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Danny Fenton

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  1. Funnily enough.... Thanks for the kind words Cheers Danny
  2. Finally managed to get my ducks in a row, and maiden my Auster, what a pussycat, apart from the stress of waiting for the engine to stop! Needless to say all went okay. No photographer with me so no in flight pics, will have to sort those out on another day. Vibrations were not a problem and apart from losing one cowl screw nothing else came loose. The flap linkage failed on the taxi back when I was demonstrating full flap which I fortunately didn't use them in flight. Need to beef up that area. This model floats like you wouldn't believe, and likes a breeze to fly into. Thanks for the words of wisdom along the way, what next.......... Cheers Danny
  3. I have read that the kindest way to treat the engine is to start it by hand and bounce the prop blade backwards against compression, so that's what I do. No idea if that's correct. But makes sense. Cheers Danny
  4. Sadly i ended up in the same boat Colin. With hindsight, maybe the cockpit should have been fitted out before sheeting?
  5. Okay the final engine runs tonight have proved very successful. There was no significant vibrations and the exhaust is solid. The idle is low enough that the model doesn't creep, and there is more than enough power. Still a little smoky at full throttle, but I can live with that. Will probably only put 10oz of fuel in the 16oz tank and try that, see what's left after 5 minute flight. The more fuel the further forward the c of g More antics in the garden Next stop the maiden..... Cheers Danny
  6. Spinach entered its first scale comp on Wednesday and really performed well. I was leading going into the second round when a typical Seagull trait, the oleos slipped and the wheel ended up facing the left wing tip! ho hum that ended that flight, and we slipped to third, still a great result. Well yesterday we had another go, this time at the Baldock scale comp. First round went very well, the model really does go well, and round two it was even better. Finally ended up 5th out of 15, half a point behind Martin Fardell I need more practice, but I am seeing improvement. There is another comp at Skelebroke this Sunday, not sure I will be able to get away again, but fingers crossed. The sun has meant a sun shade has been required to protect the film. Cheers Danny
  7. Yep within 1mm for the most part. Worried the baffling will work in the air but not on the ground, as Colin alludes to with his fw190.
  8. Okay cheers, anybody any idea of cylinder temp, as i have a temp gun i could measure it through the cowl nose opening Cheers Danny
  9. Hi Colin, the mixture was way to rich, there is possibly not a vibration issue any more. 1hr round trip to go run it has put me off doing any more. Was hoping to fly the Auster in the scale comp this Wednesday but havent had time to mess with it further.... i will fly my new Chippie instead. Out of interest what are the symptoms of overheating? I havent run this with the cowl on yet, what should i look out for? Cheers Danny
  10. 16 oz Alan! Yeah the vibrations were a lack of running in and massively rich low end. We will see how it behaves now. Cheers Danny
  11. I tried rubber, it melted and exhaust was worse. Lets see how this is before we go hacking the front about. Cheers Danny
  12. Alan to be honest i have no idea. I have tried to do as others have suggested, i will run it like this, if it breaks again, i will re-think. I have a 5065 Turnigy that would drop straight in....... only kidding.....
  13. Okay its been three weeks and the silicone tube still hasn't arrived. Most shops had no stock, the one I ordered from clearly didn't have what they stated, or couldn't find it. Anyway got fed up with waiting and silver soldered the pipe back together. This time I added two rigid mounting plates, these are bolted to the bulkhead and an additional ply plate. I hope this will be sufficient. Want to get on and fly it! Cheers Danny
  14. Thanks Paul, you are thinking of the J-3 Cub Paul, Chippy from the front seat when solo Cheers Danny
  15. manage to drag Chris B away from his telly and down to the flying patch for a Chippy maiden. Thanks Chris. It flew really well and I am amazed that more haven't bought these, maybe it is the awful choice of colour? The Canadian Air Force is fine, but very easy to have the same as the next guy. a red white and grey version or a silver one would have given the buyer the ability to personalise the aircraft as they like. Anyway thx Chris for the pics awaiting clearance rotating low pass from the right Finals Made a short video to celebrate the event, flying is a bit dull and landing not my best, but in fairness it was a maiden in blustery wind 😉 Cheers Danny
  16. There were quite a few aero-modellers present, which was very heart warming. Graham Ashby made the long run from Kent too. Alex will be sadly missed, we were all still in a state of shock and couldn't really believe it had happened. Taken way too soon. D
  17. Thanks John, wise words indeed. I will cut the pipe closer to the scale exhaust, and use a new longer piece from the engine, and a silicone joiner. That way I don't need to do any silver soldering. Yes I am using a wooden prop, I think the low end mixture was too rich, causing the excessive vibrations. Looking at videos of other 4 strokes running they aren't as violent as this. Being a novice at these things doesn't help. I am quite looking forward to another go. Will have to subject the neighbours to ten minutes 🙂 Cheers Danny
  18. Thanks Cymaz, very helpful 🙂 I have been using a bounce/rebound start and its been working very well. In fact I read on the Saito manual you should never flick through compression. So seeing this guy bouncing the prop confirmed that. I have heard I should run 2 or 3 gallons through the engine, sounds like a lot to me, thoughts? Cheers Danny
  19. Thx Cymaz, just before you posted I googled the part number I found on the Nexus site, "LOGIC Hi-Temp Silicone 15mm ID x 150mm 350øC L-LST15HT" They have zero stock. But I got a hit on Ebay, one is ordered for just under £6, free post. Thanks for you help chaps. If you are curious to hear that home spun exhaust, well before it broke lol, today's session is here: Any advice on tuning the Saito would be gratefully accepted. High end is fairly easy, highest revs with a tacho then richen a quarter turn to play safe, but how do you set low end? two 16oz tank-fuls so far Cheers Danny
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