John Tee

I've just answered the three questions. Father OK as far as known (died 1995) no brothers. No black ethnicity in the family but the reply is I am at risk soley due to my age - 73. That could really worry some people. Difficult under the present circumstances to see a doctor. I have tried to make an appointment recently as my dentist, dental hygenist and a former doctor clubmate all urge me to have a lesion on my face looked at without sucess. Been following this thread for some time. John

Peter, they both had a different logo but my eyes went to the first line and the BTBA was in bold print and I read it as BMFA (on autopilot) as I wasn't expecting anything from the BTBA at that time. It was an automatic renewal email. Funnily I have had trouble finding the email to check and found it eventually in with the BMFA emails. Windows 11 doesn't seem to sort the emails the same as windows 10. John

The lovely, very patient ladies at the Leicester office must cringe at this time every year when they hear my name as I always seem to have niggling problems. As our club BMFA contact I have some members that cannot be bulk renewed and have to phone the office to renew them. I have one family Junior that I could never renew on line due the fact that there was a very slight difference in his address to that of his father and so the computer wouldn't recognise him as a family junior. The office sorted this last year after a lot of looking to find the problem but it happened again this year. This year as usual there were some non flying member to renew, which went well and I got a confirmation email. Almost instantly I got another email invoice for the money I had paid but the amount was wrong. When I made contact the answer was that the invoice was not theirs. I looked again and the invoice was from the BTBA (British Tenpin Bowling Association) that I am a member of not the BMFA. More confusing was the invoice number started with PRO the same as BMFA. What are the chances of getting emails from two different companies with almost identical invoice numbers and acronyms at the same instant? John

Sorry for being late but Congrats to John ,Chris and Tony. Commisseratiobns to Charles for missing the podium. A very big THANK YOU to John P for all your work this season. Looking forward to next year and will be back refreshed and hopefully taking part in the top half of the league instead of the lower part. John

Sad news, seems to have been around F1 for ever. Team was sold a while ago.

The main "differerence " I have found is when deleting a file, I used to right click to select delete and then confirm, job done . Now it is right click, select "other options" at the bottom of the list to be taken to the old W10 list to select the delete option.Not much extra work but seems unnecessary when there was already a safegaurd in the W10 list to avoid accidently delete someting. Otherwise happy so far. John

Hope this is the right section for this post as I couldn't find the chit chat section and it is sort of electronics Had to upgrade my laptop last month as it was beyond economical repair. Have had several reminders that my new computer is comptible and ready for 11 so bit the bullet and let it upgrade today. Was a bit of a non event and the only visible difference on the start screen is on the task bar, it is centred and a few new icons, I read somewhere that all the usual start icons would be in a window in the centre of the screen - not on mine. So far everything works as before. I know mine is a new computer so older ones may not be so simple, but has anyone had any of the horror stories that usually go with upgrades? John

Well done John S and Chris, our own Max and Lewis. A good race I thought. Expensive mistake on my part this week as I know I did my predictions Saturday morning but obviously didn't save them as all have been marked as empty on the Fantasygp site. First time that has happened to me. Definteley would have had 2 possibly 3 right so a lot of points lost. John

Hope the move was stress free Chris. John

I've got a Vanessa but found it awkward to use in the limited space I have available. Just thinking, usually advised to balance low wingers inverted , would this stilll apply to the Vanessa? as I didn't on my last one. John

Interesting to note the tank position in relation to the needle valve as the first tank I tried drained out very quickly throught the needle valve! John

Tim's suggestion would be good as I have 3ml syringes for my insulin. Trouble is the area behind the motor is now filled and covered. May have to do some surgery. John

thanks again for the last posts. All good suggestions

Thanks for the pointers Mike and Peter. Did try to make one years ago like that Martin didn't turn out too well but willing to try again. DaveyP as an ex gasman I have plenty of copper pipe in my scrap bin. Hadn't thought of that though may be a bit heavy on a 32 inch w/span model but wouldn't need that big a bit I suppose. Have found a tablet tube which could be adapted if it is diesel proof (plastic). Thank to all for your replies.

That sounds a possibiliy Brian tghanks. John

Not R/c related really. I have a single channel model powered by an Indian (copy) Mills .75 diesel. Mine hasn't got the attached fuel tank. My local model shop hasn't had free flight tanks for years and that is what I need. I have one but it is too small and would probably only supply enough fuel for 1 minute if lucky. I tried to convert one of my Insulin syringes but is even smaller. I could use a small clunk tank but not easy to retro fit as the tank bay is now blocked in and would be too high sitting on the ply engine plate and would require major surgery to alter. I am informed that diesel fuel is not good for silicon tubing. I have some yellow tubing suitable for glow, diesel or petrol There must still be free flight supplies available somewhere but does anyone know where?

I've found that the kicker if you use it is what dissolves the foam. John

As Cuban 8 said. Many years ago I worked for British Gas and we had a contract with Body Shop to service their heating system in their vast warehouse. Could be 60 feet up in the roof of the warehouse or in the basement of the office block and it was a requirement of theirs for any lone worker to have "fallen" link (can't remember what they called it) on them at all times in case of accidents. Only proiblem was that if you had to lay down to access a particular piece of equipment and stayed still too long it went off. Body Shop were years ahead of a lot of firms with their safety and working conditions.

Well done Pete B. good score in the circumstances. Two races in a row that my man has been taken out at the first corner. Indirectly today by the same team as last time. So much for predictions, though pleased with my results. Enjoy the month off everyone. John

I had a Makita supplied at work which I thought was pretty good for the use I wanted. Have had several De Walt and the differnce is amazing wouldn't go back anything less now. Well worth the extra. A bit ott for modelling though. Problem with most cordless drills now is the price seems reasonable until you read that the baterries are extra and expensive. John

Well done John S. I had a very bad day getting to and at the field and then my man was knocked out on the first lap. That's life I suppose??

|A belated happy birthday John

Robin thanks for your input. I think that a lot of weight can be removed from the construction and also it was originally powered by a petrol engine with the associated battery and condenser so modern power plants would be considerably lighter making the need to lighten the back end more desireable. John

Matt, No, square section, though there are a couple of braces under the wing crossing from top to bottom diagonally that are 13/16th x 3/6th about 5 inches long each with a half lap joint in the middle with ply strengthening plates, so solid construction. John

Thanks Matt. I will study the plan at a time nearer the build. The basic fus is 3/16 th spruce and I thought maybe 3/16 th hard balsa. I'm not too sure I would have to increase the wood size all round. John