Flanker .

Well THAT is all very helpful, thanks guys ! Get xmas paid for and way hey hey !

I am trying to find a replacement for my ageing YAK 54. I want a similar plane of around 1.7 meters. 120 size is good, though my YAK ... ment for a .90 has a DLE 30 cc in it. Don't realy want bigger as transport becomes harder, and servos etc start to get pricey. I am not a mad 3D er so "normal" gear is ok. Been trawling the net but most things are either too small or for 50cc and big and expensive. Found a few things on the big name sites but all are "out of stock" and seem to stay that way. Any ideas folks ? Go well F

Hi Chris. Re speed. It is important to understand that the speed of an aircraft is not really dependent on the THROTTLE . The speed of an aircraft is regulated by its angle of attack. If your acrowot flies too fast all you have to do is add some UP TRIM and the reduce power until the plane flies straight and level. Too much up trim will require too little power for S&L flight and the aircraft will stall. It is fundamental to happy flying to understand that speed comes from TRIM. Our models fly just like the big ones and in a big one your instructor will say things like "trim for 80 knots" . Power controls climb or decent . Imagine that you are at a nice height in the circuit, but the plane is too fast to be comfortable. So add say 3 beeps up. The machine will begin to climb so reduce power gently until she flies level. Now if you whack open the power she'll climb like mad. If you back of power she will sink. This is the key to nice landing approaches too. My Acro has the ailerons set up to drop 3 or 4 mm when I pull the airbrake switch and the elevator moves up a bit to compensate for the pitch change. Now I have a nice draggy set up and need only to add or remove power to control the decent. All very calm. Remember we TRIM FOR SPEED and control hight with power. If you want to fly fast for aeros just trim back to neutral and watch the plane speed up. Limiting your throttle is as king for trouble and won't really give you the best for the model. It will also keep you in a bad habit ! IE trimming once and then never touching it again. Have fun, go well, F

Hi. The ARTF is lightly built. It has built up wings and a ply frame fuse. With a .60 up front the airframe delivers a very nice ride indeed. It wont take the bashing that glass foam wings and home buld fuse would but if you don't bash your models then no worries. Ripmax say that they have spares - wings etc - I believe. That said it will take hard landings and when you hit a pile of rocks in the middle of the field the U/C glues back on with no trouble. It is very cheap too. For the time saved in building and the excelent performance on a .60 I would say that it is a good punt. I love mine ! Flanker

Flanker here. I got a refund on the RCGF as it would not carburate properly and there were problems with the reed valve. I changed it for a DLE 30 and never looked back ! NGK plugs are very good. Sensor should be ok where it is. Good luck ! F

I know I have asked before but I can't find the thread. Who disributes Phoenix Models in Europe and the UK ? Ta. F

Glad you got down in one piece ! For sure the balance point is wrong ! Mine was the same 22 years ago ! Add some lead and fly befor adding down thrust. You can do the down thrust thing by adding some washers under the rear mounting holes on the engine. You can improve the aileron response by mixing in a small amount of rudder, Pupeteers like rudder. The landing issue. The airframe will fly amazingly slowly. Get to a good hight and use the elevator trim. Add some up and throttle back untill it stops climbing. Keep adding a bleep at a time untill it gets stally. The stall is a non event with the Pup and it WON¨T spin - I have tried very hard ! The aircraft has a wide speed range so don't be afraid to use the trims to get "Scout Mode" - good for strafeing runs and aerobatics, and Slow mode for landing and silly stuff. Enjoy. F

That was my point Lee. I feel that as we have such super flying shots there is no problem with less quality for the others - a mix. For ME I would prefer some low grade photos if they TOLD the STORY. Due to quality worries we got none and the review was poorer for it - not to knock YOUR work me old mate, there was nowt wrong with the copy ! Prod ED boy.... F

Hi All. Astute readers will remember that I engaged in a sad bout of winging last month about the quality of photos in the mag being too good. Well here we go again. The Crescent Tornado review. Here we have a KIT that we presume was built. Lee Smalley tells us about the build. Great. But where are the pictures of the build ? We have many nice flying pics of a nice plane - "ready to fly" in fact. But no build photos. Why ? Could it be because Lee had to meet up with a pro photographer at the field ? But alas did not have this facility at home ? I THINK that most of us readers would be quite happy with a few grainy shots from Lee's phone that showed the BUILD , the WOOD, The WOOD in the BOX ? Come on guys please don't slick trick your mag so high that all we have are tasty full colour high density shots of finished aircraft. I want to see hands, tools, glue, mess - you know REAL STUFF that we DO in this hobby ! Black and White would have been fine - because we would have the FANTASTIC flying shots too. We used to have just the build in grainy B&W now we have gone all the way to the other extreme ! Or am I on my own ...... again. Flanker Edited By Flanker . on 15/05/2013 10:01:36

  I hope this link works. Some lovely old B&W footage of what we do best ! Edited By Flanker . on 15/05/2013 09:42:13

I have had two planes lost due to battery issues. These were my fault so as I am the pilot AND flight mech I guess pilot error covers it ! Once we have full auto pilot this will be a thing of the past..... along with the fun .... F

Guys. Why does no one fit a RCV 58 ? it is the perfect motor for the Puppeteer, it has a low cylinder height and fits well. The power is ample. Support a bit of British engineering huh ? F

Hi. With my Acro Wot I have a flapperon set up. Both ailerons drop around 3 or 4 mm more is not very comfortable in roll. A nice low idle. With the flapperon there is an elevator compensation mix. The main thing with flaps and landing is the TRIM s you need to adjust the acro's trim on elevator from the normal fun position to a little up , the Acrowot will fly very slowly in quite a nose high attitude with flaps. You can try with the elevator stick and when you find the nice sweet slow spot adjust your trim to that. When you a trimmed for slow flight just line up and use the throttle to control the height. This is the full size technique and works well where I fly because there is little space and NO WIND. Works well with this floaty model. F

Speak for your self Lee. I am a fine piece of A** ! Djay. You are SO right. Just what I am talking about ! F

I agree steve. That is what I was talking about. I would like to see some work happening on these ARTF s , Hands, glue etc. Is the odd shot of the quality below so bad if it tells the story. There are plenty of super flying shots, and static too. How 'bout some home brew shots mixed in too. Sort of thing i'd like to see mixed with the slick stuff. F