Keith Billinge

Thanks for that Gents Six and a half quid for 50Meters.....Better than the crazy prices for covering film!

I'm going to buy some brown paper but there's loads of choice on Amazon. They seem to vary from 85g/sm to about 100g/sm what would you suggest is a decent place to start? They also vary wildly in price. KB

Dont forget the Swizzle Stick. A design by Peter Miller on these very forums. Easy to build and great fun to fly.

Yes go on the Facbook group and the plans are available for all their models LINK Or I have also attached the OOWAH plan below. I have lots of flying wing type models and plank wings like this always need a very forward CG. I haven't flown the OOWAH yet but the CG looks about right to me. Oowah Plan-1.pdf

Plan shows it 7-10mm in front of the main spar. Not sure what % that is....

The Essex Balsa Dust Factory (AKA The Spunkwerx) has been working double shifts again....... The Oowah! Ready for flight testing, in case we ever get a weekend where it's not blowing a gale or not raining stair rods!

OOOh nice model. But you could have all your fingers off at once with that baby...... Not terribly useful once you've built it.

You could have the same argument about what's "Customary" and what's "Traditional". It's rather an arbitrary thing. KB

It's a matter of personal taste. I just feel the controls fall to hand nicely on the zorro, but I realise it's not for everyone. It has the same number of channels and the same trims as a big radio. It's a great little package and the 4-in-1 module will let you bind to almost any receiver no matter what the brand or protocol. I'm still getting used to mine and I find EdgeTX a bit of a steep learning curve but You-Tube is your friend for learning anything these days.

It's definately a matter of personal taste

Rather than the Radiomaster TX16 I bought the Radiomaster Zorro. 99% the same functionality as the TX16 in a very much smaller and more ergonomic box. I also have a Spektrum NX8 but the receivers have got so pricey I am mostly playing with the Zorro. KB

Alright you lot......If I cant have my Japanese plane I'd love to see an Arado Blitz Ar234 with twin 50mm EDF's A hand launch and belly lander would be fine.

I really like the idea of something Japanese. The German, US and UK WW2 planes are constantly modelled, but there aren't many kits for the Zero or the Nakajima. Maybe instead of the Mosquito a Betty Bomber would be a better subject? I'd like the model to be a belly lander and of similar scale to the FW190. The Japanese had some interesting stuff with fixed undercarriage too. Torpedo bombers and dive bombers. There were also a wide range of colour schemes. KB

I generally attach the speed flea to the battery balance lead after it's plugged into the plane. So I havenet noticed the problem you describe. Also the person that's worried about 1 second updates. That just the screen the thing runs ant some crazy Mhz speed to actually do the speed calculations, but only updates the scree every 1 sec. You pull the barttery and the speedflea out of the model upon landing and it gives you the max speed and the max altitude etc... The clubmate with the best eyes has to read it though. Because it's a bit crap in direct sunshine.

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