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Mike T

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  1. I'd use 3mm studding epoxied into 4mm carbon tube with 3mm clevises. I would not use those turned alloy sockets unless the threaded part was made separately from steel and the socket tapped to take it. If the socket and thread is machined 'all in one' then the threaded end will bend and/or snap. (T-shirt, etc.)
  2. Four servicemen were undergoing a psych evaluation. They were all asked "What would you do if you found a scorpion in your tent?" Sailor: "I'd stamp on it" Soldier: "I'd crush it with my boot" Marine: "I'd rip off its sting and then eat it" Airman "I'd call room service and ask them what a tent is doing in my room..."
  3. Well, it depends on your perspective, I suppose! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 So - about this Wooden Spoon. Can I assume it will be come from either Ireland's or Scotland's extensive collection? Neither would miss one... 😈
  4. This is a real shame. Best wishes for the future, Jon. Was any attempt made to sell the business as a going concern?
  5. These are excellent. It seems to have undergone a bit of re-design with the power and speed control re-located to the top,which is a small but worthwhile improvement.
  6. Ida thunk that if you're holding the plane to push it against the starter, then you are restraining it! Or does your Club insist that 'planes must be kept on a leash at all times'. 😁. The JE-type geared starter is just fine and as the weather is so crepe, I'm going to pop out to the workshop and adapt mine for LiPo operation!
  7. Nope. I started a thread on this topic in July last year (23)! Plus ca change...
  8. True, but the attachments have such cryptic descriptions that it's likely most people will ignore them! It's a couple of seconds work to edit the documents' 'suggested' names to something meaningful.
  9. Well that'll learn me! The little voice in my head told me not to poke, but would I listen? 😄 Sorry for your loss Eric and I'm glad that this kind of activity brings some solace. Yes, of course the advice of knowledgeable friends should generally be valued above that of some blokes on a forum. Yet here we are... 😉
  10. The first coupe of posts conjured up an image (for me) of a floaty sport/glider type, but I can see that the Artizan looks a bit more than that! 🤨 All the models mentioned have manufacturer/designer recommendations associated with them, so it begs the question - why the question? Is google no longer our friend?
  11. Overweight for a 48" 'sedate' model I'd say. Useful ballast in a wind, but I'd max at 1800.
  12. Off the top of my head I'd say 1000 to 1300. 800 might be good. 1800 probably a bit too much. 2200 is right out...
  13. Getting the Championship decider out of the way early! 😉
  14. Ooh, err! Best of luck with the repairs! 🤞
  15. I'd still build it as per plan...
  16. In that case I'd build as per plan!
  17. A little bit of heresy from me, I'm afraid, as I made a few mods to my 1/4 scale Pup. Reeves cowling and wheels, F1 recessed to set back engine, scale outline tail surfaces and wing ribs thinned in profile and capped with thin strips of lime to stop the Koverall sticking to the spars. Up front an early McCullough conversion from back in the day and a Williams Vickers on the cowl. The ridiculous former in the cockpit was also cut away and replaced with wire to replicate the fuselage cross-brace cum gun mounting. Switches and charging points are under the hatches on the cowl sides. So it's not so much a DB Pup, but leaning a little more to Sir Tom's version...
  18. Nice work on the rebuild and best wishes and/or congratulations to all those undergoing/about to undergo medical procedures. But I'm sure I can't be the only one to wonder exactly why a Laser 200 bearing housing should want to slip the surly bonds of its crankcase? Chapter and verse please! (For where there's blame, there's a claim... 🙂)
  19. JR stuff is bullet proof*. My 388s, bought in '98, is still going strong and no sign of corrosion. I picked up a 9Xii last year as a backup - for all of ÂŁ20. *not literally - I accept no responsibility for any damages resulting from testing this assertion...
  20. For anyone contemplating a new Mini Racer, this guy will do you a fuselage and Cloud Models can supply wings. (A friend has a 'kit' - all very good quality).
  21. OK - so which is it? 🤣 As referred to above, if your invoice does not a have a UK VAT number on it, then there's no guarantee that the tax you've paid has been remitted to HMRC. Like most I'm happy to roll the tax/duty dice on overseas purchases, but if I end up getting clobbered I sure as hell want it ending up in my own country's Exchequer! PS - Prior to abandoning the UK when the going got tough, all my HKUK orders cam from Elmsett, Suffolk.
  22. Look - there's no point in people bothering to set things up if you can't knock 'em down properly!
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