Pat (rActive) Harbord Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Photo of my late father. I remember at least 3 Super Flies (Waterhouse and Eley) from this era (the last one with a yellow fuz rather than the usual orange) This is something else though - I don’t remember it, so could be pre 1975. The transmitter will be Skyleader or Futaba He later progressed to a lovely Fournier RF4 after seeing Mick Reeves’ scale job at the 1978 Nats and then a full aerobatic job like a Curare (but an American design as I recall) All those trainings did the job Sorry for the bad cropping (not my photo) Any ideas? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Futaba "M" the 6 channel version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat (rActive) Harbord Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 That would make sense, room to expand. He always had his eye on the future. Must have cost a fortune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 It did, I got mine in the UK for around £200 ( ? ) in 1975 when I moved to france. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lee Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) Possibly a TrueLine Executive. This is from the July 1973 RCM&E, it's not clear on this reproduction but the main undercarriage is twin piano wire : Edited February 21, 2022 by John Lee U/C clarification 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Yamamoto I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Dyer Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 55 minutes ago, Pat (rActive) Harbord said: That would make sense, room to expand. He always had his eye on the future. Must have cost a fortune I use a website that compares values both dollars and stirling. My 6 channel Skyleader Clubman bought in 1977 was £179 with 4 servos. Today's value equates to £1200. Maury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat (rActive) Harbord Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 Not quite right - the tail fin is different on both Senior Executive is close though Pretty sure it would have been powered by an os OS40 This is going to be one of those ‘i’ll know it when I see it’ jobs keep ‘em coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lee Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) March 1975 Radio Modeller This is the aileron version but the fuselage is common to the rudder only, straight wing Senior Executive. Edited February 21, 2022 by John Lee Comment added 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat (rActive) Harbord Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 I think there’s no radius at the top of the tail fin - This could mean he didn’t sand it in of course I think it may have been 3 channel looking at the amount of dihedral? I wonder if it was a SuperFly ‘antidote’ as I know he got through a few and they where a little on the heavy side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J D 8 Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Still have my Futaba M series 4 channel [ in working order] purchased in 1979 for around £ 220 with an Irvine 20. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin peacock Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Tyro or tyro major, maybe. I have one of each and a'tyro too' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Cooper Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 It looks like a Veron Super Robot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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