Colin Anderson

Thanks, Mike. Sorry for the late reply - notification went into my spam folder. I’ve got some flat 1/8” rubber from FF supplies. 👍😊

Cheers guys. 👍😊

Thanks, Mike. That’s very kind of you. I checked out the link you gave and have now registered to it. Looks like a very interesting and useful forum. I’m sure I ought to be able to find the rubber now I have a better idea of what to seek. Probably I can get some from someone like free flight supplies; looks like they sell 16 foot lengths for very little money - do you think that’d be long enough for the little Invader? But failing that I might take you up on your very kind offer. 👍😊 Calm wind and clear skies! 😊

Hmmm, an interesting idea, David. Thanks. 👍😊

Thanks John. 👍😊

Yeah, I was afraid of that, Brian; but it never hurts to ask. Cheers. 👍😊

Now that was illuminating, John. They seemed to go up pretty effortlessly and they were all FF. On just 1/8” flat rubber going by the captions - that ought to be readily available and I’m guessing would place less strain on a light, fragile model than fuel tubing. I’ve come across the pulley method many years ago and seen it used on full size (don’t know if it’s still used); never seen it being used for models though.

Ah, thanks for that Shaun. I’m glad I asked then. Having only recently learned of the technique I’ve no idea.

I’m looking for a Mercury Monarch kit and a Mercury Swan, if anyone out there has either that they’re willing to part with for a reasonable sum.

Long shot, this: a have a couple of models that have sat too long on their tyres. As a result they have distorted. Is there a good way of getting them to “puff” out and be usable again? I did try - on a plane I’d been given - placing the whole wheel in a boiling pan of water; that was a bad mistake! The tyre did begin to regain its shape, but then it split along a central seam!

A little while back, as a matter of nostalgia, I built a KK Invader. Visiting various model shows I’ve searched for a way of getting it aloft. As a kid I’d run like hell and tow my glider up; but I was never very good at it and not much better at running - I’m still not good at running! Then I heard of bungee launching and this seems to me the perfect solution. I know people use surgical tubing and it can be acquired on the internet - certainly I can’t find it at any shows - but it seems rather expensive for such a small model, such as the Invader (and in any case I prefer to see what I’m buying - especially when I’ve little idea of what I actually need. Today I was advised to use 10 metres of 1/8 silicone fuel tubing attached to fishing line. Now I would never have imagined this was possible. Is silicone fuel tubing that stretchy? I don’t want to rip my model apart! Has anyone tried it? I’d like to make doubly sure before buying such.

Thanks for that , Kevin. It’s appreciated. ?? Colin

Does anyone have a complete Mercury Monarch control kit they would be willing to part with for a reasonable sum?

What a coincidence! Recently I acquired and read a book about model Diesel engines (second edition, published in 1947). Imagine my surprise, while reading Shaun Garrity’s piece to note that it was about the very same engines I’d so recently been reading about!

Cheers. ??