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hello again, yes I meant 150% veron tomtit not the original, I have put todays photos on my albumn hope you view them,thanks BS
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hi all, just got back from flying field after a truly gorgeous afternoon of weather and flying, I flew my Veron Tomtit (again!) but more important my son Darren flew his 150% Tomtit for the first time, he just fast taxied it and it took to the air he soon realised just to let it go and he had it under full control with very little trim after a few seconds, he flew it for a few minutes then he throttled back and the engine cut out it seems to only fire on three when throttled back, so was forced to do a dead stick landing but it flew!!
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Stinson mug please, I can't afford the jamara one or topflite!!!Pretty Please
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hi marko,I also have a couple of these receivers have used them on a nitro model and two electric planes range is no problem at all you run out of sight of model first, and on 35 at our field there is a black spot, with these receivers and Futaba 2.4 there is no hint of trouble. i will be having a few more now!Brian
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Goose 10,thanks for tip on that I'll make sure i won't get caught, thanks to youBrian
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i there look on this site, nitrogenrc and there is no postage charged
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hi beb,thank you, as I said this is the large one with SC400 5cylinder Darren made most of it from plans, I bent the wire and made the cut the nos,roundels etc..I am going to try and load a photo of mine (Small size as per plan) on its first take off on 1/1/11. this one is powered by a SC52FS much to powerful, but we have throttles!. I have installed closed loop on rudder and elevator and bolted on the bottom wing as opposed to bands.Brian
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Hi BEB,I have managed to upload some photos of the big Tomtit, please look in my album, I will post mine on its first flight later,Brian
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A Brand new Veron Tomtit built from plan/belair part kit. First flight on the 1/1/11, 2nd flight this afternoon on the 2/1/11!! 3rd flight???
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This thread seems to have died, so I'll put in a little.Today I maidened a Veron Tomtit. No big deal but I am very pleased, it has been a dream to have one since about 1976 when a flying buddy had one for christmas. About that time I met Phil Smith the designer of the kit, over the years my wife and I spent many happy hours at his house where he had the original model, the one on the boxes and ads etc. Phil kindly gave me the plans a couple of years ago but I never seemed to get the interest to cut a kit, then his son Colin told me that a basic ribs, bulkhead etc could be bought from Belair. I bought one ealier in 2010.Also last year the chairman of my flying field passed away and his widow sold his equipment of which there was plenty, I was invited to have a look at what there was there, and, in looking around his hanger amongst the plans was a plan of a one and half size Veron Tomtit designed around a SC400 which he just had in its box never run. As I had already commited to buying some other off the stock I told my son who promptly negotiated with the members in charge of the sale. My son allowed me to start on the small one whilst he looked at plans of the big one, I changed a couple of things (bottom wing bolted on, closed loop on rudder and elevator). He followed his plan build just behind me so when I had a problem he came to me and we sorted it, the cabane was a bit of a problem for bending but once I sussed it out his larger ones were perfect with the incidence, dihedral etc. (he also bolted the top wing on) Well today I flew it and it was perfect, just like all Phil Smith's designs (I have built plenty!!).In about three weeks, we hope the large Tomtit will take to the air, but there's no rush, we both want to make sure that these two will fly together as a testimony to Phil Smith and the other Phil who was the chairman of our flying field
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hi there yes I have flown before about 50 years continuous from early reeds through to 2.4,I've had good and bad results and I have heard a lot of bad about shops, BUT if you approach with a decent fair attitude I've found you get results most off the time in your favour, sometimes it just takes a bit of time, but in this case off the Bulldog I thought it quite exceptional and so placed the message.
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I bought a Vmar bulldog for my son last friday(15/10/10) from Channel four Models, found on opening the box a ding in the wing, Saturday morning took the wing to Channel Four models, Bournemouth who said they would ring the importers first thing Monday and phone me with the result.10 am Monday 18/10/10 Ch 4 rang to say it had been sorted, I couldn't ring my son until midday to confirm that is what he wanted, 1.30 Monday 18th I am told the wing will be here tommorrow 19/10/10.Today Tuesday 19th at 3.45 got phone call to say the replacement wing had arrived.Thank you and well done Channel Four Models, Bournemouth and MacgregorIndustries.
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Hi thereI as a customer have got too say i'm well impressed by Century UK. I had an issue with a plane I bought from the local model shop, I flew it twice and on the third taxi out to fly the ESC's burnt out. I phoned Century the next day and straight away they put their hands up and said we'll replace just send the faulty ones too us. Their honesty impressed me as esc's can go at the slightest mishandleing by the customer, but they accepted what I had said was good enough. Thank you CenturyBrian Sharp
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I have a Practical Scale BE2c aircraft. 84" WS fly on a OS70fs not very aerobatic but fly really well . You could build from plan but only if you have had some experience in plans before. The rigging is fundemental in keeping it all together!! You could either borrow or I will get them printed (at cost) or you could buy the model.
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