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  1. I love the LMA Cosford show too, shame it's not on again. It's great to see different planes flying at the LMA shows rather then the usual stuff that seems to be at every other airshow around. Yes it is also a shame about W&W not being at North Weald any more, I live in South Essex and even though it hasnt been the best of the shows lately, it was nice to have an event not too far away for a change and do a bit of shopping round the trade stalls. How about the BMFA Nationals, is that on this year does anyone know? Thats another of my faves. Thanks MattyB, I will open it up and take a look 👍
  2. I love the LMA Cosford show too, shame it's not on again. It's great to see different planes flying at the LMA shows rather then the usual stuff that seems to be at every other airshow around. Yes it is also a shame about W&W not being at North Weald any more, I live in South Essex and even though it hasnt been the best of the shows lately, it was nice to have an event not too far away for a change and do a bit of shopping round the trade stalls. How about the BMFA Nationals, is that on this year does anyone know? Thats another of my faves.
  3. Oh no, thats my last hope of getting to a show dashed. Had four planned weekends away- LMA Cosford, Wings&Wheels, BMFA Nats and this RCM&E fly-in. All cancelled due to this damn virus. I want it to go away now. Cant we just delete the rest of 2020 and start again in 2021? 😕☹️
  4. I agree with the warm lipos idea. I was sceptical about it until I tried it myself. There were four of us down our club field last autumn, and we were all flying edf models. Everyone was flying with cold battery packs and they were all getting about 2 minutes less flight time and a noticable reduction in power, myself included. I had kept one of the packs warm all the way from home as an experiment, and when I used it the difference was quite literally astonishing. It had bags of power on tap and I got the full usual flight time. I have also done the same warm lipo experiment with indoor flying and I actually got more than double the flight time than with a cold lipo. I now have an insulated sandwich bag with a small hot water bottle inside to keep my packs just a bit warm. But NOT TOO HOT as that would be bad.
  5. HOORAY !!!!!! magazine turned up today. Happy now.
  6. Still no sign of my magazine yet. It's in the shops though, so might not bother with subscription next year and just buy it from WH Smiths instead. Good job its cheaper than off the shelf or I might throw a tantrum.
  7. The drones I mentioned are, of course indoor fpv flying, which is good fun when on lockdown. If you meant a drone for outdoor use then I'm not familiar with those sort.
  8. hi, maybe try either the Eachine QX65 or a King KONG tiny 6. They both have the option of a DSM2/DSMX receiver. I think the E Flite Blade Inductrix FPV is DSM as well, although they are a bit expensive. You might find a secondhand one on EBay maybe. I have a King Kong Tiny 6 and I like it, although I have the FR Sky version. Steve
  9. I don't think I've ever used my balsa plane so much before. I've built the Provost, now halfway through the Gnat. Got the fuselage all planed / sanded, fitted intakes and planed / sanded. Just planed the wings to profile ready for sanding. It's looking great now it is starting to take shape.
  10. Sorry Geoff, I put down the wrong name!! I might try getting some of that vinyl to try. My cutter does do a print then cut setting too. Steve.
  11. Mark, those decals look really good. I've not had much success printing on vinyl, the colours always seem dull when I print them. What vinyl did you use? My roundels I made by cutting red, white and blue discs on CriCut cutter and putting them together. The lettering was also cut on the cutter using the RAF font.
  12. I wonder if a modeller who is operating electric models could fix the label with their ID number onto their battery packs? Surely then, every model that used those batteries would be carrying their ID number. Just a thought.
  13. I received my Operator ID today but have just been looking into it a bit closer. It says on their website that the operator ID number is just for owning a model. Apparently, we also need a Flyer ID number to fly the model. Anyone know any more about this? Will they send that number seperately or do we need to apply for that? Here is a list of what we need with the prices from their website dont know if this link will work https://register-drones.caa.co.uk/individual/register-and-take-test-to-fly Prices Operator and flyer registration costs How you use drones or model aircraft ID numbers needed Cost You both fly and are responsible for them flyer ID and operator ID £9 You just fly other people's flyer ID £0 You’re only responsible and do not fly operator ID £9 Edited By Steve Nash 1 on 17/02/2020 19:37:06 Edited By Steve Nash 1 on 17/02/2020 19:40:47
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