Doctor Chinnery

Apologies for late arrival at the party - as a stickier alternative to masking tape try Micropore, a 3M product. Micropore comes in a variety of widths, but 1.3 or 2.5 cm is probably most useful for this job, it's fibrous texture (like thinner, stickier masking tape) works well with epoxy. Micropore also makes a useful temporary hinge repair (you can also use Blenderm but that's a bit more stretchy). Whatever tape you wrap round your servo, Sticky Stuff Remover is your friend. I would also suggest 2.5 cm rolls of both Micropore and Blenderm in your First Aid kit too - you do take one with you when you go flying don't you? Edited By Doctor Chinnery on 09/01/2021 13:58:17

Dremel Saw - - - if I'd tried one before I bought it - I wouldn't have, I'd have kept an eye on the classifieds until I found a second hand scroll saw (table size).

Have seen lengths of conveyor belt laid over grass used for take-offs - not overly impressive, the underlying grass & ground needed a lot more preparation than it received so the surface though smooth undulated alarmingly. Also, although a decent sized conveyor belt looks pretty wide in a factory setting, on the patch it's quite narrow - and don't even think about trying to land back on it!

Best source of this info' should be the SAM35 calendar (just search for SAM35 - it takes you straight to their website). If you have anything left from your Christmas Postal Orders you can also buy one of their year books off the site - a small but worthwhile investment if you're particularly interested in vintage models.

Look up SHOP4GLUE or Five Star etc etc All explained on his site - he's an industrial chemist who actually makes a great deal of what he's selling on this site - well worth spending some time going through it ( I made a few notes too,)

I think the only way you're wish is going to come true is to get someone with a lathe to turn you an extended prop' adaptor out of alloy bar stock - I would guess there are loads of tool makers in the West Midlands who have made a living producing one-offs. Just a case of who and how much. The only potential problem I can see is the likelihood for the whole thing, mount and all, to tear itself off the firewall if the prop' is only slightly out of balance. - the further the prop is from the front of the motor the greater the mechanical advantage multiplying the self destructive loads on the mounting system.

Head of Chemistry would do his Flame Thrower trick to liven up dozey pupils - with one graceful sweep of his arm he would flick a gas tap on on the lab bench ( to supply gas to the Bunsen Burners ) and as he swung his arm back he flicked his Zippo that ignited the gas. Said gout of flame produced a satisfying reaction - but I doubt he'd get away with it these days! That was the end of the Fifties. Same school some years earlier, we were taught O Level Latin by a Mr Tolkein ( not JRR, but a cousin ). He was notorious for his short fuse and instantaneous reactions - this particular afternoon was especially memorable as he'd by then run out of ammo ( both board rubbers and all the chalk! ) - can't remember what I'd said/done but all that was left on his desk was a huge brass bound Latin:English, English:Latin Dictionary - it missed me but took a slab of plaster out of the wall above my head. He never chucked anything bigger than a nub end of chalk at anybody after that!

Je Reviens ( She's been wearing it ever since I met her. ) Nomad (Her Horse or SkyWalker her previous one) - just not sure how you harvest/preserve such a smell An old fashioned cowshed/stable in winter ( clean cows/horse straw and/or sawdust, hay and concentrate ) A just-born calf or lamb. My Wood Shed. A recently fired shotgun & gun cleaning oil Newmown grass. A little boy, fresh out of the bath in his JimJams and ready for story time. The Wyre Forest ( 100 yards away )

I have an EFlite Park400 outrunner which I think has swallowed a small foreign body (nut/bolt/washer?) which seems to keep getting stuck between the magnets etc. - i.e. it can be turned over by hand, then jams, so - I need to disassemble the motor to extract the offending item. Now the problem - the two tiny grub screws that hold the rota onto the drive shaft, I can't for the life of me find a Hex Key to fit these grub screws ( I think all my Hex Keys are metric ). Does anyone know what Hex Keys are used in the U.S. that are likely to be used by EFlite? And - what can I use to soften/dissolve the thread lock every outrunner manufacturer anoints their product with just prior to dispatch? Oh, and I've tried contacting Eflite a couple of times - not digital sausage! Edited By Doctor Chinnery on 28/12/2020 22:43:04

I have used the 8G ready made u/c from RCWorld shown - excellent piece of kit. Highly recommended.                     , If you want to take the sting out of the odd heavy landing just add some decent diameter air wheels. Edited By Doctor Chinnery on 28/12/2020 19:22:17

Been there, done that Ron, I sympathise, unless you've been flooded you cannot conceive how awful it is. November 2000 the River Severn came in through my clinic front door, and out the back, 4 to 6 inches throughout the entire ground floor - oh, and the cellars full to the ceilings. And we lived over the shop, luckily the electricity for the flat was on a separate circuit, and the old gas fired central heating boiler on the ground floor was happy to continue working with its feet wet. We actually only stopped consulting for about 10 days but op's had to go to my other clinic for a month - drying out took until the following Autumn before our last cellar was redecorated. And you never forget the smell.

Oh - gorgeous! It must be 30 years ago I built mine - lovely flier on an OS40 f/s - long take-offs and even longer landings - whiffling about on 1/4 throttle at shoulder height. Loved it! I still dream of building another one - electrocuted like the one above. (Get well soon Colin Buckle!)

Madame Chinnery really came up trumps this year, ages ago she asked me if there was a plane I'd particularly like as a Christmas present - I said either a Wot4 or AcroWot (build it yourself variety) kit, surprise me. She got me both! I've been wondering why she'd been alternating between smug and slightly shifty recently - now I know. Apparently the idea is to give me something else to do while we're under restrictions - apart from my hour and a half daily walk, daily chores and a great deal of reading there's not a lot you can do this time of year.  Edited By Doctor Chinnery on 27/12/2020 00:38:15

Happy Christmas everybody. Don't stop beIng careful - don't become a part of the post-Christmas/NewYear spike.

I think I'm in lurv.

Just keeping on sending out the begging letters.

It appears there might be a market for small self adhesive labels to pop on your receivers with just s + - printed on them to help those of us who need our reading glasses to actually make out the tiny lettering on some receivers. It's not really a problem when you're doing something at home but down at the field is a different matter altogether.

Not really building/flying related but I guess 99% of us have to use printers with our tablets, laptops etc. - I would like to draw your attention to the firm I use for printer ink. They go by the unlikely name of STINKYINK.COM Admittedly they're reasonably local to me but if I order before 4.00pm it's always here the following morning. Also their prices are definitely competitive - especially the Refills. Have a quick look - you'll probably save yourselves some money - and anything to keep out of shops of any description at the moment. Hope the above is acceptable to the Mod's

Father Christmas slipped a parcel in with our post this morning - had to open it! An Overlander 2300 4cell receiver battery pack and an Overlander LiPo charging sack - excellent. Do you have a direct line the old fellow's HQ or was it an inspired guess David? Whichever - MANY THANKS and a Happy Christmas to all at RCM&E

Not being greedy - but it'd be very useful

And ANOTHER scam: Yesterday I had mynwallet stolen - leaving aside my enthusiasm for the Sharia punishments for such crimes as practiced in Saudi Arabia - insult was piled upon injury when I went on line to request a replacement for my drivers licence. The first 3-4 sites that come up on Google, convincing though they looked - they are purely designed to separate the trusting punter from their money. Said sites apply for the licence ON YOUR BEHALF - charging you FIFTY QUID for the privelige, over and above the cost of the replacement. (i.e. £69.99 ) If you go down the page to the GOV.UK site you can do the job for yourself for £20. The only ( slightly tarnished ) silver lining was that I have our bank and credit card help lines on my in my cell phone - so within a few minutes the cards were blocked - before the ungodly were able to use them. The silver lining tarnish being my Amazon & PayPal accounts are linked to my card ( obvs! ) - so any further purchases between now and the new year will have to be on SWMBO's card, unless I can persuade her to get me some cash from the hole in the wall   Edited By Doctor Chinnery on 18/12/2020 17:11:51

Not only that, but some ( most? ) prices are eye watering.

Innit to win it.

Here goes Nuffink!

It's been a long time since I put together one of Chris Foss's build-it-yourself kits. (One of the early single aileron servo Wot4s.) Anyway - in the building notes Chris strongly advises - insists even, that unless otherwise directed, White PVA should be used, specifically advising against Yellow PVA, or PVA that becomes yellow as it dries/cures. I used Resin W when I built my first Wottie, I see that it's still available and not too pricey. As I recall the only draw back was the length of time that Resin W took to dry. What do other members of the congregation use, that might speed things up a bit, i.e. faster grab/dry/cure times giving at least as strong a joint and with the caveat that it comes out of the bottle white and dries either clear or white? Edited By Doctor Chinnery on 15/12/2020 01:07:25