Chris C Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 hi lads and lassies has anyone herd of a plane called lumpers its a really old designe from the times just after or somewhere about pulse radios that era so does anyone have any photos or info or are selling one, you get the idea.merry christmas and a happy new year if you can rember it (glug glug) p.s timbo you'll never change my spelling hehehehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 I know here ya go... and heres the home page of the pilot concerned...sorry this is the best I ( google actually ) could come up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former Member Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 [This posting has been removed] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 it probly is but it isn't a lumpers i already askedbut thanks hehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Just came across this old thread. This has brought back memories as it's the model I learnt on. Knowing better than anyone else, I constructed a wonderful scale single channel Cessna 180 and lobbed it into the wild blue yonder at Nomansland near St. Albans, back in '74ish. This pitched up, stalled and demolished everything from the windscreen forward. Luckily this meant I didn't get the chance to hurt anyone by getting the rudder reversed once it was coming towards me... Anyway, to cut the story short, after a few attempts with a (very) bodged repair, the wise old sages at the Watford Wayfarers advised me to go away and build a Lumpers, so I sent for the plan and built one, covered with the recommended nylon and dope. Over the next few months, I proceeded to throw the Lumpers into the ground in any attitude from vaguely horizontal to fully vertical (2 channel so it would often be at full throttle on the Enya .09) and apart from all the bits rattling around in the nylon "bag" it survived with minor repairs between each session. I'm sure that Brian Cooper will remember the attempts to prise the transmitter from my hands - no buddy boxes in those days - or having the best part of half a second to try to save it when I'd realised the situation was hopeless and thrust the box into his hands. Happy days! Anyway, if you ever got any decent pictures of a Lumpers I'd love to see them - and perhaps you'd like to divulge why you were asking? I'm sure I saw the plan listed somewhere - perhaps even close to home as I believe it was an RCM&E plan from 1968. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanN Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Lumpers is a 48" span single channel high wing cabin type for 1.5cc. Features in MAP plans handbook no 4 from mid 70s, its USP is said to be its extreme toughness. I can scan the relevant page and email it to you if that's of help. The X-List can supply this plan. No RC838, £12.50. The good news is that its in their Section One - ie they've definitely got it, because they've printed and sold it within the last two years. Go to http://www.xlistplans.demon.co.uk/ to download pdf of their full listings and ordering info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 They were right about it's toughness - I had to roll my car and squash it with the contents (or was it me?) to damage it beyond repair - normal crashing would hardly scratch it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 thanks guys the person who iam getting the plans for has simlar memories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 I'd love to see the finished article - or even a photo of the plans to remind me what it was like - and why it seemed so tough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 apperatntly the rudder has pretty big and had alot of control which was quite "interesting" with two channel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franco Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Lumpers ............Ahhh brings back a lot of memeries,you guys talking mid 70s...built mine mid 60s ...RSC single channel.....Conquest escapment ,good old Bang Bang that was the fore runner in my day then ..followed by the Classic B.Murleys BazzBomb.... Sure was great single channel days.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 what that was all jibbersh to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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