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If you simply turn the bottle upside down you will find that works as well! Make sure the lid is tight.

I have some car acronyms. FORD Fix or repair Daily FIAT Fix it again Toni PONTIAC Poor old nerd thinks its a Cadillac LOL Brian

I too have received these phone calls kept them talking for five minutes asking them questions then told them I have a Mac!!! phone line goes dead immediately!!! Brian

hi there, Yes i have built and flown one since April of this year. Mine has the retracts the wrong way around but this makes for great ground handling. It was one of the only planes that i flew and did aerobatics with it on its first flight, I had that much confidence in it!! I have an OS90surpass mkII in which it fits a treat, even if it overpowers it, I tend to fly it on quarter to half throttle to make it a scale speed. The landings with and without flaps are great just line it up use throttle to stretch the approach and keep the wings level and there are no problems. I set the C of G as the instructions. I was going to use electric retracts but oppted for the supplied mechanical ones because they are so smooth, I used a spectrum retract servo as you can set the throw. Looking at the kit I would think it came out of the Seagull factory as there are a few telltale signs. Aerial tube, number on parts, fuel tank all seagull trademarks. I would have no hesitation of recommending this plane to low wing experience pilot, second or third maybe. At the moment it is my prefered plane out of my airforce (23 planes). hope this helps.

I always have had success from Rowena Motors 01248 715552, good luck

hi there , ordered esc on Monday arrived Wednesday AM, used Wed PM with great success, RESULT!! Excellent service, I too will use the Shark again

hi there I am thinking of doing the same thing on water!! Google search ekronoplanmodels and look at Graham Taylor's site very informative, good luck!!

Hi there Der Baron thank , thanks again Brianyou for that, I will go on the site and try to find a 'pretty one' close to home, I live and fly (models) near Bournemouth airport but have never seen a Regent like the ps kit, so hopefully I will be able to get to one in the flesh as to speak, thanks again Brian

Hi there, I have quite a lot of litho plates and can get hold of it without to much of a problem, there are two thicknesses, and, although printers are going digital they still use it in 'proper' printers ie NOT copy houses on the high street, if anyone wants some free I will supply limited amounts to people who wish to contact me, to collect from the Bournemouth area. This is legite as i have just retired and sold my printing business but kept all the old out of date plates.

Ah! this forum never fails to come up with an answer, although i have used this system before i didn't think of it this time thank you for jogging my memory, I still have a Flair tension wheel where the wire goes twice around a circle with a spring loaded tensioner, i guess i will use this device,. thank you

Thanks to both off the above for your help, I did think of pull-pull for operation of the actuating arm, any thoughts on stress on servo in this mode? thanks sharpy

Thank you Erfolg for your input, yes from my experience with the Arriba it has to be tight and slop free, the next thing to find out is where to put the fulcrum point to save loading the servo to much. thanks again Sharpy

Hi there I need some advice, please. I am about to start on a Practical Scale Jodel Regent by Roy Scott. The full size uses an all flying tailplane, the model uses a conventional tailplane and elevator. In the instructions, which are very sparse, it says in their experience all flying tailplanes should be avoided, bearing in mind this was written in the early seventies when radio was not as sophisticated as it is now what do the readers of this forum think? I have a Arriba motor glider by Multiplex with an all flying tail and never have experienced any problems. All flying tailplanes over comes any problems with angles of attack between the mainplane and tailplane so I am thinking of going down this route. Thank you for your responses in advance.

Hi yet again!These attachments are called Great Planes Threaded Inserts part nos GPM3360 through to GPM3368, do a google search good luck!!BS

hi again the struts ARE load bearing, I went and got some great planes fixings (I don't know the technical name at the moment) but they have a very coarse thread on the outside and a fine thread on the inside, You strengthen the inside with bass wood or like and drill you then use the brass device which has a screw driver slot in it to screw into said basswood take it out epoxy the outside and screw back in job done. The only drawback is that the thread on the inside is an American size so make sure you get the bolts to fit as well. I placed a washer on the inside of the strut filler to give some strength to that as well. It takes me about five minutes to assemble at the field as I have also hooked all the wiring into one joint so it literally is one electric joint, two wing bolts and four strut bolts (I use socket headed screws), hope this is some help.BS

Hi this is the same set up for mine, I've had it 5 years now and it has had hundreds (literally) of successful flights and never a bad bad landing amongst them, it flies itself but it is also mildly areobatic with loops, stall turns, rolls no problem with this engine. You will have to cut a hole in the cowl for the rocker cover, I did the cowl with the top removable for access to the engine, I have a glow driver in the cowl which makes the tickover reliable. I have dialled in some down elevator for when the flaps deploy and that made a great difference to the approaches and landings, I also put a suspension front leg on it which looks great when taxing!! Good luck with it you will enjoy it i'm sureBrian

I have a Practical Scale Jodel Regent to do and a CAP Auster to do for a potential buyer,but we have a new site that has a pond on it and when the fishermen vacate there is a possiblity of water flying so I would like a S6b or Short Crusader to build and fly.

Hi I've just tried to load a video of the large Tomtit I hope it works but if not its on Utube:tomtit 5 cylinder bmth airport

put me down for a Comet 4 when ready, been contemplating design one for years but you done all the hard work! sharpy

How about West Wings Hunter or Hawk, I have converted from Veron Plans a Lavochkin and a FD2 which were designed in the 50's by Phil Smith, had a bit of head scatching but got there eventually, there are some more in the Veron range but placing batteries would caused some problems. 

hi there for what its worth I had a similar problem with an OS90fs of about 25 years old when I went to new synthetic fuel and evidently the new fuel flushes the crap out from all the dark places in the engine and fouls the glow, I got over it by running three or four tanks through the engine with glow attached to a battery and switch so it went out at high revs. It now runs perfectly on syn fuel the whole flight, it might be a solution?Brian

Hi there I have had one of these for over a year now and I had the same problem at first until I realised that the front leg was not engaging in the lock down position properly, it was collapsing as it ran across the grass so digging in and the wrong incidence, once this was fixed the take offs were long but did work OK. If you put larger wheels on the mains the angle of attack of the main wing then is wrong so you have to lift the wing to get it work as a wing. I have flown it 20-30 times since the fix of off short grass and uncut lawn with no trouble and i feel there is plenty of power. I use turnigy 2200 3cell 25-25c batteries and the ESC's are 30amps, hope this helps as it is a very steady flier, when landing keep a little power on as if the props freewheel they become very effective airbrakes and bring on a stall very quickly, don't ask how I know (two sets of props and a new nose glazing later!!)Brian

hi there, just got in the wing height of reg is:140mm or five and half inches in old money regards brian

Hi there couldn't resist smiling at this forum, being a retired self employed printer I have thrown 1000s of these sheets away!!! Now there is a good market for them I've retired and don't use them anymore, but, so saying that I kept back a few sheets for my own use and my son's (see his large Tomtit), but if any one is in the Bournemouth area I could possibly help them out as i still have contacts who use the stuff. e-mail meBrian

hi there I don't have the 61" but the next size up and i think if your going to the trouble of having the reg cut would you consider having the CORRECT reg on it, as the letters provided apply to a Chilton aeroplane. There were only six made so it would be an easy task. I have flown mine a few times and it is a little battle worn and i'm thinking of recoving it and making it more scale like, it is a good flier and you will have fun with it!!Just an idea Brian