Nigel Sharp

Plus inertia to overcome/damp out... Weight at extream ends is not good. To feel the effect try putting heavy items at the front of a supermarket trolley (farthest from the handle) and try going round the aisle corners. You'll soon realise how hard it is to stop the motion.

Ours does 4 events during the day. Pilot briefing Spot landing Most spins Lunch break Bomb drop Limbo Micky taking er... prize giving Pilots limited to one aircraft for the events avoids specialist types. Fun but be wary of safety. Have fun don't be too serious gets lots of members together. Here is a video on youtube posted of one of ours.

Look at types of joining glider wings Various ways. Vertical steel plate in boxes. Bent steel rod... Carbon rod/tube Etc. 2 parallel large dia carbon tubes would be my choice. With smaller ones that slide inside. Set the wing dihedral. The outers set through the ribs straight and parallel. Near to top sheet at root. And end of tube near bottom sheet outboard. Then cut the tube in half at root ribs You then have straight joiner(s) A bit late as you've built most of the wing surgery will be required.

Rubber bands are sold by their number https://www.bouncerubberbands.com/news/the-ultimate-guide-to-rubber-band-sizes This will help a lot. Once you know the size then you can search online vendors for boxes of those specific sized bands. Usually sold in 500 gram quantities.

Albert It's all on the bmfa Web site https://achievements.bmfa.uk/

Brian, Yes I can see that valid point and food for thought. Thanks for pointing it out. N

Members of my club still use separate servos on separate rx output. It's how they told me to do it. They simply use the giro on one aileron output. As it would still adjust roll. Seems to work OK. True on some aircraft types you may get adverse yaw when the giro commanded movement. But again it would correct that with rudder. It's how I'll be doing it in one of my less valuable planes. I have one but not got around to setting it up as yet. Mostly because I learnt post single channel but pre servo reverse, expo, dual rate and computer. Hence for general flying I don't see the need. But to help smooth out some aeros while learning stick moment is what I've considered one! Background to that is... I fly mode 2 aileron elevator on my right stick. I flew slope for years mode 1. But being left handed I switched because it helped when launching having elevator on the right stick... but I have a fused thumb knuckle on my right hand from an injury age 18... So I always get some aileron elevator couple!

0.5cc Dart has Red anodised head 0.75cc Merlin had both Red and Green anodised heads i believe. 1.0cc Spitfire has blue anodised head 1.5cc Sabre has Red anodised head Personally I have a DC Spitfire and Allbon Dart aka DC Dart.

The only black and white schemed aircraft plan I remember recently would be Zulu by Lindsey Todd. Low wing cabin type similar to a piper Cherokee.

Search on the web for. Elastic cord Or Bungee cord You could try a haberdashery. Or Dunelm You don't say what diameter...

Depends on width and depth. But a balsa stripper for straight stuff. You can us a packing strip to reduce blade depth for multiple cuts. I use a scroll saw for most curves and sanding where necessary.

It's the depth of the brace that gives the bending strength... it acts like a beam. I'd be tempted to leave it as is. But you could make a second from scrap ply if necessary.

Looking at the plan. The one for the main spar is bonded on the aft side to the vertical webs also on the aft side. The other is bonded to the front of the rear spar, the plan I'm looking at is on outerzone. The barnstormer has struts... which can be made to carry flight loads so those braces wouldn't need to be massive in my opinion. Since the side view doesn't show the bracds against either the upper or lower spar. I would probably bond to the lower... that way it is invisible from above when covered. But you could make your own to go between or to suit the height over the spars if you wish. Thats a positive for plan building modify to suit your preference. N

You have also to consider the amount of false information the allies were feeding the German military and decoy equipment massed around Dover to make them think the attack was across the shortest route. Perhaps that Spit is a non flyer damaged but acting as a decoy on the ground...

Fascinating. Great to see that Brittania has some wins. My they continue to grow. I've an interest in yachts. Dad built me a Sail Foil in 1974 I was 9yrs old. Occasionally went like stink on Yeadon Tarn, Leeds ... except it mostly tipped over. Wasn't RC Which didn't help at all. Could only do a broad reach but was great for plywood and nylon...Exhilarating to chase when it worked tho. Swing forward to 1980's and I got into vane steared model yachts. Still have My A class. effectively based on the old 12metre rules. These were used to help Dave Hollom (Bradford) and others design for the 1987 Whitehorse backed uk challenge. Alas it came to nothing that year. Good luck to Ben Ainsley and the crew.