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Cliff Bastow

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    Westland whirlwind (Cloud models kit) build blog

    in Build Blogs and Kit Reviews

    Posted

    Mike,

    I have one of these.

    It was not the easiest kit I have ever built. The tail and elevator mechanism is a bit fiddly to say the least.

    I had to fit quite a bit of nose weight to get it to balance and I have the battery as far forward as I could get it.

    The end result looks good though and it flies really well and looks great in the air.

    Any help I can give please feel free to ask.

    Cliff.

    De Havilland Rapide 113" freebie.

    in Scale Matters

    Posted

    I have decided that this is a bit big and a bit beyond me so I have passed it on to a club member who was also interested in it.

    He is going to strip the covering completely and redo it.

    He has kindly said I can fly it sometimes when he has completed it.

    He is  a well know modeller and has won some national contests so I have no doubt about his ability to sort it out.

    He is going to fit i/c engines so I have kept the motors and esc,s. One of which has already been used to convert my FW190 to electric which has now flown. The other one is going in my World Models Miss America Mustang.

    What make is this please?

    in All Things Model Flying

    Posted

    That certainly looks like it and the colour scheme is the same, but if it is someone has modified the ailerons to a more usual style!

    In that case Leccyflier what is the correct CG please and also are the outer motors correct as they have a distinct outwards thrust line?

    The wingspan is about 1.6m

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    Dracan free plan canard

    in RCM&E Plan Builders

    Posted

    I am quite tempted I must admit.

    I have had two canards in the past, a Candoo and a Canardex and both were good fliers. They did not stall and the Candoo in particular was a great yank and bank machine and could really be reefed around turns. I had no issues with either at high speed or orientation problems.

    The Vintage Model Co.

    in Scale and Semi-Scale kits

    Posted

    Yesterday I visited Chatsworth House Christmas Market and there was a stand selling small free flight aircraft kits from the Vintage Model Company and bought a Sopwith Triplane kit with the idea of converting it to rc.

    Does anyone have any experience of these kits?

    First impressions are that it is very nicely designed and executed.

    Does solarspan go off?

    in Hints and Tips

    Posted

    I am trying to use some Solarspan 2000 which i have had for a while and do not know how old it is.

    I am really struggling to get it to stick and it does not seem to want to shrink! It is not a product I have used before and do not know if I am doing something wrong?

    I have tried a range of temperatures on off cuts but nothing seems to work. It seems To need much more heat than the instructions say and even then dos not work very well.

    Any help gratefully received.

    Cliff.

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