IanN

Simply awful Never met him, nor saw him fly, but I much admired his work on here (most recently through the UKCAA threads). I have a Newman Precision Aeros Loaded Dice 40 and was looking forwards to any feedback, which I was sure would be forthcoming, when I got around to blogging the build. That of course pales into complete insignificence next to the loss of his family and those who knew him Another great of our hobby gone. What terrible news   Edited By IanN on 06/12/2016 14:34:28

Now I think a diesel Laser would be a very nice thing to have. Didn't realise they were £2k nice! **LINK**

Posted by MattyB on 04/12/2016 11:28:06: Posted by RICHARD WILLS on 03/12/2016 18:44:58: Yep, I completely agree. I am a member of 3 clubs, but the number of new plan, scratch or kit built models I see in a season completed by members is in the low single figures. This is mostly about time - I like to build, but the world of work is more demanding than ever and with young children I have neither the time nor space to do so. Even those who have the skills and time are tending not to build as they get older, partly because two of the three clubs are slope members who no longer want to carry big unwieldy scale models up the hill, but also because balsa planes on the slope are simply not as good as an ARTF foamie or moulded model. Edited By MattyB on 04/12/2016 11:30:14 Building still occurs in our club, but the scope has expanded. The guys who have done the career/children thing and retired now seem to have the disposable income to spread their wings (I doubt that I will be that lucky though!), and their interests seem to have moved into larger models. The .60 sized warbird is not the draw, and does not have the wow factor at the patch, that it once did. The twins had great promise and potential imo, but without enough take up to give them an airing to a wider audience this hugely laudable initiative seems to be close to the buffers unless enough pile in now Huge credit to Richard for trying

Posted by RICHARD WILLS on 03/12/2016 18:44:58: Anyone that would genuinely buy one in the next two months please put their hand up . I would ask you to be really honest because I dont want to waste my time on it if people are just "maybies." Richard Richard, totally understood - pm sent

All in a good cause - the more the merrier!

Posted by McG 6969 on 28/11/2016 13:06:20: Hi Davey, I just use those tiny bottles from our 'free shipping' Eastern friends. I think it's a lot more 'handy' than the large Aliphatic bottle. ... and no need to clean the nozzle as you just close the lid & done. Et voilà. Cheers Chris These look brilliant, not seen them before Ordered - many thanks

Posted by IanN on 23/11/2016 09:11:48: Yes, I'm also definitely in for one of these. An E if I already have the components to hand, otherwise it'll be i.c. I've decided that I rather fancy a go at the Kwik Fli 40 IV Having hunted through the various draws full of bits it seems I already have a suitable electric powertrain aswell as a few Irvines looking fro a good home, so I'm spoiled for choice

The trick to landing reliably is to give yourself enough time in the circuit and approach, don’t turn too soon, use that throttle to adjust the descent rate and, finally, not to flare too soon. Relax, practice makes perfect and, believe me, you’ll soon be wondering what all the fuss was about.

Posted by Lucas Hofman on 29/11/2016 11:14:24: It might be possible to mount the battery vertically close to the firewall, that would help with the CG. Probably best to leave the battery plate out until the model is covered and we can see what is needed. Or maybe reconsider the battery choice and configuration? I have a funfighter sized FW190 that could not be balanced without added weight when using 2200 packs. the battery simply couldn't be got far enough forwards Instead, I swapped to a pair of Lipos that were short enough to be installed vertically immediately behind the firewall - a pair of 1500s I think - and problem solved. Perfect balance, and it's all "working" weight

Pete, the Flis haven't made it to the mass build - the Skywriter was the clear majority choice - but that's no reason not to build a Flea-Fli and blog it anyway! I'm certainly going to

Thanks for clarification - totally fair, clear, and understood. All good

The vote has been announced as Final count Skywriter 87 pts. Flea Fli 47 pts. Slec Fun Fly 38 pts just for complete clarity - as I don't remember ever seeing a conclusion anywhere to the "single subject or more" question that was posed - does the fact that three subjects are mentioned mean that the MB is now "officially" for those three models. (Or is it Skywriter only, as the winner?) I'm completely happy either way - just want to be sure what I'm signing up for before I go to the Sign Up thread

John, thanks are due for administering this and keeping us all in (sort of ) order up to this point- appreciated

I think the chances of a brexit or trump like turnaround are vanishingly thin at this stage, but it would be good to see any last votes registering interest - even if they are not for the front runner(s)

Posted by Peter Miller on 21/11/2016 19:03:12: Now that is SERIOUSLY pretty. Absolutely great looking model!