[Model flying photos you're proud of]

A scale Spitfire at Deeside MAC back in 2017 

[Model flying photos you're proud of]

Launching off the Great Orme Llandudno back in 2012 windspeed close to 90 MPH

[Model flying photos you're proud of]

Here's another shot, over the trenches in Northern France  !

[Model flying photos you're proud of]

"Sweet Revenge" P51 Mustang 

[Model flying photos you're proud of]

Nathan Farrel Jones mid Lomcevak 2015 😉 

 

[Model flying photos you're proud of]

Sorry If I'm overdosing you this morning, here's a couple more from Deeside 😉

[Model flying photos you're proud of]

Rotary action from Deeside this time Roger Salmon's Bell heli 😉

[Model flying photos you're proud of]

A Great Lakes Special, again at Deeside MAC 😉

[Model flying photos you're proud of]

Nathan Farrel Jones' L39 Albatross again at Deeside club 😉

[Model flying photos you're proud of]

A Corsair that turned up at Deeside MAC three years ago 

[New Futaba T16IZ Transmitter]

The 16SZ got my vote being as it transmits both FASST and FASSTEST so it will function with my FASST RX's and any FASSTEST RX's I may buy in the future "simples" ?

[New Futaba T16IZ Transmitter]

From what I've read up this TX does not transmit FASST this being the main reason I recently bought the 16SZ as I have several models flying on FASST RX's.

[Futaba T16sz and FrSky]

I've just treated myself to the 16SZ, just in the process of setting up my first model with it, I'm pleased with it overall but it's quite a culture shock in as much it's like learning a different language ie no mention of exponential anymore you have to set up curves in what is now the AFR menu (Adjustable Function Rate). The transmitters capabilities are enormous, the manual although complex is a vast improvement on previous Futaba manuals ?

[DLE 30cc info sought]

The trouble with most if not all 30/35 cc models are not designed to cater for the fitment of a canister the so called standard silencers that are supplied are little more than gas deflectors and the Pitts style ones are little if any better

[F3A competition in the 1970's and 80's]

Barry Lever AKA Mr OPS, I've never flown F3A but have flown IMAC, I took a sabbatical a "few" years back and did two or three years of 1/8 scale off road car racing and bought several OPS 21's from Bob Styles at Rossendale models excellent motors

[all good things eventually come to an end !]

Shame, but good luck with your endeavours

Edited By Ultymate on 24/02/2020 19:35:00

[Pilot RC Sbach 100cc]

Purely a matter of taste, but I always whenever possible use a cable between the throttle servo and the carb and rely on the throttle spring to close the throttle. This greatly reduces the amount of vibration being fed directly into the servo

[Model flying photos you're proud of]

Bell 47 belonging to Roger Salmon of Deeside MAC

[Model flying photos you're proud of]

A Great Lakes Special

 

 

Edited By Ultymate on 09/10/2019 20:06:18

[Model flying photos you're proud of]

Two more of the Grumman F8F Bearcat built owned and flown by Ron Sweeney of Deeside MAC

[Prop balance query]

A bit presumptuous you buy a few second hand models and then make assumptions about "all" IC flyers (but not knocking IC flyers of course)

[Glenns models cap 232]

Posted by John Stainforth on 24/09/2019 00:24:04:

Posted by bert baker on 23/09/2019 20:09:57:

 

But I stand corrected. Frictional forces along the sides of the wing tubes are apparently sufficient to hold wings on, so I have been wasting my time with wing bolts.

So you're the joker in the pack hey ? I never said that the friction on the wing tube was enough to hold the wings on, you firstly implied that Glen supplied just one wing bolt which was insufficient. You then said/ implied that a fast roll rate would see the wings departing to which I replied that the fast roll rate would increase said friction. I've flown several 50/60cc models where the wings are held by one wing bolt as supplied by several manufacturers and have had several of said models checked over by club safety officers and IMAC scrutineers. I also think that Glen may have a little understanding of the subject having been producing his models for a considerable time now

Edited By Ultymate on 24/09/2019 08:50:44

[Glenns models cap 232]

Posted by John Stainforth on 23/09/2019 18:25:56:

I would have thought that a high rate of roll could produce a not insignificant centrifugal force on the wings.

A high roll rate will also create a significant frictional load between the wing tube and it's mating tubes in the wings thus reducing any tendency for the wings to depart

[Ashbourne 2019]

Being born in North Staffordshire I was raised on Oat cakes, had half a dozen last week along with grilled bacon and cheese, as a matter of fact as they are readily available in N. Wales which is where I now reside. For the uninitiated they are a type of savoury pancake

[Check and tighten those prop bolts!]

Those bolts look like high tensile given the dark colour, I would suspect the prop came loose due to shrinkage of the wood. If using wooden props I would check them regularly when the prop is new and then less frequently as time goes by. A better choice is a carbon prop although I appreciate they're more expensive but their central bosses are much denser and do not compress like the wooden counterparts