GrumpyGnome

Marvellous. So instead of remembering to check your battery charge before flying (per BMFA Guidelines I believe), you'll need to remember to change the indicator after flight, and after any sort of charging/discharging, AND check the charge before flight. Definite improvement! 🙂 That looks like a solution looking for a problem. But no doubt it works for some folk.

Lovely day yesterday. Lots of flying, nothing damaged 🙂 Two things to note: 1) our demographic is such that all 4 of us were using benches or tables to save our knees 2) our runways are so hard, and the grass so short and dry, that the 'rollout' after landing caught us all by surprise. Except JM, because he was flying his helis!

I think it denotes an operation in Italy.....

Congrats to those that did well. Commiserations to those that didn't!

Lol

Failsafe set to self-level? To keep the model in the air as long as possible?

Why don't you choose one of the accounts, and logout of the one you don't want (presumably DD2 as that has less posts), then log back in as DD in your laptop? A mod may be able to edit all the DD2 posts to DD for you...... and then delete DD2.

Like stepping back in time.......

We live and learn! Be worth it in the end....

Welcome! Ex flying chum had a Nutball - he loved it!

I like voice commands/warnings, and use them quite a bit for safety, peace of mind, and telling me if one of my 'rules' has resulted in a change - e.g. if I increase throttle past a certain point with flaps down, my flaps automatically go up. Plus telemetry such as signal quality, rx battery voltage, height. I get the mickey taken when my tx says 'hi' in my wife's voice, but it doesn't seem to annoy people. Certainly feel it's better than a collagues constant 'timer start/timer stop' twittering.... And volume is on a pot so I can turn it up or down

Aye. Yet another lovely day in thd best part of Gods Own.... East Riding of course! Did some tuition, some mowing (soooooo many dandelions), some flying, some nattering. Then went and loaded the trailer for a Gnats shooting away-day in Cirencester. And watered. And was wife-taxi. Think I might un-retire for a rest....

Something like Libre Office will do it I expect. Or you can pick up older versions of MS Office for peanuts on Fleabay. Think I paid about a tenner for a fully working version of Office Pro 2017 a few years ago.

Especially as most of that has already pased..... 😆

Hello Jayne, sorry for your loss. There are businesses that will take entire estates, which is the easiest way - e.g. A Plane Old Bargain, or Charlie Warren (Flying Gadgets), both can be found on Facebook. Alternatively, your husband's old club may help. If he wasn't in a club, the BMFA Club Finder web site should provide information about clubs near you - and they usually have contact details. Best wishes.

Look at 4max. It has lots of recommended setups, which will give good performance. If Boomerang 25E isn't there, ring them - George will help you out.

Ummmmm .... is it churlish of me to suggest that flying with a known issue (even if intermittent) is not the most sensible thing to do........ whilst you may not mind crashing a particular model, it could go anywhere and hit anyone or anything.....

Hmmm.....

AFAIK, the US already has similar restrictions but umx models are still available..... Perhaps ask a US forum what the impact on park flying has actually been. As with diving scores, discard the very best and very worst comments 🙂

Plan/kit build - a lot of time and effort for something that will be built and finished better than an ARTF. Convert a petrol engine - time and effort for something that's probably inferior to a commercial offering. But, as you say, it's a hobby, and as long as we get enjoyment out of it (whatever the 'it' is!), it's good!

Or use Duck/Gaffer tape - not as neat!

Unless I've read it incorrectly, it will impact a number of modellers, with the 250g limit lowered to 100g, and, of more impact, section 5.11-5.14: 5.11. Model Aircraft: We propose to exempt model aircraft (e.g. UK4 UAS) from Remote ID requirements in certain circumstances, recognising the safety record of the model aircraft community. We will grant exemptions where all 3 of the following criteria are met:  The remote pilot has an active membership of an Article 16 authorised model aircraft flying club and is operating within the rules set out in that regulation;  The UAS meets defined criteria for a low-risk Model Aircraft – i.e. excluding commercial UAS or highly sophisticated Model Aircraft platforms; and  The flight takes place within the bounds of a model aircraft flying site, declared by a model aircraft club in their Article 16 Authorisation. We will work with the model aircraft community over the coming months to finalise these exemptions. 5.12. Timelines for implementation: We propose a phased approach to implementing Remote ID requirements for different UAS, to ensure that users have adequate time to adjust to these changes. The proposed timelines for the implementation of Direct Remote ID requirements are outlined below:  From 1st January 2026, Direct Remote ID requirements will come into force for UK1, UK2, UK3, UK5 and UK6 UAS, unless exempted under a Specific Category OA.  From 1st January 2028, Direct Remote ID requirements will come into force for UK0 UAS weighing 100g or more with a camera, model aircraft (e.g. UK4 UAS) unless exempted through the conditions outlined in 5.11, privately built UAS weighing 100g or more with a camera, and legacy UAS (i.e. those not within the scope of UK class marking) weighing 100g or more with a camera. 5.13. Remote ID add-on modules: If in-scope privately built and legacy UAS do not have existing Direct Remote ID functionality, the operator will be required to install a Direct Remote ID add-on module on the device. We propose to include the weight of the Remote ID add-on module in the weight categorisation of these UAS, ensuring that the safety of the operation is not impacted by the add-on module. This approach ensures the requirement is implemented consistently across UK airspace. 5.14. Offences: To ensure compliance, it is necessary for the police to have the ability to enforce against operators who do not comply with these Remote ID requirements, or who attempt to tamper with or spoof a Remote ID transmission. Therefore, new offences may be created for non-compliance with these Remote ID requirements. The specific detail relating to these will be shared in due course.

By just get a CDI, I meant for a proper petrol engine 🙂

Nice.

As Don alluded to earlier, I often quote Golf when people complain about modelling costs.... But some 'premium' products are just not worth it. Take note Optifuel, Overlander, EFlite, H9 (all Horizon Hobby products!). Back to Rockers original question...... Would I pay £30+ when I could pay £20+ and not tell the difference? No. If the only thing I could get was £30+, then yes, I would buy it. Someone asked about OS petrol glow plugs. All the info I see is that they are expensive and short lived. Just get a CDI - the size of model in question (usually) won't notice a few more ounces.