The club is currently hovering around 70 members for the financial year, which is probably the largest it has ever been. This is more than double the membership of a few years ago. A substantial number of new members are juniors, and this bodes well for the future of the hobby. How good is it …
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Having cleverly and irrevocably deleted many photos from the phone, some intermediate stages of the build are not recorded, which will require skipping through a large chunk of the final bit of work. We left off with the canopy, and following that the final installations were completed for the fuel tank and radio gear, undercarriage …
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The club Christmas Party will be held at the flying field on Saturday 11th December at 10.00am. Members and their families are all welcome. Bring all the planes that will fit in your car. More Details to follow… UPDATE A very successful event was held with the best attendance in years. A highlight was …
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Control line pilots are starting to show up in large numbers at the club circle. A lot of work has been put into providing this facility and it is great to see it being used by some extremely competent pilots. Hopefully we will soon see some combat action.
The completed wings can now be test-fitted to the fuselage. The wing tube is cut to size so that both wings can slide on fully. With the wings now aligned, the carbon fibre undercarriage legs could be attached evenly. They had to be cut to shape, and one side cut down, as there is a …
The root ribs are cut from 1.5mm ply and glued to the foam wing cores. Also included are a 5mm bolt for mounting to the fuselage and two locator lugs made from leftover carbon-fibre rods. The wings are now ready for sheeting with 1.5mm balsa. First the sheets need to be glued together along their …
The servo rack was installed into the fuselage with a couple of Savox servos. The rudder wires can be seen attached for initial fit testing. Below, the wing tube and other holes were drilled and the wing spar tube aligned and glued in place Less than three months after replacing my phone camera …
I know how excited everybody is for the next instalment, but I must insist on patience as these things take time. What with all the fan mail I receive from on-line casino owners and Russian women making marriage proposals – sorry but there’s only so much of me to go around. The tail feathers were …
Before a model starts to look pretty, a lot of work has to go into installations. First to the business end of the model, and mounting the engine. The plans call for an offset engine mount, about 2.5 degrees to the right, which helps to deal with engine torque that tends to roll the aircraft …
With our myriad fans clamouring for more website posts, it’s time to show the masses what goes into building a flying model aircraft. After asking around the club for a ready-to-fly, easy-going, 60 size sports model, I was handed the exact opposite: a fibreglass short kit for a 30cc IMAC stunt model. (IMAC is a …
