Not sure Tony was admiring my landing or watching in horror!
Anyway. Got some paint on it now.

Thanks Pete. Will be done before too long.

Well after many more hours its ready for covering.

Hi Sean. Thanks for your comments. I'm busy gluing strips of balsa on the outside of the fuselage at the moment The flaps are very effective at full deployment which is about 60 degrees. There is no need for any elevator mix as the pitch remains fairly constant. It will drop in from height quite ste...

Work continues mostly on the wings. They are nearly ready for covering now and all lined up. At last the model is taking shape.





Many thanks to Paul from Kingfisher for making the cowls which has saved me lots of extra work.

Hi Robin.
Happy new year to you too. Most of the damage is of course visible. The fuselage is easy to check as for the wings it's a case of removing some of the covering and open up where needed such as the wing tip. Stress tests can be applied also to reveal weaknesses.

Annoyingly one of the wing tips was damaged more than I realised.



Underside soon repaired and tip replaced.

Well its time to get on the wings which are also a bit of a mess...



slow progress. Bit of a jigsaw really.



CNC cut parts are a must to save time. Big thank you to SLEC.

Sticking with the Zenoah 26 pair as I will give them a good thrash around one at a time in a smaller model. They do fit well in the cowl and power output is ideal. This was the cause of my engine problems this year. reduced bung.jpeg This got to the filter in the carb reduced green snot .jpeg Thanks...

Hi Robin. It's coming along. Always quicker than building a new one. This is todays progress. reduced planking.jpeg As for the engines, well the 26 Zenoah can be troublesome but after carb bits etc I had them sorted than had a signal loss which was terminal. Different RX in the re-build when it's do...

Trusty sliding battery tray back in position



Cockpit glass in position ready for planking

After a couple of days its like something from the Natural History Museum

Speaking of disasters my Wellington after a summer of engine problems bit the dust at a local field following loss of signal resulting in a vertical spiral descent. The damage was quite extensive.
Anyway after getting parts supplied by SLEC I set about starting the repairs this week.

As above.
Needing something like a 3W or similar please.
Must be in good condition and reliable runner.
With exhaust if possible, at least the header anyway.
Call 07967 598993

Thanks.
Steve Vodrey.

Could anyone assist with the above please. I call it a cylinder gasket as it’s not really a head gasket but you know the one I mean.
Thanks in advance.
07967 598993
Vod.

Got it today Baz.
Thanks Steve.

Thanks for fixing me up.

PM sent

As above. The type I need is the standard silencer with the longer body and two pipes pointing downwards when the motor is inverted.
Thanks.
Steve Vodrey 07967 598993