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    Good grief... where do you live.. on top of Snowdon!? Wind in North East Cheshire today was absolutely nil! Lucky you!!
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    Cheers for that. I know how to proceed now. Just trying to source this elusive "Micro Balloon" stuff. Do you think my niece's birthday balloons will be OK?
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    Hi Peter, I've been doing a "dry" fit of the wing servos and push rods today but the control horns for the ailerons and flaps are not pre-fitted in the newer models. Instead the horns are supplied loose for glueing in place. Trouble is there are two sizes and they can go into the surface pocket either pointing up or down . If pointing up, they foul the hump and if pointing down as seems right, they don't seem to provide enough travel to lift the surface. I don't want to glue them in until I'm sure! Have you (or anyone else) come across this? Photos:
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    Thanks for the reassurance but its slowly slowly with this baby! The building board is out though and here is the new toy:
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    The typhoon parts

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    The typhoon parts
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    Went up to Cat and Fiddle this morning and it was fine but bitterly cold! Wind was 28 at the back of the slope, peaking at 38 at the edge! There were five of us flying a variety of models and my Middle Phase with about 4oz ballast just about got out and flew well. Sadly I went too far back on the landing circuit and it blew on to the road behind. They don't take a car wheel too well and now it's toast! No way will the Typhoon be making an appearance until I can be sure of better landings. Doh!!
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    The battery pack is 1600mAh and measures 60mm long x 30mm wide. I'm hoping to get out tomorrow as well. Up to the Cat and Fiddle slope, half way between Buxton and Macclesfield. It's a fair altitude so may be affected by snow or ice tomorrow. Fingers crossed as wind forecast is 27 gusting to 40 mph! My Middle Phase will need some extra pb I think!
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    Hi, Yes I realise that it's a fit not a build.. just my figure of speech. Servos are: 2 x Savox SH-0257mg for R&E; 2 x Hitec HS-82mg for flaps and 2 x Hitec HS-125mg for ailerons. Rx is Hitec Optima 7 and battery Overlander NiMh "flat 4". Just from an initial look it seems that the battery will fit below the deck level, just behind the nose weight and the RX above the deck line in front of the servos. I will do a trial fit fairly soon in the New Year.
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    Thanks for the advice. I will be starting the build in earnest in the New Year and might take you up on your offer of help. It's all very new to me having served only a minimal apprenticeship on more traditional builds.
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    Thanks for that. I was pretty sure the 65 mm couldn't be right, nor the pound of lead. Nice to have that reassurance though with yours being the most recent build thread. In your early build notes you showed some rather blurry pictures of spruce rails to support the R E servos, did you glue these rails under the deck or to the side walls, or both? On Pierre Rondel's notes on the build he shows the servos screwed through the deck but it's not clear if there's anything underneath.
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    I've just got my Typhoon from T9 Hobbysport and I downloaded the instruction manual (writtenby the designer) via the link on the RCRCM web site (some weeks ago; the link doesn't seem to work now). In the manual it states "Using your wife’s best saucepans, melt about a pound (0.5KG) of lead" for the nose cone and "Now fully assemble the plane and test the CG at 65mm to start." All the build threads I have seen (including this one) suggest about 8 or 9 oz (half a pound) and a CofG anything from 83mm to 97mm . Can anyone explain the discrepancies this please? I am totally confused already!
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