Barry Chamberlain

Wow  -  now this IS looking good !!!

Go on then, Try for this model - why not? Barry

Thanks Dave, Looking forward to flying it soon! 

Yes please - also very interested in having one of these!!

Nice one - count me in too please!

The 60's -  couldn't afford to run the really big (!) Merco 60's glow plug engines which smelt funny anyway. However we made up for that by endlessly running our diesels in a vice - OK sometimes they jumped out and bit us.  Mainly though, having lost many a free flight model, C/L team racing was the main excitement for me and my pals. The Olly Tiger was the dogs in those days but my horizon was limited to being the proud owner of an ETA 15 - and did it look good under it's aluminium streamlined cover on my own design model which earnt me third place in the RAFMAA Team Race Championships of 1962 or 1963. We also had fun compressing glass capsules of amyl-nitrate  in our running vice and boy, would  those jaws vibrate! Wooden or plastic props were the order of the day. We had a wonderful method of accelerating the run-in process when an engine was required pretty quickly. This was achieved by getting the new engine running as lean as possible, then, at the chosen moment (determined entirely by when one's adrenaline was at it's height), we would swiftly intoduce a screwdriver into the whirling disc. The engine would immediately run extremely fast (removing all the high spots off the shaft) before lack of a prop caused it to stop. At the same time we swiftly yet deftly performed the dodge the prop bits routine - a dance which never quite got the Olympic classification which it sorely deserved. Interesting times indeed.

Having joined the 1,000 mph Club in the REAL aircraft (T5 XS418) back in 1966 I would really like to own a model - so please put it to one side for me!!

Sorry - wrong competition - not into Cubs - please ignore my post time stamped 12:58  Will now enter the MAY comp !! 

Having joined the 1,000 mph Club in the REAL aircraft (T5 XS418)  back in 1966 I would really like to own a model - so please put it to one side for me!!