Peter Miller

I am reminded of a story that my father told. He was standing with another officer watching recruits drilling on the parade ground. The other officer turned to my father and said "I hate the human race! I hate its stupid face!" It has stuck in my memory for about 80 years

PM me and I can let you have a copy of the plan....my original!!

To perform the Rudder/Elevator roll you dive to pick up a little excess speed pull the nose up, hit full rudder and then as she rolls over towards inverted feed inDOWN elevator and take it off as the roll is completed

One of my favourite "Classics" isDick Shumacher's "Little Ship" . 44" span, published in MAN December 1949 so true vintage. tor ro I have built 4 of them plus a 1 1/2 times version called "The Big ship" (available from Sarik) A club member uit this and has been flying it for several years. It is amazing as it is very aerobatic on three channels and does superb aileron/elevator rolls. My latest is a brushless conversion (With our editor now)

Think...If I was in that situation I would only be 21!!!!!!and a bit

Mine is tomorrow. My parents were never that tight fisted!!!

I see people bellyaches about a pretty small increase on the BMFA membership fee. This covers a very valuable insurance scheme. I would love to hear their screams of total agony at the increase in their car insurance. Perhaps those who say that they will give up model flying will also give up driving??!!

A little story related to CGs. At one stage In the RAF I was on second line servicing of Vickers Varsities (Also known as "the Pig") and we ha one in the hangar up on jacks. About three of us were standing at the nose when the engine men removed a propeller. All of a sudden the nose started rising up. It is had gone too far it would have come off the main jacks which would have caused a lot of damage. We reacted fast and threw ourselves onto the nose wheel. How we all managed to cling on I don't know but it was enough to stop that aircraft coming off the jacks. Someone had forgotten to put the tail trestle into place!!! You never forget incidents like that!!!

Once the battery fell out of my Moon Dancer. (The hatch was underneath) Amazingly the model flew on and made a perfect landing out of sight several hundred yards away.

You were lucky. A club member put on a pair of gardening gloves a couple of weeks ago. Agonising pain in his finger.A spider had bitten him. he had two puncture marks in his finger. Took a day for the pain to subside/

Unheard of in the RAF in the 50s and 60s

We could also do with one for those of us who used to have to stand in front of four Rolls Royce Merlins and Griffons and jet engines as there were run up without any ear defenders! Ear defenders? What are they!!??

George does reccomend and 11 X 5. for roughly that size of motor

I have to admit that I am pretty clueless when it comes to motors and props. I simply phone George at 4-Max and say "HEEEEELLLLP" Sorry I can't be of much more help.

I used a Speed 600 and 6 cell Nicads so your set up MUST be lighter. The extra power will take it up like a rocket. Too much power is better than too little

I cant find my original EE article. However I did do a mark 2 in "Sailplane and Electric" in the USA an I suggested 3/8" each way. I see that on my Kite Hawk which is a similar size I suggested 1/4" each way on Rudder and Elevators The Easter Eagle is very maneuverable and can be stood on a wing tip and hauled round in tight circles. I see that on my Kitehawk which is a very similar model I quoted 1/4" each way. I assume you do just mean the original Easter Eagle. The Easter Eagle senior is much bigger of course and I can quote fot that if that is in fact the model that you are building

I do hate aluminium undercarriages. They have no backward "give" and so can simply rip off.

Model Fixings. I never waste time going anywhere else. Next day delivery even if you order in the afternoon. Just the VERY BEST!!!

Oh.You mean like a politician

Can I have the bits Mister?

I will look forward to seeing the progress.

That is great!!! I am so glad that you approve of my drawings. My model was based on one owned by an New Zealand owner living in Taiwan who provided the colour scheme photos. Of course you will base yours on your won full size aircraft. I can say that mine flies like a dream and another club member built one and loves it. Had I seen your colour scheme I would have used that instead.

Many, many years ago. when I was doing a bit of casual work for the motor cycle dealer he has a problem with a mini reel to reel tape recorder and asked if I could sort it out. I actually found that the tape was running back to front across the heads. He thought that I was brilliant???!!! A couple of weeks later he brought me his portable radio which had fallen off his boat into the harbour. Could I fix that after a week in salt water.. I took the back off. The printed circuit board no longer existed. NO I couldn't fix that!!!!

Ours is the same,a "quiet road" we do have a couple of bad potholes. I think someone hit the one outside my house twenty minutes ago. Luckily I have a very small car so can get past it so far!!! When we first moved here back in 1963 the road was totally a shamble.Everyone complained about it but the council did. nothing. Coming home late shift I hammered a sign in at the end of teh road. It saaid "Vimy Ridge. Beware mud and shell holes." I tipped of the local press who published a photo. Withing two weeks the council had the road resurfaced. The secret is to extract the Urine from the council