Grant Darnley

Remind them that their sons ford fiesta with a bean-can exhaust makes more noise than all your planes running at once

Well, the only thing I've bought this year has been the EF Edge 540T-E, and the various gubbins to get my H9 Extra in the air, but to date that still only has 8mins air under the wings.  Other than that I still miss the EF Profile Edge I broke one too many times this year, gota get another profile. Models of this year that interest me?  Well, the CA Osmose, but thats a little out of my price range for now, Martin Muellers Manta F3A-P indoor pattern plane, and the palm-z, even though I don't own one(YET)

power to weight and piloting are the important ones, and a good 6th sense doesnt hurt either.  Lightweight models can happily handle winds, just watch the fun-fly guys at the nats.

Bob, get a DSM Panther fun-fly and stick the 40 in that for some cheap fun, and if it stops in the air you can always do climb and glide

Cheers, I'll have a look around the horizon website

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Glad it went well.  Is it an alloy LG with the cap, the extra has the weakest moulded carbon unit in the world

Be interesting to see if they're up to the job. My extra(same manu, same size) is wearing hi-tec 5645s with a 5955 for the rudder, but only 1 flight thus far so can't really comment

At a push, I guess if someone was flying one with a dodgy prop and a sharp edge caught you, maybe for medical expenses. But I was more thinking of - something like - someone dive-bombing a passing cyclist who then falls off and has to incur medical expense(I'm a drama queen but maybe). Insurance would cover the costs if the plane was flown within the regs in the ANO(most importantly thou shalt not willingly crash) but if some angry dog walker decides that the pilot was reckless and at fault then the claim is dead and the pilot has to shell out. For an insurance to offer cover for such a scenario would hike the rates

Don't get me wrong guys, I pay my twenty or whatever every year and don't complain, its just that the reckless abandon that most "toy planes" are flown with wouldnt fall under the safety handbooks regs anyway, certainly the ones I've seen. I know it isnt the target market but a lot of these are finding their way into the hands of guys having a boozy picnic on saturday afternoon and looking to see who can crash it most dramatically(which can be surprisingly good fun, lost count of the number of goalposts that one particular toy took on) but all it takes is for one grumpy member of the public to say they had seen a deliberate attempt to crash the model and the claim is blown out of the water. I've seen what models can do to cars and people, I know its not pretty and the cover is worth it. But an X-twin won't punch a hole in a Range Rovers windscreen the way the ARC Carosel that nearly took my head off did and for that I don't think they need cover

I'm a country member as well, but the impression(very possibly wrong) I got was that the insurance was more to cover when I fly at recognised sites/comps/shows

Toy planes, brilliant, has taken some of the geeky mystique away from the hobby now that kids can pick up an x-twin at tesco. Mandatory insurance, no. Model insurance cover as provided by the BMFA/SAA is AFAIK provided for those who fly at flying sites. My current private flying field is(i'm almost certain) not covered by this as we have never declared it to the BMFA and upon describing it to an SAA safety inspector he confirmed it would not come under their rules. For the insurance industry to provide cover for every park/open field/football pitch etc in the country would hike premiums through the roof.

Daniel, can't find all that many profile plans just now, but I know they are out there, did find a few fun-flyers at another magazines site, I'll email a link to you

I'll chime in with http://www.blaineaustin.com/3d_tips.htm and http://www.3drc.info/site/index.php?name=News&catid=&topic=3. I've also got a few instructional vids from the old Flyingcirkus, torque roll, snaps, and rolling harriers, would be able to burn them to a cd if you want them

Daniel, how big a profile are you looking for, same size as the cougar?

The standard appears to be the pro-peak prodigy, I'm fairly sure it fulfils all the above criteria. I'm personally happy enough with a Prolux £15 cheapo, only does 3s and I don't think its fully charging my 2170 but it works and is simple to use

Yea, I use sundeala board(google it) for the top surface, 1/2-3/4" thick should be more than enough on top of an interior door from MFI or wherever

I'll have it, thrash it, return it when its done :P

"Arado 240, Westland Welkin, Blackburn Firebrand, Me 410B, FW 187" Terry, these are subjects with very limited appeal, even among scale modellers, while many would be willing to "ooh" and "aaah" over one that turned up at the field, I have to wonder how many would try a build. Not knowing your abilities I'm shooting blind here, but could a discussion with the ed. give you the opportunity to design one for the mag? PS, those pieces of foam in the park? I don't think I've seen one do a full circle yet :)

nice and hot but still blowing 15-20 up here, has been since way before last weekend

Right, here goes. First thing is to speak to Just Engines about their replacement carb, but before that let me see if I still have mine in the shed. Also replace the O-ring at the bottom of the throat, these fade all the time. Second thing is to fit an Enya #3 glow plug. Don't ask me why but this is the exclusive plug these engines run on. Third thing, get a long(preferably unused, fuel tastes rank) piece of fuel tube and put one end on the carb nipple. Open the main needle 3 turns and the barrel to idle, then blow through the fuel tube into the carb. Screw the idle needle IN until the hissing air noise stops, then back out until it just starts again. Fourth thing, try and get hold of a gallon of Ripmax Team Fuel 5%. It's only 15% oil but it's fully synthetic and the engine will actually last a full season. Fifth(possibly!), has it got one of those exhausts with the really shiny baffle chamber? If it does take that out and drill 4 holes in it as big as you can, these exhausts are seriously restrictive. Now make sure everythings nice and tight, and give it a blast. The carb settings will need tweaked, but with an afternoon and a bit of patience you should be alright.

Don't worry about that SC, the TT is quite a slow flying plane and you can always throttle back.

The 115 is a 5ch micro with full range, I've used one for the last 5-6 years in all sorts of models from gliders to 3d profiles. The two wires should have a female plug on it which is the batt. input

Ah, this is an easy fix. On Futaba(only radio I've worked with) all that needed to be done was increase the % of the mix to 100%, that way you get full up and full down

I've still got a pile of challengers that I use for small electrics, trainers, shockys etc, the computer radio is reserved strictly for the aerobatics/3d machines