Richard Acland

There is a very well known photo of a group of soldiers carrying a stretcher at the battle of Passchendale. They are up to their knees in mud. The man at the front with a very dark moustache is looking directly at the camera. He was identified by one of his relatives who said that when the war finished he came home on a Saturday and on the following Monday went back to his job at the Co-Op. They don't make them like that anymore.   Edited By Richard Acland on 11/11/2019 17:21:48

Posted by Chris Berry on 04/11/2019 22:41:57: It doesn’t say the number has to be outside. Edited By Chris Berry on 04/11/2019 22:44:21 if you look at the illustration on the website that is exactly what it does say. On the main body, visible without needing special tools in letters more than 3 mm tall.

Just had a look at the label requirements. inside the battery compartment would appear not to be the case. on the main body of the aircraft, taller than 3mm lettering and visible without needing special tools. This will make my scale models look really smart.

Reminds me of when I was in the Army and taking over a married quarter in Germany In the 1970's, One of the items on my inventory was a "Goblin Housemaid" The Army catered for all your needs in those days. Edited By Richard Acland on 31/10/2019 18:00:20

Posted by Dom (Essential RC) on 31/10/2019 13:31:23: Best example you will find of big sky RC aerobatics. This is Rainer Kamitz giving a demonstration with his Pitts S1S with perfect use of smoke throughout. The day I see a full size aircraft prop hanging a few feet off the ground, I will see the point in it

Posted by Dwain Dibley. on 24/05/2019 11:18:37: Ken, re your lovely wife, have you tried words like "fish slice" and other similarly "slender" words. I find this works well at Dibley Towers, when trying to get into the conversation. Personally, I avoid facebook like the plague, My girls (14 and 15) are allowed to use instagram and whatsapp, and interact with friends on the Xbox. They do not use Facebook, and their school discourages it. If you use social media a lot, just be careful. This forum is great, you can have a bit of fun, meet great like minded people, and learn a lot at the same time D.D. I dont do facebook, twitter wattsapp etc, but I do enjoy this forum if this is classed as social media. The problem is that now everyone assumes that you are on facebook. "catch up with us on facebook" or " follow us on facebook" seem to be most companies watchword. The club to which I belong stopped its website and now everything goes on to facebook. I find the whole thing rather annoying.

Balsa cabin for me. good price and extremely well packaged, never had anything damaged.

Posted by Chris Berry on 24/10/2019 23:24:35: It comes down to what is reasonable. Is it reasonable to ask the member for proof if BMFA membership, as most clubs do......Yes Is it reasonable to ask for proof of registration and where appropriate completion of an online test? Therefore compliance with the law and therefore flying lawfully at a club...... Probably/maybe. Is it reasonable to check every model has a number displayed on each visit to the field, after crash and repair etc etc....No. Is it reasonable to require the member to sign each year a renewal form, membership card etc etc agreeing to abide by the club rules and the law governing model aircraft? Therefore the member has signed to say they will abide by the law, be that their own fitness to fly, registration etc etc....Yes. Edited By Chris Berry on 24/10/2019 23:25:30 If the insurers make it a stipulation that to be covered you need to complete registration, then clubs will need to check everyone has done so. If not then it will be up to each individual to register themselves. In which case some might not bother. To me that will render the whole thing pointless

Having followed this legislation I think I have a rough grip on what is happening. I would imagine that most clubs will make it mandatory for their members to conform with the legislation, as I would imagine that the BMFA insurers would wish them to do this to comply with the law. All well and good, so as usual the responsible people will conform and do what is required. The irresponsible however will not. Anyone wishing to cause mayhem with a drone will hardly be likely to register and put an identification number in it so that it can be traced back to him or her. Also most BMFA members will be aware of what is happening. There must be thousands of drone flyers out there that do not belong to any organisation and do not have any idea of the requirement to register. I have no doubt that this Christmas many drones will be bought as presents without retailers telling them that they need to register them with the CAA. So at the end of the day what is the point. To me this is a Case of " we must do something" but in the end it will achieve very little in solving the problem.

Living on the England / Wales border those two in the final would be a Saturday not to be missed in the local boozer. Can they both make it? fingers and everything else crossed. Edited By Richard Acland on 20/10/2019 19:06:27

My field is about 15 minutes drive away. We are due to lose our field at the end of the year as the owner is retiring and selling up. The good news is we have secured a new field which is even closer to me.

when you say war I assume that means all wars. In that case. No 1 Zulu No 2 Saving Private Ryan No 3 Band of Brothers No 4 All quiet on the western front. The list of bad war movies is too long to mention

I keep my Lipos in a metal container in my greenhose. I purchased a gizmo from Powebox that when connected to the Lipo discharges them to the storage voltage. Having said that there is enough combustable stuff in my garage to convert it to confetti.

Posted by SIMON CRAGG on 30/01/2018 01:40:00: The Army used to have a team called the "MATS(A) team that flew Merco .61 powered models as targets on range days. Everything from small arms to main armament was usually fired at them. They were given a transit (ish) vehicle and filled it with engines (no exhausts), 13x6 blue plastic props, hundreds of idle bar glow plugs, VERY heavy models with a parachute built in to the cockpit, Skyleader radio gear (nice push/pull servos), fuel (straight + petrol mix!), plus all the other gubbins to support them. There were several teams. They travelled the World!. Even flying from ships when we had a navy. How do I know all this? I used to organise range days in BAOR many moons ago, and as a keen modeller the swaps and bartering that could be done would make your eyes water!. I was stationed in BAOR in the 80s and belonged to both Wildenrath and Gutersloh model clubs I was in the Army and had a contact that was involved with the target drones.Funnily enough my models were powered by Merco engines.

Gem of a program. The only thing is that now it is becoming popular there will be the inevitable BBC desire to muck it about. Watch out for celebrity presenters, Repair shop celebrity special and repair shop on ice.

I found that although I built the correct amount of tail incidence on my Precedent Stampe I still need a massive amount of down elevator to achieve level flight. This model flies quite well using an SC 90 FS Edited By Richard Acland on 09/08/2019 19:14:42

I recently purchased a receiver which has an S bus connection. There is no explanation of what this does or how to use it. Can someone explain what it it is for and how to use it in laymans terms ( ie no jargon).

I must admit that is a bit of a shocker. As time goes on and I get older I am particularly careful of that big whirly thing at the front of my model. We had an incident at our club field a while back where an electric powered glider bit someone on the arm and it was not a pretty sight, fortunately a couple of members had first aid kits in their cars and we managed a reasonable patch up job. A basic first aid kit might be a good idea to have on the flightline in case something like this should happen.

Found that hobbyking film is really good to use. Strong, goes round compound curves well and is exelent value for money. Also discovered in the recent heatwave that unlike Solarfilm it does not sag in the heat. As others have mentioned when covering over there can be a small white bleed on the edges however this can be easily cleaned with solvent. .Picture of My Peter Miller Ballerina covered with Hobbyking film Edited By Richard Acland on 27/07/2019 22:54:44 Edited By Richard Acland on 27/07/2019 22:58:25

I have recently built a model that requires an engine in the region of .35. I looked at ASP/ SC who made a .36, however none are now available. I decided I would have to bite the bullet and go for the OS 35AX. I have searched all the UK model shops and everyone says no stock. What is going on.

The original Hobbyking website was a breeze to use, then for some unknown reason they decided to upgrade it. Things have never been the same since and despite endless tweaks it is still worse than the original website

Hi David, Ulrich Steinhilper wrote Spitfire on my tail. He became a well known personality after the war. I have a copy in my library of books that I read again and again. Richard

Does anyone know where it is possible to get blades for the Parkside hand held jigsaw. I broke the one that came with the saw and dont seem to be able to find any.

Unfortunately with some plan built models you have to do it the hard way. Like when building a Spitfire wing each rib has to be cut individually. You have to really love building to do it this way. Richard