GrumpyGnome

Some of these fees and rationales beggar belief!

I must be lucky - only 1 club I have been a member of had a joining fee. It was to cover the cost of having a key cut. This key was for the padlock on the gate leading to the single access point. Lots of valid reasons I guess......

If you aren't retired, and have a young family, the good old UK weather may well mean it'll take months 🙂 My point is that it's never going to be perfect, so live with it, and enjoy it for what it is...

May just be lack of fairings, but undercarts look different, so may be a different iteration of same model?

We have an Apprentice as our club trainer. It's great for that but we do struggle to get some people to move away from all the electronic 'aids' ..... seems a double learning curve: Learn to steer about Learn to fly.

Aye. I thought it would be Danny Ric on the move.......

Very nice Peter!

Short answer - flies beautifully as it comes out of the box..... if it has a shim, leave it in place. It isn't, nor will it ever be, a precision aerobat, so be prepared to use all 4 controls manually - or spend months chasing your tail with multiple mixes or manual adjustments. In my view this is, by far, the best Foss Foamie......

GR recognised LH was on faster rubber so, unlike Alpine, saw no point in fighting with each other...... Possibly a bit premature to say there's a new Sheriff - rumour seems to be that Merc have experimented more with LH as he's more experienced. Will be interesting to see how the remaining races go as Merc resolve their issues. Much as it pains me to say it, Red Bull look the complete package. I doubt they'll ever have anyone outstanding (apart from MV) as they'd be told long, hard, and repeatedly, that MV is #1....

Another masterclass.......

interestingly, some full size helis also have a piece of string. A firm called Multiflight used to do 'taster' heli lessons at Bradford airport. The instructor would run through a few of the controls and then point at the string and say "that is the single most important instrument - it must always hang down!". I found it very hard to fly and was told I have the touch and finesse of a hippopotamus wearing boxing gloves. My teenage son took to it like a duck to water and was happily hovering and moving around the airport...

Works for me on Firefox, but not Edge..... can't immediately see why.......

Is it on a Y or extension lead? If so, test it with that.... I've had a few issues with Y leads.....

@bert bakerI get an error message trying to access that - "not found"......

VERY impressive!

Yeah, they could work.......

Next question..... Some members have questioned the need for extinguishers, and believe they should be provided by the club. This makes me nervous as: a. We don't have a secure place to put them b. if the club provides then, the club is responsible for making sure they're fit for purpose. Before I cast my vote as 'No' at the AGM, believing in personal responsibility, what happens elsewhere? I know of a local club that has them locked in a secure storage facility, but don't think all members have a key - making it a pretty poor solution in my view. Thoughts welcomed!

@Majikthyseis there another club in the near vicinity? It's a sad fact that some are more welcoming than others............. Until you get used to the 'leccy lingo' you're best off using Robotbirds, Micron RC, Electric Wingman or 4Max - they are all very helpful. Once you have the knowledge, Banggood and AliExpress can be useful if you're not in a huge hurry - but I've never had an item undelivered, and generally stuff arrives in a week or 2. Re website searches, you can probably put in whatever parameters you want but not all the info people want is likely to be held in the database as a searchable field - e.g. for an indoor plane, weight is of prime importance, but less so on larger outdoor planes (not completely unimportant ...). Going to the suppliers above lets you have free access to the best search engine and database available to man - experience! Stick at it, the rewards are worth it. And feel free to ask any or all questions on here - you'll get the experience of many many centuries in the sport.

Looks good that.....

Indeed!

4S! "I feel the need, the need for speed....."

Here's what I do... Set top end Let engine idle for a few secs Open throttle briskly If the engine pops and splutters, it's too rich - close the low end slightly (these changes need to be really small) If the engine sort of revs but gets there slowly, it's too lean - open the bottom end slightly Repeat until happy If it transitions rapidly, no struggling, no pops and splutters - congrats!. If it's fresh out of the box, or you've done the 'blow down some fuel tube' exercise, it won't be far off. If it's a new engine, be prepared to repeat after a few flights. Other views and methods are available. P.S. I'm assuming you know the location of the screw to adjust.....

They don't all say 'inclusive of vat'.... Maybe some companies that sell on there include VAT and some don't. Certainly the film I bought about 7 weeks ago added VAT at checkout. Caveat Emptor is all I'm saying.

Nope........not a problem though. I usually use my tablet and cut n paste works fine there. GG

Cheers EB!