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Received my 200i test engine today! Started surgery on the H9 Vans RV4 .

Ray, what did you use to attach the newspaper, and was there any tendency to warp. And finally, did you use the Mirror for the left wing and the Mail for the right wing.? Ron.

Hi All, Things are coming along a bit now. I now have a one big wing, ailerons hinged and nacelles finished. Completed nacelles with rear access panels A nice snug fit they will be held in place with some small magnets. Ailerons hinged using some of Ron Gray's laminating film. Packed up the tips and centre section to keep the nacelles in the air and glued up and weighted down after the photo was taken. That's as far as I have got for now Next, some wing bandage and fitting to the fuselage and then on to the tail feathers. That's all for now Regards Robert

That's a well organised work bench, Leccy!

Took it to the field today with the new setup. Apart from the usual launch dip that Pushers have, it flew much better than on the stock motor. On its first flight it was struggling to climb on full throttle, and needed 80% throttle for level flight. Today it was a totally different aircraft. It cruised comfortably on 50% throttle and climbed steadily on 80%. The only time I ran it up to full throttle was to pull up when I decided to go around again. Takeoffs needed a bit of care because the pusher dip is quite noticeable. Launching on full throttle resulted in it dipping enough to hit the ground. A colleague hand launched it. I set the throttle to 50% and slowly opened up to about 80% after takeoff and had no problem. The bigger motor required a larger battery to move the CG forward, so I put a 4000mAh 3S right in the nose. That seemed to be a good combination as it landed after 8.5 minutes with 73% battery remaining. All things considered it was a much more positive experience that the first flight.

Just to resurrect this post, today I covered the following elements of my P7 with laminating film: 2 elevators Rudder Flaps Ailerons Wings What a joy to use, very easy! Looks better than using 'traditional' film and overlaps are practically invisible. Love he way it turns from opaque to transparent when you shrink it! I have sanded a few to de-gloss them ready for painting. Also, with some trepidation, I started to cover the fuselage, fin and tailplane (now one piece) in glass and Poly-C. Did the bottom of the fuselage, and underside of the tailplane - surprisingly easy so far! Now waiting for it to dry so I can do some more. Very pleasant experience so far........

And it was better. Dry all day and improved flow of action from start to finish. I strongly suspect it will be much bigger next year. Will be great to have an annual show in this part of the world again after the demise of Blackbushe. Well done to the organisers.

yes, I agree with what you saying Martin....i'm giving my reply/opinion to Richard telling (him )what i posted above..... ? ken anderson...ne..1..replies to threads dept.

Sorry Ken but I don’t agree with this attitude. We need to demonstrate that we are a responsible part of the aviation community and we have a responsibility to report any incident which may have resulted in endangering another airspace user. It isn’t about apportioning blame (although flagrant transgressions may of course result in prosecutions) but more about addressing future situations that could end badly.

Chickens being marinated as we speak Steve, no easy task when she keeps climbing out the bowl. ? No limit on the laundry, but underwear might raise an eyebrow or two. ?

First few flights this morn. It’s funny I’ve never been interested in smaller models, but there’s a small(ish) field next to our house and this models perfect for it. Just needs a pilot and a tail wheel.

The trick ( Peter's idea I think ) to get the paper tubes in is wrap the paper loosely around a pencil and poke into the holes then let it unwrap itself, then glue. Worked for me and it's worth repeating in case anybody has not heard of the idea. Once the paper tube has been glued in I find it worthwhile to insert a thin string ( using a tiny weight and gravity ) to enable the servo lead to be pulled in after covering.

Good point. Without asking you to read through the previous threads on this blog and Graham's build blog, in a nutshell, he had a lot of trouble getting the C of G on his model because there is very little room to insert it after the cowl goes on. The cowl is not removable to add any balancing lead, so I devised a plan to make the cowl removable, and test the C of G before covering. We will see whether the C of G remains the same after covering. I certainly hope so. I hope this makes sense.

But if the full size pilot has already made a near miss report, then the CAA will want to know why the model pilots hadn't filed a report.

Had a very good mix of different aircraft displayed. Aerobatic, scale fixed wing, turbine jets, scale and 3D heli. Great atmosphere and and should be even better today.

Thanks for the replies. I will take the appropriate action.

Absolute rubbish. We are grateful that a manufacturer actually helps out on all aspects of flying, including help about his own engines!