BiggusBobbus

HI, The plane was just collected. Thanks for the help getting it back to the owner, this seems like a nice community of helpful people. Have a happy new year and happy flying Bob

Excellent point KC. My knowledge of anything RC stopped decades ago when it was different colours crystals running at 27MHz (and there were arguments with CB radio people if I remember correctly) The receiver in the plane does say 2.4 GHz so I guess it's OK to say it's a Cougar 2000, nice but doesn't look particularly sophisticated. The engine is an Irvine.

The model doesn't look old, but looks older than a Christmas present. The prop has 2 blades and the engine has compression. There's a little damage to the nose just behind the engine, but the rest of it looks OK. There's also 5 - 6 servo's for the control surfaces and throttle (I didn't look that closely, but I'm an electronics engineer so I know a bit) I don't want to post pictures or say what the model is for obvious reasons. Thanks Graham, I hate answering machines so sent an email, we'll hang on to it for a while, I'm visiting my friends who found the plane for the holidays and have nothing better to do other than watching Netflix, eating and sleeping.

I have called the number and it went to answering machine. I've emailed the address. I tried to find a local police station and there aren't any locally! So it won't be going there.

Thanks Graham I found that club and it looks to be based nearby, unfortunately they don't have a working website. I think we will hand it in at a local police station, but I'll drop an email to the address above mentioning the details just in case it's still a working club.

We've had a look at the plane and even taken the wing off to look inside, but there's no obvious ID number that can be seen. There are however 2 BMFA stickers on the tail so it looks like it was flown by a member. I'm reluctant to post a picture but it's at least 1m long and 1m wide, so it's not a tiny thing. I'll see if I can find any local clubs websites.

Thanks for the fast replies. It's a bigger model than 250g and it's not an all electric model. I will get them to check it for a number and report it. Hopefully we can get the model back to the owner ASAP.

HI, New to the forum and I don't fly, just trying to help someone who's lost a plane. My friends saw a model aeroplane fly over them and crash whilst walking their dogs in the Pattingham area of the West Midlands. They left it, thinking it would be recovered by someone, but as it was still there today they brought it back. I don't know if this is the best place to post this, just trying to get a plane back to its rightful owner. Any advice, or a better place to post this? Thanks Bob.