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Kitchen worktop up side down with thick card taped on top.

Thread reminds me of an issue that came to the fore when restores were working on a FW 190 for museum display. When repairing the pilots head rest the stuffing inside was found to be human hair. Terrible times.

Beats having them just sitting in a drawer.

Also found in a skip my Original Mills P75. I made the Veron Cardinal so it could fly again.

Ah, but what about the the sound and the burp burp when you back off the compression.😁

Running a couple of old diesels today just because. The Frog is my first engine some circa 1965 turning an original Keil Kraft Truflex prop. Flex being the word here with blades just a tad stiffer than a banana skin!

Same engine I fly my Limbo Dancer with and fitted with a mini pipe, bit more power and good throttle response.

RC Japan were very helpful when I needed Valve springs for one of my 90's, worth a try.

Nice looking model and well made by whoever. Do not think that I would label it a trainer as has little dihedral and with enough power quite aerobatic.

Club member took pics a week ago of my Mannock doing its thing.

As a Coastguard one of my most hated items. Use once Barbecue tray. Idiots would use them on the beach and then burry in the sand still hot. Later some poor devil would step there and get a burnt foot from the very hot sand. Controlled burning in the early part of the year [ before nesting and emergence of other species] on a regular basis along with maintained fire brakes has been a land management system for hundreds / thousands of years. Lessons have been forgotten. /

Hello Berned, Looks like it will build into a nice light model. The Klemm was built in the UK under licence as the BA Swallow, some still fly.

I have no issues with the stick jumping out of the crank bolt but that may be because engine has a guide collar fitted over the bolt on my 60sp. Don't know if other engines came with this item but it does help a lot with engagement. The smaller model/engine probably helps with positioning.

Also looking for some 3s 850ma. I have some larger Zeee bats 3S 2200 50c for the last two years used in EDF and are doing fine.

Car makers these days do a lot of recall's.

You do not lean over the prop with the starter. You go around behind the wing and engage from behind the prop. The hole for the starter is right at the back of the cowl in pic above, driver key on starter is quite long heli style so one is well clear of prop.

I was out on the strip last week a couple of times thrashing my old Seagull SNJ around the sky with its RCV 60sp. Been a good reliable engine. Lost its muffler a couple of years ago but because I wanted to keep flying I retuned for no tank pressure and that is the way it has stayed. Noise wise not that much difference. Recon sounds much like a full size radial on fly pasts. Have to be careful on take off as have little prop clearance once the tail is up. Gets comments like "where's the cylinder head?" "gosh you start it like a helicopter".

Good engines, I have 3 of them.

My old DB Bleriot xi fly's fine with a Webra 61 two stroke it is the type this actual model flew with when built in the 70's for use in a TV series.

In that case I would go for the 12x4 or 13x4 and make use of the throttle.

I agree with Robin above, for this type of model a lower pitch is best. Shooting around at higher speed is not it's thing.

My oldest model was built in 1972 as a free flight then spent many years as an attic queen until fifteen or so years ago RC was fitted with a throttled PAW 1.5 in place of the old DC Saber. Couple of years ago I decided the oil encrusted nose and engine needed a sort out/clean up. I was pleasantly surprised to find the Matador's wood work still in good order and solid underneath the layer of two part car filler I had used as proofer.😁

We need that lion in the reaction tab.

Thread closed as per OP's request.

Ha, oops I did it again. [a song I think]