JACK Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 in case its of any interest,l have an original fuselage for a MINI RACER from solent sailplanes......l also have some info regarding wing sections etc.......if there are any competent mould makers out there l would be willing to make my grp fuselage availiable to produce a mould from,it isnt a full size ridge racer l know,but its maybe the next best thing!!!,pm me if there is any interest,....jack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ramsden Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Posted by Piers Bowlan on 24/12/2020 05:59:26: Perhaps you could try contacting John Woodfield as he may have a plan or at least created his own plan as he most likely built the model in the video. At any rate he may be of some assistance. Nice video anyway and post some details if you have any success. I have just noticed that he replied to one of the uTubers questions that he 'doesn't know much about it as he got if from a swap meet!' It has a balsa fuselage though, so not an original kit. Edited By Piers Bowlan on 24/12/2020 06:06:14 Hi Piers, Yes. That was me! John knows little about it sadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers Bowlan Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Hi David, sorry I didn't realise it was you, I should have suspected as much. Yes, John kindly offered to scan and send me the plan pdf in the New Year and in that case I will forward it to Outerzone for inclusion in their database. As far as re-moulding a fuselage is concerned it sounds ambitious Jack. What is the span of the Mini Racer from Solent Sailplanes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Durndell Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Hi everyone, there is a gentleman that lives in South Wales that occasionally makes and sells the fuselages of the Mini Racer and Ridge Racer on EBay from the original molds ! He worked for Tony Baker from Solent Sailplane and then for the company that took SS over. When they eventually went bust he took most of the original molds with him !! I have a plan of the Mini Racer as well as the Ridge Racer !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 steve1590 is the guy you are looking for. A friend got the RR fus. earlier this year and it was very nicely done. He's not listing fus'es at the moment, but in the listing linked, he does state that he can make to order and put you in touch with a wing man (which I think is Billkits) HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Dell Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Posted by Mike T on 27/12/2020 16:34:13: steve1590 is the guy you are looking for. A friend got the RR fus. earlier this year and it was very nicely done. He's not listing fus'es at the moment, but in the listing linked, he does state that he can make to order and put you in touch with a wing man (which I think is Billkits) HTH It’s Phillip at Cloud models that does the wings although I am sure Billkits can as well, Phillip has them on file and can cut with servo in the centre or 2 servos, 1 in each half like I have with mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Dyer Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Feeling melancholy tonight: isn't it sad how we have to rely on A to contact B who knows someone who knows C and can make a copy of a copy etc etc. I think the 1970s/80s were the hiatus for the hobby. Certainly for Aeromodellers as opposed to fliers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ramsden Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Posted by Maurice Dyer on 27/12/2020 23:23:16: Feeling melancholy tonight: isn't it sad how we have to rely on A to contact B who knows someone who knows C and can make a copy of a copy etc etc. I think the 1970s/80s were the hiatus for the hobby. Certainly for Aeromodellers as opposed to fliers. I know how you feel Maurice. I left the hobby in 1980 and came back to it this year. Things have certainly changed in those 40 years. Mind you, I never did like plastic fuselages and foam wings so maybe I left at the right time. I'd much rather build a balsa version of the ridge racer than have ready made glass and foam. I'm just thankful that I can still buy balsa wood, well, just about. The news on that isn't too good either. Nevertheless it's still a great hobby and some of the changes have been fantastic. Like modern RC gear: I shall never again have to suffer a crash because of some twit with an American CB radio! The 'good old days' were not all good. Right now I'm enjoying the hobby immensely. I hope you do too asap. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Posted by Maurice Dyer on 27/12/2020 23:23:16: Feeling melancholy tonight: isn't it sad how we have to rely on A to contact B who knows someone who knows C and can make a copy of a copy etc etc. I think the 1970s/80s were the hiatus for the hobby. Certainly for Aeromodellers as opposed to fliers. I've had several goes at trying to respond to this, but I have to concede - words fail me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 Me too. I could only conclude that Maurice didn't actually mean that the 1970's -1980's were a hiatus for the hobby - it seemed like quite a busy time for the hobby with many classic designs, including those being discussed in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Austin Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Hi there "Nostalgia Guys" I'm in my 70s but only started RC flying about six years ago. ( A late starter) Anyway, two or three years ago I was given a slope soarer (with a towing hook fitted. I don't know what the name of the model is, but it seems to be all original. It has an all glass fuse measuring 43.5 inches from tip of the nose to trailing edge of the elevator. It has fully glassed polystyrene core wings, of 74.25 inches span. It has ailerons which are "solidly" linked and driven by one servo which drives an "L" shaped hook soldered to the stranded Bowden cable, which is still wworking. How is the servo arm configured to operate this bowden hook arrangement, I wonder??? How tricky might it be to fit separate servos into the wings??? How to get the servo leads there??? Go With the Flow Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 The balsacraft warbirds had a similar arrangement - a bowden cable joining the ailerons , with an l shaped hook going through the servo arm. GG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 4 hours ago, Bruce Austin said: Hi there "Nostalgia Guys" I'm in my 70s but only started RC flying about six years ago. ( A late starter) Anyway, two or three years ago I was given a slope soarer (with a towing hook fitted. I don't know what the name of the model is, but it seems to be all original. It has an all glass fuse measuring 43.5 inches from tip of the nose to trailing edge of the elevator. It has fully glassed polystyrene core wings, of 74.25 inches span. It has ailerons which are "solidly" linked and driven by one servo which drives an "L" shaped hook soldered to the stranded Bowden cable, which is still wworking. How is the servo arm configured to operate this bowden hook arrangement, I wonder??? How tricky might it be to fit separate servos into the wings??? How to get the servo leads there??? Go With the Flow Bruce That's how the servo linkage for the ailerons on my Ridge Racer was done. It's just an L-shaped tang of wire soldered and bound to the Bowden cable. That fits through the servo arm with the servo lying on it's side. I was going to replace that with a pair of miniservos- one in each wing, but in the end I was able to get it working okay. I cn post a picture of the linkage if that would help? OTOH if you wanted to do the mini servo in each wing, you already have a ready made pull through in the form of the Bowden cable and tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Austin Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Hi there Leccyflyer, yes please, a picture would be a big help. What size servo did you need to use on that bowden setup? While we're at it what size servos did you use on the rudder and the elevator? I presume you are using metal gear servos? Go With the Flow Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 Not metal geared, I used a Hitec 225BB compact servo on the ailerons Bowden linkage and a pair of Futaba S148s on rudder and elevator. I'll grab a picture for you tomorrow - it's a wee bit stormy out there just now. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 Here's a picture of that Bowden cable linkage as requested. I like to retain the servo in this sort of set up with a ply restraint, rather than just rely on the rather spongy feel of servo mounting tape alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Austin Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Ah, now I see what you've done, Leccyflier. I like that ply "insurance". I did a dry mockup direct to the servo arm, just like you, and i was a wee bit concerned about keeping the servo tight in place. I must admit that I prefer separate servos for my ailerons. That gives a lot more flexibility for flight modes. But then, I suppose, that when this plane was born, there was a limit to the number of radio channels, and still be able keep the hobby affordable. I have a Taranis Plus which gives me all the channels I need, and the receivers can be very compact indeed. Go With the Flow Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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