Maurice Harvey

Martin, I notice that the p.t.o shaft where it connects to your tractor is unguarded. There should be a cover, or hood fitted. Maurice.

Regarding the recent price increase I took a random copy from my pile, (Oct 2012) and counted the pages of advertisements including the classified which amounted to 42. Done the same to the April issue, 24. We have lost only 8 pages so you could say value for money is still there. One thing that came to notice is now ARTF aircraft are in the £300+ bracket, apart from the Wots, and need 20-30cc engines, high power HV servos etc. The old club 46 seems dead and buried.

Just received my April mag. Getting to Europe takes some time but well worth the wait. For me the best read was Chris Golds flap write-up, very informative. We, or at least I , need more articles like this from Chris! Ripmax seemed a bit over- exposed this month, even if they did pay for three pages of ads. On my second reading of the mag. the cover came off. It happens every time. Please could you ask the printers to use larger staples.

Now Hobby King's site seems to have bedded down I find it quite acceptable to use.Staying over in the U.K. last week, an half hour's drive from their Elmsett store, I ordered in the evening and collected the next morning. I realise that you are somewhat restricted in what's available but it was enough to keep me happy. In contrast, I rang two LHS, (not so local as they were an hour and a half away) regarding an ARTF to bring home, which their website showed in stock, to be told, after much rummaging that they were out of stock, next delivery expected in a couple of month's time. Will they ever learn?

Yes! It works now Shaunie. This forum is worth it's weight in gold. Many thanks.

I must be doing something wrong Denis because all I can get is a bleep from the trainer switch but no count-down starting.

At the moment I'm not in the same place as my DX8 so had to dig out my old DX7 to keep flying. I want to set up the flight timer, which I have done, but can find no way to activate it. The manual does not want to 'bind' with my brain. I need help please!

Coming in to land at Stansted in the middle of Storm Doris we had to abort as everything, including the 737 got a bit pear shaped. Hairy, but not scary although several passengers quickly communicated with their creator. The worst part was the divert to East Midlands where it seems every aircraft was being sent to as the wind was in line with the runway

I notice that Mike Freeman in his review of the DX6e gives the modulation as DSMX/DSM2. Model World, to their credit, posted a notification in the March issue stating that all Spektrum transmitters sold since 2015, do NOT support DSM2. Well done them for pointing it out in print.

Here in Spain, as I understand it, you can only generate solar electric power for your own use if you cannot be connected to the main grid. If you do so, you will have to pay a solar panel tax that will cripple you cash wise or the alternative is a fine not exceeding 63 million euro's. Yes, you did read that right! So much for green energy in the E.U.

Must agree with Steve B. One would think that the reason they are in the retail hobby shop business is to earn a living. If you are outside the U. K. in most cases they do not want to know. However, Balsa Cabin deserves a pat on the back for their excellent service. Perhaps someone could compile a list of those who deal beyond the shores of Britain.

Please DO NOT remove the radius on the prop shaft. It's purpose is to blend in the change of section. Be guided by those that tell you to counter-sink the prop.

What we are trying to do when we dial in exponential is to convert rotary movement into linear movement. This begs the question, why do we use rotary servos? Is there a company that still makes the old linear servo that was once the norm? After all, the indoor flyers are using them. All that is needed is to up the scale.

What I cannot fathom out, is with the foul U.K.flying weather and the $ v £ exchange rate you are concerned about H. K.'s cock up. You don't need them.

Posted by Peter Miller on 05/11/2016 10:54:23: Colin. Yes, there is my standard 2 degrees of washout. Ithas worked perfectly on five model with ellitical wings so far. The wing is designed on Compufoil and is created to the "That looks about right" method. In fact I used the jezebel wing and stretched it here and there to get the size I wanted.. In passing, When Mitchell was asked by his staff what shape the wing should be his answer was "I don't care what shape it is so long as we can get the guns in." so the elliptical wing credit goes to someone else. L.P.Pete Well there are a lot of 40 Surpasses around still and not too expensive. SC do a .52 which is a great engine. Mass build? Somehow I don't think that there are enough masochists around for that but you never know, modellers do tend to be masochistic at times, Peter, You are quite right when you say that the credit for the spitfire wing belongs to someone else. His name was Beverley Shenstone,1906-1979, a Canadian who was part of R.G,s design team. But, I expect that you already knew that Peter.