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If you have enough Ron, I'd love 10m to experiment with. Very curious about this stuff. Gary

Haha no wasted time Nick, get straight on with the next one! Bates Sea Fury looks great and several build blogs on RSCB but mainly the bigger version. Jerry Bates is a good friend of a good friend of mine (does that even make sense?) and gave me lots of advice and help when building his Moth Minor so let me know if you need anything from him. He is a gent and very willing to help out despite being one of the legends in the designing game. Hopefully you will do a blog on here and I can follow whilst deployed...and cause me to buy another parts set....? Gary

When did the website change?!!! Haha shows how much time I've had recently but it's also stopped sendinge emails about posts so I've missed all of this! Excellent work Nick, genuinely impressed with your work. I've barely been in the garage so no progress for me but I'm pleased to see another BT aircraft completed. Hopefully anyone else will see how the forum can help get you through builds, especially when you hit hurdles and run out of enthusiasm. Having others eager to see how you are getting on can push you through. Again, top job Nick. Gary

Hi Nick, Sorry for the lack of response, a mix of work, a cold workshop and general "can't be arsed"ness has meant I haven't been doing much, not even on here much recently. The paint has gone on well and a lovely finish you get from klaskote. makes it worth the long wait for delivery. Looks like tou will be ready for a maiden as soon as the rules ease up! Good job. Gary

Fingers crossed! Merry Christmas all

Running out of opportunities here!!

I'd love one!

Still trying

This is my lucky day?

Yes please!

Excellent spot Danny. That's not something I had even noticed yet so you've just saved me many hours of head scratching and trying to figure out why it's not worked!! Same plan as nick for me then! Gary

Still trying

Hi Nick, I've had models in the last where I have been unsure of they're integrity somewhere and this generally results in them never being flown. I agree with you plan, just get it sorted now and you will feel more comfortable. I'm going to go for the RDS system for ailerons and maybe flaps but not decided on them yet. This is new to me so looking forward to trying it. Danny Fenton has some great tips on the RDS if you look through his threads and videos if anyone is interested. Good luck with the Surgery Nick!

Great update Nick and great info for anyone tackling the build. It is certainly not a simple build but not beyond the wit of man, especially when you have help like this. I've started planking the fuse and have done most of the top half. This area would be a real challenge without planking but interesting about the sides as they seem suitable for sheets so I'll have a play about and see how it works out

I'm feeling lucky

Haha I had a similar thought Nick "what if I want to build another one in the future?" I have managed to restrain myself so far!

For anyone who has seen the progress (especially by Nick) and is tempted by this build, someone is selling the laser cut kit, canopy and cowl on BMFA classifieds for a very reasonable price Gary

Yes please!

Always

Please!!

Secondary question, anyone have experience of the 4 max servos? They have a standard size, metal geared servo putting out 8kg+ for £11 I really like 4 max stuff so expect these to be good but that seems quite cheap

Thanks guys. Lots of great information there. The Savox one looks like a a 1kg increase in torque for little gain in price (almost a 25% increase on the 148) so those will work well for a bit extra power for the elevator and flaps but will stick with standard analogue in general.

Thanks guys, seems like digital is unnecessary They're for my BT P-47 so a medium sized warbird around the 15lb mark. The other question is the 4 max servos and what they are like?

Nervous

I'm tempted to try some of the Jx digital servos from Bangor because I've heard good things about them but I have never used digital servos before. Any thoughts on using digital over analog? Gary