radio control model planes

[wolfie]

Anyone into radio control planes?.................er its not for me a mate asked if there is anyone else in the Settle / Skipton area interested.....:whistle:

[Biscuit]

they make great moving targets ;)

[239desmo]

If he is thinking of starting best plan is find out where the local club meets.
Usually at the weekend over the winter and just turn up for a look.
Get speaking to them, usually delighted to have a prospective new member, and take it from there.
It is very much like flying the real thing and a large minority of club members fly the real thing for a living!
The model helicopters are good training for real chopper pilots as it improves their reactions as they encounter the same problems but due to the size difference, much faster.

[239desmo]

Oh, and if he wants to find out about the local club, the local model shop will tell him. Usually find the shop owner/staff are members anyway.

[dseered]

I hope to pop down in the Summer to practice panning with the camera and big lens.....
http://www.kendalmodelaeroclub.co.uk/index.asp

Here are the N Yorks clubs........
http://www.bmfa.org/clubs/clist.php

[rockjock620]

Both Slowpat and Sticky (both Harrogate) on here are active R/C flyers. They should be along soon.

[wolfie]

Thanks for all the info folks, appreciate that. And of course you must have realised that it is actually me that flies and not "my friend" which also sounds very gay, and I am not being homophobic either, though I am not gay, nor homophobic, but still not gay.

Have been flying for over 10 years but on moving up to Gods Country four years ago have not had the time.

I put the article in the context of "a friend of mine" as knowing this site well, though I am not a regular user, I expected some sarcastic flak...........but got only one! Silly boy, potato peeler biscuit whatever.

Good to hear from you Rock! long time no speak and before you say it, yes I am probably the most unreliable person when it comes to going on rides out. But with a new bike and so so so god sick of grey skies and rain am determined this year that I am going to ride my bike whenever the darn sun shines, so maybe meet up sometime.

Geoff

[ProjectImola004]

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Have been flying for over 10 years but on moving up to Gods Country four years ago have not had the time.

Geoff

...bet you haven't got flying a Spitfire in your pilot's log!!!! :D :D :D


...yes that grin is still on my face- even five years down the line!!!

[Biscuit]

I expected some sarcastic flak...........but got only one! Silly boy, potato peeler biscuit whatever.

I just can't help it :o

Sometimes I hate being me :(

[rockjock620]

I'll keep you on my list then. :D

[wolfie]

Flying a Spitfire! Jeez, that certainly takes the biscuit and the potatoe peeler!! Top man!!

OK Rock, I promise not to be such a nob this year and get out on't bike far more often!!.................or if nothing else, my late new years resolution will be not to say "yes", then say "no!"

[alane]

...yes that grin is still on my fact....
Look, for the last time he isn't gay, it's his friend who's gay.
Hate to think where abouts on your body your fact is, but if someone has put their grin on it then far be it from us to disagree...but five years is a long time.
:lol:

[ProjectImola004]

...duly edited!!! :o

[Bullitt]

Ed,

I'm seriously jealous. How did you manage to get a trip in that?

Best thing I've been in so far is a Hawk, which was fun, but a trip in a Spitfire would be a dream!

[dancingdog]

fly a model - fly the real thing - or for a few $$$$$ (http://www.spitfireaircraftco.com/home.html)
fly a model of the real thing

[wolfie]

.............have flown and owned flex wing microlight, now that really is flying by the seat of your pants, or to put another way, to fly at 60mph, at 3000 ' in a deckchair. Awesome. And the biggest problem flying a microlight? Keeping yer eyes peeled for any other plane that might fly into yer chuff!

Granted no where near the skill or the beauty of flying a Spit or whatever, but still real live up in the air flying.

I await more flak or one upmanship!!


(yeah yeah, well I flew a boeing stratocruiser over Vietnam!!!) :mad:

[ProjectImola004]

Ed,

I'm seriously jealous. How did you manage to get a trip in that?

Best thing I've been in so far is a Hawk, which was fun, but a trip in a Spitfire would be a dream!

I was on a waiting list for 7 years and it cost me £40/minute!!! :eek:

but It was the best (load) of money I've ever spent!! I have an article I wrote about it afterwards if anybody is interested in reading it. Not sure how I could attach it.

I should also apologise for hijacking this thread. I should start another one?

[Biscuit]

umm, almost on topic, I used to be in a gliding club and sometimes flew in a T31 or something?, a 2 seater side by side open cockpit glider, that really felt like you were a bird or somat. No engine noise, just the wind noise from the wings and the wind in your face, banking into turns was an experience :eek:

[239desmo]

I should also apologise for hijacking this thread. I should start another one?

Keeping on topic in DuN? Are you serious?:confused: :confused: :confused:

[Sticky]

Anyone into radio control planes?.................er its not for me a mate asked if there is anyone else in the Settle / Skipton area interested.....:whistle:

Yip, as RJ said been flying RC for about 6 years. Love the scale aerobatics and warbirds, almost completed a 70" spit, 20cc fourstroke, pneumatic retracts etc etc etc. I fly at a site near Tadcaster with my club and RAF Church Fenton twice monthly during the summer months. Also will be using Dishforth monthly aswell, this year both organised by the Northern Area BMFA.

As for being gay, sad, toys etc etc I get it from everyone. I'd rather prove my manhood in other ways...rise above it;)

[ProjectImola004]

I love the RC stuff, especially the large scale multi-engined warbirds.

just like this sort of thing!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA7TA0i89Wc&feature=related) :eek:

[Spud Raver]

Also will be using Dishforth monthly aswell

My Aunty and Uncle used to own the PO come shop there.They also owned the one in Dishforth village some years ago. They split about 8 years ago......Im not sure if Andy still owns it/works there? :confused:

[Spud Raver]

Ive flown a Nimrod under the Forth Bridges.....I kid you not!!! :D

[ProjectImola004]

Ive flown a Nimrod under the Forth Bridges.....I kid you not!!! :D

...that explains why you're not in the RAF anymore then..... :rolleyes: ;)

[wolfie]

LOL!! ok on the Nimrod, I take that as being true! I do honest! I would fancy (note fancy or fantasise) flying a Pitts Special through Ribblehead Viaduct. Whenever I pass that bridge I always imagine, on those days when the sky is blue....(little chance of that then) tear ar*ing about the sky in a beautiful Pitts.

Ok on your flying Sticky. Appreciate the reply. I have only ever flown fairly bog standard stuff. Usual thing: 60", 4 channel high or low wing and several bipes.

For a number of years used to go to the Paris model airshow and as well as the usual shows over here, but the Paris show brought scale modelers from all over europe and some of the stuff was totally unbeleivable. Jets, multi engines, retracts, flaps, even multi pilot on the bigger stuff.

On every occaision we went to this show, on the Saturday evening were given a Display from a German pilot in (full size) Zlynn. How he ever managed to land safely god knows, but jeeps what a show he would put on.

[ProjectImola004]

Not sure if it will work as I had to zip it up, but I've uploaded that account if anyone is interested, :) :o

[Spud Raver]

LOL!! ok on the Nimrod, I take that as being true!


Well Wolfie......I was sat in the simulator at RAF Kinloss at the time......a 20 million quid Playstation our instructor called it! ;) :D

[Biscuit]

Not sure if it will work as I had to zip it up, but I've uploaded that account if anyone is interested, :) :o

think you may have zipped up the shortcut Ed?

[ProjectImola004]

think you may have zipped up the shortcut Ed?

oh I give up, I can't figure it out, forget it, any suggestions, the original was only 40kb and a word doc has to be 19kb or something! :confused:

[Biscuit]

oh I give up, I can't figure it out, forget it, any suggestions, the original was only 40kb and a word doc has to be 19kb or something! :confused:

is it text or images? If text copy and paste into reply screen, theres also free document hosting sites around the web to link to..

[Biscuit]

Youshare (http://www.youshare.com/document.html) seems user friendly

like this (http://www.youshare.com/view.php?file=HongKongPhooeyLyrics.doc)

[ProjectImola004]

I'll paste the text into the reply box, I was reluctant to do this as it is quite long.

[ProjectImola004]

A Dream Fulfilled

An account of my flight in a Supermarine Spitfire MK IX

By Edward Lowdell


Situated in the heart of Cambridgeshire, the airfield at Duxford must surely rate as one of the most historic aerodromes in England. There are many more historic names that I could mention, Biggin Hill, Kenley, Fowlmere, Hawkinge and Tangmere to name but a few, but a growing number of these are now derelict or have been returned to agricultural land leaving only the odd crumbling, weather battered control tower as a reminder of their glorious history and the achievements that took place there during the Battle of Britain.


We pulled up at the Watch Office; the entrance into the airfield normally reserved for Officers, pilots and staff. I felt like a v.i.p. being waved through after having my name ticked off the ‘guest’ list. We were to meet on the perimeter in front of the Control Tower according to the extensive flight briefing notes, which I had received a week or two before. Today was the day I was going to fulfil a lifelong dream; take to the air in a Supermarine Spitfire!

As we arrived at the rendezvous point, I could see in the distance a lone Spitfire parked on the ‘live side’, facing into the wind, with only a trolley ack. for company.
This wasn’t just any Spitfire though, this was a T MKIX; two seats and this was going to be my mount for the morning!

This particular Spitfire was built at Castle Bromwich in early 1944 as a single seat MK IXe, and served in the front line of battle throughout the last twelve months of WWII. It was accredited, with the first enemy aircraft shot down over the Normandy Beach head on D-Day

After the war and 176 operational sorties, Supermarine at Southampton remodeled the Spitfire for the Irish Air Corps as a two-seat trainer in 1951. It flew until 1960 when it became surplus to demands. After languishing in a state of disrepair for many years it was lovingly restored over a five year period to flying condition, on the 16th of April 1985, it was put back where it belonged; back in the air again.

I was to be the first of 3 lucky people that morning who would be flying in the Spitfire. We first attended a flight briefing where we were issued with flight suits and parachutes. I had thought of bringing along the old coat hanger with a white silk scarf attached to it just for the laugh, I had also contemplated growing a handlebar mustache for the day.

Flight-suited and booted, we made our way out onto the ‘live side’ where that glorious and so distinctive little aeroplane was waiting, wings rocking gently in the wind disguising her true potential.
Peter Kynsey was to be our chief pilot for the occasion. An airline pilot, Peter has been involved with this aircraft since she was restored back in the 80’s.
I did at one stage make the rather silly comment that he “must hate having to give up his free time to fly this”. His answer wasn’t altogether unexpected; “someone has to do it I suppose” he pragmatically said – I was very envious. He went through the cockpit layout with us, explaining where everything was, what each dial indicated. This was more of a formality for me having spent years learning the layout of a Spitire cockpit off-by-heart.

Before long, I was being invited to take my place in the back seat of this masterpiece (which would have originally been the instructor’s seat). I was helped into my harness (5 pointer, not unlike a racing car harness) and checked the seat height. We closed the canopy and there I sat; in a Spitfire for the first and probably the only time in my life.
Everything was quiet for a short time, I was insulated from the wind and the excited gaggle of onlookers I had bought along, and I felt almost to have become part of this piece of living history. Then Peter, who in the meantime had strapped himself into the front seat, broke the silence as he piped up on the intercom;
“Ready for ops?” – Ready? I had been ready for this for as long as I could remember! The Trolley ack. was connected and a whirring sound could be heard as the oil primer pump was activated to pre oil the Merlin engine.
Peter went through the whole starting procedure with me then shouted out of his open canopy “Clear Prop!”

It is very difficult to put into words the feeling from within the cockpit as the legendary Merlin in front of us, spitting fire and smoke from its exhausts sprang into life.
A shudder went through the whole airframe then the engine settled into the smooth idle that any V12 would. The only difference being the pure unsilenced crackle exiting the individual ejector stacks!

Being the first in line for this special ‘Op’, we had to warm the engine up to operating temperature before we could move. This took far less time than I expected. With the temperature gauge reading 80° C, I could hear ghosts of days gone by shouting “Chocks away”. We were rolling!
We taxied to the threshold of the grass runway two four (East - West) zigzagging as we went in order for Peter to see where he was going as from the cockpit all you can see is the cowling covering the Merlin and that huge four bladed prop!
We turned into the wind to carry out the final checks before take-off; magnetos, temperatures and pressures etc. then Peter opened up the throttle to +8Ib boost being ¾ of the available +12Ib boost, – 3000 rpm doesn’t sound much, but the acceleration was comparable to a 911 Turbo on full boost, so full throttle must be incredible! The sound, the noise – unique, menacing yet like music.
With a 26-knot headwind we were airborne in what seemed like 100 meters, gear up immediately after liftoff as the extended undercarriage on a Spitfire sits almost directly in front of the radiators and greatly impairs their cooling efficiency.

We climbed a steady rate of about 2000 feet/minute, which is about half the climb rate it can do, but even this felt unbelievably fast, the ground just seemed to shrink away from us!

Pete had very generously informed me that this was ‘my flight’ and I could basically fly as I wanted; straight and level, high, tree-skimming, aerobatic etc. I had always dreamed of ‘dancing in the clouds’ so that is exactly what we did.

On reaching 6000 ft. we had trimmed out the aeroplane and reached cruising speed (about 250 knots). Pete flew the aircraft with such grace and prowess, I was surprised at how smooth the ‘ride’ felt, I had been expecting a lot of turbulence as it was quite windy.
Pete said, “Would you like to fly her?” A simple question, one might think, but it was and probably, will remain one of the most significant questions ever put to me! My answer needn’t be written here.
Then those unforgettable words came over the intercom – “You have control”

This is really were I run out of words to describe this graceful Warbird. One could say that it felt like I had strapped the Spitfire to my back rather than me being strapped in her. I was astounded how responsive she was, I could almost think a turn and she would bank gently one way or the other. I had to put very little input on the stick to have a large effect and the controls were delightfully light.
“I was flying a Spitfire, I was flying a Spitfire.” These words were all around me like ghosts floating around the cockpit.
Having started flying lessons, I am aufait with the principals of flight so it was a case of learning the ‘type’. As this was probably going to be the only time I got to fly such a type, I made the most of it. I was able to try various maneuvers myself with Pete talked me through them.
I moved the stick the tiniest amount to port - over she went in a slow roll. Just a tiny check to starboard with the stick and the roll was arrested. Then moving the stick again to starboard brought her back to level flight, with the same check on the stick to stop the roll. The response was comparable to a well set up racecar; extremely sensitive, yet extraordinarily rapid reacting.

My thoughts then turned to the young hero’s who fought (a lot of them to the death) in these Chariots of fire. Young airmen; 10 years my junior climbing into these aircraft and fighting for our freedom. Knowing that they may not return yet flying all the same. It is the closest I have come to experiencing what they did and imagining what must have gone through their minds, fear, excitement and I am sure sometimes elation. It was becoming a very emotional experience!

We chased the wind in and out of the broken clouds and performed all the aerobatic maneuvers that I had seen this aircraft execute at the airshows; loops, Cuban-eight’s, barrel-roll’s, and wing-over’s, it was breathtaking, although this Spitfire is operated to an average of +4 G to help preserve her but also for the consideration of the passenger – which was fine by me as having never experienced high G forces even 3 G felt enough! What did surprise me was how well I had felt throughout the aerobatic maneuvers, I had expected to feel ill having done so in the much slower, more lumbering Cessna I had had my lesson in. I was left free to enjoy this experience with a clear head!

Time seemed to go into slow motion up there, I seemed to fall into a state of mesmerisation, but before I knew it Pete was on the radio to the Duxford tower and we were on our way back.
At about 3 miles out to the north-east of the station, Pete stood the aircraft on her starboard wing as we half rolled and started a very fast decent towards Duxford which would end in a ‘run and break’ which is also sometimes referred to as ‘buzzing the tower’.
We accelerated to about 310 knots and Duxford was approaching very fast. We roared down the flight line, beating up the tower at 50 feet, then Pete pulled the nose up 45 degrees and bought the flight to a climax with a beautifully slow ‘Victory Roll’ in front of all the onlookers (which I am glad to say recorded the occasion on video, cellulose and digital chip)!

Turning to port and skirting the perimeter we lowered the landing gear and then the flaps to reduce our speed, trimmed the aircraft into landing configuration and turned onto finals, which in a Spitfire is a curved approach in order to see where you are going as the forward visibility when landing, as with taxiing is extremely low!

Because the Spitfire wing is really designed for high-speed flight, it can be tricky when coming in to land. Pete advised me to put my hands by my sides so as not to obstruct the free movement of the stick. Good thing because at landing speed a lot more input is required to keep the aircraft on the straight and level. Pete seemed to wrestle the aeroplane down but on watching the video footage taken of the flight, we had made a perfect ‘3 pointer’ landing. Most of this ‘wrestling’ was in part due to the high winds we were experiencing that day.

There I was, back on the ground; stunned by my experience I felt a great sense of melancholy and on opening the canopy as we zigzagged our way back to our parking slot, I imagined the thoughts in the minds of those young war time pilots; shear relief at having not ‘bought it’ or joy at being privileged enough to fly such wonderful aircraft – probably a bit of both!

For me this flight represented more than a flight in a historical warbird, it was the fulfillment of a dream I had kept for years, it was something that meant the world to me and had resigned myself to never achieving it.
Think of the wildest, most unattainable childhood dream you had; then watch as it comes to fruition – that’s how much it meant to me. The memory of the 29th May 2002 has been permanently etched on my mind.

It also made me think beyond my own desires and needs - further out into the greater scheme of things as to what this aircraft really represents; this Spitfire, along with very few others like it changed the course of history by keeping an enemy at bay in 1940 – This achievement and others like it is hardly even talked about these days, we have a very small number of men to thank for our freedom today - the 'Few' as they are known.
I consider my flight in the T Mk IX and this account as my small tribute to the ‘Few’.

Edward Lowdell


If you've got this far and are still awake - good on yer!!!!! ;) :p

[ProjectImola004]

By the way, for legal reasons, I'm not allowed to actually name the particular aircraft although I'm sure you will have guest from the images posted which aeroplane I flew in

[Scottch]

There's no way you wrote that!!

[Spud Raver]

There's no way you wrote that!!

I would agree.....Thats why he calls himself Ed....its easy to spell!! :D

[Scottch]

I would agree.....Thats why he calls himself Ed....its easy to spell!! :D

Exactly!

And I bet it took him ages to get it the right way around :lol2:

[ProjectImola004]

well actually, you uneducated plebs, bet you didn't even read it (or couldn't read it).
I wrote it alright.

[Spud Raver]

Exactly!

And I bet it took him ages to get it the right way around :lol2:

I bet he asked Rose in the end.....:D

[ProjectImola004]

Have you even read it?

[ProjectImola004]

There's no way you wrote that!!

Why? :confused:

[Spud Raver]

Why? :confused:

There would be a 1 in 1000 chance of you spelling "mesmerisation" right.....thats why!!! :D

[ProjectImola004]

There would be a 1 in 1000 chance of you spelling "mesmerisation" right.....thats why!!! :D

oh sod off yer bawbag!!!!

[Spud Raver]

oh sod off yer bawbag!!!!

:eek: :eek: :D

[wolfie]

he he he he!! Love the banter!:thumbs:

[ProjectImola004]

he he he he!! Love the banter!:thumbs:

it ain't banter, I'm gonna brain that bloke next time I see him, I hate him!!!! :mad: :eek:
















































;) :D

[Sticky]

Here it is, my latest project

and taking off on maiden flight at Dishforth...1st photo

http://www.rcmf.co.uk/4um/index.php/topic,51672.0.html

[Rob998]

Nice, very nice. What scale is that, about 1/8th? Why a Czech squadron? and of course, how long did it take you & how much did it cost?

[ProjectImola004]

Nice, very nice. What scale is that, about 1/8th? Why a Czech squadron? and of course, how long did it take you & how much did it cost?

It is painted in the colours of 130 squadron based in Portreath & Warmwell (operated Mk IIa & Mk V's ca. Oct. 1941. :o

...sorry, the Spitfire is a speciality of mine. Being a complete anorak though; you have fitted it with the taller rudder of later marks, does this help the directional stability of the model just like it did the real thing, or have you not tried it with the shorter rudder?

fabulous by the way!!! :)

[Sticky]

Thanks
It's only standoff scale. I used B of B colours and the letters are my initials. It's a kit made by a Czech company, that are like rocking horse poo in the uk. It's 70" span, weighing in at around 5.5kg. So it's around 1/7 scale (ish). It's a fibreglass fuzz and wood veneered foam wings. A lot of work involved as the instructions were basically "build a spitfire out of the bits in this box!" Glassed wings with mock rivots burnt into the finish, pneumatic air retracts, 20cc 4 stroke glow swinging a 15" prop, nice ally spinner, 6 servos, airbrushed and finished and weathered myself. Cost around £500+ but in the event of a crash many of the items are recyclable...engine, radio gear, retracts etc.

[ProjectImola004]

fantastic!! I will get round to flying model aircraft one day. It would have to be a Spitfire though. My local model shop has these cheap trainer models that I will start with first though. Until then I will have to make do with large scale plastic ones that gather dust once built!!! :) :p

[Sticky]

Yes, a spit is not for a beginner, or a second or third plane. You must get tuition and start with a trainer. Go for it, it's like bikes...you get bitten by the bug and it becomes an obsession. But be careful ££££££££££££:eek:

[ProjectImola004]

Go for it, it's like bikes...you get bitten by the bug and it becomes an obsession. But be careful ££££££££££££:eek:

That's what I'm worried about. LandRovers, Ducatis, horses, photography and god knows building plastic kits is expensive enough, I think I may have to wait until I'm too old to do one or two of the other hobbies I mentioned above :eek:

[Sticky]

seems you need more temptation

[Sticky]

or putting off:eek: The hawk bites back!

[239desmo]

or putting off:eek: The hawk bites back!

Many moons ago I had a control line plane which did the same!
Used a stck instead of my finger after that!;)
Electric starters didn't exist then.

[Rob998]

Dah Dah Dah Dah Da Da Dah.......

[ProjectImola004]

STOP STOP STOP..... I can't take it anymore. i'm skint at the mo and can't afford a 10 foot long Lanc for the garden!!
Fantastic, that's all I'm gonna say.

I regularly watch these big things flying on Youtube, its the closest I get to the real thing. There's on that sticks out in my mind where someone's builta Huge B-29 and hung underneath it was a fantastic Bell X-1 which was air-launched once the model was in the air. Brilliant. A point though; the X-1 was never mounted on a pylon under the mother ship's wing but I understand the difficulties in having it mounted in the bomb bay in the model. Amazing seeing a B-29 looping, outside looping, barrel rolling, flying inverted and recovering from a full spin. Basically behaving like an Extra 300!!!! Looks like it could be a real aircraft with nothing to give away its scale.

B-29 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFJKU3f65WA)

[Spud Raver]

It is painted in the colours of 130 squadron based in Portreath & Warmwell (operated Mk IIa & Mk V's ca. Oct. 1941. :o




Oh dear.......

[69jme69]

STOP STOP STOP..... I can't take it anymore. i'm skint at the mo and can't afford a 10 foot long Lanc for the garden!!
Fantastic, that's all I'm gonna say.

I regularly watch these big things flying on Youtube, its the closest I get to the real thing. There's on that sticks out in my mind where someone's builta Huge B-29 and hung underneath it was a fantastic Bell X-1 which was air-launched once the model was in the air. Brilliant. A point though; the X-1 was never mounted on a pylon under the mother ship's wing but I understand the difficulties in having it mounted in the bomb bay in the model. Amazing seeing a B-29 looping, outside looping, barrel rolling, flying inverted and recovering from a full spin. Basically behaving like an Extra 300!!!! Looks like it could be a real aircraft with nothing to give away its scale.

B-29 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFJKU3f65WA)

have you ever been to the dumfries aviation museum?
they have several spitfire engines etc unfortunately they dont have a whole one but loads of other whole planes and helicopters ...and the original control tower set up as it would be from ww2:)

[PaulV]

Oh dear.......

@@@@ me! We agree on summat!!!!;) :D ;) :D

Got to admire the craftmanship in some of these models...... I never got past the airfix kits in the 70's/80's. Got to agree with Edd, could cost a lot if you get the bug.....

[ProjectImola004]

@@@@ me! We agree on summat!!!!;) :D ;) :D

...

...What, hey ask Davie anything about escapements such as the dead-beat invented by George Graham in 1717 or JAMES W BENSON - Turret clock makers and he will go off on one much like did in my last post!!!!

[ProjectImola004]

Hey Davie, want a commission mate, I do very favourable rates for mates......

[Spud Raver]

Can you still get the kit? That looks pretty old....

[ProjectImola004]

Can you still get the kit? That looks pretty old....

hey, it's a new realease - well last year anyway.

[Spud Raver]

A new release???...that "kite" is about 40 years old! :eek:

[Bronco Jr]

Both Felix, who also posts on here, and me bought Parkzone spitfires at Christmas. Mine lasted a minute or so before it bit the dust, Felix maybe 30 seconds longer....

Good job we werent facing the luftwaffe :)

Good fun though, new wings on order and we'll be trying again!

[Sticky]

Bronco, these are not planes to learn on. You need to grasp the basics on a trainer and progress up. If you want to come down to our club flying site we can probobly give you a hand keeping them in the air for more than a few seconds, and saving you a few quid toboot. It's at Wighill, near tadcaster. Then you'll see what real fun the funfighters can be:)

[rockjock620]

've got a large chopper if that's any use?

[Sticky]

've got a large chopper if that's any use?

Do you need a hand keeping it up?:eek:

[Rob998]

Are you offering to help him keep it up then? With your hand? :D :eek: :eek:

[Sticky]

Not me personally as I can't fly choppers:p

[Spud Raver]

Hey Davie, want a commission mate, I do very favourable rates for mates......

Where do i buy? I'll have a wee crack at it myself. :)

By the way, was up in Fortrose today (guess who I was speaking too ;) )as well as Invergordon......didnt give you a buzz as I think youre a @@@@! ;) ;) :D

[ProjectImola004]

Where do i buy? I'll have a wee crack at it myself. :)

By the way, was up in Fortrose today (guess who I was speaking too ;) )as well as Invergordon......didnt give you a buzz as I think youre a @@@@! ;) ;) :D

...you blo0dy t0sser, why didn't you call me, I could have handed you a screwdriver from the godawful tool bag of yours!!! And I was available, you even drove past the end of my road, what am I gonna tell Rose???

I wouldn't bother with the kit mate, I'm not gonna give you my source of purchase, i've seen your handy work with a wrench up in a clock tower, you want a proper job doing....... ;)

[dseered]

Heyhey, I was out hunting for Buzzard and other birdlife yesterday but nothing was really playing and as I was in the area I stopped by the flying club - wow, those planes are fecking brilliant and the chaps were more than happy to tell me all about them, engine size, everything, I loved it and will be going back soon - if anyone is in the area drop by and have a look !

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http://www.kendalmodelaeroclub.co.uk/

[Biscuit]

Heyhey, I was out hunting for Buzzard and other birdlife yesterday

Ian, if your ever over this way, Yorkshire Water introduced 69 Red Kites near Eccup Resevoir, north Leeds on the way to Harrrogate. I see them every time either nr Eccup res' or at Harewood by the castle. Spectacular to say the least

http://www.dof.dk/sider/images/stories/birding_localities_english/nordsjaelland/billeder/Sweden_RedKite_Tomelilla_20040302_PNi_02.jpg

(pic courtesy of google images btw)

[dseered]

Thanks Steve, trouble with them is they are normally to high for me to get with my big lens, were I was yesterday looking for buzzards I am they soar beneath me, that way I can get good lighting and they are very close - that is if they were flying :( Did find a Woodpeckers nest though with young so I will be back there fairly regulary to try and get some fledglings, didn't want to spook mother yesterday though !

[Biscuit]

see them regularly i reckon 20ft in the air, sometimes hovering at the side of the road, even from the bike i can make out all the markings etc. saw half dozen together once, they do come closed even to the A61 and they are big buggers too :eek:

[dseered]

LOL, try stopping next time and see how long they stay at 20ft, if they are anything like Buzzards they have camera detectors and fook off quick !

[Biscuit]

ha yeah, i remember when i was ridng the XJR across Skye, this shadow cast over me, i glanced up to see a Golden Eagle swoop over head and land on a low rock outcropping at the side of the road a little way ahead, I came to a stop almost beneath it, maybe 15 - 20 ft, I got my helmet off and started unzippin the tank bag to get the camera, it stayed there lookin at me, got the camera out and woosh, off it went!

[dseered]

ha yeah, i remember when i was ridng the XJR across Skye, this shadow cast over me, i glanced up to see a Golden Eagle swoop over head and land on a low rock outcropping at the side of the road a little way ahead, I came to a stop almost beneath it, maybe 15 - 20 ft, I got my helmet off and started unzippin the tank bag to get the camera, it stayed there lookin at me, got the camera out and woosh, off it went!

Yup, thats the one !

I was talking to one of the chaps down there at the flying club and he said that the Buzzards sometimes gang up on the gliders, as it is breeding season for Buzzards I will try and capture that at some point, he said it happens quite regularly and where the flying club is it will be the same pair of birds that I was trying to follow !

Now a Golden Eagle, wow, I had a tip off the other day about a sighting, not sure how reliable it was but it is fairly local so will check it out, bet its a Buzz though !

[Biscuit]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/handsonnature/rambling/ullswater.shtml

[dseered]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/handsonnature/rambling/ullswater.shtml

Sadly he has not been seen for some time now, although I have seen him very at very close quarters when MTB'ing many years ago when myself and about 4 others shared a moment many will never experience with him soaring up from Haweswater, and came whizzing up above the screes where we were sat , maybe 10 foot away ! WOW ! Head of the valley between Gatesgarth Pass and Nambield Pass.

[rockjock620]

I came to a stop almost beneath it, maybe 15 - 20 ft, I got my helmet off and started unzippin the tank bag to get the camera, it stayed there lookin at me, got the camera out and woosh, off it went!

it's cos your a @@@@ing ugly @@@@@@@ - lid on next time, same as your other birds say! :D

[patch7462]

The only experience of RC Planes I have was when I was in training for the greatest army in the world (yes I do mean our one) I shot 2 down during MATS(Model Aircraft Targeting System) training with a GPMG !! Boy that was fun and a very long time ago now

[Maximus Thunder]

I was at Elvington Aerodrome on Sunday, for a Yorkshire Alfa Owner's club meeting and there were some people flying model jet planes. There seemed to be four of them, two might have been F-14 or F-16 something like that. They really were impressive.