Eric Robson
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Posted by malcolm woodcock 1 on 11/03/2020 16:45:12:
Enjoyed Alex Whittaker's article 'The Survivalist Manifesto' about Government intervention in our hobby. I remember the last time and we had to change our frequency. Can anybody tell me what happened to 'Citizen Band Radio'?
A bigger curse mobile phones! at least they don't interfere with the radio signal. I wonder how many crashes were pilot error blamed on C.B.
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I have built 2 C.A.P. Stuka's the first a kit for a local model, it was quite heavy built as plan. I kept the plan and built another only buying the cowl, spats and canopy which were sold separately. I lightened the structure especially the ply. It was many years ago but I think apart from the engine bulkhead I replaced the 1/4" ply with 3/16 balsa laminated with 1/16" ply. It flew very well on a Webra speed 40 which fitted inside the cowl with a home made silencer. I would like to build another now that Sarik do the parts, got too much on at the moment though
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I suspect Lou Rawls hit a few bum notes in his time!
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Had 3 good flying days last week in the North East, did not get any work done on the Dennis Bryant fury .
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I went out with a girl in the 1950's whose mother done cleaning for this wealthy family. One of her jobs was to cut the newspapers into 6" squares and put them in a box in the toilet, when she asked why? the lady of the house replied they were for the family use, the toilet roll was for the guests.
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I think I get it from my mother, She was a tailor and women would bring a picture from a magazine and ask if she could make a dress or coat like the one in the picture. She would measure them and then proceed to make paper patterns which she laid over a tailors dummy. A lot of my clothes when I was at school were made from off cuts, during the war people would bring clothes which they had grown out of and she would make something with them.
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Hi Peter, I had a few of my own designs on Chris Golds Light fantastic, all scale and semi scale models I never had plans published as only I, could work from them. I would scale the outline then work it out as I went along. Most worked very well. When leccy flight was how light can I make it I drew up a Maggie ,the Axi motors were just coming out and I used a 2820/10 with 8 cells it was all built up, even stringered the rear fuz. It flew very well but one day landed short of the strip and the battery exited through the side of the fuz.. I rebuilt it and it is still good though now it has a Duncan Hutson Cowl as the original which was carved at the front with lithoplate sides was destroyed in the crash. I scaled the tailplane wrong it is over size but it works ok. -
Hi Peter, as you are in my age bracket you may remember a model that was out in the 70's called a Moonshiner bipe.
It was a neat looking model with foam wings the kit at the time was about £20. I bought one off a fellow club member for a fiver and had some good flying with it till it eventually bit the dust, the wings were ok so I drew up a Hawker Hind semi scale model and used the modified wings. I have often thought it would be a good model to resurrect but my memory is a bit cloudy now. Do's anyone have a picture of it?
Eric r. (not panic buying loo rolls as the perforations make them useless for covering wings.)
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I went to see my Grandkids today and my grandson said why did you not use the charge cable to down load them. I forgot the cable had a usb plug on the end I tend to leave it in the wall socket. The problems of growing up in a world without computers .
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After much frustration and a lot of help from Martian I have managed to insert a photo. This was the last Dennis Bryant model I built, It was destroyed by wasps. In the days when r/x's cost half a weeks wages I took the bottom wing of removed the battery and r/x stored the plane in the shed for the winter. When the better weather came I went into the shed to prepare the model as I picked it up I felt a stinging sensation followed by a swarm of wasps coming out of the fuselage. I dropped it and run for the wasp killer after spraying it all over, after awhile I went back to see the damage, the fuselage had collapsed most of the stringers and balsa formers were chewed up and formed into a honey comb. I think if Sarik had the lazer cut parts I would build another one it was more complex than the fury but it flew well with a Fox 61 two stroke motor and Futaba 27htz radio.
Eric r.
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Hi Martian, I have the folders on the forum but the photos I want are on my phone. today I loaded an app from Microsoft to link the phone and pc it gets to the final part and states there are just two questions before we complete your account then the dots rotate and nothing happens. At least I managed some flying today.
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I have 2 albums one loaded from the pc and one from the phone. My phone has the pictures I want to upload but it is not talking to the pc not even by Bluetooth and both are switched on . I had no problems with the old lap top But this one will not tether.
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Hi Ronos, the wind eased a bit today so I took my Cambrian large scale ME 109 for its first flight. When I arrived at the flying site the wind had picked up again I decided to try any way. It has a 5055/06 motor with a 16x10 prop and a 5s 5000 lipo it is 22 ozs. lighter than the Hurricane with the battery in, as it turned out there was too much power even in the strong wind I had two flights on the 5s batteries I had two 6s with me but did not use them as it meant changing the prop and it was getting colder in the wind I was getting about 1200 w on this set up . At the moment I will wait till the weather warms up before testing the other options with the watt meter. I have electric retracts in and used the supplied undercarriage fixed legs from the Hurricane and even with two good landings they bent back like they were soft wire I will have to use 5mm for the next flight ,I think they would collapse under the Hurricane.
Keep us informed how it performs when the weather improves.
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Hi Ronos and all, being new to the forum I have just noticed this thread. I too have a VQ HURRICANE 60 and reading their advert I thought it was also designed for electric. The mount and screws come with it for both ic and electric but no easy way of replacing the battery. after looking at how to do it I decided to go i.c. I used a RCV 91. which is heavier than my Saito 125 but still had to put 500grms. of lead up front. The first flight in a steady breeze was ok nothing spectacular and very little reserve power the next time I went flying it was very calm and it only just managed to get off the ground. once up it flew better in the calmer conditions .The nose is about 30mm longer than scale so imagine how much lead that would need if it were the right length, I am still thinking of going electric but did not fancy cutting all the bulkhead away or taking the wing off to change the battery. I have an Overlander Thumper motor which I think is the same as the elecrospeed boost motor the numbers are the same they look the same the label's are the only difference. looking at your last post has given me food for thought that should fly it no problem.
Scrolling down the advert for the Hurricane there is a video of one flying very well with an ASP 61 FS. no details of weight . Eric r.
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Posted by Martian on 27/02/2020 21:17:24:
Hi Eric I take it you got the plan cut parts from the from same place i.s Sarik if so parts should match to plan
Hi Martian yes the parts match the plan but the plan does not match the parts . I should have spent more time reading Danny's build I was well on with the fuselage when I noticed F6 was not right both in width and when positioned the line from the cockpit to the front was not straight. Not my day the weather improved up in the north so I ventured up to the flying field for a first flight of my new build Me 109e. It's the Cambrian 65" span version. The retracts worked fine during setting up at home but when I got to the field pre flight check both went up only one come down, back home after stripping it out the circuit board was the culprit new one on order. I can't remember having much trouble building the Bryant Bristol Bulldog, just that it was a lot of work having said that it was about 1985.
How do I load a photo on to this site? computers are not my strong point.
Eric.
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I've learned so much from making mistakes I keep making them so I can learn more.
Eric r.
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I've learned so much from making mistakes I keep making them so I can learn more.
Eric r.
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I've learned so much from making mistakes I keep making them so I can learn more.
Eric r.
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I've learned so much from making mistakes I keep making them so I can learn more.
Eric r.
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Hi Martian, I did get everything from Sarik , the old plan was stretched a bit with age it was almost falling apart.However the basic side pieces were 1/16" undersize so I had to glue a strip along the top to bring it up to size. the other fault I have found is the tapered pieces at the rear are cut from 1/4" sheet instead of 3/16"I have opened up the slots in F11 to accommodate them.The family have now gone home so it is full steam ahead now. Just one point have you used the brass etched parts from Ernie as the Vee pieces for the cabane bracing don't match the drawing.
Eric.
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I have been using them for the last year without any problems. I have a 4 in my Acrowot 46 two stroke powered and a 6 in a VQ Hurricane 91 fs powered I also have them in electric powered foam models and no problems with either type.
Eric r.
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Hi Martian and all, just could not wait till Monday. I have the original Dennis Bryant plan and during the time I was waiting for the new one I felt tempted to start on the fus. rear framework but as the plan was faded I resisted, just as well as there is a difference in depth between the old and the new . I had intended to build on the old plan and keep the new one for reference but when I laid the laser cut side panel on the old plan it was smaller in depth, the length is ok. the cut parts are slightly under size on the new plan but not enough to cause a problem. I hope this is only a small glitch I did think the 3/16"sides would be slotted for the formers but it is easy enough to cut them before glueing them together.
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At last after a 3 week wait the plan and parts arrived from Sarik .I have almost everything I need to start and enough bad weather to keep me away from the flying field, First set back, my Grandson and his family are coming for the weekend so no modelling till Sunday night. If the weather stays as it is I will catch up and have it flying before next winter.
Eric r.
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Not read Chaucer, nor Shakespeare, read Izaac Waltons The Compleat Angler, tough going.
So what you read ?
Stephen Ericksons my favourite just now. **LINK**
Shikspeare wuz a brummie yu now.