Waste not etc

[Phil Winks]

who says nothing good comes of disaster. the wings and power train for this vintage style mono came from a previous crash victim and guess what it flies so much better

[David Ashby - Moderator]

Well done Phil, looks sweet

[Guest]

my first " bitsa " model - too long ago to mention - flew away free flight on a thermal - lesson learned - small sports models can catch thermals.

wing ,tail and fuz were all from different models - all I can remember was the fuz was a Titch - which I think was a free plan in the aeromodeller - and the engine was a s/hand albon dart.

[Former Member]

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[Guest]

absolutely - having been involved in various arrivals beforehand , they take opportunity to escape into the wild blue yonder  

[Phil Winks]

[Ernie]

The mind boggles, Bitsas? how about a junior sixty xtra wot, or a supermarine 109e?

ernie

[Phil Winks]

now thats a thought Ernie  how about a supermarine extra or an Fwot4

[Phil Claridge]

how about an acrotang i have seen some around or a limbo-lanc lol

[Phil Winks]

hmm not sure about the lanc but wot about a panic lear has any one ever done a jet biplane i wonder 

[Terence Lynock]

There was a geezer in the U.S into air racing that grafted the wing off a Learjet onto a much modified Mustang fuse with Griffon engine, worked really well and very fast but as I recall one day the wing fell off..............

regards,           Terry

[Phil Winks]

OK guess there's a lesson to be learnt there then Terence  still think I might be tempted to produce an EDF Biplane over winter have to see how bored I get

[Terence Lynock]

Well, when they built the Whittle E28/39 they stuck Hurricane wings on it, not sure what junk pile the rest came out of but it worked good enough to poke the fossiles at the War Dept with a sharp stick as to what jet engines could do,

                       regards,      Terry

[Phil Winks]

looks like the tail feathers came from the hurricane too Terry  frightening just how small those early jets were

[Allan Jordan]

 I think it's be happening in

  I think It's been happening in " full size aviation " for some time, at my last visit to Brooklands Museum I was told that Vickers used the wings and engines from a Wellington bomber when they built the " VIKING" airliner !

 RE. the E28/39  I had an uncle serving  in the RAF when it first flew, he told me that one of his fellow mechanics rushed in to the hangar in which he was working shouting " I've just seen a  "kite" with no prop on it fly past "  the universal reply was " don't talk B*****y stupid !!  

[Allan Jordan]

 Don't know what went wrong at the top of that posting chaps . Gremlins perhaps ????

[Grasshopper]

Phil (Winkes) if you want a good set of Elapor wings - lower/upper as you will, motor etc. for that 'EDF biplane' you want to get bored with over the winter, I can point you at a large wood here in Brittany. Therein lies my Easy Glider Pro which did a flyaway this week in a strong wind. Having just lost and recovered a FIK that morning you would have thought I would have learned but no.

Wife was very understanding and just said it made her Xmas present all too easy so I was on the web within minutes. New one on order from Germany then and will have to be a bit more careful with this one.. 

[Phil Winks]

If I had the time to come to britany Grasshopper I'd certainly do wot I could to retrieve it for you I'm developing a sideline in model recovery from tree tops had to get another members down at the weekend being an ex rock climber I seem to be the 1st stop for those that suffer the tree magnet syndrome  better luck with your new model

can well believe the little story about the whittle eE28/39 Allan my dad recounted a similar story from that period must've been a strange sight for all that were so used to props beeing the only propulsion method