A good old chat

[wonwinglo]

Round the pole.

Yes round the pole ideal for cold winter evenings at a club house,not much going on socially like that now except indoor free flight or small electric radio models round here,the GWS stuff fly and bounce well,worth it for the motor and bits and pieces to build your own models from,the future of electric is worth looking at with quiet operation,clean slime free models and almost fly anywhere ability.

The Junior 60 has got to be the best trainer around,nice and slow and forgiving,you are very lucky to have that farmers field and get plenty of flying in,there is a real need now for splinter groups of flyers with their own fields too many modellers but not enough flying facilities,another cause for electric you just need to adapt.

Saw one of those Outrunner motors recently fitted into a Piper Cub,the whole motor rotaes in a cradly just like the old rotary engines,you get a bit of gyroscopic effect but they certainly have the power,no gearbox either.

The problem is for me that electric is a whole new learning curve,much more matching to do than IC,you need the correct prop,lightweight model,the right battery for the job and a decent charger.

[John]

Since this has detracted from the orignal thread I've split it so you can carry on, much more interesting than the orignal

[Guest]

Thank you Sonic,:respect1: we must sound like "the last of the summer wine" but then nostalgia aint what it used be either . re S.A.L think you are right Wonwing about the Bulldog being that last of the company`s products ,(their Jetstream was Handley-Page design I think)they are still building aircraft in "the Palace" as part of BAe. Had my first ever full-size trip in a DH Dragon/Rapide from prestwick 2/6d because I was so wee ! 7/6d for adults. The company was founded by a couple of unsung heroes (in my opinion) ...Lord Clydesdale and Gp.Capt. McIntyre who were the first people to fly over Mount Everest ( Houston-Westland Wallace). Lady Houston had an estate just 3 miles from where I am now and the airmen did some "high-altitude training " here in the Cairngorms. "Darling Lucy" also sponsored the UK entry in the final Schnieder Trophy event (which we won) and was therefore given the honour of being called .."one of the few" as the Supermarine Spitfire used a lot of the knowledge gained by the RAF High Speed Flight in its design and of course the RR engines. They dont make them like Lucy anymore. Our local club keep a little bit of the spirit going by organising a seaplane event on Loch Insh every Sept, this is its 20th year.:no1b:

[Guest]

Duncan's and Seaspray's references to Heathfield brought back some great memories.

I first visited RAF Ayr when my father attended Radio Society of Great Britain Field Days. The local radio hams would set up a low powered mobile radio station and make as many 'contacts' as possible over a twenty four hour period. We slept on the ground on straw in the building where the RAF fire brigade had been housed and consumed the most enormous fried meals.

My second experience of Heathfield was the Sunday model aircraft flying competitions. I still have the ED Bee that used to power my fuel sodden, yellow and blue Frog 45 model. I remember my cousin's Rudderbug flying succesfully under single channel radio control - what next, I thought?

Later, as an apprentice at Scottish Aviation I went to Heathfield to look after the film used to record the Twin Pioneer's take off and landing performance. I attended the 50th anniversary of the Twin Pin's first flight in June this year. I studied the map but I could find no trace of the old aerodrome.

The mention of the Wolseley piston - the engineer's name wasn't Norrie McLintock was it? He took me to Gatwick in Surrey to take the wing off a damaged Twin Pin - he had a collection of amazing bits and pieces and could do anything - he lived in the country between Minishant and Crosshill.

Thanks for the memories

[Guest]

ah Crosshill I got a piston for a 1939 Wolsley fixed by a great engineer there. Ayr Grammer my cousin went there I wis a bit daft so I goat left behin Troon nice golf course there. Brassie the old man use to work at Brassie works in 1957 Prestwick /Monkton, yanks there till late 60s early 70 use to watch them fly there control line models with envy Aviemore spent time at Edinburgh Skillcentre with a friend from Aberdean Sorry I got mixed up between Kirkmichael and Crosshill Small world isn't

my grandad restored a 1939 wolsely i think (its a wolsely im just not sure of the year :scotland: )

heres a piccie

[Guest]

Speaking of flying things of long ago does anyone remember the Cascelloid Challenger?

It must have been about the first of the ready-to-fly models, and came out in 1950 (there is an advert for it the November 1950 Aeromodeller, which is also the one the Tomboy came out in). It was an all plastic (of some sort) 13 1/2" span control liner powered by a thundering ED Bee. They were moulded in white but then sprayed silver with RAF roundels on it. I had a second hand one in the later 50s and flew it endlessly at our local park on 20' thread lines. It was virtually indestructable and we probably wore the motor out before it gave up the ghost. It's looks were not too far removed from the KK Phantom. I can't recall what eventually came of it.

[Guest]

Seaspray,

Is your KGV based on a Fleetscale hull and are you a member of the SWA?