Tim Flyer

Good luck and keep on pushing!

We just re affiliated our club to the BMFA. It’s a very important matter for our club and needs to be done each year . It actually costs nothing but gives a number of very important insurance benefits from BMFA to the club and committee . Without BMFA affiliation our club would struggle to exist. We are registered as a CASC (community amateur sports club) , which gives us a mandatory 80% discount on the business rates we pay . To be registered as a CASC the club needs to be affiliated to BMFA which is a government recognised sports association. Our club status is routinely checked by the council and we have to make sure we remember to re affiliate each year

We use Nat West and do not pay charges. Obviously we always maintain a positive cash balance. We are set up as a Community Amateur Sports Club which also helps . Setting up the account and mandate takes some time and a lot of information is required, but once done it all works well. Nat West mobile banking works well and is easy to use.

I find fingerless fishing gloves very good . I use the neoprene Guideline fir-skin ones and they are very warm. I did think before purchasing this pair of buying full coverage gloves and removing thumb and index finger but the material in these is very warm , much more so than wool fingerless gloves I used to use.

I have 9 planes which are IC powered and in good flying condition , plus two electric foamies which I never really fly( one is destined to become an FPV trainer) . I try to keep the number down so all the engines have a good run each season also due to time and space limitation. Warbird Replicas La7 with Laser 80 Hangar 9 Mustang with Laser 155 Seagull P47 with Laser 100 Acrowot XL with Laser 180 Wots Wot XL with Laser 200v DB Spitfire with Laser 180 Galaxy Mystic with OS 120AX SLEC/Apache Chipmunk with Laser 180 Wot4 Mk2(kit version)with Laser 80 Current favourites are the Mustang and the Mystic although I do enjoy flying all of them . I also agree with Paul re starting a new model . I would always avoid starting a new project until the previous one is finished … I’m sure it would just clutter up the place and create confusion until everything grinds to a halt!

Just my quick thoughts from a personal point of view. I really appreciate the national centre and the work it does and the huge effort put in by those who run it If it wasn’t for that resource I would not have had the benefit of meeting and getting advice and support from other members I have met there. A national centre brings people and knowledge together and supports our hobby. Yes you do have to make an effort to go there . Being in the middle of the country it is a long hike for many and takes me over 2hours by car , but it’s well worth it. Going there has widened my perspective of the hobby and and given me an incentive to improve plus allowed me to gain a B certificate which would have been difficult locally.

Agreed also on our patch in Hertfordshire most warbirds have a high chance of a nose over or getting bogged down and landing would be quite risky. Despite no rain the damp cloudy/misty still conditions have let the turf become quite soft. A bit of sun would soon make a big difference . Very nice looking model. . And thanks for posting . I’m also quite tempted to have a go at this as I have a spare OS 95v that I might use.

Sorry to hear that about your P47 it really looked the part and it’s very sad loosing such a nice build. I hope the engine survived . The Laser 180 is a tough beast and I’m sure in the future will grace another one of your excellent models. Your new Hellcat looks really brilliant . I would love to try building one sometime… possibly a bit smaller in 1:6 but unfortunately am currently engrossed in a DIY renovations which might go on for a while!

Our runway was good today but the worms had made quite a few casts on it that ended up under the wings… However that certainly didn’t spoil today’s great conditions. I took the opportunity to do some flying with my Galaxy Mystic before we get more wind and rain 😊

I’m using the 700mah 2s Life just for the retracts. Not the receiver. I believed this thread was about retracts not receiver and servo power. For retract powering I have been using the 700mah 2s Life for about five or six years with no trouble for tail dragger models of up to around 7kg using two wing mounted electric retracts. i power my receivers/servos separately with other higher capacity batteries and separate switches.

A very small 2s 600 to 700mah Life battery is plenty for most electric retracts . For my JP 60-120 size retracts in my 69” Mustang and most others I use the 2s 700mah Life and it’s fine and uses less than 10% capacity even after 5 or more flights

Went flying my Hangar 9 Mustang today here In Herts . I brought a sports model as a standby in case the runway was too soft after all the rain we’ve had. I was pleasantly surprised to find firm ground and managed five great fun flights so at least it’s done one good October outing. The wind was quite modest WSW/SW slightly across our E/W runway but easily manageable. The temperature was incredibly warm for October …only requiring a tea shirt!

The “rule “ quoted above epoxy for epoxy and polyester for polyester is not correct “. Epoxy resins stick very well to properly keyed polyester resin surfaces. Epoxy is commonly used, and has been for decades in boat repair. However polyester resin is less flexible than epoxy so it is not a good idea to use polyester on top of an epoxy resin surface. The important thing when repairing is providing a proper key by degreasing and surface abrading down to the matting. Many new moulded components still have release agent on them so preparation is very important with kits or new parts

As you say seems like sudden bearing failure caused the issue. One of my 180s once had a dodgy bearing that went from producing a bit more vibration than usual, to almost complete failure and noisy running in a couple of flights. Unfortunately I think that now and then there are dud bearings produced which deteriorate fast. Probably impossible to spot when new.

Sorry to hear that hopefully no further damage . I also regularly use the side to side play test holding the tips of the propeller while the engine is still hot to detect bearing wear on my engines.