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  1. Later today I will start covering the wing on my build, using Oracover. I plan a two tone scheme with the base being creamy white and the wing tips and LE in sky blue. Having not done very much wing covering in years, any top tips on critical do’s and don’ts? My thinking is do the bottom side first but don’t shrink till the top side is covered. Any other advice?
  2. Finishing a Ben buckle style 25-30 size plane with a wooden engine mount. Unsure on two things: 1. Should I use wood screws and attach directly to the mount or bolts? 2. Should I use those brackets/plates (not sure what they are called) as opposed to attaching engine directly to the wood? I like the idea of the brackets as you gun make small adjustments to engine alignment. Any advice much appreciated, I haven’t used a wooden mount before.
  3. can i confirm the deadline for responding? Is it 10 January? I will update my clubmates.
  4. Sorry, this may have been covered and it is a looong thread. has the BMFA taken legal advice, if so, from whom and have they considered some of the EU human rights legislation related to privacy and proportionality? Just asking.
  5. This is a fantastic forum - to have access to the collective wisdom of you all - it is greatly appreciated.
  6. This looks a pretty practical option and your explanation is much appreciated. getting two elevators to be perfectly aligned might be very difficult though, any suggestions on how i might go about it?
  7. That makes sense or the suggestion of separate servos, this is for a small plane (25) so not expecting too much stress. My soldering is pretty bad so the risk may be worse that way.
  8. I need one of these so I can join two separate elevator surfaces. Any idea what it’s called? (See attached image).
  9. Make it even harder to fly in a local park or field is just going to make it less likely a young kid, given a model for a birthday or Xmas gift is ever going to start in the hobby. This regulates us into decline. is there a legal challenge around proportionality of the regulations?
  10. Perfect. Fingers crossed it looks good! sent a message to your inbox.
  11. Good idea! will have to be later friday afternoon.
  12. Indeed Jon 🙂 Laser 5 (normal oil one not the low oil variant), previous owner only uses laser 5 as well, zero sign of castor anywhere i can see. 13 X6 prop. what's best, post to you recorded mail?
  13. So, I bought a Laser 70 in an Acrowot from another flyer at our club - he is a good modeller and pretty meticulous. Anyway having left it a bit for various reasons, got it out and flying around a month ago, with this chap's guidance and help. he helped me tune it and it has been running like a dream. Up to yesterday has around 10 flights of around 5 minutes each with it. Yesterday started up first time, ran her up to full power for a few seconds then throttled back and checked transition - all good. Took off (full power) then throttled back to around 50-60% and flying around just some wide circuits nothing odd. all of a sudden a mild "pop" sound and engine is dead, dead stick back to runway - luckily no damage. Now the first odd thing is the prop was lose with nut and washer rattling in the spinner. Took the cowling off and engine out. Front off showed the con-rod has snapped right at the bottom where it connect to drive shaft (is that the right term). As far as I recall from my poor knowledge. of engines, con-rods only snap due to over revs or heating (too lean). M y suspicion is likeliest cause is prop not not tight enough, come loose and engine then over revs, but not completely sure. Hard to believe over heating as at medium revs and well tuned. Anyway I attach an image. So my questions: How do I get a new con-rod (Laser site is offline and I dont have number) it looks easy to replace but are there any key steps top include/avoid Do I need any special tools (I dont think so - the design of the engine looks very clear) How do i avoid in future? Your collective expert thoughts very welcome. Many thanks in advance.
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