leccyflyer Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 5 minutes ago, Merry Mark said: Hi, toto. Many thanks, as Learner spotted it is a Flex Innovations Cessna 170. Not cheap but well sorted. Impeccable manners and a delight to fly. Would make a great first larger model. The dealer is Aerobatx in the U.K., great service. 👍 For Not Cheap read eye-watering, 😮 Lovely looking Cessna though and beautifully captured images.👍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toto Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 (edited) Hi Merry Mark, I checked the USA site just out of curiosity and was well impressed with the look of the model. I believe the wingspan is a tad over 2.0m. It's maybe one for the future. I have an FMS Beaver which comes in at about 2.0m and a Twin Otter which is quite a big bird too. I need to get myself sorted just flying my Supercub and get solo again and then fly the hell out of it to get more consistent. ..... nothing to say that I won't revisit your cessna at some time in the future though. Thanks for posting it up. Toto Edited January 10 by toto 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toto Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 Forgot to mention Mark I do have a Seagull Cessna Turbo Skylark 182 which I have had for some time now but which won't be seeing the light of day anytime soon. It was one of my initial purchases about close on 2 years ago now when I first started out on the forum. Cessna's were always ( and still are ) one of my favourite models. So it's sitting in its box awaiting me gaining more experience. ...... it may have a bit of a wait yet ...... I don't mind though ..... I'm in no rush. I'll enjoy trying the more sedate and supposedly tamer foamie high wing trainer ( type ) models that I have for now. I have been well advised on here and I'm generally taking heed ..... although it does not stop me from collecting models for the future as others will confirm ....... . If you have any videos of yours in flight ..... it would be more than welcome. Toto 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toto Posted January 11 Author Share Posted January 11 So .... no show so far by the Royal Mail with my Supercub ..... waste of a day. However .... I did nip out to B and Q and pick up some more dexion shelving. Something done I suppose. Toto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toto Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 Supercub arrived today. Not had the chance to check it out yet as still working but hopefully get on with that tonight. There is very little to the initial assembly so should at least get that much done tonight if I don't have any distractions. On the move again. Toto 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toto Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 (edited) A step forward as the Supercub is assembled as I target my first flight of the year for this weekend. Tomorrow it's charge batteries, calibrate ESC and hopefully get the receiver programmed etc. There are still a couple of variables outwith my control ..... weather .... as always being one of them and my mentors availability being another but I believe he should be OK. Dying to get the Supercub back in the air and get my hand back in. The intension ..... all things falling into place ..... is to make a full scale assault on my attempt to get A cert ready and get myself over the line as early in the year as possible. Then the fun begins. So many possibilities going forward. Toto Edited January 13 by toto 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toto Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 Timetable for making Saturday already beginning to slide. Domestics getting in the way. I have tomorrow and Friday night to complete the setting up of the Supercub. Still doable but don't like being up against time and rushing things. Never simple is it. Toto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Forecast for the weekend looks not too bad at all - Sunday possibly a little better than Saturday.. If you already have the original Super Cub in your model memories it should just be a matter of rebinding the AR620 to the transmitter, then checking all is correct, shouldn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toto Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 Hi Leccy, I'll try that. I am just returning from the shed after charging my transmitters and checking my Lipos. Only one lipo needed a charge as the rest were sitting at between 92 and 95 % charged. I'll look into the setting up tomorrow night. ..... getting there. It maybe that the original settings take over but I can't remember if I had the Vector system in the last model. I've taken it out of this one. So. Might need to reset things. Toto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toto Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 (edited) So ..... its looking good for the shed tonight so far. Spoke to my mentor to confirm for tomorrow. It looks flyable at present. So if I get all the set up right with both transmitters and receiver as well as buddying, failsafe, ESC calibration and rates etc ...... a final phone call tomorrow morning to confirm things and hopefully my first flight of the new year. We agreed that if I am not confident that I have nailed the setup properly ...... its then next week end. Let's see how I get on. It's been a while since I done all this programming stuff and don't want to rush it. Start the season off with a correctly set up model ...... and fly the hell out of it. That's what's happening. Toto Edited January 17 by toto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toto Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 Batteries take their first charge ..... and a couple of suitable lipo's for the Supercub. sort of eases you back into things after a couple of months out of it. still struggling with the Supercub set up though. toto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toto Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 Not exactly looking favourable for flying this weekend with the first named storm to batter Scotland with up to 90 mph winds. ....... batten down the hatches ....... Toto 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toto Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 (edited) It just ain't happening right now. They say bad luck always comes in threes. Saturday evening..... mother in law passes away Today ...... SWMBO breaks a bone in her foot falling off the step into the back garden. I'm crapping it to get out of bed tomorrow. Things are not going in my favour right now but hoping to get the Supercub sorted for any potential flying activity on Saturday. Just have to bind the NX8 to the NX6 ..... surely I can manage that. I could do with a bit of a welcome distraction right now Watch this space. Toto Edited February 12 by toto 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toto Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 OK..... A quick phone call with my mentor reveals that there is no flying today .....so..... I decided to have an early night last night in the hope that I get up a bit earlier this morning with a bit of gusto. Typically of late I have been having longer lie ins at the weekend as I have been feeling knackered. So my theory goes that ...... instead of a long lie to catch up on sleep ...... I would try an early night ... and a " short lie " I'm up typing this up at 5.30am so maybe a bit too early so just hoping I'm not nodding off later. Plan to be in the shed for around 10.00am and working on both the B25 and Supercub receivers. Let's see what happens. Toto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toto Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 So some jumping about as I decided to do the water decals on the B25 before they went astray somewhere. ..... you know ...... the dreaded " safe place " plus I haven't tackled water slide decals before so was eager to see if they were as bad as some folks make out. ..... reasonable first result I thought so that's that done and the B25 " drying out " and just about ready to be stored back on the wall of death. The Supercub will now be resurrected and I need to bind the NX 8 and NX 6 transmitters ...... that's coming up next. There was no flying yesterday as the forecast was for a 61% chance of rain so my mentor called it off on the Thursday night. I'm glad to have been doing little bits and pieces again as slowly but surely, I am getting the thirst back. My mentor emailed out a copy of estimated diary date activities for out club for 2025 which included A test confirmed test dates. One of them is for one weekend in June so it's been decided to head for that as a target date for me to get myself in gear and ready for my first attempt at it...... I think that's reasonable given that I am probably nearly back to square one. Hopefully I will catch back up quickly after a couple of flights. There is the plan anyway. Something to head for. Cheers Toto 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toto Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 Spent time checking batteries and charging transmitters. Everything done in readiness for a flight. Can do no more than wait now. Here we go again. Toto 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Any Sim time toto? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toto Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 Not yet grumpy, I need to work out how to transfer the programme to my new PC. I don't know if I can download onto second machine. I'll need to look into it. Toto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 It'll take your mind off opening all the other big, shiny, boxes 🙂 and may make your second taste of the sky nice and smooth......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toto Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 Just back from a 3 day business visit to Southampton. Made the call to my mentor and tomorrow I on. All batteries and transmitters etc have already been dealt with and are good to go. ...... back in the air ..... about time too. Cheers Toto 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learner Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 34 minutes ago, toto said: Just back from a 3 day business visit to Southampton. Made the call to my mentor and tomorrow I on. All batteries and transmitters etc have already been dealt with and are good to go. ...... back in the air ..... about time too. Cheers Toto Have fun and don't set your hopes to high after quite a long lay off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toto Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 (edited) Thanks Learner. Just remastering some of the basics again and getting my fingers working ahead of my brain will be good. Some nice easy basic flights would be a nice way back into it again. I'll report in tomorrow. Toto Edited February 28 by toto 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Run to your man cave. Fire up RealFlight. Fly for a while. Drink a little John Smiths. Go to bed happy that you remember what each stick does. Get up. Have fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toto Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 I remember what's where ..... throttle on the right.....aileronsto the left. ..... I'll be fine ..... Now ....... where is my hard hat ......... Have a nice day all Toto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 2 hours ago, toto said: I remember what's where ..... throttle on the right.....aileronsto the left. ..... I'll be fine ..... Now ....... where is my hard hat ......... Have a nice day all Toto 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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