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  1. Deskpilot
    Thought so/. Did the same to mine today. Plus, the seat is double skinned so I cut away a wide groove in the bottom skin so that I could get it to sit lower. I'll do the mods to the cover myself. I'm fairly handy with a sewing machine. Made me first wife's maternity wear, my kids dresses and my second wife's wedding dress. I'm not just a pretty face ya'no.
  2. Deskpilot
    Hi KR. I notice the your control stick is in touch with the leading edge of the seats. Did you have to cut away any of the under-lying frame etc, to get full stick movement? With my rally seat conversion in my Thruster, I've had to cut away the seat AND modify the stick. I still haven't got it right and might have to modify my seat cover as well.
  3. Deskpilot
    Good lord no, they'll be flying forever, if the skins are changed occasionally.
  4. Deskpilot
    2 or 3 blades on the rotor? Obviously, 2 for simplicity, but some designers favour 3. Why?
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    I dread to think about the gyroscopic effects of that idea, Marty. I'm no expert as I've said before but I doubt it's feasible. I wouldn't like to sit between 2 egg beaters a few inches from my head. Bex, am I right in thinking you are thinking in terms of a fixed rotor head with only a spin-up device at the mast-head, and all control to be via conventional surfaces? A general question to all, how about an electric set-up with the rotor also providing charge for the batteries?
  6. Deskpilot
    I'm looking to do a similar thing but I want built in cameras to avoid the need to remove them in case of theft. Any ideas folk, thinking in terms of a lipstick camera on/in the fin mainly.
  7. Deskpilot
    I've just reviewed this thread and find that my photos have been deleted and post numbers changed. My original post was #35. Here's what I posted. Bex should now be happy (post #88)
  8. Deskpilot
    The blue one, 1347, my red one, 1346
  9. Deskpilot
    Bex, by a 'different aircraft' I meant a second one of your design, not a different design. Sorry to confuse you.
  10. Deskpilot
    A brilliant comedian. I guess he's passed now and has met the 'god' he didn't believe in. Irony, what!
  11. Deskpilot
    My Thruster was registered before yours, just.
  12. Deskpilot
    I'm no expert but the one time I flew in a gyro I was mightily impressed. So smooth compared with fixed wing aircraft. R618, I tend to agree with you. Time for you to start designing. Jab-who, how did your research re safety, take into account the 1000's to 1 differences in the numbers flying in order to come up with what-ever figures were quoted. I doubt that it was an accurate result. Bex, stick with your current plan and on completion, do the mods on a different plane. I see where you're coming from with respect to flying in China and the idea may very well take off.
  13. Deskpilot
    Hi AB, actually it's old stuff tarted up. A light coat of Chrome paint. Unfortunately, it's very soft and will take months to harden fully. Well, I hope it will harden,
  14. Deskpilot
    There's a saying, "Slowly, slowly, catch'im monkey" and that's the case with my rebuild. Very slow progress but on the right path. My boom is now back on and the control wires partially reconnected. Look good from a distance but I've managed to mark the paint a few times. Put it down to age. My mum turned 100 a fortnight ago and there are days when she is steadier than me.
  15. Deskpilot
    Excellent video Phil. thanks for sharing.
  16. Deskpilot
    Hi FT, if you were asking me, the answer is no. A proper tank seat would be too high. I've had to modify mine, and it's still too high and too far forward..
  17. Deskpilot
    Love these super scale planes. I wonder if they realize that for the build time, and cost, they could have a real plane to fly.
  18. Deskpilot
    But they're not Red Tops are they. Square fins is the easy way to distinguish. As I understand it, The main difference was that the Red Top exploded into some sort of rotating chain and again, tried to kill the pilot rather than the plane.
  19. Deskpilot
    A brilliant model and well flown but, who saw the HUGE mistake. It's flying with the red rubber nose cone protectors on. Fire-streak missiles have a glass nose cone through which it 'see' it's target when 'locked on' done by the AI23b radar in the green 'bullet'. When it approaches it's target, it flies to one side and the circular windows trigger the missile to exploded hoping to kill the pilot as well as destroy the plane.
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    Welcome Hawkeye, so glad you decided to join us. Like most of us, you're following Bex's wonderful journey and we all wish him success with his build. What area do you hail from?
  21. Deskpilot
    Slowly but surely Steve. Will post a photo later this week. BTW, what's with the red and white flag in your profile?
  22. Deskpilot
    Welcome back Steve, now you're going to have to publish pictures of your plane. Hope it's still going well.
  23. Deskpilot
    Whilst the Lightning in a vertical clime (from take off) turns you on, you'd absolutely wet yourself with 24/5 of them taking to the skies at 0200hrs on a fully armed scramble. They started from a standing start at the end of the runway, parked at an angle on the side of the runway. I was mid way down the line. Only sounds were the Houchins (Ford straight 6 powered generators) plugged into most of them. A few had the old type battery trolleys, one of which didn't separate and got towed down the runway until it finally let go and was smashed to pieces at the side of the runway. Suddenly, engines were started and the planes shot forward, in no particular order, disconnecting them selves for their power supplies (except the one), turned a few degrees went to full throttle and hit reheat. Up to three abreast, the following one not waiting for turbulence to die down. Did the ground move, you bet it did. WONDERFUL, awe inspiring. Following their blue cones of 'fire' up into the sky we saw the lights of Beverley come on below them as residents were woken from their sleep. That was one very long, cold night, but one I'll never forget. Ex 19, 23 & 74 Sqdns.
  24. Deskpilot
    In the R/C world, big, bigger, biggest seems to be the name of the game. Well, let's go into reverse and, although not the smallest now, just marvel at this tiny P-51 Mustang with retracts, lights and cannons. Enjoy
  25. Deskpilot
    You should be able to do that at AdelaideBiplanes.com.au at Aldinga. since they train both RA and GA. Pop down one weekend and enjoy a meal under the veranda, and have a front seat view of what's going on. Might be nearer than MB but not necessarily cheaper.
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