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  1. Dave M
    Hi Bob, I used spray paint from homebase, its called"Rust-oleum" craft and hobby enamel. I works Ok, has no effect on the foam and comes in lots of colours. I find a couple of colours to give a contrast make the model a bit more visable, but they all seem to look the same once its up there! Best place to paint it? Well...either in the shed or garage is good or in the garden if its a nice day!! DM
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    Posted by Peter Ward on 03/01/2013 17:01:17: The family that sticks together stays together..... Ha, thats funny! No probs with getting them apart, not too much skin lost so not to worry, as I say its usually me getting stuck to something. She wasn't too keen when I mentioned getting the V tail attached though.... DM
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    So there I was trying to glue the nose cone onto my Christmas MPX Blizzard, but it really needed a second pair of hands. I'm pretty hopeless with the cyno, always glueing either my fingers together or to something else, like the cleaning cloth, so I asked SWMBO for assistance, anyway, to cut a long story short, we got the nose on OK, but managed to cyno her fingers together in the process. This made a change, and its good to have a shared hobby...
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    A Pheonix 2000 (HK) from the kids, a Great planes C of G machine, very useful, and "accidently" bought myself an MPX Blizzard last week . I'm happy. DM
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    Hey Myron, bet you have a good word for all those who are looking after you, especially the nurse's! Get well and look after yourself, (and let Chrissy pamper you ), Good luck to you both,
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    Posted by MARTIN1 on 18/02/2012 12:05:42: I dont know about you but I`m having prob`s seeing it in some circumstances even with the winglets in bright red... Would those "cirumstances" be when its hiding in the gorse bushes I wonder..............
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    Andy, you don't need that, lets hope your on the mend, and if I don't win the lotto this weekend, I really hope you do! Good Luck!!
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    Mind you, I could proberly get close to a 2.5 M glider!!
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    Is combat a class?   PS I'm rubbish at it!
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    Cool, ching ching, can I borrow a fiver...........................
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    Posted by Devon Flyer on 19/01/2012 17:27:58: Just had my monthly fix and bought a Weasel....................can't help meself! Should be here by the weekend. Just need to save up for that 3m mouldie now.................................   And I thought you were saving up, clearly it made an impression!   Dave
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    The velcro is for attaching your camera, obvious really!
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    "The Joy of Slope"   I managed to get a half hour flying at Morthoe this afternoon with my Weasel, fantastic model and great flying site, a short session I know, but it still counts!!   Dave
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    Sorry, double post for some reason.Edited By Dave M on 16/12/2011 08:05:28
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    Crikey BEB, surely its not the size that counts! .   Andy, I know I said it was scientific, but.....................maybe not that scientific,.I suppose I wonder, as there does seem to be a bit of "pride" (or bravado) on some forums etc about the wind speeds people fly in, as Wingman suggests in his post , there can be some wild guesswork!   I think that this is one of the big changes you need to get over when starting slope flying, actually wanting the wind, and actually launching into it, rather than not wanting too much when power flying, that and landing of course .   DM  
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    I think your right, as you may remember from the day at morthoe, I decided to not to fly because I thought it was too much for me on the day, having not previously flown the site before and not being confident of the landing area. That had nothing to do with the meter reading, rather based on what I felt on the day.   The sunday was better, until I bounced the WT!!     Still, its all fixed and waiting for the weather, maybe this weekend looks good?  
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    Just a thought, as the weather is playing its games, how accurate do you think your wind meter (anemometer?) is.   I have recently bought a cheap meter from the far east, £12 ish deliverered which seemed worth a try. The first time I tried it, it gave a reading of 37mph average, with 51 mph gusts, one of the other lads measured at the same time and came up with 17mph and tried to convince me this was right and that I need to get my meter calibrated! I later checked and my reading was pretty close to the hourly observations on the met office site, also, you could really feel the wind pushing you back!   Today I did a scientific test. Driving along at consistant speeds, holding the meter out of the window and comparing the meter reading with the speedo, also comparing again with the met office data, my meter did seem to be pretty accurate. The instruction leaflet suggest that it has a 5% margin of error by the way.   (The test was completed on a private road and with a helper holding the meter while I drove and read the speedo for you safety guru's out there).   So, how much do you need to pay to guarentee accuracy and do you trust your anemometer?
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    I have now bought a carbon rod for the main joiner and some piano wire for the two thin locater / incidence pegs,   Thanks for all of your replies and advice,   Dave
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    Here's my new Weasel, just got to wait for the wind to be in the right place... Dave
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    Posted by Devon Flyer on 21/11/2011 18:13:10: Posted by Dave M on 20/11/2011 10:51:00: Hi Chaps, I have a Jamara? Discus CS glider that was given to me a while ago   You've been keeping that one quiet Dave !   I'll dig me DG1000 out and we can have some combat.     yep, it 's been gathering dust, but its important to get these things out so that when the accountant see's it, she doesn't think I've bought myself an early Christmas Prezzie and I miss the chance of another new toy in a few weeks time!!   Not too sure about combat tho Edited By Dave M on 22/11/2011 18:22:50
  24. Dave M
    Hi Vecchio, thank you for your reply, its just the information I needed, and the tip about the weak point is useful as well. I wil look at re-enforcing it around the wing attachment points and the first couple of formers.   Thanks again,   Dave
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    Hi Matt, there seems to be some stories that this model has a similar problem and also excesive flex of the wings. Mind you I won't find out if I can't get some joiners sorted .   Dave
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