I don't give a flying ,,,,,

I'm now taking my model aircraft making to a new level, I'm buying an engine, transmitter, receiver and battery with charger to fly and, probably crash my collection of planes, for damage limitation I'm also buying a ready made easy to fly model to learn the skills of model piloting
Keep sharp, Keep active and keep learning new tricks, growing up, is not an option,,,

Sounds interesting TP...large open space preferred

From Anne,
Tom, may I pass a few words of advice about RC model flying. Don’t know if you will be using kit build or scratch build but whichever, you will need to find the CG (centre of gravity) when all equipment is installed. II suggest a few hand launches without power to see if trim tabs are needed, also it is more difficult to launch by hand with power.
See my profile pictures of one of my husbands RC models in which I had a great deal of build in. It is a Pitts special.
That picture is well over thirty years old, my son is holding the model.

Radio Controlled Model Planes LINK

Me favourite LINK

My husband and a friend were in the process of building a model jet engine. Unfortunately it was never completed owing to my husband’s death.

Anne

I am sorry to hear that, and before those miniature jet engines were invented, it was only propeller driven aircraft which were modeled, and back in the day I used to buy stuff from Tony's Model Shop in Pemberton, he did all of the RC Aircraft, Boat and Car stuff

Thanks Anne, Firstly, I'm glad you're feeling well enough to post again on WW and secondly thanks for the advice,Thats a bonnie plane your son is holding, I'm a complete newbie at flying so I'll need plenty space and tuition and one of my B,I.Laws, whos a real live pilot has introduced me to a model flying club which is adjacent to his proper flying club at Barton, New horizons beckon and I'm picking the new entry level plane up tomorrow, Wing span 1.5 metre,

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just awaiting the arrival of the transmitter from ebay and its Fun time,

Looks good Tom,
All electric, not much danger of losing fingers when starting.
Are ailerons ready fitted with servos.
Looking more closely at the photo I see all aileron controls are external, not so in my days.

yea its built from moulded polystyrene so its light and tough , Its all ready to go when i receive my transmitter, I'm brand new to flying so I hope it can handle a few knocks and bumps,

Tom

I hope you have better luck with that plane, than what you did with that drone

Tommy Tee, on my last camping trip, A guy came on the site and he was flying a drone and, It was impressive. He flew it over a mountain so far away that, you couldn't see the drone it was just a spec in the sky but, it was sending a video to the pilot of a close up of the paths up to the mountain, I told him my tale of woe with my drone and he laughed and asked what make and price it was, When i told him that, he laughed again and said, You gotta pay at least £800 new or maybe pick a good used one for £500 for the control and stability of one of these, Its a DJI mini pro and folds up and fits into a bag no bigger than the size of a pair of binoculars , I was well impressed but, I can't justify spending that much,

So I got to watching this guy who makes planes from foamboard and he does many videos on youtube showing how, I've spend a few winters making Balsawood planes but now,

I'm going to make them out of foamboard

In the 1960s me brother and his mates had these rocket shaped elastically powered things, which could send up the projectile up to about a thousand feet in the air, and then parachute down, I don't know what they were called, but I think they got banned because they could be dangerous to people.

I vaguely remember those Tommy tee, I remember a little green camo army man on a parachute drifting down to earth and I wanted one but, My mum was't one for spending on toys so. I did bawt as usual

Sounds good TP....I could probably trust myself with a child's drone !!!!... Knowing me I would trash the aeroplane on its first flight...then cry at the expensive loss..

BB, I just know I'm gonna have a few crashes, My eye to hand co ordiation is not too good but, It'll be a new learning curve and I'll be able to pick up the remains and try again and again probably

Tom,
If you are going to learn with the club you mentioned will the instructor you team up with not have you connected to a “buddy box”.

Then you can bail out Tom before disaster strikes...then your buddy can save you some money.

Well today I entered a new level in electrics, My Lipo battery arrived and my Professional Intelligent Digital balance charger, I thought that charging a RC battery would be, shove the charge cable in and when its charged, off you go, But it isn't. It took me all day, reading the destructions and seeking help on youtube, of which there are plenty tuition videos and a good job too because, Its fair complex, All this and the transmitter is still on the ship from China,
sample lesson on Lipo batteries

some ground testing today

all works ok just need a bigger area

Well yoo crashed it didn't you, that can result in a broken propeller.

Very impressive Tom, but don't you have to have a licence to fly a model aircraft or drone? I'm sure I read somewhere that you do.

Tommy that crash was a low velocity impact and no damage occurred but, I learned from it and will build up better skills from it,
Mollie , as far as I know the laws apply to drone pilots and are only necessary at high altitude and proximity to airports but, Its not clear so,
I'll be off to a field soon to give it a proper test, I'm on a new learning curve and have found out how the controls work after burning out the, receiver, the variable speed controller and the servo's . I've replaced them and got it working so, that's a new hill conquered and we are heading for new heights

It might be a good idea to read this.

Link

If it were me I would go and test it at Beacon Country Park, it is on the road to Ashurst Beacon, on the left and it is massive and overlooks Skelmersdale

Thats a brill suggestion Tommy Thank Yoo

Take your lawnmower with you, Tom, to cut yourself a take-off / landing strip. If you don't, the long grass will flip your plane over and break it.

Tom

There will probably be signs up saying 'No Drones' and 'No RC Flying' or words to that effect, but yoo can walk down to one of the lower fields and break the bye laws there

They used to mow all of Beacon Park as it was back in the day, but now it looks like they leave some of the fields unmown, so as to keep the bees and other wild life happy, but some of the fields doo look to have been mown

How times change. back in the day before drones the fun poopers used to put, no horse riding, no golf no dogging ( whatever that means) and only fly kites that conform to EC 7501663 and use UPVC nylon heat resistant polyfandangle material,

You have permission to fly your remote controlled plane on the foreshore. Why don't you take it to Southport, or Arnside / Silverdale where it's quiet?

Thats another good Idea Tonks,

I took it this afternoon to the recreation grounds on Billinge road, just past Downhall green, Great place well maintained and not too busy a few dog walkers and kids on the playground but. I can keep well out of their way, Any Road, I found the battery lacking, I'm learning as i go and todays lesson is charge the battery, I also did some research and my criteria for buying stuff which is, Always get the best quality available for the least amount of money, Does not work out with flying model planes, To get one that will give just 6 minutes of fly time for a plane like mine , I need to spend £60 to £100 on the battery along, I bought one at £13

Worth Trying?

Bloody Hell Tonks, thats brill, I'll have a go at that, thanks, Meanwhile, i've found a cheap ' out of the box ready to go' plane with 2 batteries, transmitter and spare propellor for learning on

small but it will stand cloggin'

You'll need both flyer and operator registrations for that Tom, as it's it's over 250g!

Tonks, I've joined the warrington RC flyers club, I will see whats what with flying, batteries, legislation , £120 for the privilege, but hey, fun don't come cheap,