Graham Bowers

In the world of scope creep, anything can happen ;-)

Only a guess on my part, however I'd look to the wing tip vertical stabilisers. My logic is only that in the absence of better ideas, it's usually best to do what's been proven to work. I'd be making something that resembles closely the Versa and also the traditional Windrider Bee series of models. I have a "Bee" that was sold in the UK as an Irvine e-Xite and it flies brilliantly. This thread shows the sort of Bee I mean. https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?2492998-WindRider-Bee-DS-45-5oz-Fiberglass-bagged-elevons

I have the kit and am pulling together the other bits I'll need. I was umming and arring about IC vs electric however having read through earlier posts I see @RICHARD WILLS stated "The electric version is far better........." so that's the way I'm leaning. I'm now wondering about battery size and flight time. I'd really like 8 minutes however see Richard also commented a 3300 mAh 4S gives about 5 mins. I see @Dickwused 3700's and @David Hazell 1used 5000's. I realise flying style has a lot to do with it, however I do modulate the throttle! What's current thinking on flight times and flight performance with the bigger batteries please? Accepting there's a limitation on fitting them in. I'd need to buy whichever batteries I go for as at 4S I have a couple of 2200's and a couple of 2600's. I see motors are showing out-of-stock on the WR replicas website at the moment. Any recommendations for a substitute please? Thanks Graham

I got a similar one from a contact in Scotland asking if I'd help with something. Way unexpected as our correspondence had been about slope soaring sites. Not trusting email, I rang him up, and he'd been hacked.

My understanding is "almost". The Kv value represents what the motor could spin at, per volt, in a no load condition. It's synchronous speed. When a propeller load is applied, the prop slows the motor down from it's synchronous speed. The difference between the synchronous speed and actual speed being known as "slip". My expectation is that the bigger motor, having greater torque capability, will experience less slip. Therefore I'd expect the 4050 to spin the notional 12x7 prop a little faster than the 3648. That'd take a bit more current. I imagine we're talking 5% ish difference, though.

Gold Star, very nice. And quite a step up from a Bantam 😉

It's fully how motorcycling can be a glue**. The tolerance of bantam crankases in the oven was a good portent of the 40 odd years to come. (Married 39, together 41). **Or otherwise, in the case of an earlier one 😉

Brownie points seem to be a currency of give and take where the exchange rate varies wildly in a way I don't comprehend. I don't comprehend because we don't use them. And whilst that seems to be a very rare way to live as a couple, it's suited us for 39 years. Every relationship is different and we're together because we both like doing things together and doing things with our own friends. Or alone.

What's the equivalent of securing parts with pins, please? I have a slab of marble that came out of a fireplace that I was planning to overlay with plasterboard.

Nice speaking to you today Martin. I was the one in motorcycle kit 😉

Will do later.

I just scoured the verbiage looking for the start time, and noticed the "Now with free entry" is in the Latest news.

What time does it start please? I checked the BMFA website and if it's there, I couldn't see it.

One of the dream bikes of my yoof 😉

My observations of driver behaviour when doing long distance solo cycle touring* is it gets worse the larger the conurbation, particularly at "rush" hour. Combined with my experience during my career that the trend was to pile more work on less people, I think it's largely due to the stresses of modern life. One can always spin an anecdote one way or the other, and this thread is a prime example. So that's my sincere spin. *I see the same in normal life near home etc, but long distance cycle touring provides a great opportunity to consistently make observations in varying situations and spot patterns and repetitive behaviours.

What is this "work" to which you refer ?-)

RG500?

It'll probably boil down to knowing the engine rpm at 20 mph in the gear one uses for 20 mph. Probably second on mine.

Ooh, ouch 😉 One of the declared reasons is to encourage cycling! Total hogwash of course, in my opinion, as it doesn't address the root causes of why so many clog the roads on short car journeys.

I've recently changed brand of radio to Jeti and have had help on specific queries in this forum, however pivotal in my learning was the discovery of a Youtube channel that has proven invaluable. Harry Curzon. I've kept in touch with your threads but can't remember whether or not a Spektrum tutorial youtube channel has emerged or been suggested. If not, that may be a path worth pursuing and hopefully there may be a structured tutorial series appropriate for beginners.

No dust under your feet 😉

Yes, I always fit one to IC models.

Gangster was my first thought, before even seeing the other replies. The 63 Lite is advertised on MR website, however if you look closely, the classic 63 foam wing version is still available on request, I'm not sure how freely, but one of my clubmates went that way recently.

It looks like it's not connected to an engine, so not delivering fuel, or subject to muffler pressure. However it's my opinion that those two factors would have no bearing on the behaviour of the fuel as I believe it's motion would be due to the gravitational and inertial forces it was subjected to during the flight. Acknowledging it's the relative motion between the tank and the fuel we are actually concerned with.

In my opinion the admin here is done diligently and with a light touch, that I believe is appropriate. Keep on doing what you are doing, please.