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Mike T

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  1. FWIW I had a plan printed last week. I then found I already had a print that the same print shop made about 5 years ago. Overlaid, they were identical.
  2. The heat gun is a monster! If you use it to shrink coverings, you need to hold it well back! The cordless rotary tool is excellent as well and comes with a range of tools and collets in the case. It also comes around quite regularly should you miss it on this occasion. I find the Parkside stuff to be excellent quality. If the disc sander comes around - get one. It's virtually identical to the Proxxon at about a quarter the price.
  3. Yes, it was older, effectively otherwise unavailable plans that I was thinking of. That said, there are nevertheless a large number of plans on OZ from brands now owned by companies still actively trading - Sarik being one.
  4. I think it's called 'a debate' - the life blood of internet forums! 🙂 I take the point about post-manoeuvre stall characteristics. If the consequential effects of any particular manoeuvre are more trouble than their worth, then that's a huge disincentive to execute it in the first place. FWIW, I always imagined the DVII's performance of this trick was somewhat like a slightly delayed stall turn, with enough time at the top to fire off 20 or so rounds before falling away. Re the naming of DVIIs in the Armistice, I think this is because at the time it was considered the most significant threat in the Luftstreitkraefte arsenal. If the war had gone on another 6 months, the Armistice might well have singled out e.g. the Pfalz DXII. Note that post-war, the two aircraft that found their way into other nascent air forces in significant numbers were the DVII and the SE5.
  5. To pursue Martin's line of enquiry - why on earth would the wing section matter to an aircraft hanging on its prop? 🙂 I can't see that the stall characteristics have anything to do with it. The Wolseley SE had about 220HP; the BMW DVII about 185.
  6. idle query - does getting a plan scanned cost the same as printing? I ask as this would seem to be an easier/cheaper way of getting it across the Atlantic. It could also then be uploaded to Outerzone (though not in this particular instance as I know Steve (Oz.) is wary of hosting stuff that is still actively 'commercial').
  7. Yes - I noticed the weirdness, but assumed that was something to do with my UK location and/or cookie/security settings!
  8. Maybe I should start a new topic, but any recommendations for mowers? As I mentioned above, we have several, but we need something a bit more substantial to make it less of a chore. We've been looking a ride-ons like Allen National, Ransomes and Toro ganged reel mowers, but they'd need to be very second hand (i.e. cheap!) Pros and cons of ped. vs. ride-on, rotary vs. reel, etc.?
  9. Well I've just filled mine in (took about an hour) and got an instantaneous confirmation. I looked at the BMFA 'model response' and decided to do a Colin Chapman ("simplify and add lightness"). I also cheekily suggested that if RID becomes mandatory, any costs to 'model aircraft operators' should be defrayed by the commercial operators who will be the main beneficiaries of its introduction. Let those with the deepest pockets shell out!
  10. Traplet (original publishers) appear to have a site in Australia. Maybe give them a try? Trans-Pacific shipping may be cheaper! 🙂
  11. When negotiating our field the farmer assured us that it was strictly sheep only and would never have cattle on it. We rejoiced. Problem is, sheep feeding on lowland pasture produce surprisingly large deposits - and plenty of them. Mowing exposes the sweeter part of the leaf, which attracts them to the runways...
  12. The listing states "no pull out plans" 😒
  13. Given it's power and similar benign/stall handling characteristics, I'm pretty sure S.E.5s could have done this if the need/opportunity arose
  14. Saw the F-16, Rafale and Typhoon at Cosford last year. The Rafale was outstanding and the F-16 was excellent. I hope the Typhoon was being polite and not trying to upstage the guests...
  15. We've ended up with 6 this year! Started off with an ex-Parks Department Victa self-powered walk-behind which we've had for 20 years. Last year our secretary sourced four damaged repairable push and self-powered mowers for a nominal sum and got them working. This year, another member sourced and gifted us a ride-on, which is fun, but proving a bit temperamental. All are stored on site in a low 'shed' cobbled together, again by our Secretary (top bloke!) and covered with tarps. Mowing has been a nightmare this year as the combination of a lot of rain and a bit of sun has meant that we are constantly mowing, sometimes without getting any flying in between!
  16. That's the bog standard motor people use when brushlessifying their Twinstars. It's what I've got on mine and with 20A ESCs they run just fine on 8 x 4 props. BTW - folding props always tend to fold back a little when running, which may have been enough for your original prop to not hit the fin.
  17. Three shows over one weekend. Some serious banging of heads together required. Kudos to Southern Modelcraft, Al's Hobbies and Inwood for going to the 'established' date at Much Marcle, when the other venues would have been more convenient for them.
  18. I've used a variation on the talc theme, which I heard about years ago. Mix a paste of meths and talc and 'paint' this into/over the oil affected areas. Leave it a week. The meths evaporates and as it does so it draws the oil into the talc. Scape out the goo and repeat as necessary, finally swabbing out with neat meths and kitchen paper. It works (though not as well as replacing the affected wood) but isn't a quick fix. PS - to get covering to stick it needs to be sealed with something penetrating, like thinned dope and sanding sealer. Balsaloc it for belt and braces.
  19. Drop shipping. Aliexpress run their own DS operation in the UK (somewhere...) AFAIC HK are still a busted flush, until they can prove unequivocally to the contrary. In the meantime, I'll keep an eye on all you guinea-pigs 🙂
  20. Superb! And it will look even better in the paint.
  21. I'm in the UK. Quote: "E10 is pretty much ubiquitous in the UK now". Capische?
  22. I was happy with the price I paid - it's what was available at the time. E10 is pretty much ubiquitous in the UK now, for (supposedly) environmental reasons. I suppose they do things differently in foreign parts... 🙂
  23. I like the sound of the Popham show (I went there once 20+ years ago for a full-size 'fly-in') and wish it well. However, the Much Marcle show is well-established in the calendar and it's annoying when dates coincide and split the attendance of visitors and trade alike. I was very tee'd off a couple of years ago when the organisers of Weston Park 'dumped' an additional show on MM's dates, impacting the visitors/trade accordingly. I made a point of going to MM and buying from the traders who stayed loyal.
  24. When I dabbed the white highlights in his corneas, I was suddenly confronted with a 1000 yd stare. Quite disconcerting - I actually turned away! 😁
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