Thank you so much to Frank and the other volunteers who helped tirelessly throughout the training season. I know how important it is to the students! I can still remember that!

And thanks to Michael, David and Mark for the yummy delicious BBQ. Much appreciated.

And great photos of my flying thingies Michael, thank you!

Nice evening.  Thanks to the Club for the BBQ dogs and new pilot Omar for bringing drinks.
Students Jeff and Amir were joined by instructor Phil, Groundies Paul and Mark (they prepped students and TX's all summer) and guests Noah, Stuart, "Good Looking" Ken, Simon H., David, Michael, Kenny and Toni.

We had to leave before we were eaten by the mosquitos.
Boy, the sun sets (sinks) early these days.

Photo Report:
82- David after a tough day at the field.
83- Amir setting up his plane.
84- Philip and his 2 meter power glider.

Frank

That was fun! Hotdogs were delicious!

Thanks again to Frank and all the volunteers who are a pillar of TEMAC's success.

A few photos from earlier in the day.

David and me with our Raven jets.
Simon flying his Superman and Enterprise novelty flying-thingies.
David, Glenn and me with 1/4-scale biplanes.

@Gregor77 that ship will need a foghorn!!

Hey @Gregor77 ,

Wow!  This is SO funky!  I love the polyurethane foam floatation!! Can you describe the RC equipment? Can't wait to see it at Toogood Pond so I can chase it with my Robbe Gemini Hydroplane! 

Congrats on a great find.  What did you move out of your basement to make room for it??  Or are YOU sleeping in the garage?!

Cheers!

Andy

The firewall on this plane was flexing after a pancake landing on a very windy day a week ago.  There were no cracks but the plywood layers started to flex and separate.  The perimeter was still attached properly to the fuse.

steps
1- remove the motor and cowl to expose the firewall.  Put masking tape around the fuselage side.
2- apply vaseline inside the motor mount nuts so the epoxy will not stick. I used a toothpick. Photo 68
3- cut fibreglass a little larger than the size of the fuselage/firewall
4- apply 5 minute epoxy to the raw plywood firewall.  I used a brush.
5- drop the fibreglass cloth onto the epoxy and press down. Photo 69
6- add epoxy to the surface of the cloth to properly soak it. Photo 70.  In hindsight I should have thinned it with about 15% denatured alcohol.  Will do so next crash repair.
7- when the epoxy had started to set up but was still flexible (approx 10 minutes) I used a pair of scissors to cut the cloth to the shape of the fuse.  Also used an X-Acto knife to cut out the lightning/vent holes. Photo 72.
Note: I did not cut out two of the lightning holes because they are under the nose weights screwed onto the firewall.  They block the vents and preferred to keep it strong.  One of the weights is shown in the picture.

Letting it cure overnight before re-assembling the motor/cowl/esc.

Frank



Total time of the repair was 20 minutes.

Sadly if the company bumped up the kit a bit and made a proper arf, it would have done very well.  I gave Tuc Ho a model of this plane and it flew very well.  now Eflite came out with a larger scale version, but this is a nice size for a backyard fighter. oh yes the old park zone model, I think Piker has the last one on the planet after the front wing joint failed and caused most to dart in the ground.

For those interested, Dave figured out how to get all stabilization surfaces working correctly, with Corona brand servos. If you're using servos that rotate in a different orientation, then this may not work.

1. The port servo (left side from the back) must be plugged into the Elevator pins on the black box gyro stabilizer. The other servo starboard (right side from the back) is plugged into the Rudder pins. The steering servo is placed on a Y-connector with the rudder servo, preferably before the black box is plugged in; the Y-connector plugs into the receiver.

2. The rudder-vaters must have the servo outputs forward to the front of the plane, and the pushrods connected to the servo-arms oriented away from the rudder-vaters. See photos.

3. The black box gyro-stabilizer cannot be upside down. It must be facing up (pins and switches and pots up), pins to the rear of the aircraft. If mounted upside-down, or pins forward, the stabilization will not work with the V-tail or the nose-wheel steering.

4. The black box can be mounted with Velcro, on the plywood shelf, just behind the battery area (former F3).

5. The transmitter is set at normal; no V-tail setting, or anything. In my transmitter, the elevator function is reversed.

6. The black box stabilization direction switches are all down, except V-Tail and aileron.

7. The pots are set at approx. 40%.

Adjust dual rates as it suits the pilot.

Spitfire pilot in an FW-190- No problem.
It is a scale version of the FW-190 Farber landed in Wales in 1942 when he defected.  The Pembrey incident.
It was definitely flown by a Spitfire pilot then to get it to a location where it could be tested.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1qA0wAwFsw

Frank
(with a pound of salt please!)

I will bring soft drinks for the BBQ for everyone