john haz Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 More to add to my little hangar ! Last weekend i was browsing ebay, as one does & saw a hangar clearout of various home built depron planes. To be honest, I wasn't too excited & put a lowish bid on a sniper just in case - and WON !!! 6 airframes, some with servo's, none with esc or motors, won the lot for £43.11 I had to make a 100 mile trek to collect them but well worth the effort They are in various states of well used / damaged / half built, but so far I have got 3 good usable planes using only motors, esc's etc that i had in my collection (with the exception of two new motors purchased for the Suki) Star of the show is a SU-37 which has been fitted with two 2200kv motors & 6x5 props, pulling 460w on a good 3S battery, so i guess it's going to be a quick one ! Ready to test whenever the weather permits. A nice but very well used 24" wingspan eurofighter, popped my old roo jet motor on it & it's pulling 250w on a 6x4, so with a flying weight of 17oz, i think it should be entertaining Fokker DR1 - not my bag normally but i love this little toy. just hope I can fly it ! Still in the shed waiting for a clear operating table, I have a part built Vulcan, a F117, and a cub trainer. Plenty to keep me amused when there's no repairs of upgrades to do OK, so they are only "squint" scale & made from depron, with props hanging off the back, but looking at the video below of my Suki, i can see some entertaining times ahead (NOT me flying, this was Mikey that I bought it all from) Suki Su-37 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 'squint scale' I like that term John Well you're not missing any decent flying weather with the extra shed time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john haz Posted May 28, 2011 Author Share Posted May 28, 2011 You're right there David, one 3 hour session in the past 3 weeks "squint scale" - I saw that one on greenair designs site, thought it was quite appropriate for the "almost" models Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom T Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Sounds like a bargain and i agree about the weather! In 3 weeks i have had no flying hours ive just come back from the field but no one was there because of the terrible winds! Does anyone no if there is a suggested wind speed you shouldn't fly in because i was gunna try and fly but then thought differently but no think i should have done. :L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john haz Posted May 29, 2011 Author Share Posted May 29, 2011 Hi Tom, I see in another post you're a member of FMFC at Witcham ? i was a member last year & spent many early mornings at the field learning to fly (crash) with my HZ Cub. I havn't rejoined this year (yet) because i have less time, it cost me a fortune in fuel to do a 25 mile round trip daily, and I have a little local club here with a 12 acre field Some good guys at the club, especially Nick & Richard, always there to offer help & pretty relaxed, i might even join again later in the year if they don't lose the field ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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