GrumpyGnome

Nope. Manufactured in Taiwan.

Sounds like a plan!

Not necessarily. They may not expect you to use CA. I don't use it very much for initial builds - I prefer aliphatic, or Gorilla wood glue, or even plain old pva..

That twin looks good, sounds great!

My point really is that descriptions are often misleading......

You're probably right...... although others (nexus for example) quote the same........ So, as Jon said earlier, if an accident is scrutinised carefully, and you fitted a servo advertised as unsuitable for your purpose, where would you stand? (Best get the servo from somewhere whose description is less specific 😀)

I tend to use the plastic bags that come surrounding larger parts of ARTFs....

The description of those servos says "ideal for throttle servo or parkflyers"........... I'd suggest the Gangster isn't a parkflyer.....

Interesting. My Seagull Spacewalker is beautifully built - much better than my H9 Valiant. This is my second Valiant... my first one was far superior in build quality. In my experience, all QC is a little 'patchy'. Including premium brands

Please let us know the results....... we have no noise issues or restrictions but I do feel a tad...... guilty.......firing up my petrol engines

Oh, I recommend them. You just need to treat them delicately....... don't force them... use the right pin for the job

AFAIK, s, you have to declare it. My premium went up by about 10%.

Be careful though, they bend VERY easily......

Looks nice, flies very nicely, nice graceful aeros, can fly ridiculously slowly with the flaps fully down (airbrakes!). Not really designed for a FS as tank ends up being too high - so rather than take a saw to it, I fitted an on-board-glow that I can switch to high for starting, then low for flying, where it switches off if I'm at above 25% throttle. A newer engine may not have needed this....

My board is a old kitchen worktop with cork tiles attached by Evostick. It sits permanently on one of the large kitchen units in my pigeon coop (workshop). I also use the rather excellent SLEC jig for building/fixing fuselages. That's on a 12 mm (I think) piece of mdf that sits on the building board for several days, with weights on, before being used.

Yes it is. And yes, it's a Valiant - great plane! That was going to be the recipient of the Saito in the SW, but flying it I realised that the old and tired SC91FS is perfect for it......... It's my second Valiant, bought at the flying field, over t'internet, about 15 mins after Valiant 1 was trashed by, I believe, a rather 'noisy' voltage regulator. Oddly, the fit and finish of this one is far poorer..... bought about 12 months apart.

Todays tiny fleet. Coolish with <10mph wind right down runway.... I am billy no mates! We have threee of these Spacewalkers in the club but mine's the only one that makes a nice noise 😁 20231002_100837.mp4

One should be enough to get to solo if you're instructed on a buddy box. You'll likely trash it in the 12 months after when there is no 'safety net'...

@totowhen do you think you'll be using the Timber LiPo? No point in charging it if you're not using it soon......

Must be National Loose Spat day.....

Cheers!

I said I wasn't going to buy any new planes for a while, but was going to replace some engines. A nice NIB Saito FA82A appeared on an auction site at a 'give-way' price........ No bidding war so Mr Postie delivered it a couple of days later. So, what do I replace...... Prime candidate was the old SC91 in my Valiant. Then I flew it again, and was reminded that the engine and plane were already a perfect match. Couldn't be bothered to fix my Ultrastick, so ordered this from Model Shop Leeds at a very good price. An oldie but a goodie, made even better by the 3D printed engine you can see. Maidened it today - flies nicely with just 2 clicks of 'up' needed. Sadly, a loose spat limited it's airtime. (There are now 3 of these, of various ages, in our small club - mine is the only noisy one!)

@Erfolg ouch..... Not good. Few mishaps at our field too: Dodgy left wing wing servo in a large Wotty - no damage Completely failed right wing servo in my Valiant - no damage Tailwheel came off the big Wotty (not for the first time!) Spat came loose on my Spacewalker maiden - landed with no damage Engine playing up on a Spit - deadstick landing caused minor damage. Despite that, was a thoroughly enjoyable few hours - I only came home because I ran out of glow fuel for the Double Trouble.... It's raining heavily now.

Not harvesting Maize here yet - still doing spuds!