Jimbo

Hi John - nope - just build it as per the plans. I dont think Ive ever tinkered with thrust lines on any of the ones Ive built and I cant even remember if theres any built in. Still you can always add some packing behind the engine mount after but I dont think you will need to. I used an Irvine 25 on mine which was in my opnion perfect, although something smaller would fly her too. The only advice I would add, would be as follows The rudder is easily snapped off due to the large amount of soft vertical grain. I used to inset a couple of carbon rods lengthwise in the tail to s

As promised, please find attached a picture of the (almost) complete Bobcat 50. On further web searching, it appears to be a Far-East copy of the BVM plane of the same name - there's loads of Septics putting turbines on them.... if only I had one PS, I hope everyone watched 'Reach for the Skies' this afternoon?

Jo and I went flying this afternoon (about 1ish) and managed 1 flight with his Yak (he even let me have a go) It was pretty gusty today, but predominantly a medium to strong wind from the gate, so flyable if you were brave enough I think there was a much stronger wind higher up as I saw those same clouds Leon....

Is that what you got for Xmas Steve? I'll have the fuel if its still good - thanks. And thanks for the weather report - looks perfect... Leon - I think you left the boots when you called the other day

Well, I started this thread by telling you about the Bobcat 50 that I bought for myself as a Christmas Present. The attached photo is of the plane that my wife (bless her) bought me for Christmas - aren't I the lucky one! Both planes are almost finished, but here's the twin. Called the 'Dual Ace', she has a span of 1.77m (70" Roger) and weighs about 11lbs. Radio is Futaba Receiver with a mix of 7 Futaba and HiTec Servos. 2 x OS52 Four Stroke Engines. I'm SO looking forward to flying her and if the weather is OK, is should be within the week! I'll keep you posted and put u

Well done Darren - an almost perfect first flight (more up!!!). As everyone says, she looks great in the air - I can't wait for us to do some circuits together! (Nice pics Leon)

Mines still in its box.... I really must make it soon Looks nice Terry - did you fit the robart undercarriage too? I have to say that I'm definately going to put OS52s in mine - with a twin you need all the security you can get, especially all that hard work.

Remember those sexy Jet-style pushers they had at the show from Wholesale planes? Bobcat 50 is what its called. http://www.wholesaleplanes.co.uk/Images ... obcat1.jpg Well... I think you can probably guess the rest Now then, I've only got a 90 to put in it... what shall I do? Another good reason to get home quick huh? See you all in a week!

Mmmmmm nice...... I might even be up the field on the 17th!

Looks nice dazzle - I like that exhaust system on the AX - neat! You going to wait for me to come home before you crash it though?

I hear ya - sleeping dogs and all that. Do ya have a static prop?

Here's some pics before the fatefull moment...

Looks great Don. The only problem with these flash cameras, is you can see that the prop is too small.... Whats it flying on? Will it turn something bigger dya think?

Just get yourself some more aeleron hinge material and re-do the alerons - it will pay off in the long run and is a very simple fix. Regards the ball sockets, if yo look at the model from the side, with the aelerons in their neutral position, imagine a line drawn between the two ball sockets. The open face of each socket wants to be pointing straight down this line to the other socket. The idea is that in the neutral (middle) position the ball is in the centre of each socket. If you make a little card template up with the angle between the wings on one edge it can help you to set

Stephen - if you put the control rods in the EXACT centre of the ailerons, then it wont matter if you have to change them around will it? One thing to make sure with the connecting rods - the sockets that you set into the ailerons for the balls to go into have to be set into the surface at an angle pointing towards the opposite aileron. To explain, the lower wing sockets have to be angled forwards and the top wing sockets must be angled backwards. If you dont do this, you wont get full movement of the balls in the holes. Hope this makes sense....

Looks OK to me... Somthing you could try. If you have a heat gun, try warming the film panels between the cap strips and see if it pops off the foam underneath. Works sometimes! Look forward to seeing it flying.

Looking good Stephen - those servo wires came out OK I think! You could always notch the glass wing band so that they come up inside the fuselage - I dont think that will affect the strength too much. Another couple of days....

All I can say is that I've never heard of them - and thats probably not a recommendation.... Still, they could be fantastic! I think someone should buy one so we can find out. Back to you yellowred

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Congratulations Don - that's quite an achievment!! Good to know you can still move your fingers properly after you recent accident too. Lets see those pics when you have them.

Well it had to happen sooner or later, but I had hoped it would be a bit later. Suffered massive radio problems this Sunday resulting in the total destruction of the spitfire I didnt even get a proper dog-fight in with Joes ME109. The model is a complete right-off - in fact we never found the tail or most of the wings.... Got the engine and radio back, although I don;t think I'll be trusting the radio again. What t build next? Another fun-fighter perhaps? Watch this space.......

Now we can all have a go of yours, and see if they are worth buying! Dont you see the logic Dazzle????

Its VD, Scar and Crossed Scalpels if you don't mind!

They must be for retaining something round in cross section and linear in form to something flat in appearance. How about that?

Well the springs on the steel pegs do that - they hold the whole lot tight together against the retaining piano wire keeper. (I hope)