Ron Gray

Mine had a hard top which was only taken off in the summer.

Spitfire was great until it rained and you went fast into a bend and it tucked the inside wheel in due to the rubbish transverse leaf spring suspension. The GT6 was much better as the suspension was ‘proper’.

Buckminster, 27th - 29th September

That’s a shame Jon, maybe see you at the Lazy BoB weekend at the end of September?

Used it to pull out of a tight spot (as above) and 'played' with the auto parking in a car park, works very well but a bit scary when you're not in the car!

Finding it next to impossible to get into your car because someone has parked far too close, no problem, activate auto '(un)park' and the car drives itself out - brilliant.

It is only MT (Optifuel) that has dramatically increased in price (nearly 50% increase) in the last year, ok they use Klotz but even factoring that in you’re still left wondering why such an increase. As an aside, my last flying day was using SMC Laser low oil and I didn’t notice any difference in performance from that when using MT.

I’ve given up trying to highlight that fact Pete. No-ones denying that flying is still cheap fun.

Yes they have, many times!

I use that method too, but I would suggest giving in 2 or 3 coats over the panel lines, the extra depth really does help.

I apologise for posting these vids again, what a great machine

Nope, Old Git, a bit like me (and probably most on this forum!)

From yesterday's flying session

You sure look happy DD!

An update. Well things were a lot better yesterday with the Bearcat but it still needs fine tuning as it appears to be a bit lean in flight but the motor is no longer cutting out. I didn't fly it with the cowl off as I have modified the baffling but the biggest change was to do what I did with the Super Sportster and run silicone inlet pipes back into the fuse to draw from undisturbed air (I know that I said that I wasn't going to but...). This has made the engine running a lot more stable so it is 'easier' to determine the state of tune when in the air imo. Flying it was curtailed as I had 2 depth perception aberrations (🤔) which resulted in it landing in the field when I thought I was on the strip! U/C stood up to the rough surface but it flipped at the end of the second one and broke the rear internal fuselage former which is going to be a challenge to fix in a composite fuselage! I also flew the Hurricane to test out a small air scoop I fitted to the underside of the cowl. Checking and comparing the front and rear cylinder temps with that I had recorded the last time I flew shows that the scoop really works well and cuts the difference down by about 40%. This has made the decision for me that it will be converted to have a tropical filter fitted to the nose which will house an air scoop for the rear cylinder.