Geoff S
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2 hours ago, Shaun Walsh said:
Many years ago I gave my daughter some invaluable advice "When dealing with people just remember that, by definition, just under half of the population are of below average intelligence".
But it's always even better to be be beware of averages by remembering that over 99% of the population have more than the average number of legs. My father, for example, had only one and three quarter of them.
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2 hours ago, Peter Miller said:
I can't understand the need for Expo..
It is obvious......... If you don't want the control to move so far..........Don't move the stick so far.
But then I learned when a TX had two sticks, four trim levers and an on-off switch
When you have hands that don't always work as you would wish then expo to provide a dead(ish) band between elevator and aileron (Mode 2) can be very useful. I am such a person. Despite being naturally right-handed, I can use neither a spray can nor a computer mouse in my right-hand, for example.
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I think it's a Great Planes kit-built one. It looks very like one I sold a few weeks ago.
Do the interplane struts simply slot into the wings? Mine flew very well with an Irvine 53. I only sold it because it was too difficult to convert to electric.
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Yes, I remember the occasion. It was horrific. Campbell was aware that things were not going to plan as it lifted and overturned, killing him.
1 hour ago, Engine Doctor said:Old Kawasaki and Yamaha bikes are definitely classics . Love them or hate them they changed biking IMO for the better . No oil leaks, nothing falls off after a few miles and they start mostly every time.
You're certainly right about that. The fastest, smoothest bike I had was a Suzuki GS500e. OTOH my brand new BSA Lightning 650 back in 1965 vibrated so much you couldn't read the motorway signposts at 90mph and threw itself apart on several occasions. My new girlfriend back then had a new Mini and still a learner and she generously lent it to me to take the engine back to BSA - we've been married since 1967 🙂 I had an interview Umberslade Hall working for BSA in 1970 and none of the people interviewing me actually rode bikes - they didn't realise how bad they were. It all fell apart shortly after that and the job offer was (fortunately) withdrawn.
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2 hours ago, David Davis said:
Are you a Shropshire Lad Geoff S?
I've always thought that the term "nesh" was unheard of outside of Salop!
No, Erewash Valley born and bred. DH Lawrence was born in a house about 200 metres away from ours. 'Nesh' is a common expression in the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire region.
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40 minutes ago, Keith Billinge said:
The Essex Balsa Dust Factory (AKA The Spunkwerx) has been working double shifts again.......
The Oowah! Ready for flight testing, in case we ever get a weekend where it's not blowing a gale or not raining stair rods!
Interesting - I thought at first glance there was just one servo! I'll soon have 4 unflown models mostly because of the persistent rubbish weather. From being a hardy type I've grown nesh in my old age.
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Once spent a holiday in Charlotte NC staying with some cycling friends. Highlights were a trip to Kitty Hawk and the outer banks and a ride along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Looks a fine model. Good luck with the maiden.👍
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Not been to Crich Tramway museum for many years - cycled past it loads of times and the Crich Stand memorial is a local landmark. We used to ride our vintage motorcycles there because we got in free at August BH show (1932 600cc Scott for me and 1928 250cc Raleigh for my wife). It's only about 4miles but very hilly. It's funny how locals never bother with venues on their doorstep that others travel miles to visit. Like Chatsworth House - last visit to the house itself before we were married in 1967 but cycled past it countless times 🙂
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On 28/04/2024 at 16:24, EvilC57 said:
I was posher than that. I used to read the HP Sauce bottle in French 🙂 'Cette Sauce de haute qualite ... ' IIRC - it was very, very long ago.
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My Wot4 flies fine on a 4AH 4S LiPo. At least it did before I crashed it a week or 3 ago - I hope my repaired version will,too 🙂
I hope my Fokker DVIII will, too with a Turnigy G46 670 rpm/v motor and a 13x6.5" prop
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14 minutes ago, Outrunner said:
Why would a 2 stroke engine make the model more suitable for windy weather flying than say a 4 stroke or an electric motor given the same power output?
Exactly. Both my windy weather models (Limbo Dancer and Riot) I quoted earlier were electrically powered. The Limbo Dancer was originally glow powered until I converted it and there was no difference in its behavior.
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Oddly enough the model I used to fly in strong winds (before its demise) was my scratch-built Limbo Dancer. It was relatively light and had quite large control surface movements but it was fun to fly (hence Funfly, I guess) in marginal conditions. I particularly liked landing it vertically when the wind speed exceeded the stall speed - or thereabouts. The other 'any weather' model was my Riot. I'm less adventurous these days, sadly.
The last model you should choose as an 'any weather' flyer is a scale warbird - at least until you have a good few hours in your flying fingers in something less demanding.
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Can a Kawasaki (or any Japanese motorcycle) be rated as a 'classic'? 🙂 My 84 years are showing, I fear. It might be more appropriate to you in your Windymiller persona, to attend a classic bike meeting at our local 6 sail working mill in Heage, not all that far from Papplewick. Not sure if they still happen but Ellen McAthur (round-the world sailor, who originates just 5 miles away from Heage) turned up on a BSA Bantam (IIRC) a few years back. She had 'L' plates on.
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1 hour ago, Eric Robson said:
Years ahead of Apple with the tablet.
Surely, the apple came first, much, much earlier, along with a serpent.
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Never heard of anything like that. If you have access to a pdf file of the plan then most (all? but certainly Foxit and Adobe) pdf viewers allow you to select part of the drawing (a rib, say) and print that. Then it's just a matter of sticking it onto either the wood itself or a something like aluminium to make a template to cut ribs (say). No tracing needed and potentially easier and more accurate.
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2 hours ago, Tim Hooper said:
Old is just old........
Tim😉
... and don't I know it! I've just sent an email to the 8 year-old twin sons of my nephew. They sent us a couple of cards last week and asked what we did at Easter. We didn't do anything but we used to ride a long distance trial (The Land's End), often on a sidecar outfit and I sent them a picture of us winning the sidecar class in 1973 (so long ago) and another of us riding our tandem more recently (1999) - we were nearly 60 then but it's 24 years ago 😞 Neither of us has turned a pedal this year and I haven't flown much either.
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Not sure about cars but the terms are defined by the Vintage Motorcycle Club (VMCC). Vintage is pre-1939 and veteran is pre-1914 IIRC. PVT (Post Vintage Thoroughbred) is pre-1940. Things get a bit vague after that because the VMCC introduced a 25 year rule which means motor cycles I owned new are now classed as eligible, which is somewhat disturbing. It's always surprising to me that machines like Honda etc, which were unknown when I started riding in 1956 can be used in VMCC events.
Once you get past models that were initially designed for free flight (or single channel) then it's just a matter of opinion. I would have thought ARTF 'foamies' could be in a class of their own but apart from that, who knows?
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Good luck, Matty. It'll take time, but it'll be worth it. Good to know you're progressing.
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2 hours ago, JOHN MOSLEY 2 said:
Yes modern cars that have BMS system can be a problem, the engineers decided to save load on the engine from the Alternator they would reduce the charge on a new battery. But as the battery ages it would ramp up depending a complex set of condition. But if a new battery is fitted and you do not reset the BMS system it can overcharge a new battery, because it does not know you have fitted a new battery. Some of the German cars
have coding on new batteries and the BMS/ ECU must be told the necessary parameter. Bottom line on some cars fitting a new battery and not have the car coded to suit can damage the new battery.
... and some people used to find the electro-mechanical voltage regulator/cut-out combination used on old dynamo equipped motor cycles complicated! I got quite expert on them from necessity as they needed adjustment with the extra lights needed when a sidecar was attached. The early alternator-equipped bikes were known for boiling (and destroying) batteries as the only regulation was a big zener diode to limit the voltage. At least the dynamo bikes usually had a magneto for ignition, so, provided it was daylight, you got home OK even if the battery was flat. I once spent a night in my tiny open sidecar waiting for daylight 🙂
Life gets simpler by getting more complicated, it seems. I wouldn't know where to start fixing my car now.
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1 hour ago, Zflyer said:
Strewth! What happened to the wings???
They came off in a roll?
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1 minute ago, Glenn Philbrick said:Not able to get up to take off speed.
Roll on summer? Or at least a bit of warm, dry and calm weather 🙂
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8 hours ago, PeterF said:
I am guessing you mean Tayna batteries and auto correct has changed it. They have a very good reputation.
I used them for a new battery for our campervan, which was also used infrequently. Excellent and quick service.
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If it's working, why do you need to update the firmware? What extra functions do you need?
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I suppose it also depends on how far apart the activities are. If it's a full size airfield then there could be a mile separation. That's probably further away than many non-related people are for many clubs as a norm. When RR club flew from the Hucknall airfield (which was actually more of an airstrip with just one long runway), the RR facility was a lot less than a mile away, for instance, as was the Merlin full-size flying club.
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I use those threaded inserts from Modelfixings quite often and they're very secure even without adding any adhesive to the threads. My only regret is that they don't go down to 3mm but that wouldn't be a problem for this application.