Colin Carpenter

Loved my WotsWot from Ripmax. Lipo installation ok but had an isolator fitted so no fingers lost b4 startup. Changed it for a Sebart Miss Wind cos I love a Sebbie and the c/f wing joiners are delightful ! Unscrewing the hatch is a different story so isolator fitted as usual ! Colin

Nice work Nick. Great to see you and chat at Horningsham last Sunday. Colin

Well done Matty ! Now up Clapham Long Pond early 70s us power boaters would have called that a target !!🥴🥴😂😂😂

Big as my house 😂😂😂🤢

Might be worth a look at RCGroups. May be a known fault with this tx as there was with the DX8 in the early days !!!

4750 flights on my Dx9. Only 1 hiccup years ago on DSM2 using Orange Rx in an Easyglider. Easily the most reliable tx since I started in 69 on McGregor 😂😂

I use similar from Wickes. Bubble inside. Tape seams. Colin

Merlin shocked obviously 😫😫Be mega bucks and expect we will see it on Warbird tv prog being rebuilt. 😭😭😭

Sounds like Rx to me ! No throttle hold set ?

I taught myself to fly on a Morley Hughes 300 in 1984. No Bell Hiller mixing and 4ch ganged throttle and cyclic. It was impossible for months especially as I couldn’t hack the servo response delay. Managed the tail less gyro not too bad. The mixing head bit made a massive change to getting the hang of it. Morley gyro was an eye opener. Worked in Bath where Maurice Tait assembled the kit and soon a club was formed where self help became the norm. I don’t own a drone helicopter but have flown the small ones indoors. Seem ok and non chopper flyers pick up the basics on them quickly Colin

Gods musta been with you ! 😱😱😱😱

I have the FMS Avanti earlier version on 4s. Standard Sebart blue /red/white scheme. Flys a dream but needs high C lipos and a dry grass strip otherwise won’t get off. Landings are straightforward ! Unfortunately because I go out at 9 am when grass is always wet it’s been in its box for last few years. 😭😭😭Colin

We’ve spoken on here b4 ED. Remember Les and his A40 !!😂😂Yes no love lost up there between yachts and power. Especially in winter when they ended at 4 so no light left for us noisy boaters. Strong language if they went over by a minute. 😱😱🥴🥴Can’t believe I’m still playing with the toys after 55 years 😵‍💫😵‍💫I’ve still got a Fisher Redshift 60 in cupboard. Worn out but still magnificent !❤️❤️

Well done Matty ! Hope recovery continues. Used to watch the vane yachts at Clapham Long Pond 69 ish. Never found it interesting as screaming round the pond with an HP 40 powered flattie but that was hundreds of yrs ago 👨‍🦳👨‍🦳👨‍🦳😂😂😂😂Colin

Any pics of Angel 50 please ? Ta !

He went to my school!! Not many people know that !😂😂😂

4 flights in the Acromaster Pro at 9. The over discharged 3s seems to have recovered??? Flew it last for 3 mins and cells balanced ok back in bench. Will continue to be careful with it 🤞🤞🤞Colin

Sorry to hear Matty. I’m sure you have all our best wishes! Colin

Toto - you seem to have similar patch problems as my club ! 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫Shame ! Colin

I’ve just brought back to life a 3s by charging as a nicad for 5 mins. I discharged it via halogen bulb and lost sight of what I was doing !🥴😱😱Seems to be holding storage but will try a short flight very warily. It too was fairly new !😫😫😫😫

Peter. I look at that aircraft longingly on Bondaero , which is where the Axiome came from. Unfortunately the price and site aggravation stops me in my tracks. Mrs would go berserk too 😂😂❤️The Miss Wind came from Bude secondhand and was a long day out. How I got it into a Fiesta is still a miracle. It needed work. I’m looking for an Angel 30 as I bunted into hedge line after 4 months winter lay off last yr 😫😫 I bought ur book 👍👍Regards Colin

No Peter. I just like F3A style flying and bipes. My patch is quite unsuited to actually flying a pattern as it’s small and we have local problems with overflying ! Still enjoy the style tho. Can’t make my mind up between Axiome and Miss Wind ? I only use them about 10 times a year as they need space of course. Colin

Billy no mates at 9am. Flew my Axiome 70 bipe and had to change to yellow night shades as light was poor. Trying to rain too. Colin

Mine had the same years ago after a ding. Put a cf strip in a cut in foam with Foam2 Foam glue then cramped up with thin strips of wood either side. Worked 👍Colin

5 of us out in deepest Somerset today. No wind and only 4 deg but felt much warmer. Flew chuckers and a 450 helicopter. Utterly surprised that the patch wasn’t a swamp despite all the rain. First time out in 2 months cos of weather. Colin