Just to apologize for an error in the dates for the subject event. The event dates shown in the "Subject" are incorrect . Please note that the dates are the 13th and 14th September. So just to confirm that arrivals are from the Friday 12th Sept and departure can take place up to 12-00 on M...

This is just to confirm that our Fly-in for the 13th and 14th September will take place. Below are the details for the event. This will be a 2 day event from the 13th to the 14th September. Flying times will10-30 till 20-00 . Caravan camping arrivals from Lunch time on the 12th and departures on the...

Just a reminder that the NMAS have its annual Fly-in coming up in May. At the moment we have only had a few people signed up but as per last year interest nearer the time ramped up rapidly. If you go the the NMAS events section of this forum you will see full details. It is a full 4 day event but if...

I am pleased to advise that the NMAS ( Northumbrian Model Aircraft Society ) have now finalized the dates for our 2 events for 2025. The details of these are as follows. Event 1:- This will take place from the 23rd to the 26th May with flying from 10-30 through to 8pm each day. Caravan and camping a...

Good afternoon all, Just in case you have not looked at the LMA event page in the forum recently you may not be aware of the 2 Fly-ins to be held at the NMAS ( Northumbrian Model aircraft societies) flying site. If you have not visited our site before it is located approximately 20 miles north of Ne...

Good evening to you all, just in case you missed this one in the LMA Events section of the forum, Just to let you know that the event is going ahead, At the moment we have not had a lot of uptake for the event and I would just like to encourage you to give it a go. You can see from the heading that ...

Good afternoon to you all. For those that did not pick it up in the LMA events section I would just like to give a little plug to the NMAS Fly-in which takes place from the 26th to the 29th of May at our flying site located just outside of the village of Long Horsley. We still have around 50% of our...

Good evening to you all. You have now I hope seen the posting in the " Upcoming events " section for the Gaydon Static show on the 23rd October. Now if this wasn't great news after our few years of absence I can now bring you all some more great news to go along with it. In this weeks &quo...

Hello all, as you will now have all received your new journal we know that our show season is approaching very quickly, and you will know now who Dave Walker is - PRO and Commentator. We also know that the past 2 years have been difficult and at this point in time we are seeing a significant reducti...

Hopefully your post has arrived and your new Journal is now with you. As you will see on the cover its "Nearly Show Time" To go with the new show season why not treat yourself to your new attire. We have been working with a new supplier and now have good stocks of LMA merchandise. New colo...

Hi Arthur it sounds like what you have is an original Zenoah silencer fitted to the engine. If you open the silencer it should have a baffle plate inside. To change it to something more conventional you will need to able to silver solder. If you make up a small hardwood block about 1 inch thick you ...

hi John H, some good input. I still have a little Diacov left if you would like a sample just drop me a note and I'll send some for you, see you can see how it looks ,

Cheers Dave Walker

John, like you I found the price of Oratex getting prohibitive and I used the Sarik Diacov 1000 on the Paul Hughes Shoestring. Was reasonably pleased with the finished but it was my learning curve having used Oratex in the past. The good news is that it is wider than Tex, As a start point I coated t...

Ian, only think I can find is that Jerry Bates does a 1/8 scale plan ( span 57 inch). Jerry's plans are good quality and easy to read for scaling. If your friend needs to get a copy they are available from Fighter aces contact Phil Clark.

Cheers Dave Walker

Just wondering if any present or past users of the subject transmitter have seen the following issue. Up to now the transmitter has worked without issue. I was test running a model the other day and all was well. After the test run I switched off the transmitter. Shortly afterwards on switching it o...

David, found a manual for the SBD-1 on the Hobbico website and in the one page document there is a small note stating that the item is for use with either 4 or 5 cell NiCad or NiMh cells. there is not mention of LiFe or LiPo cells in the manual. If in doubt you could use the Powerbox switch system w...

Built mine from Jerry Bates plan and its a nice straight forward build. Used Roto 25 engine as it fitted into cowl with just a minor cut out for the st Andard silencer, Covering was a Glassed fus and solartex wing and tail. Cowl and Oleo legs also available from fighter aces. Hope this helps Dave Wa...

Paul, if I remember correctly Harry Hartland did an article in the journal on the undercarriage Mount system he used in his Stinson. It used a system which used internal springing which worked very well. And was not visible on the outside.
If I find it I'll let you know
Cheers a Dave

Just been reading through all of the comments on the Re-branding and as I may be the happy chappie who needs to talk our audiences through this next season thought that I should do a bit of researching. Now found that this is not as simple as it first sounds. So firstly LMFA. saw I think it was Bob ...

Frank, not sure about the model you are building but I would suggest avoiding 75mm engine standoffs. The problem when you go to longer standoffs is vibration problems. It would be far better to look at extending the engine mounting box to give you a more rigid solution and hence far less vibration.....