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Just watched a YouTube video of the Proxxon KS 230, little underwhelmed to be honest.

I assume you are certain they are RX8R PROs and not RX8R (the "PRO" text is difficult to see!). UNI firmware on the Rx will eliminate the need to make sure you have compatible firmware on the Rx. Mike

Hello again. Both wings have now been finished, Both look like this, I have to glue them both together then glass. The Tail feathers are also finished. Fin. Tail plane and skid. 1/4 Balsa. Steve.

Have you tried flashing the receivers with the UNI firmware? This eliminates the issue of different ACCST versions and LBT etc. Note that with the UNI firmware, you can bind the newly-flashed receiver (so you get a solid green LED) but you won't get any servo operation until you activate it using a code that you get from T9 or Aloft Hobbies. Also, sometimes a receiver won't bind if it is too close to the transmitter during the attempted binding process. Try them a few feet apart. Brian.

Andy and I use to fly together at Rivenhall in Essex . So I got to fly some of his models including the Mossie and his very light Chipmunk . The designs are by Ivan Pettigrew and are a bit like the old kiel Kraft stringers and tissue style of construction . Probably a bit too semi scale as Andy says , but amazingly easy to fly when you compare it with the more typical 14lb 72" Mossie . You certainly felt comfortable flying it with every confidence of bringing it home in pristine condition . Going a little more scale will be the answer . But it shows what can be done . The landing speeds were trainer like , so quite modest retracts would suffice . Have a look at his plan as his method of undercarriage was unusual but clever . Thanks Andy .

Hi, GG, The stress cracks mentioned were regarding a Percival Prentis by the same designer caused by a heavy landing. The method of separating the fuselage is not the way I would be happy with as it is at a point where a 3 point heavy landing would create a lot of stress but Robin Fowler favours it and it seems to work for him. Early Fw Condors were prone to go at that point.

I thought a Scottish attitude would to make do and mend 😅 or is that just the English attitude 😅

Richards furry friends must have spoken to our posties as the order form arrived today! The cheque is in the post. Nigel

The Beaver is a lovely big model and flys off 6s's. Nice weight so does not get pushed around in the wind so much. I still maintain the horizontal stabilisor was flawed as it gave up a few feet in the air prior to landing. Not much point chasing FMS or the dealer on it though as the spares just aren't available in the UK. I have replacement dubro wheels for it as the stock items are brick hard and the undercarriage is as soft as cheese and always bends no matter how good the landing. The inflatables will help with that but I'm not wasting time fitting them until I am sure that she will be able to fly again. FMS need a good stiff kicking in my opinion...... maybe a Scottish attitude problem though. Toto

I know. I took the dogs out this morning, to be battered by hailstones ... 😞

Evening All, I've just spent another fruitless evening trying to get £150 worth of Rxs to work with my X9D 2019. I had two RX8R Pros working fine, until I had to update my internal module firmware to ISRM v2.1.10 in order to register/bind a new ACCESS SR10 Pro. This caused the two ACCST RX8s to unbind, one of which was flashed with ACCST D16 v2.1.1, and rebound - it's since been flying and still works now, along with the SR10. I now have one RX8R Pro mounted but not flying, and two new RX8R Pros, which regardless of what firmware they're flashed with, will not bind with the Tx. I'm completely out of ideas. The only thing I can think of, is if there's a possibility of copying the working Rx to flash the other three. Or maybe I'm not binding correctly and the working one was a fluke. Or maybe there's a problem with the three Rxs (although one was working before this all started). I think my next best option after this to change everything back to nice cheap FlySky radio kit that just works, and just give up on the fancy talking radio because it's massively over complicated. If anyone has a simple answer that'll get all of my Rxs working with my TX, that'd be great.

I'd have lost patience and built a replacement myself 🙂 If you don't have the skills, or confidence, a clubmate is pretty much guaranteed to offer to help - one of the benefits of joining a club. You don't need it yet but the skills learnt will be useful.

I understand that but the DC3 in question is significantly bigger, and the thread mentions fatigue in the fuselage area - from general use I believe. I expect my models be flyable 12 months a year, and not have to leave them at home if the ground is too hard, too soft, or has too many worm casts. So I like a little robustness 🙂

Hi Nigel, I don’t know how much space you have but I have used a Clarke 16in scroll saw for many many years.Brilliant piece of kit and very versatile for 99% of most modelling jobs.Reasonable price too.

Repairs ..... hmmmmm ..... Resist I shall try ..... Still awaiting the release of a horizontal stabilisor for an other wise perfect FMS Beaver ...... that's nearly a year now ..... not impressed with the FMS spares availability at all. .... so far a waste of nearly £ 500.00 I still live and hope. Toto

Dismantling sounds sensible. Once you've gone solo, you WILL damage the Super Cub - we will help you resist the temptation to move on to another model rather than repair it...... When learning, I couldn't afford replacement models, so had to learn how to fix things. Skills acquired like this last a lifetime.

GG If you build light, then you do not need to fly so fast so the energy taken into any mishap is very much reduced allowing for a less beefy construction. KE = 1/2 m v2 (2 is squared - I could not find the superscript function) My Mossie which is now 17 years old and still flies regularly. 74" wingspan and weighed around 5lbs including batteries, (2 x 3S 2800mAH). As Richard would say, more "cartoon scale" but great fun and shows no sign of tip stalling.

Fair ..... and probably sensible suggestion. My Otter is in the way at the moment though so maybe just a case of dismantling the wings and placing on an available rack space. Keep the supercub on the stand instead. Can't speak highly enough of the supercub ..... especially for beginners ....... in my opinion. Never gave space enough real though when I was in accumulating mode. Still ..... plenty replacement models when one inevitably bites the dust. They'll all keep. Toto

Building a battery tray for my Max Flight Ruckus which involves gluing some light ply to the foam - I have UHU POR and two part epoxy - would one be more suitable than the other?

Hi Nigel, It maybe depends on where you buy it. I dare say they will be getting cloned as well. I usually buy from Axminster tools who are a dealer for Proxxon from memory. I have the table saw, pillar drill and foam cutter. As well as a blow torch and mini hand saw. All have been pretty good. Like most other brands you have to watch the " fences " as they are maybe not 100% stable but in my opinion ...... better than most. Expensive but pretty good. Toto

Spring is here, you could have fooled me!

Getting the runways mown has been a nightmare.....

Old is just old........ Tim😉