Peter Miller

No.I judst had normal controls with rates, found that the lower rates were OK. Just been told about one fitted with retracts, said to look great. Well, it would

The servo mounting plate should be low enough that the servo is below the top of the wing. It should not be fittedin until the wings are joined. If you look at R-1 on the plan you will see it has a slot in it. When the two R-1s are joined with R-1as this slot forms a hole into whichc you glue the dowel that locates in F-2.  Hope this helps.

Belaire kits do a partial kit of the original Pushy Cat. A club member flew one. Check out  http://www.belairkits.com I just wish they would ask people before they start doing kits and partial kits of their plans. It would be common courtesy.

Hey folks, lets really get into this. Tell Taff that for perfect control he should also set up coupled aileron and rudder, then he can mix in  a bit of rudder tirm as he opens the throttle and possibly a bit of elevtaor trim as well, After all, that is much easier than adjusting thrust lines which are never quite right on ARTFs.  Seriously. Taff can use the end point adjustment to set up his ailerons on a Y lead which avoids  fiddling with clips and screws and damage that some people seem to think would occur but avoids the complications if using two separate cahnnels. I find it interesting that people can say such things, We used to have to set up things mechanically every time. Now any errors are corrected on the transmitter and never mind at what angle the servo output arm ends up. Not in fact the best way to do things from the point of view of control geometry. Oh, and my first radio was ECC Telecommander. (Who goes back THAT far?) Never did get it to work successefully in flight. My first successful radio was RCS Guidance system. Red and black servos? That was really modern advanced stuff. You should have watched people struggling to set up reed gear.

Frank. Here is a chap who is a novice. Having seen a lot of novices,  I know that they have enough trouble setting up the standard model. He doesn't need differential on a basic trainer. He doesn't need any more to worry about. That way lies trouble. Most accidents are caused by a series of different little problems. Eliminate as many little unnecessary propblems as possible and you reduce the chance of things going wrong. Now I know it looks great to show how clever one is but not when it causes  more trouble thanit is worth. I work on the KISS principle , in other words, KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID!

I would say that as a novice you would be better off using the Y lead. I normally do. Using two channels is useful but you have enough complications without worrying about setting that up. Even I get confused with trying to set up ailerons on two separate channels. I have to sit there with the book and it takes me quite some time to get it right.

I have to get rid of them or I couldn't move in the workshop. I do have a big shed outside but it is no longer fit to store anything decent in so the scrap ones got out ther (Must have a bonfire one of these days.) If you lived anywhere near South West Suffolk you might possibly be able to collect the odd model. I need more space. Bootlace was nice, even if the ribs on the plan bore no resemblance to the ones that I drew up. I don't know what happened to that one. IT is still flying with one of the club members.

Now that is good news. I use a fair number of them.

I always think of the great Bill Winter's Purple plan. He said that so long as you glue one piece of wood to another every day your model will get built. IT works, I found that in the days when I was working.

Hi there Howard. Here are some pictures. Unfortunately they uploaded back to front but never mind. These are the Radio Active Servo brackets that I use to mount the servo. This is the servo mounted in the centre section of the wing on the brackets. I use SLEC Neat Horns but any long horn can be used. These are the bvellcranks that I use out in the wing. THis shows how the servo is conntect to the push rods.. I hope that this clarifies the set up., If not feel free to ask again.

I have an unfair advantage. I don't have any other distractions like painting the house or doing gardening. I just let them go. The grass gets cut occasionaly and that is about it. Also, I build fast and to be honest I have to work as hard as I do to supplement my pension so it is not just a hobby but a profession.

I have fourteen (14) all ready to fly. Not that many compared to some of the above,.  But how many of you can also say these are all my own design and have all been published or about to be. Oh, and I just gave two away and have some airframes with out any gear in them and the same applies to them.

Did you know that Acetone will clean off Cyano easily. It is also sold as nail varnish remover.

Phil, I don't suppose that bloke would see the funny side of the song then.

I love this song, Anyone who has used Cyano will also appreciate it. Just click on the lick below and enjoy. http://home.comcast.net/~singingman7777/SOY.htm

WE had something strange on 41 Sdn. They scrambled the two QRA Javelins one night. When they came back their guns were empty. The crews refused to say a single word, they just shook their heads and walked away.. Never heard another thing. This was in 63.

I started modelling in 52 but abroard. I came back to UK in late 53. I do remember McGillicuddy and Freddie because I got a load of the old issues. Also the Ruperrt C Moore covers. Do you rmember pylonious in MA? And the best cartoonist of all, Roland? Aeromodeller always had a colour cover at Christmas, normally a painting. Then there was a KK Handbook, about three pages of accesories like bellcranks etc. Look at any current catalogue, aren't we spoiled for choice?

I remember that the covers were B&W except at Christmas. Model Aircraft never did colour covers. They often showed people with competition models on the field.  Quite often you got two plan features in a magazine. Also "How to do it" articles. When one was lucky one might find an American magazine which was amazing. They were irritating though. Read half a page "Continued on page" and there you got a 1/4 of one column before "Cont'd... and another little bit of the article. Sometimes four of five times. The only way I ever got the KK flying scale series to fly was round the pole. I was left some money and bought an ECC Telecomander radio. £10 if I recall in 54. Hours spent tuning, then set the sensitivity, then start the engine and the relay went mad. I sold it again. The first successful radio I ever had was RCS Guidance System in 63. That worked OK. Next radio I got was in the mid 70s when proportional came in. But as I always say. Nostalgia is the philosopher's stone of reality. (For the less erudite, the Philosopher's stone turned base metal into gold.)

Two points. Now I can't check back because all my magazines are sent to the USA in exchange for American mags but it seems to me that most of the covers feature ARTFs, normally those that are being reviewed in the magazine. I wonder why? Second point to Ben. Back in the days you talk about we didn't fly radio. Only bloated plutocrats could afford that. We flew control line and free flight. Control line is cheap, it is fun. You don't need much space and because the models fly close to the ground, the noise footrpint is smaller. I still enjoy flying control line. Of course you do need far better coordination and reflexes than you do with radio control. I can tell you that lots of older modellers are going back to flying C/L these days. A cheap .25 and some wood and you can have a good model. Oh, and one other advantage. You never have to walk more than 60 feet to the wreckage

Oh that really does my heart good!

That is a great tip. I will do that!!!!

I did well on Ebay yesterday too. An OS FS 40, an OS 10 and another larger OS two stroke, all for £36. I only wanted the FS 40  Got an ED Racer the other day for £23. Prices are way down at the moment.

Very smart model. Interesting to hear that it goes so well on electric power. Not really surprised as the wing loading is nice and low.

Merry Christmas to all. Who remembers the excitement of the Christmas issue of Aeromodeller back in the fifties and sixties? A full colour cover, a free plan, special articles and extra pages.Many of the advertisers had holly borders round their adverts. You really felt it was a Christmas issue. IT cost 2/6d (12 1/2p)instead of just 1/6d (71/2p)

I picked up a copy of "The Book of Westland Aircraft" autographed by DA Russell himself at a bargain price. I put it in the bookcase. The next morning my mother came into my bedroom and showed me the book. One of the dogs had chewed the covers up. They NEVER did that before. It must have smelt like something decomposing.  Oh well, it didn't cost much and the drawings were still there.