Vince Findlay Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 5 hours ago, Maurice Dyer said: Well here's two of the Flair SE. Captured post maiden at our home patch of Bembridge Airport, Isle of Wight Nice looking SE5 A?..Definitely one of my favourite WW1 aircraft ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 25 minutes ago, Martin McIntosh said: Old hat now Pete. Lots of pics on my blogs anyway. Did not do W&W with it this year because my spine is in poor shape and will not let me walk very far or carry things at the moment, but sitting in the shed balsa bashing is no problem. The Chippy took equal second at my local scratch built comp. yesterday. Should have won it but the motor would not come right down to idle so the landing could have been better. First flight with a different motor and first use of the flaps. Sorry you’re not 100%. Best of luck with the recovery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Belshaw Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Scheibe A-Spatz from the Chris Williams plan, 3.5M wingspan 5.25Kg AUW modelled on a Danish registered full size: 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Very nice Stephen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marsh Posted July 18, 2021 Author Share Posted July 18, 2021 (edited) Another one ready, got yesterday. As I got nowhere to fly, might as well keep collecting as got nothing else to do. Might aim for 1,000 models and 2,000 engines, as got loads of engines yesterday and now at almost 1,500 engines. Next is a .90 Miss America P51 also got yesterday... Edited July 18, 2021 by Paul Marsh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marsh Posted July 18, 2021 Author Share Posted July 18, 2021 Finished this, bought as a project, not broken, but the mech retracts were fixed solid and even had the correct 3.5 inch spinner in my stocks and set of electric retracts. now ready to go. also found a brand new cowl I must've bought and just remembered I had one, maybe fit that, although the old one isn't bad. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Jones Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 9 minutes ago, Paul Marsh said: Finished this, bought as a project, not broken, but the mech retracts were fixed solid and even had the correct 3.5 inch spinner in my stocks and set of electric retracts. now ready to go. also found a brand new cowl I must've bought and just remembered I had one, maybe fit that, although the old one isn't bad. Hi, I have that model It flies great. Mine came with fixed landing gear which does not look right when it is flying. I bought some retracts for it but still not got around to fitting them. Mine is powered by a Super Tiger 60, 2 stroke. I made my own silencer for it which is concealed within the cowl and when the engine is running sound like a four stroke. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Going back a long way. Back in 1963 I built a Sterling Piper Tri Pacer for free flight. It was powered with a Frog 150 Vibramatic engineThis model won the Free Flight Scale event at the RAFMAA championships. Recently I bought the R/C version of the kit on Ebay. I think that the R/C version of the kit is not as nice as my original but it was a long time ago. Today I was able to fly it with radio and electric power. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Jones Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Looks Great Peter. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Davies 3 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Successful maiden for this little beauty today. A hybrid of Peter Miller's 'Harmony' for the wing, and the outlines of Ian Peacock's Spitfire, so it's a Harmfire... Built as a one piece model and built light. Covered in 38 micron laminating film and painted with AMMO acrylics. She weighs 2lb 9Oz and is powered by a 3536 1200kv motor spinning a 10x5 on 3S 2200 batteries. She has retracts, but long grass at the strip today meant hand launches. Peter Miller expertly provided underhand 'control-line' launches and apart from a bit of drama for the first 5 seconds of the first flight, she flew very well indeed. Graham 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John T Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Slight change of pace... After tracking down a field of Keil Kraft grass, I test flew my latest model, the Mercury, this morning. The design dates back to 1947. I had a copy of the plan in an old AMI magazine (August 2001). I've made a few modifications to it (Show me a modeller who doesn't!). As my normal club field isn't suitable for free flight I've added rudder only R/C, which will hopefully enable me to keep it out of the trees that are by our patch. I'd forgotten the simple pleasure of watching a rubber powered model circling overhead. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Successful maiden yesterday for my BNIB new old stock eBay find of the Parkzone P-47 Thunderbolt, the latest addition to my fleet of PZ warbirds. Very pleased with the model, which flies like she is on rails- very stable and quite nippy on the stock set up. Definitely a keeper, 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murat Kece 1 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Excellent maiden Brian.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Your Ranger maiden was a big success too Murat - sorry that I didn't get any pictures - I did get a couple of your Tiny Trainer in action though and will pass them on. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murat Kece 1 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Here's my Tiny Trainer.. A slow and serene flier.. Thanks Brian.. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marsh Posted July 26, 2021 Author Share Posted July 26, 2021 Bought from Modelair for £50 inc engine and some servos. needs a rx, battery and aileron servos. Very retro, another one for the fleet! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin collins 1 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Bought this 1/6 scale Balsa USA Bristol M1 at the weekend, flies on a 4s pack, plenty of power. Flew it for the first time this evening, very pleased with it. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Poke Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Love that Bristol Martin. very colourful. A terrific buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Very nice colour scheme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin collins 1 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 I need to order up a 1/6th scale Lewis gun otherwise i will be defenseless against the Hannibal and Fokker Triplanes at our strip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Gorham_ Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 I think you'd be better off with a Vickers gun as that's what the full size used. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Goodwin Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Lovely model, I have always wondered... that the dome style spinners seem to take 50% of the propeller's potential, I suppose its the same with a large radial engine. I always believed that the prop created forward thrust from the centre out?? I'm sure someone has the answer. She's a beauty Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Goodwin Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 On 22/07/2021 at 19:05, leccyflyer said: Successful maiden yesterday for my BNIB new old stock eBay find of the Parkzone P-47 Thunderbolt, the latest addition to my fleet of PZ warbirds. Very pleased with the model, which flies like she is on rails- very stable and quite nippy on the stock set up. Definitely a keeper, I have the F4 Wildcat only flown twice, but on rails as you say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASH. Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 The PZ Wildcat is a lovely little flyer.. The thin plastic cowl cracks easily so best to reinforce with F/G inside. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Goodwin Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 29 minutes ago, ASH. said: The PZ Wildcat is a lovely little flyer.. The thin plastic cowl cracks easily so best to reinforce with F/G inside. On the second one (after the first flight) already ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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