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Had a nice day at the strip yesterday. My old Seagull SNJ with its rattling RCV 60 tore up the sky some and a maiden flight of Miles Majister went well with only a touch of down trim needed. Only one flight though as I held it off a tad to long and dopped a wing just before touchdown, no damage but prop broke. Think I will fit a IC type, tougher and look better on this model.

Hello Artto, Span of mine is 76 inches. There is on this site a section started by myself titled "Bristol F2B by Flair" you may be interested in. Item has gone on to cover other makes. Mine has been on the back burner since its test flight. John.

My Flair F2b struggled to get airborne with an SC 91 but it is something of a porker [about 14lb] with the mods original builder did to make it with separate wings/center sections and there is a rather heavy tail that has a lead ingot in the nose to balance! Hope to up engine sometime. If you keep the tail light and the lot under 10lb a 90 should be good. Just my thought's Cheers, John.

Wonder if she had any eyebrows left? Cow's have a tongue like a rasp.😁

Just hope that some of the under 20 players make a difference in future.

It got De j a Vood

Thanks all, will check them out.

There is someone on you tube flying an Answer with a 1cc PAW, looks to be plenty for the Answer. Having a throttle makes for more flying fun I recon. A 1cc with throttle I recommend.

My Mercury Matador has a PAW 1.49 for power and is of similar size but engine has RC throttle. When originally flown free flight [ many moons ago] a DC Saber 1.5 did the work but they do not have the power of a PAW.

Thank Don, Good to go as soon as weather settles. John.

My Miles Majister is pretty well ready for test flight.[this model has not flown before] Have an issue with servos though, When the batt is plugged in two servos the rudder and one of the wing ones "chatter" There is no movement of control surface and as soon as the sticks are wiggled everything goes quiet and works as normal. Servos are Hitec HS81. Ideas? I fitted model with a working roll bar as per full size as this small 40"span model is likely to flip on landing and I would like front pilot to keep his head.😁 Looks like Clark Gable I recon with Peter Lorre in the back. Screen yet to be fitted.

You knew a re do was the right thing to do.😁

My first RC plane was a two channel glider, it was a free flight type and flew well enough in gentle winds on the slope. Then I bolted a DC Saber on the nose, off it went climbing for the heavens with no way to stop the engine. When just a spot in the sky I tried putting it into a gentle turning decent but it soon became an ever steeper spiral. As it neared the ground I could see the twist in the wing holding in the turn, opposite rudder was no use. The Saber survived its attempt at ploughing and I still have it. There were no tears but a lesson was learned.

A Dornier Do X for the 21st century.

My very old Mercury Matador has this issue, Up tab on the warped wing sorts it. Wing is partially sheeted so can not be altered.

As you are interested in the smaller stuff Dens model supplies and the Vintage Model company are good sites to visit.

I need some new battery's for my mini foam Spitfire, only one dying oldy left. Recommend 3s 800mah JST plug. Ta.

Just looking at the pic above all motors rotate in the same direction. With them all close to centerline I see no benefit in doing different. Cheers.

Fixed now, found the comma.😁

It may just be the camera picture but at the end of video it looks like the wing is set with anhedral, this will not help with lateral stability where as some dihedral would.

There is another option if you wish to build/have a flying scale Spitfire. Should you have the skills to make one but not to fly it then someone in a club experienced in such models could test and fly it for you and then you could have a go on a buddy box. Seen this over the years, some folk just like the building of and see their creation flown by an expert flyer.

Hello Bob, from West Wales and welcome to the forum. Looking through the forum you will see items about all sorts of RC aircraft. Cheers, John.

If repaired it was a "Raise the dead job"

There are several videos on the You tube about the various model plane covering methods.

On my farm there is the ruin of an ancient cottage. Digging at the back of the building some years ago found thousands of Barncale shells! Collected for the eating of I recon. Tough back then.