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A weather window opened at about 14:00, in that the showers became infrequent, and the wind dropped a little. Took the Wot4 'cos that'll fly ok in anything.... Half a dozen enjoyable flights on my own, interrupted only by the farmer filling his bowser from the stream - no idea what he needed all that water for.... can't have been for crops! Mid flight, I heard a bang behind me. Tony had snuck up with his leccy car, got out and shut the door with a bang. Proper Ninja like. Shared the sky with Tony's little Zoom (looked like trying to control a falling leaf, in that wind) for a couple of flights. Came home. Nice couple of hours.

That’s good news. I’m glad that you got it sorted. They do work straight out of the packet, but you have to have the correct, matching tx firmware. Mike’s UNI firmware overcomes that issue. Brian.

What happens if you push gently on the servo arm with the pushrod disconnected? Is it an analogue or digital servo?

Good news: both Rxs used the same code from T9, and are now bound and unlocked. I can carry on with winter maintenance now. Although I still think that at £50 a pop, Rxs should just "work" when you open the packet. PXL_20240426_183932256_TS.mp4

what servo is it?

Still Quack, and can't get a grass cut done.

not a duff servo, disconnect pushrod servo ok, push length aout 6 inch metal, take push rod off servo ok radio is radiolink at10ii rx rd12ds.

Thanks John.

I missed out on flying today due to household commitments! Weather looked to be fine for the morning but rain edged in over lunchtime then disappeared by about 4. that completes the weather forecast for the Norfolk/Suffolk border.

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Hi John yes standard servos i think also we are on the same page lol cheers i will re design i think Paul

Only 7 flights with the Warbirds Hurricane today, fingers freezing, not only mine but the younger flyers. Early finish for all.

It is a bit of a digression to our thread Maurice , but perhaps we can clear it up then get back to our flapless aeroplanes 😁 Two comments above are significant . Piers asked , does the tip stall happen both sides or just one ? I would qualify that with low power setting to take torque out of the picture . So just go to height and stooge into wind . If C of G is well forward, I would suspect a problem in the wing shape or angle . Paul made the next significant comment . Try cuffs . Lets guess that the left wing drops . It has lost lift and the suction on the upper skin lets go . To get the wing to hang in a bit longer , we need to make the airflow go over the top longer , rather than taking the quick route underneath . Quick bodge is to glue some balsa under the leading edge , in order to lower the most forward point of the wing section where the airflow decides to separate and take two different paths . This will move the "decisive separation point " lower making more air flow up and over and creating more suction . Moving A to B . The modification only needs to be on the outer half of the wing . The root is rarely a problem . Ive tamed many a beast with this method . If its stalling both ways then add to both sides . If you need more info , PM me . Regards Richard

I use UHU Por as a contact adhesive probably 80% of the time that I use it at all, but you're right Ron, no wiggle room at all. It's also excellent on that mode for attaching self-adhesive Velcro to balsa, foam or ply, where the self-adhesive heeds a primed surface to work properly.

Your right dear I'll start keeping some in the house

IMO the main advantage of contact adhesive is that there is no, or very little, need for pinning / clamping. A few years ago I applied POR to 2 surfaces slid them together to make sure that I had an even coating them pulled them apart and promptly forgot about them for about a day! I contacted (no pun intended) someone at UHU to ask them if this would be a problem and the reply was no, but make sure that they are perfectly aligned as you won't get any wriggle room. They were right!

Another sunny morning with light winds here, though a little chilly. Great conditions for flying and enjoyed some of that big sky with a couple of Spitfires, as well as my wee VMC Hurricane and Volantex Me109, the latter of which finally achieved Ace status with it's fifth "victory", a few minutes after being felled itself. No damage to either model. Bob's Flite Test Spitfire was performing superbly, same as always and I took a few snaps , we were joined later on by John, with one of his own design depron models, a YF22 which flew brilliantly. The field is looking great and I'd brought the Cricket out again to take advantage of the newly shorn grass, but she failed her preflights, with a broken elevator horn that wasn't up to snuff and literally crumbled when I tried to adjust it. All replaced and working properly now, for next time.

No personal experience Paul, but am told flap servos need to be up to the job, you may need bigger than micros.

Dallachy Aeromodelllers is a super club, located on the peri track of ex RAF Dallachy, from which the Dallachy Strike Wing operated their Beaufighter against targets in the North Sea and Norwegian Sea. Years before I knew of any model club there I had a long term interest in the Strike Wings and always hoped to be able to fly a model there, preferably a Beaufighter. I've half realised that ambition, having flows a Spitfire there at a club fly-in some years ago. https://www.facebook.com/p/Dallachy-Aeromodellers-100064653431283/

There is a new club that has just requested affiliation today. Google the Culbin Model Club. They now have a modelf flying section.

hi all researching the flap operation now Robin has it seems refrenced 1 servo with bell cranks for the main flaps and outer flaps also this concerns me a bit as the main wings come off. i think i may have to re design here ,maybe using micro servos for the wing flaps ? any help would be appreciated cheers

Dallachy is nearest on the BMFA club finder.

Hmm that's a interesting idea thanks I will look at that direction to,I am very competent now at flying the Helis I have only crashed the md500 once and after I repaired it myself I have not had another incident and it's probably got 60 flights on it now or more but as soon as the breezes hit 15 mph it's not capable of coping with it and on a nice day I'd like to fly something?

Had a great day in the garage today making lots of casting swarf, but good results with only one very near cock-up but i dodged the bullet by luck alone. Lots of pics: Plan was to machine the crankcase casting, front casting and rear all bar the attaching screw holes, still awaiting my £15.75 pillar drill for that. Finished the exhaust port inside and out and machined the small engine mounting pads, far to small, so was very minimal in my milling. Spent a lot of time getting parts to fit into my tiny chucks, but got there ok. The front casting was dead easy, the casting remarkably true, so all machined and reamed, bushes over the weekend I hope. The rear cover was a pain. It is 'just' too big and lumpy to get into the 4 jaw, so had to chop the bulk of the venturi cast feature and will make a brass substitute and epoxy it in place into the plain hole I've drilled. The spot facing of the attaching screw hole pads was awkward too as I could not cut them by turning, only using the devilish compound cross slide, but got there. I made a mistake turning down the rear casting to fit the case, but had left some final material to cut so mamaged to get a nice fit after all, much as the front one is. The matching of all these features in the casting is laughable. Might file some once screwed together to get most to match, but probably will just leave them. All the pics: