JohnP25

Why not.

Lets have a go then.

I'll give it a go.

I like this.

I wonder if anyone has a Flair plan could borrow to copy?   I contacted Flair intending to buy one and was told that such things were long long gone.

Hi Rex   Did you ever build up the Flair beaufighter kit?   John

Hi Kit   I made a hard plywood rib as a template. Lay over the thin balsa and just cut carefully with  a sharp blade.   They all turn out the same then.   JP

Heartfelt sympathy mate

Just for a battery?

Mmmm, I think that this is a windup.

Hi Brian How did you manage to harden your new crankshaft?

This seems to be quite an issue with very different schools of thought. How much clunk should the clunk clunk? Those many years long gone, fuel tanks were supplied with a very soft silicon tube which would allow the clunk to flop anywhere in the tank. I was taught by the experts of that time to adjust the bend in the breather / pressure pipe to follow the shape of the tank front. It had to be close enough not to allow the clunk to pass behind it. Further, the ordinary clunk would be changed to either sintered bronze or felt covered. This was done to eliminate bubbles in the case of the fuel in the tank foaming due to vibration and act as an in-line filter. The instruction supplied with the tank on how to set the pipe length were always followed. The tank was also pack in foam to avoid the effects of vibration.  The modern fuel tank is not supplied with the soft pipe, but ordinary fuel tube. I am not sure what this means. Does it mean that a stiffer tube is good enough? I managed to source some of the soft tube in Nottingham a few years ago and bought enough to last a while.  It may not matter through my style of flying. I do not have a huge fuel tank but one that will give me about 15 to 20 minutes with my TX timer set for 13, the rest being for going round once or twice in case the strip is occupied. Normally there is very little fuel left in the tank on landing.  I do not think that the modern pipe will flop to the front of the tank as it is normal pipe. Adding stiffeners in the middle then seem rather pointless unless of course the tank is that big.  The issue seems to be that the breather pipe is not set properly at the front of the tank. Maybe that should be discussed further.

I'll have a go.

David Your review in the June issue makes this look like a grand model. One I will keep in mind when my Cub eventually becomes obsolete.   I do have a question though - you put a bigger tail wheel on the back. Please let us know what make it is and where you got it from.   I would like to plonk a similar one onto my Cub and would like to know where to look.   Thanks   John  

Hi Martin, Will these help? I took the photos at an air show last year while I was thinking about scale undercarriage. They are different as I presume the aircraft are different models or types. Regards John

If it will help finish my Sopwith Pup E, I'm in.

Rob, Now that I'm thinking again, I take it that the bending process is done while the dural is hot?

Thanks Rob, I will remember this.

Hi Rob, Would you like to share the knowledge on how to form dural.

Wouldn't mind knowing either.

Is that the pusher? I was going to build that but never got a "roundtoit". I used the photo copier to blow up the plans. I also went so far as to buy a carbon fibre tube for the boom. I was sidetracked by a hobby shop special and ended up with a ARTF cub. Still, it does look good and tempting. John

I like it.

Me too please.

Looks good.

Had to try this