onetenor Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Test glide over long grass. Or other soft vegetation .Old advise but worth a reminder I think. Lovely model Is it a KK Senator Edited By onetenor on 16/01/2017 20:15:48 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trebor Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 can you repeat that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetenor Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Edited By onetenor on 16/01/2017 20:12:53 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trebor Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 A say lad, "Fred Elliot" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extra slim Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Haha..wasn't it foghorn leghorn?, thanks mr tenor, it is a southerner mite I believe and the old fella has instructed me to do exactly as you say!!.. experience eh!. It had a very strange tail, think it was the original free flight method, the servo now via a pushrod pushes and pulls a wedge to lift and lower the all flying tail. Once test glide is done, the radio will be more for "radio annoyance" according to the guys at the club, which translated I gather means try and trim it pretty much for free flight, and only use stick input for occasional direction change../ overting disaster!!..and the likes..it sounds a lot of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich too Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Maiden was 29 December, Wots Wot XL and OSGT33, flies very nicely - sedately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Congratulations! Now the maiden is done, open up the taps and see what aerobatics she will do. And enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Fledermaus Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I just can't sit on my hands over the Winter, I have to be doing something. Here then is my scrap box Quick Stik. Not that there's much of it, but little there is came from bits and pieces I had lying around. The plan was downloaded from Outerzone The wing, I admit, came from a previous project which I never got around to finishing, but now covered in Solartex. The engine an RMX 40 was bought from EBAY as new still in it's original and sealed packaging has yet to be run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Bennett Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 finished this one today. just waiting for membership to my new club, then we can go test flying. you have been watching Tony B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Very nice Tony, good luck for the maiden John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Very impressive What about the Varsity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Bennett Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 the Varsity is sat in the hanger awaiting the new club membership. i have a years worth of built models to maiden asap. Edited By Tony Bennett on 03/02/2017 08:51:11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Good luck Tony, you deserve success with both of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Walby Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 I asked a question on another thread about visibility & colour schemes as my latest build FunFighter ME 109 should be on the quick side ! (thanks to all those that helped out) If it survives my learning curve and makes it to summer I'll paint it a more standard colour scheme. Okay sun glasses on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Davis Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 I once knew a man who was given a Messerschmitt BF109 model finished in camouflage colours. He was such an ardent socialist and trade unionist that he stripped off the covering and recovered it in pale blue and yellow Solarfilm! . You would never have believed that it was a Messerschmitt in those colours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marsh Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 Alley Cat now flown. Went like a scalded cat! Flew perfectly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Palmer Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 OK so it's an EDF foamie but I like it! It's a discontinued one from Kyosho, 25" span ARTF that comes with a 55mm fan, motor, esc, and 3 servos. It's moulded polystyrene not EPO so very fragile. It didn't get away from the first launch and broke the nose but I repaired it and had 3 successful flights this morning. Cold and blustery weather but it flew well. The first flight was mostly trimming but it can be seen here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Three years later finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Three years later also finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marsh Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 Two new ones: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zz Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Maidened this one this morning. PKZ FW190. Completed last year. Flew well. Apart from the simple re-paint and markings I added E Flite retracts. From illustrations in a Keycay book on captured FW190s. The caption read the aircraft tested by Soviets after the German pilot defected in late 1944.The stars on the upper wings were not included in the illustrations, I added them to aid ageing eyes. And PKZ should have included a 3 blade prop. Edited By kooka on 22/02/2017 09:01:49 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Davis Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Nice job kooka. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maurice northcott Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Nice one kooka - just love 190's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Mine was a Peter Miller Bootlace with a Laser 75 shoehorned in. First flight, way too much aileron. Second flight with most of the aileron throw removed was progressing towards nice, when she went into fail safe, and went in from hight. I could repair but I won't. Moter buried 30 cm into a ploughed field, no damage. Pilot not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 This is the second incident I have had with this receiver. A fellow club member has a small sledge hammer in is van. Most satisfactory. Not much in a modern receiver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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