IanN Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Might be an idea to have allowed users to select more than one option for this poll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Butler Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Currently building a capiche 50. Will be building a flair se5a as a winter project. SteveWhat might be interesting is if people put there age on the replies. I am 35 and am probably quite young compared to many traditional builders. It would be a good indication of new blood coming onto the traditional side of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbycat Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I mainly assemble artfs, but I do have the wings and tail of an 80" artf Cub knocking about after a mishap! I might just have to build a fun plane using these remnants and a built up fuselage. Just got to decide on the style and do some drawings. Might be a winter project tho'. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 How about a Breezy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erfolg Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I guess as with many things the survey is a compromise. At present I am finishing of two home designs. When they are complete I do intend building from a kit I have. I have a large number of plans, which I also intend building from. At the moment the PM Faunier is at the top of the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Posted by Colin Naylar on 22/07/2011 14:34:39:Every time I switch my computer on and come to this site I have the opportunity to vote again - that can't be right surely? it only registers your vote once, and if you vote again, it just opens the poll results window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly boy3 Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Maricardo, and Tom Wrights Twin Boom. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu knowles Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 If I have had an ARTF, (very few ), then I have generally refinished them to make them a bit more of an individual model. To be honest though, I have a reasonable fleet in the hanger and so long as I have something to fly, I think it unlikely that another ARTF will get in there. i have come to think that the build quality is pretty poor and that they (in general) are not a very good deal. They always look fantastic but rarely last long before starting to fall apart. By and large, Plan builds for me stu k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowerman Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Currently building 'Yorkshireman' free plan from (wispering so Mr A cant hear) another mag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizz Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Own design Hawker P1091 EDF. Forward fuselage from West Wings Hunter parts, I drew the rest in ACAD and cut on a CNC router. Also doing an old Viggen kit that was designed for an OS91VRF and Dynamax fan, b ut with a Stumax 110-52 EDF running on 12S Lipos. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hooper Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I seem to be slowly getting the hang of this scratch-building nonsense.....Just finished and test-flown my 48" Clean Sweep sportster. Very nice too! Currently in that short-lived hiatus between projects. No idea what will show up next though..... tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Skilbeck Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 CAP Bucker Jungmeister between ARTF's, bought 20 years ago, started building it 2 years ago, will be ready for covering in another 6 months or so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Flyer Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 I voted ARTF's but only because i dont have anywhere to build a serious model in my small flat, if i had a room to dedicate to it i would build alot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Davis Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 I get much more satisfaction from building or renovating eBay purchases than I ever do from assembling ARTFs. As well as building a vintage model off a plan, I'm currently restoring a Magnatilla and repairing my Acrowot. (I reversed the car over that one!) Over the winter I am planning to build a Fokker DVII from a kit which I bought at an aeromodelling auction in Exeter, years ago. This kit features dowel longerons to replicate the original's steel tube framework. I'm planning to replace the wooden dowel with carbon fibre tube. I am 63 years old. One of the old brigade. I notice that several lads in their teens take up the hobby, then discover girls or clear off to university or both! That's all very fine and natural. I went through a similar process and came back to aeromodelling in my forties. My question is, "Will the current crop of young fliers who have learned on ARTFs, take up building models, as opposed to assembling ARTFs when they return to return to the hobby in thirty years time? Edited By David Davis Telemaster Sales UK on 23/07/2011 05:18:23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bran Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Mini-Panic and Mini-Moronic......winter "boot of car" hacks....................both getting 350 watts or so, power and lightness. Wife's taking eldest Grandkid to the beach this week, and I don't "do" beaches any longer, so, lots of flying and building time............................. Be the first balsa builds for 30 plus years, having been into EPP as far as builds inc a lot of own designs, and ARTF otherwise. IC fixed wing balsa fleet currently Cougar, Twist 40, Panic, 26cc Edge............is there a pattern.................?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Currently building a Farmhand 90, designed by Steve Holland. BB Edited By Basildon Biggles on 23/07/2011 06:52:24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Foreman Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Got the plans from Ben Buckle for the Falcon. An 8 foot wingspan job. Got the wood and will be starting soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanyak Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 My last build is a Miss Lizzie and she is about to be covered to finish her and then I have to finish a half Werewolf that I left a months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Jones Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Currently building a ( Own design ) trainer for my son , i say a trainer but he can already fly he just wants something with flaps on so he can practise his landings on . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno Racer Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Currently Flying the following: H9 Pulse XT40 (ARTF)SIG Shoestring (C/L Kit converted to EP RC)Glens CAP 232 (Kit) Currently building: Mick Reeves 1/4 scale Fournier RF4 (Kit)Great Planes Revolver 61 (ARTF) Also have stored in the UK kit built Galaxy Magician, Balsa USA Britsol M1 and a ARTF Overlander Yak 54 50E. So I have a split personality when it comes to kits or ARTFs; I like both for different reasons.Edited By Christian Ackroyd on 24/07/2011 23:29:06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispin church Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 i am too heavy handed with the glue so i buy alot of second hand but i do my own repairs and when it gets too heavy i just put a bigger engine in it MORE POWER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclicscooby Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 As Heli's don't usually get built from scratch, I started my plane journey with a ARTF Cessna, then an E-flite ARTF Extra.. But when my 4ch Minium packed up, I decided to have a go at a Guillows kit, intending to fit the minium gear.. That didn't fly very well (far too heavy), but gave me an idea how to handle and glue wood.. I then build the Tailwind and loved it... So much so, I built a Depron profile straight after and haven't looked back... I can't deny that i'm loving Depron at the mo, but i'm sure another wood build will come along.. I'm currently making a Depron Bipe... I also found a new love for TISSUE n DOPE... I didn't see that coming..!! Luv Chrisie.. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 i'm busy repainting an 'alula' i've bought to look like a bird......... having problems getting the beak to look right ....had a few not very flattering comments from her indoors and even 'enrico'.....who's 'beak' i modelled it on.......photo's will follow in the next couple of day's so everyone can have a laugh......... ... at my expense ... ken anderson ne..1 beak remodelling dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Fairgrieve Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Currently refurbishing a BUSA Fokker DVIII Building but on the back burner a Farmhand 90. Just got a set of plans for a Chorus Gull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZ-Hawk Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Only fly RTF / ARTF Have seen too many peeps take a lovingly built balsa plane that took months even years to build and watched them crash on maiden and take it home in a crisp packet LOL They are beautiful to look at but too delicate given some of the more robust materials available today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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