06-09-2020, 06:07 PM
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I don't fly them foxy, my Son does, the design of the Cap does make it a tricky flyer, it has large control surfaces, especially the wrap round elevators and rudder. The response of the controls can be dialled down on the transmitter (its called Transmitter Exponential) which is useful for a flyer new to aerobatic stuff. When the Son started Model Flying, it was natural that I had to be competent (sort of) in building and repairing.
06-09-2020, 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by spitfire
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I don't fly them foxy, my Son does, the design of the Cap does make it a tricky flyer, it has large control surfaces, especially the wrap round elevators and rudder. The response of the controls can be dialled down on the transmitter (its called Transmitter Exponential) which is useful for a flyer new to aerobatic stuff. When the Son started Model Flying, it was natural that I had to be competent (sort of) in building and repairing.
06-09-2020, 09:46 PM
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Its like anything else Foxy, we started this journey in 2003, when I took a work sabbatical, just like now, as time moved on. there is now a battle going on between electric and internal combustion power, we tend not to go down the electric route, which, a lot of flyers have chosen . If you fly IC, you have to train for a so called "Dead Stick" situation, whereby the engine cuts, and you have to glide, in a airframe that is not designed for this purpose, electric flyers (and IC now to some extent) have two way communication with the aircraft, so, are prewarned about any potential crisis, Ok, this has reduced the instances where a flyer goes home with a bag of Balsa, but, has suppressed the seat of your pants experience where anything can happen, and you have to react.07-09-2020, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by spitfire
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Its like anything else Foxy, we started this journey in 2003, when I took a work sabbatical, just like now, as time moved on. there is now a battle going on between electric and internal combustion power, we tend not to go down the electric route, which, a lot of flyers have chosen . If you fly IC, you have to train for a so called "Dead Stick" situation, whereby the engine cuts, and you have to glide, in a airframe that is not designed for this purpose, electric flyers (and IC now to some extent) have two way communication with the aircraft, so, are prewarned about any potential crisis, Ok, this has reduced the instances where a flyer goes home with a bag of Balsa, but, has suppressed the seat of your pants experience where anything can happen, and you have to react.
08-09-2020, 10:00 AM
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Hmmm... I seem to have missed this Thread till recentlyMaking model aeroplanes; been doing it since I was 10 or 11, though things like marriage, work, family and so on have tended to interfere. Now I'm retired, but there are lots of other things to do as well.....
Airfix are probably the best known kits, but there are others
Hiking & backpacking. I started in the Scouts and just carried on from there
Recently my legs have started aching & complaining, so I'm not sure what the future will hold for this
Knife Making. Some people grind & forge their own blades, but you have to be fairly keen to do that
I buy in ready made blades then fit my own handles
Leatherwork. This followed on from the knives, and I learned leatherwork to make the sheaths
At first it was just a means to an end, but I've become more interested, and have started to make belts & wallets
Touring around. I always used to enjoy going to museums, airshows, and so on, but in 2018 & 2019 I've been doing more of this
Going to museums, castles, browsing around villages, cities, and countryside, re-enactment shows, steam gatherings, all that sort of thing
I call it 'looking at Britain' - before it's all changed, lost, and destroyed
Of course, The Pestilence has stopped almost all of that, but I have a weekend planned soon
Reading. I was, and still am, a fan of Scandi Noir, but recently I've been reading Stuart Maconie and others on touring round Britain
Our local libraries have been closed for months, so that's slowed me down a bit
Photography I was fairly keen & capable with 35mm slides, but I just never took to digital. I really must try to learn digital photography and catch up with computer stuff in general
Cooking. I enjoy cooking but I now live on my own, which is a double edged sword
I have the run of a decent kitchen all to myself , but there's a tendency not to bother
10-10-2020, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by spitfire
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Just been down to Milton Keynes, to pick up this plane. It is an 84" span Cap 231, the engine in it is a 62cc Zenoah which retails at £315.00, the whole plane cost half of that. It needs the lightest of restoration (about an hour), just shows how long it has been since entering Northamptonshire, there is a whole new Bypass been built around Weedon.
The new parts are painted and ready for fitting.
Note the Dulux "First Dawn" Blue on the office walls.
10-10-2020, 01:02 PM
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New and old side by side, you can see how much more substantial the new one is, therein lies a problem. The balance point (centre of gravity) is critical on models as it is on full size, the old undercarriage and spats weighed in at 440 grams, the new on weighs a 1000 (a kilo) so 560 grams have been added to the front end, fortunately, with the chosen engine up front, lead weights had to be added to the firewall area to achieve the correct c of g, the trick is now to remove some (or All) of the weights to restore the balance point.
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