So sorry to hear of the passing of Dave Tappin, a true aviation enthusiast and and gentleman.

I am having a similar problem with my Zenoah 62, although not new, it has run satisfactorily in the past. I have recently converted this engine to run on electronic ignition in an attempt to make starting easier. This has been successful as far as generating a heathy spark, but I am having a problem...

Sorry to hear that Roy is not in the best of health. We served together on the LMA committee throughout the nineties. He is one of the good guys and I have many happy memories of the Cosford shows of that time. I too bought one of his many models, he was a prolific builder. The model that I bought f...

Hi David, I have built a third scale Balsa USA Stearman using a 250 Moki engine. The Moki is very powerful and does add useful weight to balance the model on the suggested CG which is on line with the upper wings rear strut connection point, no additional weight was required. The torque effect of th...

Excellent job as usual Ted. I would imagine you will have incorporated all the things learnt from your previous model. It has inspired me to look again at my quarter scale Dragon 84. This model is now twenty years plus. Nothing that a good dusting off and spruce up wouldn't put right. Look forward t...

So sorry to hear the sad news of Adrian's passing. He was a lovely, absolutely genuine human being who was admired and respected by all those who had the pleasure of serving alongside him on the the early LMA committees. [quote="John Greenfield]Sad news indeed. Without Ardians calm steering ha...

I can't see how such an absurd idea to do away with independent inspections ever came to pass.
Common sense surely must prevail. There were sound, valid reasons why independent inspections
were introduced. Nothing has changed since!