Steve Dorling

Really ???? Not the way I'd do it old chap

Blaze doesn't need anything - lands perfectly well anyway

BALANCE POINT (not Cg) Just sayin'

Multiplex Easy Glider - no brainer Do NOT go for the cheap clones - no comparison

Lazy Bee ?

Can be - but rotors are notoriously unpredictable - you have to learn your hill - if you're a newbie - get walking

THE ultimate aeromodellers car is a Ford Mondeo Huge - fast - economical - cheap to repair - mine has 144 thousand miles on the odometer and runs like new - 100 mph cruising on the continent and 51 mpg doing it - what's not to like ?

POWERED gliders are NOT slope gliders it's that clear and simple

I much prefer the 3m or close to models - second hand bargains abound - Sting is a doozy to fly

I have a sneaky back route - never closed yet

Cliff rotor - you have to walk back - a loOOOOOOOOOOONG WAY BACK

She'll carry a pound in good lift and be better for it

PS - I could fly a perfectly credible B a quarter of a century before I took my A licence - some of us are crusty old so and so's that never bothered with clubs or achievement schemes

I think (call me old fashioned - I care not) that there are two sorts of aeromodeller (model flier's are not the same btw....) in the frame here! Those who see the letters on their ticket as some badge of merit, a bit like stripes on the shoulders of military officers, and those who understand that this is a job of work, a responsibility and a service to the hobby! I don't much care for the former types - do any of us (and yes they exist) So - did you get into the BMFA through 'aeromodelling' or did you get into 'model flying' through the BMFA Different things

Well since last visited, this thing has gone viral So let me reiterate my previous ten cents worth - if you can't do it you cannot (with credibility...) test it! I do not expect my examiners to be able to demonstrate a C nor a Heli if a fixed wing only flier - but a BASIC A and B fixed wing - absolutely and at a moments notice too! If the ACE in the frame hasn't even got a suitable model - let alone the ability to fly same then he (or she...) has no credibility in RC aeromodelling - the B licence is not exactly taxing for any flier worth his (or her...) rations. I'm not expecting show pilot flair - just the ability to fly to a basic safe standard - surely that's not too big an ask! HOW do those who cannot do this end up evaluating others - it's beyond my comprehension that they'd even want to?

For me this is a simple issue - or it should be (IMO) You would not get into a driving examiners car to take your driving test, only to learn that the examiner wasn't a driver himself If you can't do it then you can't test it - even if you think you can I've tired of club safety officers pulling me this way and that and demanding hoops be jumped through when said safety officer hasn't picked up a transmitter in years!     Edited By David Ashby - RCME on 06/12/2014 06:43:23

Petrol engine basics (two-strokes) 1 - New plug before anything else is moved, adjusted, fiddled with or altered.. 2 - New plug cap 3 - Start the engine and look for leaks, air or fuel - bubbles or wetness etc - if all ok then FULL throttle and wait! 4 - Engine runs fine at full throttle, great - if not set the high end needle first and then LEAVE IT ALONE from that moment on - it only effects full throttle! 5 - Set idle needle - adjust 1/4 turn either side and WAIT - if the engine slows then you've gone the wrong way - the correct idle needle setting is when the engine is running fastest (i.e.optimum fuel-air - QED)! Do any of this in a different order and you're chasing your tail Hope that helps

Ask Boeing how to dispose of Lithium batteries - they'll tell you................

PS - everyone is flying with some exponential movement somewhere - from throttles to ailerons - elevators to flaps, there will be an exponential factor to consider - unless that is, you've install the perfectly linear, 100% square and aligned linkage, hinge, output arm or disk and control rod, which is doubtful!

Small point - depending on how your mechanical links are set up - you're probably (almost undoubtedly...) flying with expo anyway (before you start with electronic tinkering)!

Balance Point - Devon Flyer is correct Just sayin'

Castor Oil - yesterdays news - horrid stuff All 'synthetics' are not the same (by a long shot...) btw so beware of just using something known to mix - I can mix water with your Guiness if you like but you won't like it much!

Battery 'failure' = pilot error 99.999% of the time Edited By Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator on 01/06/2013 12:49:08

Multi bolt fixings are a pain and less safe than a single big crank fixing (as per Zenoah etc) but they look pretty don't they! Edited By Steve Dorling on 31/05/2013 09:05:51

It is (frankly scarlett) impossible to suggest any reason at all for not using expo to some degree (oh that'll cause howls from the naysayers...) and I challenge anyone to tell the difference between no exponential and 5% - in which case how about the differnece twxit no expo and 10% - or 15% etc etc! There will be a sweet spot that works for you - start with 30% on everything and then tune up or down until you find your spot (which may even be negative or opposing expo)!   (I'm here to help - make friends and influence folks - can you tell...) Edited By Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator on 31/05/2013 21:38:11