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I've only made three, Harlequin, Ballerina and Grumpy Tiger Cub. All are brilliant aerobatic flyers with no nasty habits and don't bite! They wont be the last. I also look forward to the Miles Magister, my father learnt to fly in one and passed his PPL. Thank you Peter.

Has no-one had New Power servos? I'm not sure whether to use them or not. I've done a short cycling soak test and they seem OK, but I'll give them a longer soak test then decide.......

Best wishes Matty, I can appreciate how you feel but you will gain confidence as each day passes until it becomes a distant memory. Take care.

Geoff, I've got a bare Wot 4 balsa fuselage, it is one from a kit build model and looks heavier than the ARTF version. It fits the wing profile of the ARTF version. It came with an item I got on ebay so if you want it you can have it (free....). I'm only a couple of miles from you.

I have some unused but several years old New Power XL-37HB servos. Does anyone have any experience/ opinion as to reliability of these? The reason I ask is that I had a model fitted with a different larger version of New Power servos, they operated for about 1 hour then one of them suddenly decided to shift the mid point quite significantly. Fortunately spotted it before flying, I've scrapped it and replaced the others as a precaution as it is a valuable model (to me!)

Hi, have you managed to find the info you need? If not, if it helps I've got the artf version. The top wing separates at the middle so I could draw round it, scan it and email this to you with dimensions. The tip is more tricky as it is angled but I could measure all the relevant dimensions. If this helps pm me with an email and I'll send the info.

Nice bit in tonight's episode with Summer Fisher and her helicopter. They didn't try to belittle her like they normally do with their 'customers'

In the latest CAA survey on RID /etc I argued basically against requirement but added that if it was to introduced then all costs should be carried by those who were going to profit from the system (supposedly millions££), and not carried by hobbyists, who gain nothing at all 🤬

The baby socks selling in the shops seem to have a lot of nylon in them -do they still work ok or do they melt onto the iron. I haven't dared try one as removing burnt on nylon from the iron would remove the remains of the non-stick surface.

My tests a few years back showed Ronseal water based polyurethane was quickly attacked by neat 10% nitro fuel, but the high VOC solvent based was ok when neat 10% nitro fuel was left on for half an hour. The only 'problem' now is that after about 5 years the whole plane has turned a slightly brown colour.... 🙄

Well, just to be awkward, I charge indoors at < 1C but watch over them like a mother hen. I've got aquarium thermometers on each so I can see if the temp is rising. I store at 4.0 volts per cell or thereabouts and yes it might lose a bit of life but some of mine are from 2016 and 2020 and still going strong. It means that I can charge up the night before flying in about 20mins per two on my 2 channel charger. During winter and I'm not flying for a couple of months I store them nearer to 3.8 volt per cell. They are stored in a brick garage, when the weather is freezing, like now I've got a couple of light boxes to keep them warm. These are two metal biscuit tins with 13W bulbs in them, the lipos sit in metal boxes on top and keep the temperature about 6 to 15 degC depending on outside temp.

....and Richard Pearce and Percy Pilcher....

Correct me if I'm wrong but Purchase tax seems the most efficient way to pay/collect the tax. The tax is only paid by the end user via the shop, whereas with VAT every agent/ intermediary has to pay VAT on the sale and claim back the VAT on what he's paid for it from the manufacturer/agent/dealer, i.e. double the administration/overhead for the company and more civil servants to check it at each stage. Bonkers admin?

Simple? When I started flying radio control I had to have a licence renewed each year -can't remember how much it was but it wasn't cheap.

Have you considered Urolift? where the prostate is pinned back to keep the urethra open? I'm going for assessment in about 2 months time but don't know anybody who has had it. It seems to be less brutal than other solutions and doesn't interfere with bedtime activities if you see what I mean. Its available on NHS but not all hospitals do it.

Excellent service from Tracy Tools in Torquay. Ordered drills and hex keys lunchtime yesterday using standard Royal Mail and were delivered before 10am today. There range of model engineering tools, drills, lathe & milling tools, taps & dies etc LH &RH threads is staggering. There are many types of thread I've never heard of.... Orders can be very small or large and delivery costs low, £3 for my <£20 order. Just one happy customer...

An easily replaceable/ replacement battery sounds brilliant, especially to the battery thief. I think insurance would not go through the roof, it would blow the roof off! ...And any electronic system to protect it would soon be hacked, there is alot of money involved. 😳

My doc is suggesting the 'Urolift procedure'. Has anyone here had it done, is it effective (and painless..... )

Not shop but shops. Another small town near to Geoff, Matlock, I counted 13, and I'm not sure if I caught them all. 🙄

Ah, but what sort.....

Oh! I really hoped there was a future with magic pills..... Is it really that bad?

There seems much more knowledge on here than at my local doctor's surgery! For 'simple' enlarged prostate (PSA & DRE tested) I was intially prescribed Tamsulosin, but this made me sleepy most of the time so unacceptable. Then prescribed Doxazosin to improve flow but does not do anything for prostate - it maybe helps a bit. Then prescribed Finesteride, after4 months it hasn't made any difference to the problem but told it takes 6 months... However it has made me gain 6lbs weight even eating better/less, a typical side effect apparently! I can ill afford extra weight. Next Dr. appointment is 4 weeks and I'm losing trust.... I know there are many different drugs for this condition, does anyone know of a good one with little side effects?

XT every time for me, foolproof connection, but use a dummy piece in the plug/socket when soldering just in case you accidentally overheat it so the brass cannot move in the nylon. If they are tight, just squeeze the pins slightly together in the male part.

If drilling out a prop don't hold the prop by hand. I did but the drill 'grabbed' -like it does with plastic/nylon, the blade I was holding very firmly broke and the other one come round and cut my finger to the bone. Since then I fix the drill bit in the vice and 'wind' the prop on by hand. I increase the hole size by 0.2 or 0.3mm at a time. OK it takes a bit longer but every one is a good one, not oval or triangular hole as you can easily get. I have a set of sharp drills I keep specifically for prop drilling.

I think Reinhold Platz was the inspired designer rather than Fokker, but Fokker was the man with the money and knew how to push his staff..... and take the credit. Both were self taught through experience. Regarding design, a bit like Reg Mitchell and Joe Smith.... Reg Mitchell was very good at selecting his staff.