Has anyone read the Sunday Times article "It's a new whirl as the sky fills with private drones". Worth a dip into; someone from Holland expects hundreds of people to apply to use drones when the new regulations come in. Chris Cole of Drone Wars UK says that 50 or 60 firms have permission ...

To John,Bob and Alan
Thank you each for your advice and I think that I will buzz off to Wicks in Trowbridge and see what they have.
Happy New Year, Slater Reynolds

What are the most suitable ways to make wing protectors please . Slater Reynolds

Thanks for the replies Dave & Peter; I will go for the 45 deg option, I can find quite a nice throttle cable run, Slater Reyolds.

Peter, well, I am sorry you had that bump; at 45 deg the magneto seems to stay just inside the bottom of the fuselage but I'll wait a while in case there is reason for not trying it - unequal weight?

Thank you for good thoughts. Slater Reynolds

Dave, thanks for that, now I see from Toni Clark's instructions that it is best not to have the carb above the fuel tank so I could put the engine at 45deg which places the standard exhaust right in pilot's eye view! Thanks for the encouragement. Slater Reynolds.

A small matter; I am ready to think about the engine control run and have offered up the Zenoh 62 to the bulkhead. This leaves the plug, exhaust etc most exposed to a bad landing. Is there a reason why the motor cannot be set upright? I am about to bend wire for the u/c and have 3/16th which I propo...