Eric Robson

Just one thing Jonathan, if I was building another P51 I would make the tail wheel fixed as Paul has done.

Flew the Ju88 today with a sky the colour of your 110 , it's forecast for better weather from now on so have a good maiden flight and look out for the yellow bits.

Well I have managed a bit more on the Tempest due to the weather not letting me go flying. After sanding and filling I covered it with brown paper and gave it a coat of primer. More sanding and primer needed , I also fitted the motor I have gone electric as fitting a four stroke needed a lot of modification. I hope to get it in the air soon and see how it goes and if I am not happy with it I will change to glow power next winter or lockdown which ever comes first.

Hi Ron, I find the biggest problem with the grey cammo on the German aircraft is seeing them. We get more grey skies than blue up here, that's why the Ju88 is in desert colours. The other feature which is not easy on the 110 is the exhausts 2 sets up and 2 down, a 3D program for those would be good.

Looking good Ron, do you suffer from insomnia? If the Ju88 is anything to go by you will have an uneventful maiden.

If your weather is anything like ours for the next few days, there will be some more cursing in BE. It is almost midsummer and no decent weather yet, so much for global warming.

Just a short clip of my Ju88 caught on a mobile phone. It is really easy to fly, very stable. A great warbird Richard. 1196620268_VID-20210519-WA00002213.mp4

Again look at the plan Jon. The spine is the backbone along the top of the rear fuselage, the spine is shown in dotted lines that are scallops taken out to reduce weight. Looking at the piece you have the top will have to be shaped also.

I was flying today very warm and calm before 1-o-clock then it went black, got home just as the rain started.

All right for you John, I have no hair to let down. I do fly any time of the day the weather permits me.

It would be nice to power my Brian Taylor Corsair with a modern 30 that would be lost in the cowl. The original had a a Merco 61. But as it will be powered by an 82 fs when finished I will just have to cut a hole in the cowl for the head to stick through.

That is my kind of model , would love one.

My Latest model is an 80" span Seagull Chipmunk it has a Laser 100 and anything above half throttle is well over scale speed. I recon a Laser 80 would pull it.

My latest model, a Seagull Chipmunk powered by a Laser 100, flew for the fist time today with the cowl on. As it was a new engine I had the first 5 flights with the cowl off. The first flight today had the spinner on but starting up for the second flight the spinner nut came loose, it is very awkward to refit and I did not want to loose the screws in the grass. I am more than happy with the Laser engine which has more than enough power for scale flight. Flying with the spinner off probably helped the cooling but it was not a problem on the first flight as I had made a deflector to scoop air in from underneath onto the cylinder head as well as air from the front deflected around the cylinder.

Chris Golds had many designs built using foam covered with brown paper stuck on with PVA.

I have been flying most of the afternoon in sunny North Durham despite the cold N.E. wind off Pat Mc's icebergs.

I have a Perkins Tiger Moth which is 50" span, originally electric powered pre lipo days. I changed to an SC 30 fs. It was underpowered with this set up, which was the recommended motor I have an OS 40 surpass but this would not fit without a lot of cutting away at the front end. It did fly well but loops needed a steep dive to get enough speed to get over the top. The VQ models I have are quite heavy so if the Tiger Moth is built in a similar way I would very much doubt if a 30fs would get it off the ground as it would certainly need a lot of lead to balance it, probably why they suggest a 70fs. The stated weight for the Perkins model is 1.67kg

Hi Martin, if you search My late lamented Seafury in the search panel you will find a build of mine using Depron foamboard and balsa. I scaled the plan x5 from a scale drawing of a 60 powered Seafury. I used the former outlines but changed the construction totally, the formers were enlarged on my printer the fuselage side view was drawn out on wallpaper lining paper, cost about £2 a roll. Depron may be the problem now as it is not easy to find and the places that do sell it are asking more than the current price of balsa. I am going to cover the next model I make by this method with Maker foam, it is relatively cheap at £4 .25 for a sheet 40"x30" it is thicker than depron 3/16" as opposed to the 1/8" depron I covered the Seafury with. Just have to reduce the size of the formers to suit.

I got funny looks when I took a sample of Kyosho Spitfire covering and asked for a match at B&Q . It turned out not very good as I think the gloss surface confused the computer. I did have a match made for olive drab with a matt sample and it turned out perfect. They are very good for matching warbird colours and a 236 ml pot of emulsion costs £3 compared with Humbrol at £3 for 14ml.

First flight of my Warbirds Ju88 was wheels up due to the port wheel catching in the flap lead. I went round again pulled the wheels up and landed as Jon has described, no damage. This may not be the case on a tarmac runway. The offending lead has now been rerouted. I tend to leave gear doors off for normal flying as they can be troublesome, and you don't get a lot of time to admire them when flying, they do look good however hanging down on a slow pass and landing.

The Warbird Replicas are a good choice I have the Spitfire Mustang and Ju88. all fly well on electric but Simon was looking for an ARTF. If I built another Warbirds Mustang I would go IC as I like to fly for over 6-7mins. Simon pipped me with his reply

Fully agree with that Richard it is a pussycat, naked or covered.

Hi Ron, I was thinking of a deflector over the intakes .something like a channel that would deflect debris away from the carbs but not impede the air flow. I hope you don't pull in any balsa dust with your pipes, I would test it tomorrow morning as it is forecast heavy rain in the afternoon.

I am trying the well known warbird designers flap take off next time out with the Ju88 as it has dropped the port wing again on take off. I had too much deflection on the flaps in the central position to use them for take off and when I tried to alter it I found the screen for setting the flaps has disappeared. The set is less than a year old so I will contact the supplier tomorrow. Meanwhile I have changed over the system to Spektrum and it is ready to go. you may have yours ready again before I get to try it out due to bad weather for the next few days. If not I will let you know the outcome. The rest of the flight was ok but I did not fly again because the wind was getting stronger.