lester stenson Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Hi people new to the forum and a returning modeller well into the vintage scene and electric just got a set of vertigo plans and looking at an electric conversion. Is this within the classic aerobatic format to you think, also looking for a set of plans for a swinger by Keith Jones also flown by terry cooper. In the sixties any help on that would be appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Hi Lester, welcome aboard. Ron, one of the retro-RC lads, built two electric Vertigos - one to plan and also a reduced size one. This (I think) is the plan version: there was another one at the Ponty Retro-RC fly in this year, not sure whose it was - maybe Glyn Turnbull? Ron would probably know. He's 'Ronstv' on all the forums. I do remember Ron saying it was a pussy cat to fly! Cheers Phil Edited By Phil Green on 19/11/2014 20:25:20 Edited By Phil Green on 20/11/2014 16:35:31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lester stenson Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share Posted November 19, 2014 Hi Phil thanks for the information I think the classic aerobatic bug has well and truly bitten just need to grey my head round the electric versus the glow and how to work the motor size out. Have been flying electric for twelve months now and love it! Especially the cost I can now afford modelling now. My first radio was a remcon 12 channel and the model was a mercury Galahad mmm those were the days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Posted by lester stenson on 19/11/2014 23:43:46: My first radio was a remcon 12 channel and the model was a mercury Galahad mmm those were the days. Not quite Lester - these ARE the days! Heres my 2.4g Remcon 12 which I fly regularly in a Veron Impala. At last year's Ponty Retro-RC do we had a Galahad frenzy, 6 up at once! Event video is on Youtube channel philg2864 where you will see the Galahads from around 6:08 - in this years video you'll see loads of S/C & reeds sets in use. Edited By Phil Green on 20/11/2014 16:43:47 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 I noticed the second Vertigo pic (the white one) was missing from the post and also from my retro album, so I've reloaded it because its a lovely model and just look at that motor! The original photo filename had a space in it, maybe that was the culprit. Cheers Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lester stenson Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 Love the vintage Granny's on 2.4 where can I get one especially remcon or kraft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 For the chassis you just have to get lucky on ebay! they do come up from time to time. Or a few of the lads have made accurate replicas. I do the replacement electronics, see the reeds, 2.4g conversions and blog pages of www.singlechannel.co.uk The Remcon toggles are very clicky, I prefer my Orbit 10. Also have an Aerial Electronics 8ch reeds and a 'Tiny-6' 6ch homebrew reeds!!! Cheers Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Jefferies Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 I was still at school and lived in Bromley in the 60s and though I was never a member of the Bromley Club, I did know some of the members and went to their field on a semi regular basis. I well remember Frank Van den Bergh turning up with the Vertigo and everyone being utterly amazed at it's performance. The old Merco .61 had less power than most of today's .40s but this thing went up like a homesick angel. One thing though...... The original had a kind of "wrap around" aluminium engine cowling which improved it's looks enormously and I am sure must have helped it's performance by smoothing out the airflow round the nose and reducing drag. So a plea....... If you do build a Vertigo, PLEASE put a cowl on it! Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lester stenson Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 God just looked at my posting! Did this on my new tablet need to check before I post. It should read Trannies yikes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lester stenson Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 Hi Phil bit of advice really I have been on the single channel forum but there is no facility to register on there any idea,s I just love the retro radio and models Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Doug has an administration problem with the S/C forum at the moment Lester, he posted an explanation today: Link: Actually given the age of those trannies, maybe "Grannies" wasn't so far off... Will you be posting build log for the Vertigo? that would be good. Are you planning foam or built-up wings? Cheers Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Doug has fixed it! his s/c site open for registraton now: link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lester stenson Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 hey phil i got joined up and hopefully a single channel by the end of next week now all i need is a 10 channel and a kraft proportional like the perfect one i took down the skips all those years ago grrrrrr! cheers lester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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