Grumpy1

Posted by Mogs on 04/06/2013 16:05:28: I had one of those, although mine was labelled "Cotswold, Square One", having made it as a kid, 30 years later it had its maiden (2012) after I retro fitted ailerons. It was perfectly balanced on the bench but once in the air it would only turn left. It came down safely but was declared unflyable, too heavy and underpowered not worth the effort in fixing it. I'm still delighted that it flew the once. I believe mine to be the very same, I would love to get my hands on one just so that I could fly it. Im sure my Dad would be watching when I did.

Hi All, this was the very model that got me into RC. My Dad bought me a Cotswold Kits Square One trainer in the 1970s from Modeldrome in Manningham Lane, Bradford. It had an orange fibreglass fuz and I remember it well, even down to the fatefull maiden flight at Filey clifftops. It was powered by an Enya 19 purchased from Ken Cropper of Bridlington, and controlled by a sanwa 4 channel proportional radio system. My Dad did a full loop on take off and stuffed it straight into the deck, and calmly said 'thats that, then' Whilst laying in my hospital bed after a motorcycle accident in 1995 my wife asked me if I wanted a few magazines bringing in to pass my time, I recollected my early RC days and asked her to fetch in something to do with model aircraft. She returned with a copy of RCM&E. As they say, the rest is history......

hi all just getting back into this hobby and having built 2 or 3 from the mr foss stable was interested to see this review. Wot (he he) about this electric stuff? Anyone had a wot4 with similar performance to the one i had with an irvine q72? The one thing that appeals to me is cleanliness, even though im a petrol head at heart.