GrumpyGnome

My cheap foamy Corsair has tailwheel steering that functions only when undercarriage is down, with a mix to rudder. EdgeTX on a Radiomaster TX16

Just like my Ultrastick. Easy, depending on your radio...

@kc you can get standoffs in various sizes, lengths, colours off ebay. I got some for my SFM SE5, 25mm, for about £5...... E.G. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/402452486918?hash=item5db4099b06:g:gg8AAOSwd39fasJh

Not sure I'd agree Mercedes have been flexing their muscles..... must have missed something. Unfortunately caught some of a Christian Horner interview for Radio 5 - he just couldn't stop having digs at Mercedes, and especially TW. Irrelevant as it is, I don't like Red Bull, Marko whatever, CH or MV - tv usually gets muted/fast forwarded when they are on ?

Undoubtedly better than the alternative....... good luck with the op!

Ouch

Mixing is fun! My Ultrastick has independent flaps in flight mode 1, fully coupled in flight mode 2, and ailerons working as butterfly/crow opposing flaps in flight mode 3. Back to original question... Never had an xl but my wot4 had flaperons and landed at walking pace

I have just obtained my first 'proper' indoor aerobat - a Crack Mini Pitts. It flies beautifully but my old batteries are tired and too heavy. Does anyone know a good source of 150/200mah 2S LiPo's ? They seem to be out of stock everywhere.....

Self taught on a 2 channel DB Tern. Then someone taught me how to fly properly over the sea off the Gower peninsula (slope soaring). Then got myself an early electric Goldberg Mirage to learn how to use a throttle ?

Diesel £1.681 per litre in 'local' supermarket this morning..... that's up 4p on yesterday morning's price.... all pretty unstable. Reports of heating oil theft in the village. ?

When the time comes, electric in ky neck of the woods (very rural) may be problematic as we are miles from existing petrol stations and supermarkets, have no streetlights, and parking in not outside the house as that'd stop tractors passing....

Yup, multiple flight modes, activated by a multi-position switch. Simple in OpenTX/EdgeTX.....

In the UK, the business mentality seems to be "charge as much as you possibly can"........ on a positive note, today has been so warm, we've used zero oil, and zero logs!

Done. For the one and only time, I am top of the league!

You stirred me into action and I have joined. Best get a wiggle on and pink a team.......

We just acquired an EFlite apprentice for use as the club trainer. It is absolutely brilliant! And easy to fix if anything untoward happens...... Much as I am not a fan of electronic gadgetry, it certainly serves a purpose here - very low rates to start, then switch to more 'spirited' later. Again, just an opinion, but I think electric is the way to go for beginners, no need to worry about the engine, no tinkering (I know you shouldn't have to tinker....), minimal cleaning - just switch on and fly. A few who have recently learnt to fly on electric have now started using ic as well. I've found myself using my ic planes more and more.........

We had sacks of logs delivered yesterday. They're the most expensive they have ever been and the delivery man said they're going up by 12.5% on Monday. My original thought was "profiteering!" but I expect a large chunk is to cover the hugely increased cost of delivery.... by lorry

I've done it both ways for Phoenix: On my desktop, I installed from the disk, then downloaded the later versions. I downloaded, then installed, each version in turn On my Surface, I downloaded the earliest version, then downloaded and installed each later version in sequence. All from here - https://www.rc-thoughts.com/phoenix-sim/

Jeez. Got 500l less than a week ago... £368

I'd sell my wife.....

Hopefully weather related and not awkward club mates!

I'm a fan of those mylar hinges for all surfaces except flaps. Which I like top hinged. Best solution for that has been the 'spike' type hinges inserted in an inverted V shape so the body goes into the wing and flap at an angle, and the apex of the inverted V is level with the top surface - leaves only a small gap but seems to work well. On my latest plane, I'm using top hinges again, but this time the flat hinges slightly recessed into top surfaces so the top of the hinge is level with the top of the wing and flap. Hopefully this will work out too. I've always had issues with the film lifting on film hinges - probably user error!

Yes, that works fine for me, as does Realflight (not the very latest versions obviously). I could never get Reflex XTR working properly but the two already mentioned suit my needs well... I'm running it on Windows 10, on a Taranis and DX7S

Head hanging in shame....

Back on topic, I am very envious of some people's facilities. My three section ex pigeon coop has miraculously shrunken down so that I have one section, where I work, plus a few planes in the second section. Still much better than the previous solution so I shouldn't grumble too much. In reality, whatever I had would soon become: a) a tip b) full.