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Have you also looked at the Kingspan boards available from such as Wickes or other builders merchants. I know they usually have aluminium foil stuck to them but that will probably peel off and leave the foam which you can then use.

Maxg

Have a look at the B&Q website as there are things on there that may be suitable. Maybe a trip to local B&Q for a look.

https://www.diy.com/departments/jablite-polystyrene-insulation-board-l-2-4m-w-1-2m-t-100mm/26820_BQ.prd

HTH

Maxg

Why not retape it yourself. Not difficult and you would have a model whose decoration suits you,

Maxg

Try this site **LINK**

Cant find a 100 but there is a 101 which may be similar.

HTH

Maxg

We had the Hurricane and Spitfire from Coningsby overhead either yesterday or the day before, can't remember which. The sound drew my attention as you may expect.

Maxg

Swift?

Gnat?

Which is the best of all the various apps for this sort of stuff?

I have Flightradar 24 but it does not show all the military traffic we get over North Lincolnshire including American stuff.

Thanks

Maxg

Have just spent some time programming my Tx and an associated gyro stabilised Rx.

By the time I had programmed flight phases, dual rates, timers, expo etc I realised that I needed to have a checklist for when I decided to fly the particular model.

It then made me muse on how complex things are now. When I started on 27Mhz there were no servo reversers, model memories, sub trim, rate switches, timers or flight phases. You set up all models on the Tx exactly the same. In fact when you built them you installed the servo and push rods exactly the same. After trimming flights all trims were returned to neutral and suitable adjustments made to servos and pushrods etc.

It was a bit of a faff but after that every time you picked up the Tx it was ready to go whatever model you had picked up. No crashes then due to wrong model or memory.

All these new fangled sophistications are well and good but they do have their price.

I must admit that I do use all the modern gadgets but I do tend to sort servos and trims back to zero even though I don't really need to. Habit I suppose.

Maxg

I usually stand but that makes my back ache sometimes. I made a workstand thing that goes in my bench vice to allow small items to be worked on with a straight back. Got the idea from a utube video of a high end watchmaker factory in Switzerland. It doubles as a fretsaw bench and a flat cutting board. The black cutting board is a discarded chopping board from SWMBO. It works very well for me and also has the advantage of moving small items nearer my aged eyes.

Maxg

Where I have done this I had a male Mpx on one panel and a female Mpx on the other panel. In this way you cannot connect the wrong wing to the Rx harness if you see what I mean.

Maxg

Have you tried **LINK** or **LINK** .

Alternatively 4Max do multi way connectors now. Alternatively what about 9 pin D sockets.

Maxg

With respect to the tailplane structure, I think that it is a method that was popular in the 80s. The Airtronics Aquila and similar designs in that range of gliders used that style of taiplane. I built one like that for an Aquila last year.

Much lighter than sheet and also a lot less expensive balsa used which could have been an issue in those times.

Maxg

My very old Ripmax one is the same with 2 long bolts. Have had it to bits in the past to replace the power cable. Back together again without any particular difficulty, just a bit of fiddling. works ok.

If I wire up an ESC which has an SBEC in it and disable the SBEC by removing the red wire at the RX are there any issues if I use a 2S Lipo as the RX battery?

The higher voltage of the 2S Lipo will not harm the ESC under these conditions will it?

The model has HV servos and the RX is Hv capable.

TIA

Maxg

I have a tube of wallpaper overlap adhesive left over from some decorating. It looks like very liquid PVA white glue.

Is it useable instead of Balsaloc or other similar covering adhesives.

Maxg

What about an Edgar Perceval EP9 as something a bit different.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6a9g6LOj5c.

Maxg

I use the pots from the microwave spong puddings. The best ones are those with a smooth domed bottom as they are easy to wipe out.

The puddings are good as well!!!!

On a related topic of stirrers some places often have small plastic straws a couple of mms id and about 120mm or so long. Great for locating and protecting 2.4 aerials in the correct orientation.

Maxg

3 things occur to me with your set up.

1) Ideally the servo arm length should be the same as your rudder horn size. In your case 60mm.

2) If you are still using 35Mhz it pays to make sure the two cables are not touching as that can cause glitching. Not sure about 2.4 but to make sure anyway I always use nylon covered fishing trace. Because I have several varieties of trace as long as one is nylon covered all is ok.

3) Have you too much tension in your cables?

HTH

Maxg

Mine arrived this morning complete with Moon Dancer plan.

Excellent.

Maxg