torn and cracked foam around the roots but despite the considerable damage there was not one bit of loose foam lying about the crash site. even the canopy which had detached from the hatch was undamaged.

    After a lot of glue sniffing and burnt fingers in hot water on Tuesday the pheonix rose into the sky again on Wednesday and except for a fair bit of vibration from the motor it flew pretty good. I discovered that the motor shaft was slightly bent and I hadn't noticed it when I ran the motor on its own but with the fairly long prop adapter that comes with this model exagerates it. Grip the moter gently in the vice, find the high point on the shaft and a little pressure in the right direction with the jaws of a shifting spanner and hey-ho everything is running true again. smile

    It would appear that my apprenticeship with Hawker Siddely Aviation so many moons ago was not wasted after all. Just a bit of filling and rubbing and a few spots of paint and once it gets 3 feet in the air nobody will know anything happened to it cheeky

    Still, I did order the last plug & play version from Kings Lynn Models on Monday morning and it arrived Tuesday morning, brillian service yes I'll just leave it in the box meantime and hopefully Murphey's Law will kick in and I'll never crash it again!!!!!

    Alwyn

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