Alan Hilton

At least you found it ,I lost both valve collets out of a Triumph tiger cub exhaust valve in my dads garage back in the 1960’s They never turned up !!! Alan

Hi Jon That looks a right mucking fess !, is the conrod bent ? A video would be great ,timing those OS four strokes isn’t something I havent done befor Alan

Hi David The Max Thrust Riot is absolutely the way to go for a trainer .You can build something scale while relearning your flying skills. I wouldn’t recommend a biplane for a second model ,they take more flying skills and tend to only fly well in calm conditions . If you don’t want a scale second model a Chris Foss acrowot is a very good kit and they fly very well. .DB kits are very good ,the auster would make a nice flyable model Alan

My one piece wing pup has a laser 200 and weighs about 18 pounds .I used car wheel balancing weighs stuck to the front inside of the cowl to achieve the recomended c of g .Getting the weight as far forward as possible is the way to go Alan

Hi Tony Interested in this one when would a plan etc be available Did you fly it at middle bridge ? Alan

Hi Doc Try binding with both module switches in the off position Alan

Hi Ron I have found one tank and two clunks to work well with a v twin ,if you can get the tank in the right place . Alan

Hi Danny Great video thanks ,How did you cut the doam out without damaging it please Alan

Hi Geoff I have had a quick internet search with no result .It looks like a long running job ,I haven’t seen anything like it in many years mucking about with clocks Alan

Hi Geoff Quite a beast you have there .Both spring barrels drive the going train,so it’s a long runner of some type It looks clean so it only wants oiling . Don’t use 3 in 1 it’s acidic ,sewing machine oil is OK . Take the hands and dial off and put a drop of oil in each of the oil sinks .Use a piece of fine ish wire to pick up the oil and place it . Don’t go near the escapement with oil . It should be ok to run now .It looks like both trains need to be wound equally ,see how long it runs between winds. Alan

Hi Geoff Its most likely a balance wheel escapement going by the regulating adjuster at 12 o clock .It also proberbly a striker of some sort .Two trains in a clock without any obvious other function like a clocking in mechanism means it strikes Could you post a pic of the back of the clock please so we can get access to thee movement I can advise on how to get it running . Alan

Hi Jon Yes please for a 50 cc engine ,I wouldn’t buy a petrol ,I prefer the simplicity of glow any day Alan

Hi Geoff I have the big one and it needed a lot of nose weight .I used self adhesive car wheel balancing weights inside the cowl which have stoo the test of time (and glow fuel ) Alan

I have made several heavy sleeved prop nuts / spinner adapters out of 19 mm hex section and a matching prop washer out of 22 mm bright steel bar,about 10 mm thick .This adds quite a bit of weight ,and have no problems. Alan

I fixed a 90 size heli engine with a hole in the crankcase with JB .It was for a mate who deals in rubbish and I didn’t think it stood any chance of working .It was compleatly successful and has lasted for many flights so far Alan

The most up to date power supply is to use a 3 or 4 cell lipo and an esc with a nichrome wire bow .I have no experience with this setup but if you go onto the RCMF forum a member PDR is expert on this .I use a 240 to 25 volt transformer and a big series wound variable resistor in series.This works well but I scrounged the hardware ,I think the cost of ‘this ser upwould be far too high if bought new Alan

Thanks Geoff Alan

Hi Geoff please could you post details of your magnetic building board .It sounds a great idea Alan

There are several Chilton plans about, Boddo did two sizes. There are larger size plans available too I built a 30 % one which flys well and looks good in the air Alan

Hi Bert Re the trim issue have you got enough rright thrust ?.Its got more engine than the one recomended Alan

Hi Jon Hope you are having a good holiday ,sorry to disrupt it Alan

Hi Jon I can’t access the Laser website ,is the site OK ? Alan

I grew up in Bispham and flew control line on a field near the site you describe in the early 60’s .A teacher from Montgomery called Ken Casswell and several others who’s names can’t remember also flew there . I was away at uni at the time you describe . Alan

Hi Simon The only problem was a slightly warped tail fin . Alan

I have one and it’s fantatic flys well and looks the part Alan