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    The Big Question ?

    in Warbird kits

    Posted

    8 minutes ago, RICHARD WILLS said:

    SNIP

     

    Clearly men have a better grip on reality and are able to focus on the really important things in life , this forum , I think , proves the point .  

    Works well with bicycles too 😉

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    The Big Question ?

    in Warbird kits

    Posted

    19 minutes ago, Murat Kece 1 said:

    My eagle has landed and was smuggled without the boss seeing it🤣

    I work on the assumption that there's a threshold, beyond which further additions aren't noticed 😉

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    Safety officers.

    in All Things Model Flying

    Posted

    31 minutes ago, Peter Miller said:

    SNIP

     

    ............. the advice I got was that One club safety officer was not a good idea, Every body should be safety minded but if one person was then everyone tended

    to leave it up to them.

    Well, yes, and no. Or put another way, it depends!

     

    The flying clubs I'm in have 30 or 40 members and we don't have a safety officer, probably because one isn't felt to be needed. However for clubs that do feel the need, for whatever reason, if the job is taken to mean watching for safety issues and pouncing, then I can see the problems mentioned throughout this thread and that @Peter Miller was advised on. However if the job is taken to mean being more of a  "safety leader",  that promotes a safety culture in a positive manner, it can work well. But there has to be a need for the role, otherwise nobody will be convinced.

     

    I know that, as I perform that role in a volunteer group I help to run. We have round 150 members and do woodland work with about 25 to 30 volunteers on a session. We're do thinning work for a number of landowners including a national charity and the local authority, so are required to have a safety plan. Machinery such as chainsaws and ATV's are in use. I created the safety plan and ensure that our processes that enact the plan are well understood and up to date, and lead the safety effort. Every session begins with a short session specific operations and safety brief, and end with a debrief. The committee decided at the inception of the group that we'd adopt industrial safety standards and work to known best practice. We have a good safety culture and new members often remark that.

     

    However, when I go flying, that hat is left at home. Because it isn't needed at the flying field.

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    Motor not starting smoothly

    in ESCs (Speed Controllers)

    Posted

    20 minutes ago, Graham Davies 3 said:

    Thanks all.

     

    Connections are fine; made them myself and double checked them.

     

    Tried 2 other motors, same problem, more or less.

     

    Tried the same motor with a different ESC, ran perfectly.

     

    So looks like the ESC is either rogered, or set up incorrectly.

     

    What parameters would you start with?

     

    Graham

    Depending on what documentation you have, I'd take the "restore to factory settings" path. I'm not experienced enough on this subject to advise on specific parameters.

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    The Big Question ?

    in Warbird kits

    Posted

    I've sort of had a back burner hankering for a twin electric as I've never had a twin of any sort. I suppose the perceived attraction is to try something a bit different, I'm not anticipating a twin to be a better flier. Rightly or wrongly.

     

    There's nothing in particular stopping me however equally, there's nothing starting me either. I suppose there are plenty of single prop candidates to keep me occupied. Price and complexity are not negative factors.

     

    The prospect of stooging around the sky with a bomber / passenger type craft is a non starter for me. It'd have to be something with aerobatic capability. Sport or warbird.

    2024 Mass Build

    in The 2024 Forum Mass Build

    Posted

    7 hours ago, john stones 1 - Moderator said:

    You gents that are receiving your FW 190s, can start your own threads in the 2024 mass build section, it is not a single thread, you can have as many as is required.

    Mine is started in "Warbird kits". Please feel free to move it. 

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    The Big Question ?

    in Warbird kits

    Posted

    16 minutes ago, RICHARD WILLS said:

    All that joy going out ! I feel like Father Christmas . 

    What you dont know about is the pleading letters from your other halves ,

    They normally go along the lines of , 

    Dear Richard , 

                           Please make one of your wonderful kits for him (dribble dribble ) , so that I can get the lazy slacker back down the shed and leave me in peace to watch Love Island . (PS money's no object, I know all his pin numbers ) .

    Lots of love 

    xxxxx

    (I'm very popular by the way ) 

    My missus is looking forward to seeing mine in flight and I know she'll come down to the field- I think the colour scheme was a bit of a draw.

     

    Oh, and it's Downton ;-)

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    The Big Question ?

    in Warbird kits

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Alan Hilton said:

    What about a edf jet  ?

    Have you come across jetworks? https://jetworks.online/

     

    Foamboard based, and a usually (but not always)  a little smaller than @RICHARD WILLS offerings. However there are some real treats.

     

    A notional balsa EDf jet is on my aspiration list.

     

    As far as propeller warbirds go, I've decided there's nothing I particularly have the hots for over anything else, so am content to follow the crowd. Baaaa

    The Big Question ?

    in Warbird kits

    Posted

    3 hours ago, leccyflyer said:

    Sorry Richard, I think I may have forgotten to add what I would like for the future - not used to paper replies, so I'll drop you a message just in case - cannae guarantee that they'll be the same though, if I did remember to put it in the note.

    I guarantee I forgot. I'll PM, @RICHARD WILLS

    SCAMS.....

    in Chit-chat

    Posted

    2 hours ago, John Wagg said:

    I have a Fbook friend asking me, again, to be his friend. 

    I presumed that he had lost the contact?

     

    Next thing I received a PM asking how I was doing and I asked him how he is? etc.

    After answering him I got another message:-

    Him - Am doing pretty good as well hear to nothing to complain life is Good. i saw your name on PCH list,Have you heard about them?

    Me -Not heard of them.

    Him - Publish Clearing House SWEEPSTAKES (PCH) is giving to all People to take care of kids ,buy houses, retired, unemployment pay rents to Maintain the standard of living did you hear from them yet?

    Me - No! Probably a scam.

    Him - They compensate me with some cash when i applied for it and it's not refundable,I think you should contact the agent that is in charge. so you could claim yours. Did you no how to apply for the program?

     

    Now definitely a scam. Blocked.

    I rang him later and he confirmed he had shut his Facebook after other people had warned him.

    Turns out his page has been hacked.

     

    I've had that a few times, friends sending "new" friend requests. Always they've been hacked. As I don't have many FB friends, and most are real world friends too, it's easy to keep track of and seek verification by other means. One has to stay alert!

    Sebart Angel S EVO 50E

    in All Things Model Flying

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Andy Stephenson said:

    After reading this thread, I checked my Saito 82 powered Angel. It turns out it was set at 145mm at which, it flies well but I always wondered if it could be even better. I added 55g of wheel balance weights to the tail to get it to 165mm. If this works out, I will move the rudder servo to the tail and remove some of the weights.

    Me being the cautious type, moving the CoG in stages would be appealing 😉

    Sebart Angel S EVO 50E

    in All Things Model Flying

    Posted · Edited by Graham Bowers

    Not an Angel, I have a Mythos 50e. The recommended CoG position is 165mm plus or minus 10mm. I started at "middle for diddle" and to get it at 165mm required the 6S Lipo to be as far forward as possible, and the Rx Lipo, Digi switch and optiguard to be as far forward as possible.

     

    Over the course of the first 10 flights of so, I evaluated the CoG by flying characteristics.

    1) 45 degree climb, roll inverted  test #4 https://ita.bmfa.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Basic-Trimming-for-Aerobatics-27-07-2023-v1.pdf.

    2) Inverted flight.

     

    I moved the Rx Lipo, Digi switch and opti guard as far back as possible and the proceeded to move the 6S lipo back 10mm at a time.

     

    The final outcome was that it needed a slight touch of "down" to maintain inverted flight - how I like it.

     

    I didn't make a note of the final CoG position I'm afraid, and have now taken some of the bits out to do an undercarriage mount repair ;-(

     

    My point is that you may well move the servos around to get the "book" CoG and then find you move it back to where it was anyway to get it to fly how you like it.

     

    I'd be inclined to add the lead temporarily to get to the "book" CoG and test.

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    Enforcement of model flying regulations

    in All Things Model Flying

    Posted

    Careful with the vehicle analogies gents as depending on which bit of the law selected, one can make a case for being "right". When used at work, PUWER (Provision and Use of Work Reguations) apply as well as all the road traffic stuff that other posters will know more than me about.

     

    So everybody can be right, and everybody is happy 😉

     

    The relevance of this post to model flying regulations is that picking analogies to make a point is fraught.

    CAA Proposes 8.3% increase in Operator Registration Fee from April 2024

    in All Things Model Flying

    Posted

    57 minutes ago, Andy Symons - BMFA said:

    It is rare to read something so far removed from reality. We actually have more freedoms now when it comes to heights we can fly at than we did before.

    i suppose sometimes the blinkers just won't come off. Oh well.

    I come across intransigence from time to time in my voluntary work. I've concluded that for some people, the sound of their own voice complaining is music to their ears.

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