Eric Robson

My Hurricane looks like that after belly landings on our strip. Wall to wall rain again today.

I did take a sample to be scanned Brian, the store has, I think 3 different pots bar coded for the type of paint requested. I wanted matt emulsion, they did not have that pot in stock.

Got addicted sniffing dope in the early modelling days 😆

You would be too old to enjoy it if you lived in England it would take years of planning permission and red tape before you could dig the foundations. Great work on the Magister and workshop Dirk

Forward view not good either with the pot stove chimney in front of the windscreen,

That actually happened at the local B and Q, I went in one day for a colour match and they only had pots for stone paint and would not use them even though the size and price was identical. I had to go back 3 days later when the correct pots came in.

The yellow one is a Tempest, the colours are that of a target tug, not a glorious finale for such a great aeroplane.

Sorry I'm nit picking, the top 3 pics are of a Typhoon.

So that's where the blue sky went too

An amazing day at the field, black and murky all around and yet fine and windless on top of the hill. 5 hours flying with 3 models and 18 batteries. Warbirds Replicas FW190 and Hurricane and a Brian Taylor Corsair. Now to charge all the batteries.

Whatever comes next

I belly land my Brian Taylor Corsair after a dolly take off, it is 61" span it has a 5s 5000 battery and by eliminating the retracts and careful balsa selection it is at least a pound lighter than the target weight on the plan. With only the wing bends to land on I sometimes think it needs an arrester hook. VID-20240216-WA0001.mp4

Stretching it a bit for Richard's preferred 4s Graham, it would have to be very light, although my Warbirds Hurricane is 60" span and has the same set up as the FW190 the extra weight dulls the performance and duration.

Three consecutive days flying with my Warbirds Replicas models, early finish today as the wind became blustery. Screen shots from phone camera video.

Depending on patents someone could possibly make a clone if they thought it was a viable venture. I wouldn't think patents would worry the Chinese if they thought it would make money. The big problem now is the diminishing interest in power flying as seen by the number of engines going off the market and as seen in The big question thread everyone wants something different to the point where its not viable to produce small amounts.

I inadvertently modified the Hurricane due to a heavy landing wheels up first flight. It now fits on the dolly and looks OK in flight, I had 5 flights with it like this

Simon is right the main spar should go top to bottom, I have used foamboard for spars by putting two close together full depth root to tip and feeding servo wires and retract wires through. I tend to make a hard balsa spar for something I am going to throw around the sky. This picture is how I done the Westland Whirlwind wing no ribs just foam board spars, this is the outer panel 1/16" ply braces were used to join at the dihedral angle Good luck with the project, I will be following.

I had the radiator on mine Ron, I took off on the wheels and belly landed . What I was saying about the dolly is the Hurricane won't fit on ours without modification. And yes the radiator is too big a feature to leave off.

Thanks Geoff and congratulations, mine has as stated on the post a Racestar 4250 800kv motor and a 4s 3600 battery, the prop is a 14x8 but it pulled too much out of the battery. I am fitting a 12 x8 for tomorrow to see if I can extend the flight time. There should be no problem flying from a dolly but you would have to modify the dolly like mine and Ron's or leave the radiator off. I belly landed mine today as the strip has not been cut yet due to the entrance being bogged down. The rest of the field is nice and short Thanks to the sheep but very uneven. There is a difference between mine and the original due to a dead battery when it was powered by a a Saito 82 fs the plane was badly damaged and the wing was a right off, I made a new built up wing using the old wing section. The centre section is sheeted with 1/16" balsa and the outer sections are sheeted with 3mm depron, the original wing tip blocks and ailerons were used. The fuselage was rebuilt using the ply crutch the sides and underside were made from 6mm depron with balsa stringers, the rear stringered fuselage was covered with an iron on light tex and the rest of the model covered with brown paper. The underside is painted with Guild duck egg blue and the top camouflage is Valspar from B and Q colour match. Ready to fly weight 6.5lb

Despite a strong wind I re maidened my Warbirds Replicas Hurricane today, fitted with a Racestar 4250 800kv on 4s. I over propped it with a 14x8 which lifted it off in about 8ft Despite the long grass. I had a great flight but after 5mins. the battery was down to 15% so I called it a day.

If we get anymore rain we will have to put floats on the mower. The strip is at the top of a rise and is well drained but the car park and shed is at the bottom and with the farmer driving the tractor through it's like the Somme

Our strip has an electric fence to keep the sheep away, flying on my own I take off just before the fence , the dolly generally rolls over the fence (which is on the ground) leaving the strip clear for landing.

Both look blown to me, same aircraft?

This Is mine Chris, Never had any problems with it. Similar stance to Ron's

Not me Paul, I don't do indoor flying and I can't flap my arms quick enough to get out of the seat.