winchweight Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Thanks David. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Winks Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Well Its arrived folks and there's some interesting items in the accompanying century uks' catalogue. especially the EDF models I reckon the Typhoon (euro fighter) will give the new graupner one a run for its money. But my fave of the 3 is the SU27 so cool wonder if its as manouverable as the real thing.Quirky it may be but kinda like the "coota" sea plane looks like one for the back of the car. and then there's the corsair, Oh wait I've still got to complete the gws 1 before she'll allow me one of those but then there's always the spit or the mustang. and the decathlon looks good to. I think my xmas list just doubled in size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Phil Winks wrote (see)Well Its arrived folks and there's some interesting items in the accompanying century uks' catalogue. especially the EDF models I reckon the Typhoon (euro fighter) will give the new graupner one a run for its money. But my fave of the 3 is the SU27 so cool wonder if its as manouverable as the real thing.Quirky it may be but kinda like the "coota" sea plane looks like one for the back of the car. and then there's the corsair, Oh wait I've still got to complete the gws 1 before she'll allow me one of those but then there's always the spit or the mustang. and the decathlon looks good to. I think my xmas list just doubled in size Yes especially the bit about "just add transmitter and crystal". Its a 2.4Ghz set you fools!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 The Century Mustang and Corsair fly very well, no experience of the others though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Fisher Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 David,I thought you did a review of a Decathlon not so long ago. Perhaps that was from a different source... I must admit that there are several very tempting offerings and am in some accord with Phil Winks as to preferences - especially the Decathlon and Coota. The four channel version of the Wing Dragon Sportster also has a quirky appeal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Parker Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 The December issue arrived today. With reference the ‘Top Letter’. It is perfectly correct to use watts per pound when assessing the suitability of electric motors. Measuring systems are not being mixed.In imperial…The unit of electrical power is the watt.The unit of mechanical power is the horsepower.The unit of weight is the pound.The name should be the clue!The watt (in recognition of James Watt) was adopted by the British Science institute in 1889. SI incorporated the watt in 1960. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Fisher Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 More on"mixing units".I use Imperial and metric units and have done so for many years.When measuring lengths of some items I use whichever system gives the most accurate so some things get measured in both units - no problem if you are familiar with both... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdy Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Mag was great and all, but more to the point, their is a big ink splodge on part of my plan! Are you (David) the person to talk to? Editorial was good, a bit disappointed with the "give it a wurl" though because of all the talk of flying at the beginning & then... Bigger then usual all write, which was good, and I thought that the "into the blue" was good. If only I had had that.. Also is it just me, or whenever you buy something does a better, more reasonably priced thing come out - all this talk of well priced, really nice 'leccy trainer made me somewhat jealous. Bah humbug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Hi Birdy, well the only constant is 'change' so it can sometimes seem a bit like that phone you bought last weeks that's now been replaced 3 times.....I think what's important at a trainer level is that your trainer does what you require ie. train you to fly, trainers are trainers - they do a job. If someone comes along with a prettier trainer then it's incentive to progress onto a model that does have some bling if that's what you want. Sorry about the splodge, we'll talk to the printers.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Stokes Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Article on Fourth Axis very interesting will give this a try over the next few weeks, nice one Mr Ellison more like this please.... Why did it do that .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slopetrashuk Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Because that 4th dimension is an evil one where strange things occur......Let us know how you get on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdy Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Just a thought: with all this talk of 4d aerobatics, why havent any 2d planes come out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slopetrashuk Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Duh! Control line! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Fisher Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Just to throw a spanner in the works, there was a C/L model set up years ago which enabled rolls to be done...As C/L models can fly all round the "surface" of a hemisphere, that's hardly two dimensional Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slopetrashuk Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 They were only 1/2 rolls if I recall. I seem to remember me and a friend experimenting with it ourselves after we'd seen the original.....Horrible 'cage' around the wings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Fisher Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Andy, you are right in the matter of the cage around the wings, and, IIRC, only the wing rolled and the control was via a third line. If this was held taught, multiple "rolls" could be achieved as there was nothing to stop the rotation.At the time, I only flew C/L as I was too poor to risk losing a model and engine which had taken weeks of saving up "Saturday pennies" to acquire. I was also lazy and didn't like having to chase FF models down wind although I did dabble a little - mainly with gliders as my expertise with engines often meant more time flicking the prop to get such as an ED Bee started - with all that effort, I wanted more than a 30 second or so engine run, so C/L was the way to go as there was a bigger tank, I had some sort of control and the beast couldn't fly away... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Barnes Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Hi guys, is anyone else still without the december issue? i am a subscriber and im still waiting...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Should have had it by now Peter, can you PM me your subscriber no and address please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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