Manish Chandrayan

Congratulations on the maiden SiBee. Any pictures/Videos?

Thank you for the feedback

SiBee Put off by general reviews of most ESM warbirds, I recently sold a new one in box. I would be quite interested to know does your model fly? What engine, how much of ballast and what is the all up weight like?

That scanner is a good hack. Flies well and built tough. That is other than that abominable sticky back sticker for covering. And with age that covering goes more brittle than a dry biscuit and the printed colours wipe off when you wipe off burnt fuel residue

Out of curiosity. What engine is it Dave?

These I suspect may not be suitable for a glow plug. The plug post may not contact the conductor at the top. The spark plugs have a longer post compared to a glow plug. Have you personally used this on a glow plug Paul?

I suppose, The OP has an electric powered model that has an ESC and Motor that will be connected to the main flight battery pack. He is looking for wiring diagram to allow him to power the Rx and Servos through another battery pack. Is that right Geoff?

Dirk, congratulations on a superb build. It was a learning and pleasurable experience following your build log. Wish you many hours of joy with the model. Flying videos will be eagerly awaited

Maybe some one converted one of the Glow's to Diesel?

Nice work on the build and flying👍

That's a nice Hurricane, even has an authentic patina of age👍

Absolutely! And I would not advise any one ever to run that size prop on a 150/155 size engine

Thanks for the dimensions 👍

No go then! I was looking for one for my Elephant 🤣

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Clean work👍. What size is the bed?

Thanks for the details Dale, are you doing the original 67" span or the revised 69"?

Dale what all parts were included in your short kits? Did it have all the shaped balsa and ply parts?

Yes I too had the same question with regards to pricing. Would be interesting to know what (all) is included in the short kit for that price. Maybe I will shoot an email to them and see what I hear back

When assembling steel and aluminum parts together always a good idea to lightly oil the surfaces.👍 On four stroke mufflers, a few wraps of Teflon tape every time the muffler or the manifold is being put back together will ensure no leaks.

Gaskets will eventually fail at some point and that would lead to the muffler coming loose. As suggested by Ken, clean the mating surfaces as best as you can, a thin bead of clear silicone gasket material, bring surfaces together, nip up the bolts and let it all cure for at least 24 hours and it won't leak or come loose.

Get some craft epoxy, the type used for table river. It's pretty thin and flowing, can be brushed on and apart from fuel proofing can be also used for glassing over wooden surfaces, moulding glass fibres. Plenty of uses. Once cured , is impervious to all types of model fuels. The cure time is 24 hours but can be accelerated by periodically wafting some warm air over the coated surface with hair dryer or heat gun. After application give about two hours for it to soak in nicely in to the wood and then go over with the hair dryer every two hours. Will make it hard enough to handle in about 8 hours. Cures nice and hard and sands well

Can't say what colour the crane is 😁, but you won't have any visibility issues with the model 👍

From what I have seen on Facebook, they do seem to be genuine business located in UK and are kitting out some of the older and now not available TF kits and accessories for the kits they produce.

My first reaction on seeing the first picture was. "What a hideous looking undercarriage for a nice scale job!". That is, till the time I scrolled further down to see the scale undercarriage and the bulb lit up that the alloy job was only for storage and transport. Nicely made and lovely scale details. Hope you have many hours of joy flying this ship👍